Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts by hand. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves away, and photograph every run so you can see it came out clean before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed and leaf drop has finished and the gutters need clearing before the next rain.
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 give you a figure over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Homes differ in stories and footprint, so those count for more than the street name. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the number. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and debris, and a clog with a full season of buildup or clogged downspouts takes longer to clear than one we see every spring. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and a gutter system with a small leak at a seam or a drainage problem is handled the same way: we tell you before the crew starts. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
On a recent visit the gutters were packed on the back run where the water drains toward a flat section, and the crew found leaves and grit pressed into the trough, which is what a clog looks like after a full season. Water had started to back up toward the fascia line and was seeping behind the gutter, the kind of slow damage, like wood rot in the fascia, that turns into structural damage if it goes unchecked. We clean out the run, flush the downspout and confirm water flow at the outlet before the truck leaves. Pricing on that job came straight from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and the number we gave by phone is what the homeowner paid. Residential properties and commercial properties in the area get the same treatment on a per-building schedule, and the rain gutter on a commercial building is priced the same way, from the building itself.
| 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.
Most Ridgewood NJ jobs we run are twice a year. Across New Jersey, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from November to early December, once the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. That is the time to clean your gutters before winter sets in. When we open a gutter here in May, even a clean one from last fall, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule our customers actually keep, because needles and grit leave a clogged downspout between visits and rainwater backs up along the roofline faster than a season allows. A clean gutter does not stay clean for long under heavy tree cover. Few or no trees and once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards still need clearing on the surface, less often, but they do not end the job. After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the regular schedule comes with it so there are no surprises on the next booking. Text a photo of your gutters or call (866) 435-6328 to book a date.
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.
Our crew provides cleaning services in Ridgewood and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we work with homeowners by booking a slot by calling (866) 435-6328 or by text. Give us your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, because a twig jammed in the trough can change the job. Send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy, and that is enough for the quote. Lead time changes with the season, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when most calls come in at once. Book early for those months and you will get your gutters on the schedule you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our goal is to keep your gutters clean and clear, carry the water away from your home, and protect your home from water damage before the next storm. Regular cleanings are the cheapest way we know to handle gutter maintenance without a repair bill later. We provide the same Ridgewood gutter cleaning service to residential and commercial buildings, scheduled to match the lot.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure off the page, because two identical two-story houses can land at different numbers depending on what is in the gutters. Once we have those details, the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
When should I book depends on the season, but most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can freeze in place and the runs start to sag by March. Ask for the fall visit before the leaves finish dropping, so we can clean the runs before the ice sets in.
Most slots across Ridgewood come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Same-day is not something we promise, because the calendar fills fast in the busy months. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what we have open.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, flushing is part of our gutter cleaning process. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, and check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drainage line, we tell you whether water is getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and roof grit sit on top of the guard and mat into a surface layer that sheds water over the edge. On a gutter system with guards we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards, and guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance on a schedule.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a blockage. Text us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning to fix a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The price we quoted by phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
