Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts for homeowners here, flushing every downspout and hauling the leaves and twigs away. Every run is clean and photographed before the truck leaves. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
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 square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back. A gutter system that nobody has opened in years comes out packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included, never billed as extras, and they leave the run clean. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Commercial properties are priced the same way, from stories, roof area and gutter run, and a homeowner who has seen water in the basement should say so on the phone.
On South River homes with a heavy leaf load, the first thing we check is whether the lower runs are full or whether the water flow is simply stopped at the elbow. We have seen both. When the buildup is deep, the clogged downspouts go first, and water backs up under the shingles and into the fascia behind the gutter, and that is where the leak starts. That is the kind of structural damage we are there to prevent, so we clear every downspout, check the drainage at the outlet, and do not leave until the run is clean. A rain gutter with a sag, or an elbow that will clog again in a month, gets flagged on the spot. Ask us for a photo of the front of your house by text and we will tell you what we expect to find.
| 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.
Across New Jersey, spring visits usually land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. For South River NJ, plan the fall visit for late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Our gutter cleaning service plans around those two windows. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall, wet leaves clog the elbows and the mat holds the rainwater against the gutter, and where winter freezes, the first ice and the ice dams forming at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, and a clean run in November costs less than a rebuilt fascia in March.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps up, because needles and grit fill the downspout between visits and a blockage at the elbow forms fast. Few or no trees, and once a year in late fall keeps a clean gutter line. Residential properties under heavy tree cover follow that tier, and residential and commercial roofs alike get the schedule set from the roofline, not the calendar. Near a busy road or a construction site, we plan closer visits too. Rain here runs about 49.9 inches a year, with June, July and August the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a blocked run shows first. Each visit includes debris removal, and between visits you can clean your gutters from the ground with a hose. The calendar fills in spring and fall, so book those visits early. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and give you the estimate for the year, and we put the next visit on the calendar before we leave.
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 for homeowners and the surrounding areas, and we know the houses well enough to know which ones carry the heaviest leaf load. For South River gutter cleaning, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will quote from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Lead time changes with the season, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. Residential properties get the same routine as any other job. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. If you are trying to keep your gutters working through a wet year, the simplest plan is to book the spring and fall visits now so the calendar is set. We clean the gutters, flush every downspout, and send you the photos, so you can see the job was done before we leave. Between cleanings, the twig and leaf load a tree drops can build up at the elbow and make a gutter leak at the seam, so our cleaning and maintenance visits include a look at every run. Our gutter services cover the flush and the photos, and gutter maintenance between visits is what keeps rainwater from backing up under the shingles. If you have gutter guards, we lift them and check underneath too. Keeping water away from your home is the whole point, because the goal is to protect your home from water damage, and the foundation and siding are where that counts most.
Cleaning services in South River are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give you that number by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and it is the number on the invoice. Nothing is added after the crew is on the ladder.
Customers book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall leaves, we find the wet leaf mat and, where winter freezes, the ice forming at the eave. Waiting through a season of heavy rainfall lets the fascia rot, and that is what turns a cleaning into a repair.
Most slots across South River come up within the week. To get your gutters on the schedule, call us and we confirm the first open date on the phone, and if a same-day visit is possible we will say so.
No. Our cleaning and maintenance visits are outside work only: the crew does not come inside, keeps the ladder off the landscape beds and away from your home, 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, we flush every downspout in your gutter system and check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and mat into a paste that can clog the run. We lift the panels, clear underneath, clean out the downspout and reseat the guards, which is still gutter maintenance, just a shorter job, and the gutter comes back clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: quote, visit, flush, photos, and the run comes out clean. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, and the number we quoted is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
