Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Commack, bags the leaves and hauls them away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. We flush every downspout and flow-test it. The estimate comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the gutters have had the most leaves dropped into them.
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 quote Commack homes 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 of run, but the stories and the pitch are what actually change the time on the ladder, and commercial properties get the same phone quote.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time up top. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaves and debris in the trough, and clogged downspouts at the elbows. A single clog or blockage at one elbow can hold up a whole run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every rain gutter run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and drainage checks are included in the quote, so you know the water flow is moving at the outlet, and debris removal is never billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what it looks like on a recent job in town. Its neighborhood had a fair amount of tree cover, the gutters had gone a full season without being opened, and the crew found the run on the back wall starting to sag under a dense mat of seed and leaf. The quote was raised before the lift went up, the customer approved it by phone, and the back run came out clean with the downspout flushed and running at the bottom. The case is written up with its link so you can read the whole job.
If you are planning a visit, send us a photo of the front of the house by text when you call, along with stories and whether trees hang over the house. That is enough for a quote we will stand behind. We do not quote a fixed number without seeing the house, because a steep two-story and a flat single-story can sit on opposite ends of the same street. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a number from the photo.
| 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 twice a year: across New York the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose from the fascia by March under the weight of ice, with a leak at the eave soon after. Freeze risk is real in this town, so the fall clean is the one that keeps rainwater flowing and water away from your home before the first hard freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the house, the schedule changes. Needles, twig and grit pack each downspout between visits, so those houses are on every three to four months. Near a busy road or a construction site the same applies, because the grit settles into the gutter faster. A house with few or no trees can run once a year in late fall and be fine. Guards slow the buildup but do not stop it, so a guarded gutter system gets a clean less often, with the surface still cleared between visits. Regular cleanings keep your gutters clear of what the wind and the trees keep dropping.
Every house is a little different, and the three tiers apply to residential and commercial buildings alike as a starting point rather than a rule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how each downspout ran, and how often to clean your gutters from there. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance is what keeps a house on the right tier.
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 provides gutter services and cleaning services across Commack and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. Homeowners on the older tree-lined streets see the heaviest leaf load, and that is where we clean most often, while residential properties everywhere get the same photo report. Booking is simple. You call or text, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We give a quote from those answers, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and a homeowner who is out is still sent the photos.
Lead time is listed on the booking page for the current month, and it moves with the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so calling early in those months gets you the slot you want. If you have a sense of your schedule, tell us when you call and we will work around it. Whatever the calendar says, the Commack gutter cleaning process stays the same on every visit: the gutters come clean first, we flush every downspout, and photos of every run go to your phone before we leave, so you can see the work for yourself. To book, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or tell us the date you want.
Our gutter cleaning service is priced from stories and size, and we give the number by phone or text before we book anything. It does not change once the crew is on the ladder. Downspout flushing and haul-off are in the quote.
Most of our customers book the fall visit for November to early December, and across New York the spring visit falls in late May to June. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, and if you wait past the fall visit on a house with trees, we usually find sagging runs, rot in the fascia, and structural damage from ice weight by March. Heavy tree cover means every three to four months.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Tell us if you need a particular day and we will check, and if you want to get your gutters done before a storm, say so.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and we send 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, and we leave the landscape as clean as we found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check the outlet to see that water is leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Even a guarded gutter system needs clearing of seed casings, pollen and grit that sit on top of the mesh and stop water from going in. Under guards, gutter maintenance is shorter than on an open gutter, but the surface still needs clearing.
A clean gutter that still spills in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No. If something we find changes the job, we call you and agree on it before work starts. The number we quoted on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
