Our own crew leaves gutters clean in Raritan, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size, and what is sitting in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we quote it from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. The easiest way to get your gutters quoted is to tell us the stories and the size on the call. Cleaning and maintenance on the gutter system are quoted as one job, and each of our cleanings in Raritan NJ gets that same quote. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give every Raritan homeowner one clean number for the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when they get up there. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, which changes how we set up. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, grit and the odd twig, and a run that has begun to sag holds water in the low spot, which takes more time than a gutter cleaned every spring. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a few minutes per run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras, and the gutters are left clean when we go. If anything changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
A house with a steep back roof and gutters that have gone several seasons without a visit is the kind of job that changes the number, so we flag it up front. On those jobs the crew clears the packed runs by hand and has to flush the clogged downspout until the water comes out clean at the bottom. Text us a photo of the front of your house and we can usually tell you what to expect before you book.
Gutter cleaning is one part of the job. Gutter maintenance on a home is about the gutter system as a whole: keeping water away from your home and off the foundation, and the crew checks flow, not just what is visible in the trough. If a gutter has pulled loose or a seam is starting to leak, we photograph it and report it; we do not sell repairs from the ladder. Keeping gutters and downspouts clean is how you protect your home from water damage, and a clean gutter with a checked downspout keeps the roofline from becoming a water problem. We explain what we see in plain terms so you can decide what to do next.
| 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.
Spring and fall are the two windows that matter here. Across New Jersey, the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in Raritan runs late October to November, after the leaves are down. A gutter opened in late May can have buildup of seeds and seed casings in the downspout elbows, with pollen paste on top of the leaf guard. In Raritan the winters bring about 21 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through March, so the fall clean is also about getting water off the roof before it freezes at the eave. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the gutters to book a date.
Under heavy tree cover, on a landscape with big trees over the roof, plan on a visit every three to four months, because seed fluff and grit pack each downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the leaves and debris that sit on top of a guard still have to be cleared, or the surface stays wet and the rain runs straight off the edge. A guard surface kept clean lets a rain gutter catch what it should. Across Raritan the same pattern holds: the more junk that reaches the trough, the sooner the gutter starts to overflow.
A clog at the bottom of a downspout is the usual reason water ends up in the wrong place. A run that has started to sag, or a blockage in the elbow, holds water where it should be moving. When the water cannot get out at the bottom, it backs up along the gutter and finds a seam or a fascia to run behind, and that is how structural damage and rot start. Working to keep your gutters flowing between visits matters more than the visit count on paper. Our crew checks drainage at the outlet on every run, and any clogged downspout gets flushed until the water runs clean out the bottom. If it is not running clean after the flush, we say so.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Twice a year covers most houses; heavy tree cover pushes it closer; a lot with few trees can wait until late fall. We would rather set the schedule from what we find on your house than from a generic calendar. Raritan averages 48.8 inches of precipitation a year, and June through August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall, and the rainwater it sends down the roof, tests the gutters hardest in summer. Plan on cleanings in late spring and again in late fall, and we adjust from there.
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 have cleaned Raritan homes across the town, and our crew knows the streets from the lot sizes to the tree lines that come with them. Our gutter cleaning service in Raritan starts with a quote from your stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front by text helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a real date when you book, not a promise we cannot keep. Spring and fall are the busiest stretches, so if you want a particular week, call early. Callers from surrounding areas should ask first, because the calendar is set week by week. A clog found on the first visit gets flushed before we leave. Every home in Raritan NJ gets the same quote process.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning. The crew works outside and does not come inside, and the photos of every run arrive on your phone before the truck leaves. We take residential and commercial work, with regular gutter cleaning on a schedule that fits the house, and commercial properties are quoted separately from a house. Our gutter cleaning services are quick when access is clear, so please keep the side gate open and move cars off the driveway if the runs face it. Our gutter services stop at cleaning, flushing, flow checks and photos, and anything else is quoted separately. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: flush, check water flow, photograph.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters, and we give an estimate for each gutter cleaning service by phone or text. We do not give a figure in this answer because the house decides it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the number before you book.
Plan on late spring and late fall, because the seed and pollen drop and the leaf drop are the two heaviest loads on the gutters. Waiting past the fall visit leaves the gutters full going into the snow months.
We confirm a date when you call, and the calendar that week decides how soon. If you need a faster date, say so and we will tell you what the calendar allows.
No, you do not need to be away from your home. The crew works outside, leaves the gate as they found it, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before they leave. Keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the bottom. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
On our jobs, guards still need the surface cleared. Leaf litter, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard, turn to paste, and the rainwater runs straight off the edge. We clear the surface, leave the guard clean underneath, and check that water gets in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
This page is about homes, so ask us first if you own commercial properties. We will tell you whether a residential and commercial job fits the calendar that week, and we quote it separately from a house.
The visit covers cleaning, flushing, flow checking and photos. Other gutter services, like a loose hanger or a dripping seam, are photographed and reported, and quoted separately if you want them done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
