Our own crew cleans gutters in Queens, NY, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and get your gutters priced the same day you ask.
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 give is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but on Queens homes the stories and access to the eave matter more than the footage. We price residential and commercial buildings from the same three details, so commercial properties get a phone call too.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked changes the crew's setup, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A rain gutter that has not been opened in years arrives packed with compacted muck, a load that can sag the run, and it takes longer to clean out than a run we saw last season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Outlet flushing, flow testing and debris removal 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 typical job the first thing we check is whether water is actually leaving the gutter system at the bottom. A run can look clean from the driveway and still hold a clog at the elbow, and that is where a leak starts behind the fascia and can rot the board. Clogged downspouts are the usual reason water backs up over the front edge. We flush every downspout and watch until it runs clear, since steady water flow and water away from your home are the real test, not the look of the trough. Good drainage starts at the elbow, not at the top of the trough. Most houses we see here carry some buildup from the trees, leaves and debris off the roofline shingles, and the seeds that drop in spring, and that is what we are clearing.
| 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 twice a year, so spring and fall are the two windows to plan around. Across New York, the spring visit runs late May to June, once seed and pollen have dropped. Our fall visit is late November to December, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows as a blockage, with pollen paste on top. In fall it is leaves and debris from the trees, and where freezing weather comes in, the first ice and the ice dams that form along the roofline. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged under the weight of that ice by March. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bags leave with the crew.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the rainwater moving, because needles, a stray twig and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits, and one clog can back the whole run up. Regular gutter cleaning and gutter maintenance go together, and a clean run is not the same as a clear one until the water leaves the outlet. Heavy rainfall in July, August and December is when a full gutter fails first, so book before that stretch. Lots with few or no trees and simple landscape beds do well with just one of the two cleanings a year, booked for late November to December. If gutter guards are installed, you still need to clean your gutters, though less often. After the first visit, the estimate says which tier your lot actually needs, and we explain how to keep your gutters running between visits.
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 works across Queens and the surrounding areas, mostly on residential properties, and covers them from the nearest base, which keeps the drive short. Booking is simple: homeowners call or text for an estimate from their stories, their home's size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Queens gutter cleaning is booked the same way as our other gutter services, and it takes one call. Lead times depend on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year our calendar fills first, so the sooner you call, the better your chance at the date you want. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and we will tell you the date we can hold.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Pick the date that works, and we will confirm the window the day before. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: a clean run, a flushed outlet, and bagged waste, then photos before the truck leaves. If your gutters have been overflowing and water is getting into the basement, call us and we will look at the eave and the outlets first, so the clog does not turn into a bigger problem. A clean gutter helps you protect your home from water damage through every season, and the photos we send after each visit show you exactly what we clean out.
The number comes from your stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things, and the number we give is the number we charge.
Most of our customers across Queens book in late spring and late fall. If the gutters wait past the fall leaves, the wet mat and ice can sag a run before March.
Most slots come up within the week for cleaning services in Queens, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the day's calendar, so ask when you book a gutter cleaning service and get your gutters on the schedule.
No. A homeowner does not have to be there. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout, clean and flushed, to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush each run and check that water leaves the gutter system at the outlet and runs away from your home, not into the landscape beds. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we give a price before touching it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top, and water cannot get in until the surface is cleared. Cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters still matters.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Left alone, a run that keeps overflowing can rot the fascia and soffit and cause structural damage.
Not without your approval. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
