Tenafly homeowners get the same crew every time. We clean gutters and downspouts by hand, flush every downspout, flow-test each run, haul the debris away and send photos of every run before we leave. Our gutter cleaning services in Tenafly NJ start with a number we give you by phone, and that number is the number on the invoice. Across New Jersey, most customers book in spring and fall, when seeds, pollen and leaves have built up enough to matter. Left alone, a clog turns into water where it does not belong.
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 an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 for a firm figure. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, and we are happy to talk through either way of looking at it.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a steep pitch that needs a lift, a walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and flow testing checks the drainage at each outlet. Any leak we see at a seam gets photographed and reported, and the fix is quoted separately. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Heavy overhang slows the work on steep-roofed homes, and we say so when you call. If you want us to clean your gutters on a set schedule, we put that in writing before the first visit. Our regular gutter cleaning uses the same crew, the same checks and the same photos on a single-family house or on commercial properties, so you know what you are paying for before we climb. Residential properties get the same treatment.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on a range of homes, and what changed the number most was the same as anywhere else: how many stories, how much buildup there was, and whether we could get a boom or scissor lift onto the grass. A gutter system that has started to sag along the roofline tells us a lot before the ladder goes up. When you call, tell us about those three things and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to take, and we will give you a firm number. Residential and commercial jobs are priced on the same basis, and residential properties get the same photo report and the same flush as anything else we do. Before we leave, the trough is clean and the photos are on your phone.
| 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 of our customers here book twice a year, once in spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across New Jersey, the spring window runs late May to June, and our fall visits in Tenafly NJ run November to early December. Late spring and late fall are when a gutter has the most to hold, so that is when a clog or blockage starts to form and a downspout starts to back up. Tenafly gets 48.4 inches of precipitation a year, and its wettest months are June, July and September, so heavy rainfall finds clogged runs fast.
When we open a rain gutter in late spring we usually find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a layer of pollen paste sitting in the trough. A run that looks clean from the driveway often is not, so we open every elbow. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, mixed with leaves, twig pieces and debris from the trees over the eave, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs pulling loose from the fascia by March. Where the first freeze comes early, trapped rainwater backs up under the shingles and ice builds at the eave, and that kind of damage costs real money to fix. Runs left full for a season let the fascia rot, and that is structural damage. Snow adds to it too, 32.7 inches of snow a year, mostly in January, February, March and December.
Under heavy tree cover, our customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Under few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or a construction site, we would add a visit in between. Homes with gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, and that is part of the gutter maintenance we quote. If you keep your gutters on a schedule, it is easier on the house than waiting for a full trough. Starting from a clean trough means the first storm has somewhere to go, and between visits, cleaning and maintenance is simple: check the outlets and watch the water flow, and call us if water comes over the edge.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and we put the photos and notes in your file so the next visit starts where the last one ended. Those notes help us protect your home from water damage year after year, and they show what changed from one season to the next.
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 gutter service is booked by phone. Our crew works across town and the surrounding areas, covering all of the town from the nearest base, and when you call we ask which part of town you are in so we know what the access looks like. You give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front if it is easy to take. We quote over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and set a date.
Across New Jersey, the spring window runs late May to June, and our fall visits in Tenafly NJ run November to early December, so if you want a specific day in those months, call early and get your gutters on the calendar before the slots fill. Outside those windows there is usually more room. We call before we come, and the truck parks away from your home wherever the driveway allows. Nobody needs to be home for the work itself, and if a storm pushes the work back, we call and move you to the next open day. Keep the side path clean and any landscape beds clear so the ladders can get through.
Whether you are a homeowner with a single run that clogs every spring or someone who wants the whole house on a regular schedule, the process is the same: one call, one quote, one visit and a photo report. A clean first visit sets the baseline, and if you are coming back to us for a second season, we pick up where the last visit left off, because we keep the notes from every job. That is the part of the gutter cleaning process we think matters most over time.
Here, the number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Flushing and haul-off are already in that number, and our gutter services include a flow check at every outlet.
Spring visits run late May to June across New Jersey, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visits in Tenafly run November to early December, after the leaves come down. Waiting past the first freeze in the fall usually means ice has already started to back up at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We cannot promise a crew on a given day until we check the schedule, so call early.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep the path clean, keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, and we 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. Once the run is clear, downspout extensions carry water away from the foundation.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing the trough underneath, so the surface still needs clearing and the downspouts still need flushing, though less often than an open gutter. Guards keep leaves out of a rain gutter, but they do not end the job.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than buildup. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts, so the number on the invoice matches the number we quoted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
