Our crew cleans gutters in North Merrick by hand, flushes every downspout and flow-tests it, hauls the debris off, and sends 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we keep the calendar open for both.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the house itself is what sets the time on the ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and a gutter system with guards that we have to lift and reseat adds time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and hauling away what comes out are included and never billed as extras. A clean run that drains at every outlet is the goal, and checking the drainage at each outlet is part of the price. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our North Merrick jobs, the clog that costs the most time is a gutter that has sat for a season with wet leaves in it, which packs down into a mat and holds water against the fascia. One recent visit on a tree-covered lot had the buildup pressed hard into the back run, and the crew cleared it with the lift before we flush every downspout until the water flow runs clear at the bottom. That kind of blockage is what causes structural damage when water backs up, and clearing it early keeps water out of the basement and the leaves and debris out of the trough. Most of the houses we work on in North Merrick homes are on the same kind of schedule, and a quick look from the driveway tells us whether the job will run long.
Once the crew is on the roof we do not change the number unless something changes the job, and if it does you hear about it first. Commercial properties and residential properties each get the same rule. We leave every rain gutter clean and moving, keep the clogged downspouts open, and keep the water away from your home, and we tell you how we got there.
| 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.
Plan to clean your gutters in late May or June, after the spring seed and pollen drop, and again from November to early December after the last leaves. Our gutter cleaning service runs on that twice-a-year rhythm for most houses across New York. On our North Merrick jobs, the spring visit finds seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that holds rainwater against the fascia. In a freeze-prone winter, the fall visit is the one that stops ice dams at the eave, and houses that skipped it show sag by March.
Under heavy tree cover, three or four cleanings a year is what keeps a gutter clean, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in November is enough. Guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a mat of wet needles on top of the guard stops the water from getting in and spills it onto the landscape below.
Gutters clog faster when more leaves and needles land on the roofline in the fall, and a regular gutter cleaning schedule keeps a clog from turning into a leak. Heavy rainfall in March, April and December is when a clog shows up first, so the spring and fall visits are timed around it. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left in the trough or on the lawn. Residential and commercial buildings both get that same check as part of cleaning and maintenance, and we track each one so the next visit starts where the last one ended.
After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the roofline for an estimate, or book a date before the spring or fall calendar fills.
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.
North Merrick gutter cleaning runs from the nearest base, and the crew reaches surrounding areas on the same route. We clean gutters on that route one house after another. To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front. We ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we give you a number from those three things.
Lead time is listed on the booking line, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills first. Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, so those windows fill fast. Book early in those windows if you want to get your gutters done on a set day. We call before we come, and you can keep your day. Every North Merrick homeowner we serve tells the crew they like one call to set the day and one text when the truck is leaving, so that is how we run it.
A clean gutter is one that does not leak into the wall or the basement, and that is what the crew is there for. We clean the gutters and downspouts, pull out every twig and packed leaf, check the fascia, and protect your home from water damage the way a steady schedule does. If you have gutter guards, we clean the surface as well so the guards keep doing their job. Keep your gutters clean now and the spring visit is easier, which is how we keep your gutter services predictable from one season to the next.
For cleaning services in North Merrick, the number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we come out. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from the stories, the size and the tree cover.
Across New York, most customers book in late May or June and again from November to early December, which is when we see the seeds and the wet leaf mat. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can already have started at the eave.
No, you do not need to be home. The crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves each run clean, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Our gutter cleaning process flushes every downspout and checks where each one drains, including the underground lines, and any buried line that needs clearing is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need gutter maintenance. Under guards we find needles and seed casings sitting on top, and water that cannot get in until the surface is clean.
If a gutter that was clean still overflows in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog, and water left sitting at the fascia can rot the board behind it. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
The price you get 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 work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
