Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, how big the house is and how much tree cover sits over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills. Call (866) 435-6328 for a phone quote today.
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 square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we quote the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more ladder work. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits further up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed muck that takes more time to clear before they run clean, and a clog that has backed water into the trough is slower to flush than one caught early. A joint that has a leak, or a run that sags or has pulled away, adds time to the visit. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
For our Onondaga homes, the ones with the most leaves and debris tend to be the ones under heavy overhead cover, where seed casings and needles pack the trough between visits. When we open a gutter like that we often find the buildup has started to block the drainage at the elbows, which is why we flush every downspout and not only the ones that look full. Customers in the surrounding areas see the same pattern, and the landscape around each house decides how fast the trough fills. If you tell us about your stories, your size and what is growing over the house, we can give you an estimate before we ever come out. A quick photo of the front of the house by text helps us confirm it. Regular gutter cleaning on a schedule usually costs less per visit, because a crew that comes back every few months is not trying to clean out years of caked-on gunk in one pass. Trying to clean your gutters once every few years is what runs the price up. The same rule covers residential and commercial work, including residential properties of every size: the scope is set before we arrive, and it is the scope we price.
| 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 two visits a year, once in late spring and once in late fall. Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, once the last leaves have come down. Our gutter services in spring target the seed and pollen paste that clogs the elbows of gutters and downspouts, and in fall it is the wet leaf mat that has to come out before winter. Where we get a freeze, the first ice starts forming at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sag, pull loose and let the fascia rot by March, once the weight of the ice has settled in.
Here is how the tiers break down on our jobs. Two cleanings a year cover most houses. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see, because needles and grit pack the downspout runs between visits and a single rainfall can carry a clog into the drainage line. A house with few or no trees around it is usually fine once a year in late fall, when a clean trough is all it needs. One twig wedged in an elbow can hold back a whole downspout, so every visit includes a crew that will flush every downspout. Guards change the schedule a little: they cut down on leaves, so they can stretch the interval, but the surface still needs clearing. The wettest months here are June, July and August, and that heavy rainfall is when a clog shows itself. When we open a gutter here in May we find the rainwater has been running off the roofline into the same spot for a season, and that is the kind of blockage that starts to cause trouble. Keep your gutters on a schedule that matches the trees over the house. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and a visit on schedule helps protect your home from water damage.
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 the area from the nearest base, and we work the same way on every route. Homeowners start with a quote by phone or text from their stories, house size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send, and tell us whether there are gutter guards on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 to start, and we confirm the lead time then, because it depends on what the calendar looks like that week. Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, the late spring and late fall visits, so if you want a fixed date, call early in those months. The same booking path covers a one-time onondaga gutter cleaning, repeat cleanings and gutter maintenance, and cleaning and maintenance jobs are scheduled the same way.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want the crew to know about a side gate or a pet, tell us when you book. The homeowner who wants a clean gutter line before the next storm gets the same care as the homeowner who books the regular spring visit, and a clean trough is what keeps rainwater moving away from your home. Ask about the gutter cleaning process when you call, and we will walk through how we get your gutters ready, from the ladder placement to the photos we send at the end, which show every run left clean.
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 figure you pay. Crews across Onondaga are priced this way, with nothing added once they are on site.
Our customers here most often book in late spring and late fall. Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and if it is skipped, the seed and pollen paste stays in the elbows. If the fall visit is skipped, the leaf mat and first ice build up through winter.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so we confirm the earliest date when you call. Our cleaning services in Onondaga are booked against the open dates on the calendar.
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, including clogged downspouts, and check that the outlet is pushing water away from the house. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep most leaves out of the gutter system, but on our jobs we still find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top and packing the trough underneath, so the surface still gets cleared.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not the clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and if a run has pulled away or a fascia has started to rot, we will flag any structural damage we see.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before they start and you agree to it first. Commercial properties follow the same rule, with the scope agreed in advance.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
