Our own crew handles Irondequoit gutter cleaning, every downspout flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean, the leaves bagged and 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 is over the roof, 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.
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 give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Commercial properties get the same three-part quote. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, which is the other way you will see it quoted.
What moves the quote on our jobs is the same almost every time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with compacted leaves packed into the trough and clogged downspouts, and that takes time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. A rain gutter that runs along a long side of the house takes longer than a short front run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. The goal on every job is water away from the house, not just a clean trough. If something we find changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Irondequoit homes, the jobs that take the most time are the ones with a clog in the lower run where buildup has been stacking for a season, where the leaves and debris have sat until the trough is packed and water flow has backed up behind the elbows, and the drainage stops. A clog like that is quick to clear and leaves the trough clean once the crew is on the ladder, but left alone it can sag and lead to structural damage, which is why we look at the whole run instead of just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Whatever the house, the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
| 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 in Irondequoit NY book twice a year, a spring and fall visit each year. Across New York, spring visits land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits land in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall the leaf load is the problem, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged under ice by March, with rainwater sitting behind the fascia and the roofline starting to pull loose. Under heavy tree cover, we are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses.
The point of a regular gutter cleaning service is to keep the gutter system moving water away from your home, not to wait until a blockage is causing damage. Clean your gutters on that rhythm and the gutter maintenance stays small. A clog caught in spring is a short visit, with debris removal done in one pass, and a run that starts to leak in March is a much bigger one. The same clog left until the fall can mean ice at the eave and water coming in where it should not. Cleaning and maintenance on a steady schedule means a clean system goes into fall without a backlog.
Residential and commercial buildings follow the same schedule. After the first visit you get an estimate for which tier your residential properties actually need.
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.
Irondequoit gutter cleaning covers gutters and downspouts across the surrounding areas. We flush every downspout and clear any twig or needle that has lodged in one. Our gutter services cover residential properties, and the same crew keeps the schedule for each one. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. Each homeowner hears the number by phone before the crew arrives.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Homeowners here tend to book the late spring and late fall windows, which fill first, so the sooner you call before those, the easier it is to get the date you want. Our cleanings keep your gutters clean and catch a leak early, and houses with gutter guards get the same call-ahead and photo check. To get started, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we will book a date that works. We will help you protect your home from water damage with a schedule that fits your lot.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters. Once you tell us the stories, size and tree cover, we give you the number and that is what you pay.
Our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze in fall, the leaf mat is often frozen in the trough and the crew has to work around ice at the eave. With about 102 inches of snow a year on average, a trough left full in fall can freeze solid before the crew gets there. Booking early in each window keeps your gutter maintenance on schedule and helps you get your gutters done on the date you want.
Our cleaning services in Irondequoit are booked by date, and we confirm the day when you call (866) 435-6328. We do not promise same-day service across Irondequoit, because it depends on the calendar and on the weather that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process keeps the crew outside, and it 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 with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not, so the landscape around the foundation stays dry and the fascia does not rot. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, less often than open ones. On our jobs we find seed casings and grit working through the guard and a wet mat sitting on top, so the crew clears the surface, flushes each downspout and reseats the guards. Guards keep leaves off, but the job is still to keep water moving away from your home. We do not sell guards, we only clean around them.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall, the problem is in the gutter system itself, a slope or downspout-size issue, not a blockage. Send us a photo or 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.
It should not. The number we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
