Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Every run is left clean ahead of heavy rainfall. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are on the ladder with the same crew each time. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Tonawanda gutter cleaning is priced on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate 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 of run, but a house with a steep pitch or a third story rarely fits a per-foot figure cleanly.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with compacted muck packed at the elbows, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. The flush runs until water flow is steady and clean at the outlet. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job the house had two stories and heavy tree cover over the back run. The crew found a sag and a buildup of leaves and debris that had been sitting since the last visit, and the rain gutter at the rear was carrying water away from the foundation only after it was flushed and reseated. The clogged outlet was the reason the quote moved, not the size of the house. Our Tonawanda homes that have seen water over the edge usually have a clog somewhere in the run that the crew finds within the first few minutes on the ladder.
Most of our commercial properties and residential properties in the area get the same treatment: we check the roofline, clear the gutter system, flush every downspout, and photograph the result. Gutter cleaning services are priced per building and per visit, and the crew will tell you what it finds before any work begins. Structural damage is something we photograph and report, not something we repair, so the quote does not include it.
| 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 homeowners book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds packed into the elbows and pollen paste over the screen. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice, and the fascia behind them starts to rot. That is the gutter clog that becomes a rainwater problem in the next storm.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see on our jobs, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspouts between visits and the blockage comes back faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. Houses with few or no trees near the roofline usually do fine with one visit a year in late fall, and the crew leaves the gutter clean. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared.
On our jobs the first visit is the one that tells us what your lot needs, and after that we set the schedule. Residential and commercial buildings both follow the same logic: the tree cover, the pitch and the amount of debris removal needed decide the interval, not a fixed calendar. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the drainage working and the roofline clear, and it is the single biggest thing a homeowner can do to protect the house from water damage. Think of gutter maintenance as part of keeping the house dry, not a separate chore.
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 Tonawanda NY and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so most houses are reachable within the same booking window. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from your stories, size and tree cover. The gutter cleaning process starts with that photo and ends with photos on your phone. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Across New York the busiest windows are late May to June and late October to November, so booking early keeps the slot. The crew leaves each run clean and tells you what it found.
Homeowners who call early usually get on the schedule sooner, and every gutter cleaning service we book starts once we have the photo and the three details. For the gutter services we provide, the crew works around your schedule and keeps you posted on arrival. This is how we keep your gutters working through the year, and it is how we protect your home from water damage before a small leak becomes a ceiling stain.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Give us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the eaves, and the price is the price we charge.
Across New York, spring visits usually land in late May to June, after the seed drop, and fall visits in late October or November, after the leaves. The right time to clean your gutters is before the first hard freeze. If you wait past it, we find ice-loaded runs and sagging sections that need more time to clear.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Our cleaning services in Tonawanda run on booked slots, so we do not promise same-day service unless a slot is open that day.
No. The 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, every downspout is flushed until the water runs clear, and we check the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving and moving away from your home. Clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. Debris that settles on top of the guard, seeds, needles and grit, forms a wet mat, and once that mat is wet, water runs over the edge instead of into the gutter. We lift the guards, clear beneath them and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Cleaning and maintenance are different jobs, and we do not bill one as the other.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it before work starts. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, and the gutters are left clean.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
