Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts for homes in town, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls away the leaves and debris, and takes photos of every run before we leave. Every run comes out clean, and the photos reach your phone before the truck pulls away. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most customers book for the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a firm quote before anyone climbs a ladder.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Pequannock homes get the same method, and commercial properties get a clean, written estimate that lists the stories and square footage line by line. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house than make you multiply it yourself.
On our jobs, a few things move the price more than anything else. A third story or a steep roof takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and seed, and that takes longer to clean out than a light fall of leaves. Guards that have to come off and go back on add their own time to the whole gutter system. We flush every downspout, flow test it for drainage, and haul away the debris, and all of it is included and never billed as an extra. If something we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our customers tell the same story at the start of most calls: a house that looked fine from the driveway turned out to have a clog at the first elbow. Clogged downspouts are the usual cause, and when we clean that run, the rainwater that had been sitting behind it finds the way out. On one recent job, the back run was buried under compacted leaves and seed, and the rain was running over the front edge. A rain gutter that has begun to sag even a little will hold standing water, and in a hard storm that water can find a leak at a seam and reach the fascia. Once the clog was cleared and every downspout was flushed, the water flow at the outlet looked the way it should, and the water away from your home stopped pooling by the foundation. Left alone, that kind of buildup can lead to structural damage. Our experience across these visits is that the most useful thing a homeowner can do is ask for a written estimate that lists exactly what is included, so nothing shows up on the invoice that was not on the page.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Pequannock gutter cleaning follows the seasons, and most of our customers book twice a year, in the spring and fall. Across New Jersey, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and a clean run is the goal going into the wet summer months. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed to the elbow of every downspout. The fall visit is late October to November, after the last leaves are down, and on houses that skipped it we see runs that sag under the weight by March. Pequannock gets about 48 inches of precipitation a year, with June, July and August the wettest months, and about 28 inches of snow a year, mostly from January through April and in December.
Clean your gutters every three to four months when tree cover is heavy, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and the clog builds faster than a yearly schedule can catch. The same spring and fall rhythm works for residential and commercial properties, and residential properties under heavy tree cover need it most. Houses with few or no trees over the house do well with one regular gutter cleaning a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the cleaning and maintenance schedule a little: they keep out the big leaves and the odd twig, so the visits can be less frequent, but the surface still needs clearing. Gutter maintenance is judged house by house, and we do not add cleanings you do not need.
When heavy rainfall hits after a missed visit, a run that already sags can pull away and cause structural damage to the fascia. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we find in the gutter and what is overhead. Every clean is logged with photos, so the next visit starts from a known baseline. A rain gutter that stays clear of blockage costs far less than the rot a leak leaves behind.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
We clean gutters across Pequannock and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew covers the whole town without needing to name a neighborhood to get to your street. Homeowners book the same way every time. The gutter cleaning service starts with a call or text: tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Our gutter cleaning process is short and ends with debris removal and photos. We give you a price on the spot and a date when the calendar has room. Lead times depend on the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, so the sooner you call, the better your chances of a date you want. To book, call (866) 435-6328.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work itself. The crew stays outside and sends photos of every run to your phone before leaving. The point of the visit is to keep your gutters moving, so the water flows away from the house instead of over the edge, and to protect your home from water damage. Our gutter services keep it simple: a clean run, a flushed downspout, a leak or sag reported, and no surprise charge. If you are on the fence about the timing, a short call is enough to decide, and we would rather give you a straight answer than sell you a slot you do not need.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much material is in the gutters. We give it to you by phone or text before we schedule anything, and the number we give is the number on your invoice. Comparing cleaning services in Pequannock? Ask every company for the same written list of what is included.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall. Waiting past the fall visit means the wet leaf mat and any ice that forms after heavy rainfall can pull runs loose by the time the weather turns.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. To get your gutters cleaned sooner, call (866) 435-6328 and ask what is open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and checked at the outlet to confirm the water flow, and it runs clean before we leave. If a buried drain line needs clearing, that is a separate job, and we price it before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out the leaves but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and once that mat gets wet the water runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, flush the downspout and reseat the guards, and the gutter is clean when we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or capacity problem rather than a cleaning problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is without selling you a second cleaning. Waiting on it lets the fascia rot, so send it early.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts, so the invoice matches the quote and the gutters are clean when we finish.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
