Our own crew cleans your gutters, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and grit hauled away, and 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 house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across New York for years, most of it booked in spring and fall.
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 that number is what we charge. Every homeowner gets the same gutter cleaning process here: a look at the house, then a number, then the work. Our cleaning services in Queensbury start with a clean look at the stories and the tree cover, not a rate card. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the per-foot math hides what the crew actually finds once the ladder is up.
On our jobs the things that move the price are predictable. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits well above the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed solid with old leaf mat that has to be dug out by hand. A twig jammed in a downspout elbow is the first thing the crew checks. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A leak at a seam is photographed and reported, not sold on the spot. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. The bags leave with the truck, away from your home. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what a job looks like on our books. We cleaned a house on a steep lot where the back run sat above a deck, and the price changed once the crew saw the packed elbows and the leaf mat across the front run, which we explained on the phone before the crew came out. Heavy rainfall after a dry summer tends to show the blockage the same week, so a cleaning booked in late May or June usually sees the seed buildup first. Booking cleanings from the start means you get a number you can hold us to, and most people who call about a clean want that clarity before anyone sets a ladder. Every job starts with a conversation about the house, not a rate card, and the gutter maintenance we do is priced to the house in front of us.
If you want a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the quote the same call. Ask for a written estimate if you want it on paper before the crew books. Before you get your gutters priced, tell us whether you want cleaning and maintenance on a schedule or a single visit, since the two are priced differently.
| 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, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Our gutter cleaning services across Queensbury are booked around those two windows. In late May or June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In late September or October it is the leaf load, and on freeze-prone houses that is also when the first ice shows up at the eave. A clean in late May clears the seed and pollen, and a clean in late September clears the leaf load before the freeze.
Where we see the ice, the fall visit is the one that counts. On houses that skipped it, we find runs that have sagged and pulled loose from the fascia by March, because the wet leaf mat froze in place and the weight carried through the winter. Across New York we see the same pattern, and it is the reason the autumn visit is booked early. When a gutter system is packed, water backs up behind the rain gutter and works into the fascia. Rainwater that cannot leave the trough sits there and finds the first soft spot, where the fascia begins to rot, which is how structural damage starts without anyone noticing.
Frequency depends on the lot and the landscape around it. Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the buildup is faster too. Commercial properties with big trees near the lot see the same leaves and grit, so their schedule is set per building. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep water away from the foundation. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the water flow through the guard before we leave.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing from a calendar. Regular gutter cleaning on a set calendar means the crew sees the same runs each visit, and that is how we catch a sag before it turns into a repair.
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 crews work across New York, Queensbury, NY included, and the work is the same whichever part of town the house sits in. Homeowners here get the same price as anyone else, and it is the same gutter cleaning service on every street. Houses in the surrounding areas follow the same process, by phone or text. Booking is simple. Call or text the house front and the stories, the size of the house and whether there is tree cover over the house, and we give you a quote by the same call. The lead time to get on the calendar depends on the month, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. The same booking calendar covers every one of the Queensbury homes we visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every visit includes a drainage check at each outlet, so you hear whether water is leaving the house or not. Debris removal is part of the quote, not a line item at the end. For homeowners who want the job done once and done properly, we keep a clear record of what we found and photographed, so the next visit starts from the same baseline rather than from memory.
The simplest way to keep your gutters working through a freeze is two visits a year, booked early. Tell us whether you want to clean your gutters on a schedule or just once, and we price it that way. Our gutter services cover cleaning, flushing and a flow check, and the calendar is set around them. Residential and commercial jobs are handled the same way, and residential properties get the same crew and the same photos on the phone.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters from the ground, and book a date when the calendar suits you.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text for any address. We do not work from a rate card, so the first thing we ask is how many stories and roughly how many square feet. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late May or June and again in late September or October. The spring visit clears the seed and pollen, and the fall visit clears the leaves before the first hard freeze. Keeping the runs clear is how you protect your home from water damage through a freeze. If you wait past that, we find the runs sagging by March on houses that skipped the fall clean.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar actually has room that day, because a rushed clean is a job we would rather not do.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need work, though less often. What we find under guards on our jobs is needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard, with grit settled underneath. Once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge, which is how a clog under a guard starts, so we clear the surface and check the flow before we leave.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain, anywhere along the roofline, has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a photo or a short video of the gutters and downspouts in the rain and we tell you what it actually is, without selling you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after. 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.
