Our crew provides gutter cleaning services and clears the gutters and downspouts from end to end. We run water through each run, test the water flow, haul away what comes out, and send photos of every run before we leave. Every job leaves the gutters clean, and the price comes from stories, size and tree cover, with the number on the invoice matching the phone quote. Most homeowners here book in spring and fall, when seed, pollen and leaf load come off the roofline.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our pricing for cleaning services in East Setauket depends on stories, 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you see one number for the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a thick buildup of compacted leaf mat, and a heavy rainfall on top of that is how a clog turns into an overflow. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and the gutters are clean when we leave. Anything that changes the job, including a leak at a seam, gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job the house had a steep side roof and a full run of leaf mat that had sat through a winter. What moved the quote was how long it took to get the gutter clean enough to flush the outlet until the water ran clear. The customer heard about it on the phone before we came out. If your house looks like that, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see. Most people are surprised that the job is mostly cleaning and maintenance, not ladder work, which is why every homeowner gets asked about tree cover up front.
| 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 to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most homes we service in East Setauket, NY, schedule two cleanings a year, once in that spring window and once in November after the leaves and debris come down. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall a rain gutter full of wet leaf mat and the odd twig is the problem, and here the first ice can show up before the gutters are clean. On houses with clogged downspouts that skipped the fall visit, we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March, which is the kind of structural damage and rot a clean-out in November would have prevented.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the right rhythm for a gutter system, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits. Lots with few or no trees do fine with regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but the surface still has to be clean, especially where a landscape sheds mulch and seed onto the roof, and a clog at the elbow is the first thing we check before we flush the run. A clean run moves water away from your home and off the foundation, and a visit every few months is how you keep your gutters working. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in the report so you have it on file. To get on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will 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.
The crew covers East Setauket, NY homes and surrounding areas from the nearest base. Our gutter cleaning process starts with one call. You call or text (866) 435-6328, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and we send a photo request for the front of the house if it is easy to take. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us takes that one call, and we get your gutters on the calendar when we confirm the date. Lead time depends on the week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We handle residential and commercial work. Most of our calls are residential properties, but commercial properties with long gutter runs get the same photo report. The calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring when the seed drop starts, and late fall before the first hard freeze. If you want a slot in those windows, book early, because spring and fall fill fast. Outside those windows the calendar opens up, and a standard visit is easier to fit in.
The number comes from stories, size and what is in the gutters, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. We will not give you a figure here because the house decides it, not the page. Flushing and debris removal are in the number already.
On our jobs most customers book late May or June after the seed drop, and again in November after the leaves and debris are down. If the gutters wait past the first hard freeze, the runs can sag and ice shows up at the eave, which is harder to fix than a clean-out.
Our crew confirms the date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so ask when you call and we will tell you what we have.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and uses ladder stand-offs so nothing rests on the gutter lip or the siding. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see the gutters are clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow test it at the outlet, so you know the drainage is working, and we tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it separately before touching it.
Yes, the surface still needs clearing, so you still need to clean your gutters, just less often. Needles, seed casings and pollen mat on top of the guard can cause a blockage that keeps rainwater from getting in, even when the gutter looks clean from the ground. We clear the surface and check that water is getting through.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope or drain-size problem, not a clog. Text us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem, but we will point out what it takes to protect your home from water damage.
It should not. This is gutter maintenance, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before work starts. Every one of our gutter services is priced the same way: the number we quote on the phone is the same clean number that lands on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
