Our own crew cleans gutters for homeowners here, every run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Canandaigua jobs land in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
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. Every homeowner gets a clean number over the phone or by text, built from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Most gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place, but a per-foot number hides the things that actually move a job.
On our jobs the quote moves when the crew finds a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. A clog in the run takes longer than a light one, and buildup in the trough slows the water flow. A sag or a loose hanger has to be photographed before we touch it. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras, so the quote covers the full clean. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the work looks like on our local jobs. On one house in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the crew found leaves packed into the back run, drainage had stopped, and two clogged downspouts were holding the water. The clog had been building through the season, and the gutter had started to sag where it held the wet mass. We flushed the run, cleared the blockage until it was clean, and photographed each stage so the owner could see what was in the gutter before and after. The quote was built from the stories, the size and the tree canopy over that house, and the owner heard the number before the crew climbed. Canandaigua homes with a lot of cover tend to need this more than open-lot houses do, and that is the main reason our crew asks about trees on the phone. A rain gutter that sits full of wet debris for a season can also start to drip at the seams and move water back toward the structural damage we see at the fascia, so the sooner it is cleared the less the repair list grows. Text a photo of the gutters or call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before anyone climbs.
| 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 York, the spring visit usually lands in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and most of our customers also book a fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves. In May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the outlet pipes. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that have sagged under the weight of ice. Snowfall here averages nearly 55 inches a year, and June, July and October are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall shows a clog in the run before anything else does. A full gutter that freezes is the reason many homes end up with an ice dam at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, book visits closer together, because leaf litter and grit settle into the run between cleanings. A lot with few or no trees can stick to the fall visit alone. Regular visits are the simplest form of gutter maintenance, and clean gutters carry water away from your home while keeping the roofline dry. Keeping to a schedule stops a blockage from sending rainwater over the edge, and debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left sitting in the trough. Near a busy road or a construction site, the dust and grit do the same job as the trees, so we schedule those lots on the shorter cycle as well. Gutter guards, where a house has them, still need the surface cleared as part of the gutter system, and we check underneath on the same visit. We want the trough clean before we leave. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so the schedule is based on what the crew found and not on a guess. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first 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 works across Canandaigua NY and the surrounding areas, and we know the neighborhoods where the tree cover and the older houses keep us busy. This page covers residential properties only, so commercial properties and any residential and commercial mix need their own quote. We book from your phone call or text: give us stories, size and whether there are trees over the house, and send a photo of the front if that is easy. Canandaigua gutter cleaning service is booked from one call, and the regular gutter cleaning process runs the same way every time: a call, a look at the house, the crew, and the photos on your phone. Our gutter services take in the run, the outlet and the haul-off, and gutters and downspouts are covered on every visit. Every run is photographed clean before the truck leaves. Even a twig lodged in an elbow counts as a blockage, and it comes out before we go. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the better your chances of getting the date you want. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, and a regular visit is how you keep your gutters working through the winter. For a booking, text a photo of the roofline or call (866) 435-6328, and we will help you get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone climbs. We do not quote a range here, because the exact figure depends on the house. The number we give is the number we charge.
Across New York, the spring visit usually falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and most of our customers add a fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves. If the fall visit gets skipped, we see sagging runs by March on the houses that waited, and fascia that has started to rot behind them.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew leaves the landscape as clean as it found it. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, and the outlet is left clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards still collect leaf litter, seed casings and grit on top, and once that mat is wet, rain runs off the front edge. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, so we clear the surface and check the run underneath on the same visit.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or outlet size problem, not a debris 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.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to the new number before work starts. The quote you get on the 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.
