Our crew will clean your gutters, flush every downspout, test the flow, haul everything out, and take photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Book by phone (866) 435-6328. Across New Jersey, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that schedule keeps water moving away from the house.
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 over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the length of the run.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep pitch takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits much higher than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years are packed with compacted leaf mat that has to be dug out by hand, not blown, and any structural damage we see gets reported to you, not repaired on the spot. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Flushing the drain pipes, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the Woodland Park homes we visit already show a gutter clog: water sheeting over the front edge, a run that has begun to sag, or a leak at a seam. Once the blockage is cleared and the outlets are flushed and clean, we check the water flow and tell you whether the system is handling the water. Commercial properties get the same kind of check on a schedule, which is why we quote residential and commercial jobs on the same basis: what we find, what we clear and what we photograph. Residential properties are quoted by stories and size; the number comes back to you before we are on the ladder.
We ask for a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to take. It helps us see the roofline, the height of the eave and how the gutter runs meet the drain pipes. That is usually enough to give a firm number on the phone, and it means nothing surprises you when we pull up.
| 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 book in the fall, in late October or November, after the last leaves come down. Across New Jersey, spring visits fall in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. In spring we open gutters and find seed casings and pollen packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, leaves and debris packed into the bends, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, clog buildup returns fast, and clogged downspouts are usually the first sign of it. Those customers book more cleanings than the once-a-year homes, since needles, twig tips and grit pack the outlets between visits, and regular gutter cleaning on a tighter schedule keeps them open. Homes with few or no trees near the roof do well if you clean your gutters once a year in late fall. Along a busy road or near active construction, grit settles into the gutter faster and the schedule tightens. Gutter guards reduce the work but do not eliminate it, so the surface still gets cleared on the same timeline.
When we open a rain gutter in the spring, we check for rainwater that has been sitting behind the fascia line, and for any blockage in the bends where the run turns. Once the gutter is clean, we walk the run for sag and check the drain pipe, because water that is not moving away from your home is the thing that brings rot to the fascia. Our rule of thumb from the job is simple: if the water is not flowing freely out of the bottom of the drain pipe after a rain, the system is overdue. That is the signal we look for on every visit, and it is the reason we do a flow check before we leave.
A clean gutter system helps protect your home from water damage, and the drainage around the foundation matters just as much. We clean the gutters and downspouts, check that the water is leaving the house, and report anything else we see on the roofline. Good gutter maintenance keeps water away from the foundation, and on most visits the job is cleaning and maintenance in one trip. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 works across Woodland Park and runs out of a nearby base, so we are not driving across the state to reach a job. Our gutter services start with an estimate by phone or text based on your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house. Homeowners get the number before any ladder goes up, and the homeowner does not need to be home for the visit. We offer cleaning services in Woodland Park for homes of every size. Woodland Park gutter cleaning is booked the same way, by phone or text. If it is easy to take, send a photo of the house front and we will use it to firm up the number before we schedule. Book by phone (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
Lead time changes with the season. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills quickly because most homes are on the same schedule. Book early in those months and you will have a slot sooner. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our gutter cleaning process is the same for every home, and we keep it short so the time on your property stays short too. While we work, we also look at the landscape and the surrounding areas around the house, so anything sending water toward the foundation gets reported. If your lot is on the heavy rainfall side of the year, it is worth getting on the calendar before the rain season starts.
The number comes from your stories, your square footage and what is sitting in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. The number we give you on the call is the number on the invoice. Flushing the drain pipes, flow testing and haul-off are included.
Across New Jersey the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed drop, and most of our customers book again in late October or November, after the leaves are down. Keep your gutters clean through the wet months. If you wait past November in a freeze-belt town, the water backs up behind the ice first, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need the job faster, say so on the phone and we will tell you what is open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, and sends photos of every run and drain pipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the lifts are up.
Yes, every drain pipe is flushed and watched until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where a drain pipe feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it.
Yes, on our jobs guarded gutters still need cleaning, just less often. Tree seeds and needles sit on top of the guard, and grit settles underneath, so we lift the panels, clear the surface and flush the outlet.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or drain-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or 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, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Our rule is that the number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
