Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule long enough to know what a clogged run looks like before it overflows.
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. Endicott gutter cleaning is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Ask us to clean only the front run and we will price that separately. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is counted. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher above grade than the front, and the crew has to work it from a different height. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, which takes longer to clear than a run cleaned every season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and we tell you about that before we start. Flushing, flow testing and hauling the leaves and debris away are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like on Endicott homes we have worked on: those cleaned on a regular schedule and those that had not been opened in several seasons. The regular ones come down in a single visit with the leaves and grit cleared by hand from each section. The neglected ones show clogged downspouts that have been holding water against the foundation, a rain gutter that has started to sag, boards behind the gutter that have begun to rot, and in one case a section pulled loose from its hangers by the weight of the buildup. Those visits take longer and cost more than a routine clean, and the difference is visible in the photos we send you afterward. Good drainage, which means carrying the water away from your home, is the point of the whole job, and a house with structural damage from months of standing water is a costlier fix than a cleaning.
| 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, most customers book twice a year: once in late May to June, after the spring seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in October to early November, after the last leaves are down. Ask us to clean your gutters in late May and we clear what the winter left behind. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the downspout elbows, which is where a blockage forms first. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag under the first ice and pull loose from the fascia by March. Because this part of New York freezes hard, the fall visit is the one that keeps ice from building at the eave and rainwater from backing up under the shingles along the roofline and causing a leak.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutters between visits and the clog builds faster than a twice-a-year clean can keep up with. Residential properties with few or no trees need a single cleaning in late fall in most years. Homes near a busy road or an active construction site tend to fall in the middle, since dust and grit settle into the gutter faster than leaves do. Homes with gutter guards are a different case: they cut down on surface litter, but they still need a visit, because the surface needs clearing and the water still has to get in.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters, not on a general rule. The point of regular gutter cleaning services is cleaning and maintenance, and gutter maintenance is what keeps the system draining through the heavy rainfall months rather than fixing a problem after it has already caused damage.
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 has cleaned gutters across Endicott and the surrounding areas, and we cover Endicott NY. Booking our gutter services starts with a quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is and whether trees hang over the eaves, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Every homeowner gets an estimate and a date. Lead times change with the season, and in the busy weeks of late spring and late fall the calendar fills first, so it is worth calling early. We call before we arrive, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Every clean closes with photos of the runs we cleared so you can see the result for yourself. Regular cleanings protect your home from water damage, so keep your gutters clear between visits. Every visit covers gutters and downspouts, not just the front run. Residential and commercial properties are booked the same way, and debris removal is included in the visit.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range without those details, because two two-story houses can take very different amounts of time. Once we have those three things, that is the whole gutter cleaning process on our end, and the price we tell you is the one on the invoice.
Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in October to early November. If you wait until the first hard freeze to get your gutters done, the leaf mat has packed and the fall visit is harder to do. On houses that skipped it we have seen runs sag and pull loose by March.
Most of our cleaning services in Endicott come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day work, because the calendar depends on the season and how many visits are already booked on the day you ask.
No. Nobody needs to be home for a clean. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water, and we check the water flow at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check that water is leaving the system and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards stop the large leaves, but fine litter from the landscape that gets past them, along with roof grit underneath, forms a wet mat that sheds water off the front edge. The surface still needs clearing and the water still has to get in, so guarded gutters are cleaned on a schedule as well.
A gutter system that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during the rain and we tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a section that has pulled loose or a run that needs more time than expected, you hear about it and agree to the change before work starts. The number we quoted is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
