Our own crew cleans gutters in Thompson, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the trough emptied and the leaves 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 booked here most in spring and fall, the two visits that keep water moving before heavy rainfall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a Thompson NY quote.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the amount of debris matter more than the length of the run.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters that nobody has opened in years and are packed with compacted leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. We flush every downspout, flow test the system and include debris removal, with everything carried away from your home and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we see it, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Thompson jobs the most common surprise is a gutter that looks light from the driveway and turns out to hold a full season of leaves and grit underneath. Clogged downspouts are a common culprit: a twig or a wad of grit often sits behind the first elbow, and that is where the water backs up and starts structural damage and rot at the fascia and the soffit. We clean the whole run, not just the stretch you can see, so the water flow stays steady and the drainage can carry water away from the foundation.
Thompson homes are a mix of older houses with long runs and newer ones with shorter, steeper pitches, and the gutter cleaning services we provide adjust for both. Leaves and debris that sit in a rain gutter for a few months are a bigger job than the same leaves cleared after one storm, which is why the timing of the visit affects the cost as much as the house does. We clean residential properties and commercial properties, and both get quoted the same way, by what the crew finds up top and in the trough.
One of our recent Thompson jobs had a two-story house with heavy tree cover and downspouts that had been clogged for two seasons. We cleared every run, flushed every downspout and found a sag in the back run that was holding water. We photographed it, put it in the report and quoted the cleaning separately from anything else we saw. The homeowner got the gutters clean and the water moving again, and a clear picture of what the roofline needed.
| 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 Thompson NY customers book twice a year, 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 we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see working, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a single season is enough to start a rainwater blockage. Residential properties with few or no trees near the roofline usually do fine with one visit a year in late fall, and the landscape beds below the eave stay cleaner. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a wet mat on top of the guard will shed water over the front edge instead of into the trough.
On our Thompson jobs, the homes with the fewest problems are the ones where someone has the gutter cleaning service on the calendar before the leaves start to fall, not after the first overflow. A clog that builds over a season is far easier to clean out than one that has been sitting in the trough through two rains and a freeze. Regular gutter cleaning also tends to show problems early, which is how the crew catches a loose hanger or a leak at a seam before it becomes a repair question. Heavy rainfall in June, July and October tests the gutter system hardest, and Thompson averages about 52 inches of precipitation a year.
If you want a concrete picture of what a schedule looks like, our crew can walk the house with you on the first visit and say which tier your lot actually needs. The simplest rule is to clean your gutters before the leaves start to fall and again after they are down. Ask for the estimate by phone or text, and send a photo of the roofline if it is easier than describing it. The first visit tells us the tree cover, the drainage path and the state of the trough, and after that the schedule is simple to follow.
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 runs cleaning services in Thompson from a nearby base and keeps a regular schedule in the neighborhoods where we have already cleaned gutters. Our gutter cleaning process is simple: you give us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether there are trees over the house, and we quote from those by phone or text. If it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house so we know what we are looking at before we arrive. Lead times vary with the season, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when to expect us.
We book in two busy windows each year, once in late spring and once in late fall, because most homeowners in and around the city want their gutters clean at the same time. If you call during those windows, the first open slot may be a few days out, so it helps to book early. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, although the side gate should be unlocked so the crew can reach the back run.
Gutter maintenance and gutter services for homeowners and small commercial buildings are scheduled the same way, and we keep regular gutter cleaning on a fixed plan for clients who want the work done on a set calendar. Cleaning and maintenance done on schedule help protect your home from water damage, and keep your gutters clean between visits by checking them after heavy rain. Our cleanings can clear the gutters and downspouts on the same visit, and clients who ask for it get a photo of every run before the truck leaves.
The Thompson gutter cleaning we run covers the surrounding areas as well, and the crew is happy to quote houses on the edge of the city the same way it quotes houses in the center. The thing that matters most is getting the trough clean and the water moving again before the next storm, so the calendar is the first thing we talk about.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We quote the house in front of us, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, from October to early November, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall visit, what we find up top in the spring is usually a sagging run or a clog that has been sitting through a freeze.
We offer cleaning services in Thompson, and same-day depends on the calendar. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when to expect the crew.
No. 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 and check that the water is leaving at the outlet, and a clean outlet makes that easy to see. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat that sheds water over the front edge. The surface still needs regular cleaning and maintenance, and the schedule is usually a little longer than for an open gutter.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not leaves. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell 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 work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
