Our own crew cleans gutters in Smithtown, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything 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 hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Smithtown homeowners usually book gutter services in the spring and fall, and we would rather walk the roofline with you than guess at it from the street. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Whether you want a single visit or a regular schedule, the quote starts from those same three things. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is multiplied out, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our Smithtown jobs, the things that move the quote are the ones you can see from the driveway. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and that buildup takes longer to clean out by hand than a light run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing, debris removal and a check of the drainage at each outlet are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Most of our customers in Smithtown homes are on a regular gutter cleaning schedule, because the gutter system is the part of the house that fills up quietly. When a clog builds at the elbow of a downspout, the rainwater backs up and the water flow stops, and that is how the sag and the rot start. A second clog often forms higher up, where the leaves catch. Residential and commercial properties both see this, though this page only quotes residential properties. Every Smithtown homeowner who books a visit gets the same photo report. Ask for a gutter cleaning services estimate by phone or text, send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy, and we will tell you what we would clean and what we would photograph and report.
| 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 Smithtown customers book two cleanings a year, once in late May or June after the seed and pollen drop, and once in November or early December after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and when freezing weather arrives the trapped water becomes ice at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by March. Our goal is a clean system before the first hard freeze. March, August and December are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall shows which runs were left full. A rain gutter that goes a full year without a visit tends to show it first.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspouts between visits and the gutter blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year calendar can keep up with. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Homes with gutter guards are cleaned less often, but the surface still needs a clean, since mat can sit on top of the guard and keep water from going in. Our crew also checks the roofline and the surrounding areas for leaves and clippings that would send water back toward the house. The landscape around the house sets that rhythm more than the calendar does.
Once we are on site, we clear the gutters and downspouts, clean out the debris, flush every downspout so each one runs clean at the bottom, and check that it carries water away from your home. Protect your home from water damage by keeping to that routine. It is the reason we ask for a date on the calendar, not a one-time job. If we find a leak at a joint, it goes in the photos and in the report, and nothing is sold on the spot. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can keep your gutters on that schedule or change it as the trees change.
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 Smithtown and covers the city from the nearest base, so you will not need to wait on a second visit to get a quote. Our cleaning services in Smithtown run on a booked calendar, and smithtown gutter cleaning slots fill fastest in spring and fall, so call before those weeks arrive. Lead time depends on the season, and the gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover overhangs the roof. Send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we will book the date with you.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you are weighing gutter cleaning against a cleaning and maintenance plan, the quote tells you what each would cover on your lot. Gutter maintenance on your lot is a schedule, not a single visit, and that is worth knowing before you choose. Our goal is to give you a clean system and a clear date, whichever way you decide to go. Whether you want to clean your gutters once or on a schedule, we will make it easy to get your gutters back on the calendar when the seasons turn.
For a Smithtown NY house, the number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book, so you know the price before the truck pulls up. On our jobs the tree cover and what is in the gutters are what move it most.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and again in November or early December. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find sagged runs and ice at the eave by the time the first hard freeze arrives.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the calendar has an opening that day. Call (866) 435-6328 to check.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves each run clean, 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 and check the outlet, including clogged downspouts that need the hose run from the top. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit pack on top of the guard and can keep water from getting in. We clean the surface and check that water is flowing.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what we see rather than sell you a second cleaning. Standing water at the fascia is how structural damage starts, so we would rather name the problem than add a visit.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge, and if something changes the job, we raise it before work starts so you can decide.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
