Our own crew cleans gutters in Johnson City, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away from your home, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New York, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are finished.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the house, not the footage, is what we measure. What moves a price on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Cleaning the gutters and downspouts, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and the debris leaves in bags, away from your home. Searches for residential and commercial gutter work are common, but this page covers houses only: the method above prices residential properties, not commercial properties. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Johnson City homes, the quotes that climb fastest are the ones where the gutters are packed with compacted leaves and debris that has sat for years. A clog like that can mean a run with visible sag under its own weight, buildup behind the hangers, clogged downspouts that have to be opened, and structural damage and rot in the fascia if water has been sitting. We say what we found and what it did to the time on the ladder, then give you the number. Houses with a clean roofline and open downspout runs come in lower, and that is the whole reason we ask about the trees and the stories first. A clean run needs a quick flush; a packed run keeps us on the ladder.
Where drainage is blocked, the water flow is slower and the quote reflects it. We do not sell a second visit for a problem we can see on the first one. If the crew finds a seam dripping, a leak at a joint or a hanger pulled loose, it is photographed and reported to you, not repaired and not sold on the spot. A rain gutter that carries water away from the foundation is the goal, and the price is built around getting you there. When you call, tell us the stories, the rough size of the house and whether big trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy. That is enough for us to give you a number you can hold us to.
| 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 two cleanings a year, in late May or June after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and again in October or early November after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. When we open one in November we find a wet leaf mat that has been sitting since the first frost, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Wet leaves in a gutter become a blockage, and often a clog, by the first frost. Gutters in Johnson City NY face freezing winters, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest. Summer is the other test: June, July and August are the wettest months in Johnson City, and rainwater that cannot get out of a packed trough spills over the front edge in heavy rainfall. Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is what keeps the gutter clear, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack every downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Near a busy road or construction, plan on the shorter interval. If you want to clean your gutters before the first freeze, book in October. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 cleaning services run across Johnson City and the surrounding areas, and we work the city from our base, so a booking here does not wait on a crew coming from far away. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. The same quote method applies to every Johnson City gutter cleaning job. Lead time depends on the calendar for our gutter services, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and fall, so if you want an early slot, book before the seeds fall or before the leaves and twigs come down. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Each visit, the crew will flush every downspout and check the outlet before the truck leaves. If you have gutter guards, say so when you book, because the job is priced differently. Booking with us also gives a homeowner a clear window to protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain. Ask for a written estimate, book a date to get your gutters on the schedule, and we will keep your gutters running clean through the season.
The number comes from stories and size, not from a rate card. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us and our gutter cleaning service quotes it from those two things and the tree cover. The figure on that call is the price we charge.
Most of our customers book late spring and early fall. In spring we find seeds and pollen packed in the elbows; in fall we find the leaf mat and, in a hard winter, the ice that comes after it. Waiting past the first hard freeze is the costliest of the two mistakes.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week for our cleaning services in Johnson City. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call so you know exactly when we are coming.
No. Johnson City homeowners do not need to be home. Our crew works outside around the landscape, 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 flow-tested as part of our gutter cleaning process, and we check that water is leaving the outlet. If a line drains underground and needs clearing, that is a separate job that we price before we touch it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top, where they turn into a mat. With guards, the gutter maintenance gets smaller but it does not stop. We clean the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, so the cleaning and maintenance stays on schedule.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain is not carrying water away, which points to a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
