Our own crew cleans gutters in Clay NY and will flush every downspout and flow-test it before we pack up. The mess goes away from your home in bags, and you get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Clay homeowners book in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are done. Call (866) 435-6328 for a firm quote.
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 size and what is sitting in the gutter system. 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 price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but on clay homes the stories and the access decide most of it.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, a sag in the run that stalls water flow, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean anything underneath. We clean gutters and downspouts in one visit, and downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are looking at it, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on our Clay jobs. A recent job at a Clay home had a clog that had backed water up behind the gutter for two seasons, and the crew cleared the run, flushed the downspout and found the drainage path blocked below grade, which we flagged in the photos before we left. The quote came from the stories and the tree cover, and the invoice matched it. Gutter cleaning services are priced to the house, and a regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps the quote from growing each year. Residential and commercial jobs use the same method, and the residential properties we clean are quoted from the same three facts. Commercial properties are priced the same way. Keep your gutters clear and the crew has less to pull out next visit. Clean your gutters on a schedule and the debris removal stays small.
| 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 falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands from October to early November, after the last leaves. For Clay NY gutters that means the same two windows. When we open a rain gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and in fall it is the leaves and sludge, matted into a wet mat, that sit in the trough. On houses that skipped the fall visit, the runs have sagged under ice by March, which is what the freeze does to a gutter that was left full.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the right rhythm, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the rainwater stops moving. A clog packed with seeds and leaves is slow to clear, so the cleanings go faster when they come often. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guards are less work, but the surface still needs a clean each time, so guarded gutters are on a longer interval rather than none. A blockage that starts at the elbow is far easier to clear in May than in a wet January, and a clog left into winter can turn into rot and structural damage at the fascia and the eave. That is the whole argument for the schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Gutter services are priced per visit, so the schedule you pick is the one you pay for, and we will not push a tier the roofline does not need. On every visit we flush every downspout, and we check that the downspouts send water away from the foundation. If you want to protect your home from water damage around the foundation, the schedule is the smallest part of keeping the gutters working. A small leak at a joint is a short fix when it is caught early, and the landscape beneath the eave is usually the first place the water shows up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline 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 works across Clay and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book the visit by phone or text. Clay gutter cleaning follows the same booking, so give us your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if it is easy. A Clay homeowner gets a quote on the phone from those facts. Lead time is set by our calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months and the slot comes up sooner, so the clean gets done before the next wet spell.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want to get your gutters cleared before the next storm, call (866) 435-6328 and the quote and the booking happen in one call, with the crew arriving on the date we confirm. Heavy rainfall is when people discover a problem, so the calls spike right after a big storm, and the photos of the clean are sent to your phone the same day. We check every elbow for a twig wedged in it, since one twig can hold back a whole downspout, and we do not call a clean finished until the water runs through.
Gutter maintenance is what keeps the work small between visits, and we will walk you through the gutter cleaning process on the phone so nothing surprises you on the day. A clean run keeps the rain moving away from your home. Once the first visit is done, the schedule is easy to keep, and the cleaning and maintenance follow-up is one call a season.
Our estimate for cleaning services in Clay comes by phone or text from the stories and the size of the house. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and again in October or early November. If you wait past the fall visit, we find leaves and debris matted into a wet mat and, by March, runs that have sagged under ice.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The clean stays outside, so leave the side gate unlocked, move any landscape pots away from the walls, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and clear clogged downspouts where we can reach them, and we check that the outlet sends water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, needles, seeds and leaves sit on top of the guard and mat into a paste, so a rain gutter with guards still needs clearing and the water still needs to get in.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, because a slope problem left alone can turn into structural damage. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job itself changes, and then you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. Our number on the phone is the number on the invoice, and the same rule holds for commercial properties.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
