Our own crew cleans gutters in Gates, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Gates customers book in spring and fall, and we have been running those visits across New York for years.
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 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. Gates homeowners who compare cleaning services in gates by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house with a steep roof or a walk-out basement the length alone does not tell you what the crew has to do.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far above the ground, gutters nobody has given a clean in years, packed with compacted debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When the crew opens a gutter that has gone a long time without a clean, the leaf mat is often two inches deep and the downspout elbow is packed to the bend, and a twig or a clog often sits right in it. Those visits take longer, and a homeowner who has been putting it off will see a bigger number than a neighbor on a twice-a-year schedule. Left that long, a gutter like that can give way under heavy rainfall and spill at the corner. That is the reason we tell you the number on the phone, so you know it before the ladder goes up.
Our Gates customers on heavy tree cover book more cleanings a year, and when a customer with a clean, low eave line and a customer under big trees both book the same week, the visits do not cost the same. The first visit tells us what your lot needs, and that sets the gutter maintenance schedule we put in writing.
On a homeowner's house the crew often finds a loose hanger or a seam that is starting to leak during the cleaning. We photograph it and put it in the report, but we do not repair it and we do not sell it on the spot. The cleaning price stays the cleaning price.
To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from stories, size and tree cover before we book a date. Every visit runs through the same gutter cleaning process, and the ladder stand-offs keep the weight away from your home, not on the gutter lip.
| 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, once the seed and pollen drop has finished. The fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down, and the same two windows hold across Gates homes. Your gutter system does its hardest work in those seasons, so the timing matters. In late May the clogged runs are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat that causes trouble, and a gutter that skipped the fall visit carries that mat into winter, where the trapped water freezes in place and can sag the run under the ice. Freezing is a real risk here, and that is how structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because leaves and debris pack the gutter runs between visits. The landscape decides a lot here, so with few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared and every downspout flushed, so those houses sit on a cleaning and maintenance schedule somewhere in between.
When we open a gutter here in May we find a buildup of seeds, seed casings and pollen in the first foot of every downspout. In October we find the leaves and the grit that washed down with them, and in winter, on the houses where the fall visit was skipped, the water that froze in place. We flush every downspout until the water runs clear, and then we check the rain gutter run from end to end. Left alone, that water finds the rot in the fascia board and then the soffit, and the job gets bigger. The work is the same every time, but what is in the gutter changes with the season, and the goal is to keep water away from the house.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the next date in writing so you can keep your gutters clean without guessing when the ladder comes back. To book a date, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will tell you the first open slot.
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 gutter services cover Gates homes and the surrounding areas, and we book in Gates NY by phone or text. To quote, we ask for stories, the approximate size of the house and whether big trees are over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Across New York the busy windows are late spring and early fall, so calling early in those months gets you a slot you want.
Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the first open date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning. The crew does not come inside. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we will not promise a slot we cannot keep. We clean residential and commercial properties on separate schedules, and residential properties are booked the same way as any other. Our gutter services follow the same steps whichever you choose.
Booking a regular gutter cleaning is the easiest way to clean your gutters on time, and we keep the same crew on the same schedule, so the second and third visits go faster and you know who is on the ladder. If the water flow at the bottom of a downspout looks slow or the drainage stalls, we say so in the report. A clean record of when your gutters were last cleaned makes the next quote quicker.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether big trees are over the house, and we will quote the same number we charge for the gutter cleaning service.
Across New York, spring visits land in late May to June and fall visits in late October to November. The fall visit matters most, because a leaf mat left in the gutter becomes a blockage that freezes in place over winter and can sag the run under ice. That is the easiest way to protect your home from water damage.
We tell you the first open date when you call. If a slot is free within the week we will confirm it, and if not we say so and give you the next date we have.
No. Our 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. Every downspout is flushed, and we check the gutters and downspouts together so we can watch the water run out at the bottom. If a downspout feeds an underground line we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on the guard and packing the gutter underneath. We lift the panels, clean the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of the rainwater spilling over the edge and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The number we gave you on the phone is the number on the bill.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
