Our own crew cleans Mastic gutters by hand, flushes every downspout and checks it at the outlet, and sends photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners here get a clean run, and the price comes from stories, house size and how much tree cover shades the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. The wettest months here are March, April and December, so call (866) 435-6328 to book a clean visit before they arrive.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are priced per house. Commercial properties are quoted from the same three things. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but on a two-story house with a steep back slope, the per-foot number hides the real work.
On our jobs, these are what move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the lot. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises how high the gutters sit off the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a buildup of leaves and debris, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we see most often. When a gutter has gone years without attention, leaves and grit pack the back run until water pours over the front edge in the rain. The crew clears the run, flushes every downspout, and leaves the trough clean. The quote covers that work in full. Heavy tree cover around some Mastic homes means more to clear on every visit, which is why the quote asks about trees before we give a number. Homeowners with trees over the house should say so when they call.
Water is the reason for all of this. A clog holds standing water, and standing water is how a rain gutter sags, how fascia boards start to rot, and how structural damage reaches the foundation. Clogged downspouts are the usual cause. Clean gutters with good drainage keep water flow moving, and that moves water away from the house. That is the whole job, which is why we flush every downspout instead of stopping at the trough.
| 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 book a clean twice a year, spring and fall: late spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across New York, spring visits usually fall in late May to June. Here the fall visit usually lands in late October to November. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, the gutters have sagged by March.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the usual rhythm, and debris removal is part of every visit. Residential and commercial sites follow the same rhythm. Residential properties with few or no trees usually need only the late fall visit, once a year, and that holds for most houses. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs a clean, and leaf litter on top of a guard turns to paste where the water never gets in. Mastic NY sees its wettest months in March, April and December, and snow falls in January, February, March and December, about 31.8 inches a year, so the trough carries ice as well as water.
A clog or a blockage that sits through a freeze turns into a much bigger problem. Freeze risk is real here, and ice that backs up at the roofline can lift shingles at the eave and start a leak in the ceiling. A gutter cleaning service visit in late fall comes before the freeze, not after it. Clean your gutters before the first hard freeze, and the rainwater has a path. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we give you the estimate for it.
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 homes in the surrounding areas, and mastic gutter cleaning follows the same steps on every house. You call or text us, we ask for stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. From those we give you a number before the crew is scheduled. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months gets you on the schedule sooner. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we confirm the date when we speak with you. If you are a homeowner trying to protect your home from water damage this season, the sooner the gutters are clear, the sooner the water has somewhere to go. Each of our cleanings means we flush every downspout, not just the one by the driveway. One twig in an elbow is enough to hold back the water, and a clear run now keeps a leak from starting at the eave. Keep your gutters clean between visits, and the water leaves through the gutters and downspouts instead of over the edge. Our gutter services are built around that one job, done in full on every visit.
We clean residential and commercial properties with the same flush and flow check, and the quote is built from the same three things. Residential properties with heavy tree cover follow the regular schedule above, and commercial properties get the same photos before the truck leaves. Homes with gutter guards follow the same schedule, with the guards lifted and reseated on each visit. Gutter maintenance between visits is mostly keeping leaves and needles out of the trough, and a gutter that drains properly carries rain away from your home. Cleaning and maintenance go together, so a clear run now means fewer surprises at the next visit.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here, because the same two-story house can come in lower or higher depending on what is packed in the gutters and how much tree cover shades the house.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. Across New York, spring visits usually fall in late May to June. If you wait past the first hard freeze in the fall, the wet leaf mat can freeze into the trough and the runs can sag by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. We provide cleaning services in Mastic and across Mastic on a booked-slot basis, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the quieter months.
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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we confirm water is leaving at the outlet, away from your home, not into the landscape beds or toward the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Mesh guards hold whole leaves off, but a tree overhead still drops needles, and seed casings and grit get through and mat on top. Once that mat is wet, the water runs over the front edge, and a fascia board behind it can start to rot. The guards are part of the gutter system, so the surface still needs a clean and the downspout still needs a flush.
A clean gutter that still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a leaf problem. Send us a photo or short video taken during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not without you hearing about it first. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree before work continues.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
