Our own crew cleans gutters in Oyster Bay. Every run is flushed, flow-tested and left clean, and you get photos of each one before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across New York, most of our gutter work is booked in spring and fall, when seed and pollen drop and the last leaves come down.
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. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total on our jobs comes from the whole gutter system and the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that push a quote up are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years with compacted debris packed into the trough, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of every gutter maintenance visit and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we see on the houses with the worst drainage. A clog in one run backs water up into the trough, which overflows at the low point and cuts a channel along the foundation. Sag in a run usually means the hangers have been carrying a load of wet leaves and grit for years. Buildup in the elbows and the first few feet of the pipe is the most common blockage we clear. Oyster Bay homes with mature trees on the lot tend to show all three at once. A trough that looks clean can still be blocked at the outlet. Leaves in the trough are the easy part; getting water away from your home is the job.
Gutter cleaning services are priced per house, not per run, so a quote that looks low on the phone can climb if the crew finds a rain gutter that has been overflowing into the same spot for a decade. We flag that before we climb. Clogs left alone can lead to structural damage and rot in the fascia and soffit, and the cost of fixing that is almost always more than the cost of a cleaning on time.
On a recent job with a two-story colonial and a heavy canopy over the back, the crew found the rear outlet packed solid and the elbow cracked from frost. We cleared the run, flushed the line, and the water flow at the outlet ran clean within a few minutes. That is the kind of result we are after: water away from the foundation, not just leaves out of the trough. Residential and commercial properties on our schedule get the same process, billed per building.
| 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 Oyster Bay NY book twice a year. Across New York, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from November to early December, after the last leaves are down and before the ground freezes. Each visit leaves the trough clean and the outlets flowing. Here is what we find at each visit.
In spring, the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste have packed into the outlet elbows and the bottom of the trough. In fall, it is the leaf load, and on houses with freeze risk we also look for the first ice at the eave and any ice dams forming. Heavy rainfall in March, April and December pushes wet leaves and seed casings into the trough, so a clean trough in November means the melt has somewhere to go. The runs that sag, leak or have pulled loose by March, or that hold a clog at the outlet, are almost always the houses that skipped the fall visit. A rain gutter that has been wet with leaves all winter is heavy, and heavy gutters bend.
Here is how we tier regular gutter cleaning. Twice a year covers most houses. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site where grit settles in the trough, we see every three to four months, because the leaves pack the pipes between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards are cleaned less often, but the surface still needs clearing so the water can get in.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit: the trough, the outlets, then photos before the truck leaves. A gutter service call in spring is a good time to set the schedule, because you will know by fall whether the leaf load justified a second visit.
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.
Oyster Bay gutter cleaning runs from the nearest base, and our crew covers Oyster Bay and the surrounding areas. We clean gutters and downspouts, and we schedule each visit ourselves. Booking for gutter services starts with the quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and give us the number of stories, a rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Lead time depends on the week, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill first, so call early if you want a particular date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. If you are a homeowner booking for residential properties you do not live in, such as a rental or a parent's house, we will photograph every run and send the report to the email you give us. Clean gutters move rainwater away from the foundation, which protects your home from water damage, and that is the reason to book on time instead of waiting for the first overflow.
Oyster Bay homeowners use us for the spring and fall visits, and across Oyster Bay for the one-off cleanings after a storm, when the trough is full of twig blown off the landscape and the drains have backed up. If you want the house to stay dry, the simplest path is to get your gutters on the calendar and clean your gutters on a set schedule. We keep the same crew on the same houses, so the first visit tells us what the next one will look like.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we give you an estimate on the spot that is the number we charge.
Cleaning and maintenance visits here fall in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaf mat and any ice at the eave make the job longer. Across New York the timing is the same.
We offer cleaning services in Oyster Bay, and most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so ask when you book.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet 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 check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Even with gutter guards fitted, the system collects seed casings, needles and grit packed on top of the screen, and once that mat is wet, water runs off the front edge. We clean the surface and check that water gets in.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, it has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a 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 the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before they start. 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.
