Our own crew cleans gutters in North New Hyde Park, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave. What we pull out is hauled away, not blown onto your lawn, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls out.
The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover shades the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Across New York, most of the homes we clean are on a spring and fall schedule, and that is the rhythm we plan our calendar around.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size, and whether there is a clog or a leak to clear. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the measurements are done.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk changes the time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, with years of buildup and the odd twig in the trough, a run that has started to sag gets checked first, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, flow testing, and debris removal, with the debris carried away from your home, are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job here, the house had a two-story front and a shaded side with heavy tree cover on the back side. What moved the quote was the back run, which was packed to the elbow and had to be cleared by hand before we could flush the downspout beneath it. Most homeowners who ask us about cleaning services in North New Hyde Park are surprised by how much the shaded side changes the work. We give you that answer on the phone, before we book anything.
Gutter maintenance is cheaper when it is steady. Regular cleanings keep the trough from packing, and a house on a regular schedule does not build up the muck that makes the next visit slower. Keeping the whole gutter system clean also helps protect your home from water damage, which is the whole reason for the visit. If you want to get your gutters on a schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote it from what you tell us.
Heavy rainfall in March, August and December makes an overflowing gutter obvious, and it is worth checking after a storm. We do this as part of our cleaning and maintenance work, and anything we find that is outside cleaning gets photographed and reported. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: quote, clear, flush, flow-test, haul, photograph.
| 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 North New Hyde Park book twice a year: in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the last leaves are down. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is leaves and debris, wet and matted, and in a freeze-risk winter like ours, a gutter left with a blockage in the fall is the one that sags, pulls loose by March, and lets the fascia behind it rot.
Across New York, the cadence is the same: a spring visit and a fall visit cover most North New Hyde Park homes. Our gutter cleaning services follow that same two-visit rhythm. The fall visit matters most in our area because the freeze that comes after it turns trapped water into ice at the eave, and that can lead to structural damage. A clean gutter in November keeps the water flow moving, so that rainwater has somewhere to go and carries water away from the foundation.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is usually the right rhythm, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards change the work too: they need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared. Beds and landscape plantings under the eaves shed mulch and grit into the trough, and that pushes a house toward the shorter interval.
One customer on our route has no trees overhead and books once a year in late fall. The gutters stay open, the downspout runs clear, and the visit is short. Another customer under heavy trees is on the every three to four month schedule, and the difference shows up in what we find on each visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Care for a rain gutter comes down to what the house and the trees are doing, and we see that clearly the first time we open the gutters.
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 covers North New Hyde Park homes from the nearest base, and across the area we also serve commercial properties on the same routes as the residential properties. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text. As a homeowner, tell us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send.
Lead time for gutter services is set by the calendar, not a promise. Across New York, our busiest spring window is late May to June, and the fall window runs November to early December, because those are when the seed drop and the leaf drop fill the gutters. Booking outside those windows usually opens a slot faster. We call before we come, we leave the yard clean, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you want regular gutter cleaning here, the easiest way to clean your gutters on a schedule is to book the next visit before the current one ends. That way the calendar holds your slot and we already know what the last visit found. Residential and commercial clients in the surrounding areas both book this way, and it keeps the work predictable for everyone.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size, and what is in the gutters. We give you that figure by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Across New York, spring visits run late May to June. Our fall visits here usually land in November, and if you wait past them, a house in our freeze-risk winter often shows sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call (866) 435-6328, so you can keep your gutters clean on a regular schedule.
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 inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and we check drainage at the outlet of all gutters and downspouts. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching anything.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top and underneath. We lift the panels, clear beneath them, and flush each downspout.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not debris. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree before work starts. The invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
