Our own crew cleans gutters in Rye, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we have been up on these houses through both seasons, leaving every run clean.
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 quote 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 we would rather you know the full figure before we come out.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually easy to see from the driveway. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more set-up. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above the ground, which means a longer lift. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold packed leaf mass, and clearing that out to a clean trough adds hours. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included for every gutter system we clean, and they are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
The clog shows up in the same places on most houses we visit. Leaves and debris collect at the corners and the low points, and clogged downspouts are common at the elbows, where grit settles. Where a gutter has begun to sag, the water flow stalls behind the sag and the buildup grows faster. On older runs at rye homeowners' houses the clog shows up sooner, and we say so on the quote. A clogged gutter that is left alone can cause structural damage to the fascia and the eave, which is the water damage we are there to prevent. Our crew clears the run and flushes it until it drains clean, then checks that the flow carries water away from the foundation. Commercial properties on our list get the same method, with the visit scheduled per building. The point of the work is drainage that keeps the water away from your home.
Our crew has cleaned a number of residential properties nearby. One house with a steep back roof and a three-story rear wall had its rain gutter packed solid from the back corner to the bottom elbow. Those were the things that moved the quote, and the run was clean by the time we left.
| 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 rye ny book twice a year, in spring and fall: once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in spring, it is rarely clean, and each gutter cleaning service visit finds seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, where a single blockage can back water up the whole run. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the ice comes.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the trough and the elbows between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutters with guards can go longer between visits, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the guard seams while we are up there. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the trough clean and the water moving. Debris removal is part of every visit. Residential and commercial work follows the same calendar, and residential properties get the same photo report.
Freezing is part of the picture here. Ice forms along the roofline at the eave, and when the gutter holds rainwater the ice backs up under the shingles. A clean trough in late fall gives the ice nothing to build on, and that is why gutter maintenance matters before winter. Before the first hard freeze, clean your gutters and the ice has less to work with. Ask for an estimate when you call, and we will tell you which schedule your lot needs and put the next date on the calendar before we leave.
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 rye gutter cleaning crew works across rye and has cleaned gutters on homes in several of its neighborhoods. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, give us the stories, the approximate size of the house and whether there are trees over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We will give you the number on the spot. Lead times depend on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Most homeowners book two cleanings a year, one in each window. A twig or seed casing lodged in an elbow gets cleared by hand, and a run that drips at a seam is a leak, not a clog, so we flag it in the photos rather than fixing it on the spot. Homes with gutter guards get the same treatment: the panels are lifted, cleared underneath and reseated before the crew leaves. On every visit we flush every downspout and check the outlet. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it. To keep your gutters and downspouts working and protect your home from water damage, book before the busy weeks. Our gutter services cover residential and commercial buildings across the surrounding areas.
The gutter cleaning process starts with the number of stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutter system. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the figure before anyone goes on a ladder.
Most rye customers book in late spring and late fall, the two visits that catch the seed drop and the leaf fall. Waiting past late fall means the first freeze can lock the leaves in place and the ice starts at the eave.
We work across rye, and most cleaning services in rye book within the week. We confirm a date when you call so we can get your gutters done before the next storm, and we do not promise same-day work because the calendar fills in the busy seasons.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and every homeowner gets photos of each run on their phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and flow-tested, and we check the outlet to confirm the water runs away from your home. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out the leaves, but needles, seeds and grit still sit on top of the guard and can clog the run underneath. How much lands on a guard depends on the landscape and the trees around the house, and under a guard cleaning and maintenance still matter, so gutter maintenance means clearing the surface and checking the water flow.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a clog problem, and a fascia board that stays wet can rot. Send us a short video of the overflow during heavy rainfall, when rainwater is coming off the edge, 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 agree on it before the work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the number you were given.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
