Our own crew comes out to clean gutters in Halfmoon, flushes every downspout and checks the flow, hauls the leaves and twigs away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. June, July and October are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall is what shows a blocked run first. The price comes from the number of 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 of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we have been doing this work long enough to know why those two visits do the most good.
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 it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you run the numbers on a real house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back rain gutter far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. The same three questions set the quote for residential properties and commercial properties. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here the quote usually rises most when a gutter has gone a long time without a visit and the leaves and twigs have packed into a solid mass in the trough. Even a single twig wedged in an elbow can start that clog. That is the clog that holds water and lets it run behind the fascia, the start of rot and structural damage if it sits. A run that has started to sag holds even more, and the buildup at the low point cuts the water flow to the outlet. Getting a clean run back takes more time, and we say so on the phone. A house under heavy tree cover with clogged downspouts gets priced for the extra flushing it needs, and we walk you through that before we come out.
| 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 here book for spring and fall. Across New York, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit follows the last leaves coming down. Nor'easters across New York are the storms that test a roofline hardest, and a clogged gutter is usually the first thing they expose. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and in a freezing winter that mat is what turns into ice dams at the eave. Snow here totals 59.2 inches a year, and rainwater that sits in a blockage has nowhere to go once it freezes. Our fall visit usually lands in late October to November.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm for regular gutter cleaning, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep a clean run. That is the plan we give residential properties with light cover. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs a clean on the same schedule. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs.
When we open a gutter here in the spring we often find a clog that started in the fall. That is why the fall visit matters more than people expect on Halfmoon homes that sit under trees. Getting the fall visit right is what keeps water away from the foundation through the winter.
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 for years across Halfmoon and the surrounding areas, and the process starts with a phone call. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will get you on the calendar. We will ask for stories, approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, then give you a quote on the phone for your gutters and downspouts. A homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house gets a better quote, because it helps us judge the height before we arrive.
Halfmoon gutter cleaning fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so booking early keeps your preferred day. Every homeowner gets the same quote process on every street, and our gutter services follow the same steps on every job. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the crew works from outside. Clean gutters are what keep water away from your home and protect your home from water damage, and that is the reason we ask you to keep your gutters on a regular cleaning schedule rather than waiting for a leak.
Halfmoon cleanings are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not guess from the street. Our gutter cleaning service for a two-story house includes downspout flushing and cleanup in that number.
Our customers here usually book late spring and late fall, and the fall visit is the one people skip. Skip it and the leaf mat is what we find sagging by the time the ice comes. If you want to clean your gutters before the freeze, call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on a regular gutter cleaning schedule.
Most slots come up within the week, and our gutter cleaning process confirms the exact date when you call. We will not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends you photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run out the bottom. Where a line runs underground we check the drainage at the outlet, so the water goes out into the landscape and not against the foundation. If water is not leaving, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, a gutter system with guards still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top, and that mat stops water from getting in. Guards cut the work but do not end cleaning and maintenance. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that runs clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout problem, not a blockage problem, and that is a gutter maintenance question as much as a cleaning one. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not charge you again for a slope problem.
It should not. Residential and commercial quotes both start from the same three questions, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
