Our own crew cleans gutters in Uniondale, flushing every run and checking that it drains, then hauling the debris away and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how many trees are over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Uniondale customers book in spring and fall, and we are glad to put you on the calendar.
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, how big it is 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. Companies that offer gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house with a lot of corners and downspouts the per-foot math does not tell you much. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the roofline and we will give you a figure you can plan around.
On most Uniondale homes a few things move the quote more than anything else. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk safely, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder and the job takes longer. A walk-out basement or a landscape that slopes toward the house raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Every run is left clean, and the price covers flushing gutters and downspouts, checking water flow and debris removal, none of it billed as an extra. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what drove a recent job on the Uniondale side. The house had two stories, mature trees on the south side and a clog in one corner elbow that had been there for two seasons. The crew cleared the run, left the gutter clean, flushed every outlet, and where a bracket had pulled loose on the back of the house they photographed it, reported it and did not sell a repair. The quote we gave on the phone matched the invoice. Our Uniondale cases are linked on this site if you want to see more of how the price came together.
Gutters full of leaves and debris, clogged downspouts, a blockage in one elbow, or a sag where water has been sitting are the usual reasons a run needs more time. If the gutter system is already holding water at the joints, you have a leak, and we say so in the report along with where the drainage is failing. When we see rot or structural damage on the fascia or the rafter tails behind a run, we photograph it and tell you what we saw. Keep your gutters clean enough that water away from your home is the only thing they carry, and the price stays where we quoted 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 Uniondale NY customers book twice a year, once in spring and once in fall. Across New York the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and the fall visit runs November to early December, after the last leaves are down and before the ground freezes. When we open a gutter here in May, a clean trough is the exception; we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is a wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Heavy rainfall in March and September tends to show a clog quickly, so a gutter that looks fine in February can overflow by the first wet week of spring.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is what we see work for a rain gutter, because a single twig or a handful of grit can pack the run between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the buildup comes faster and the same schedule applies. A house with few or no trees can stay clean on a once-a-year visit in late fall. If you have gutter guards, they still need a visit at a similar pace, with the surface clean and the guard lifted, since the mess sits on top of the guard and blocks the water from getting in. Cleaning and maintenance on this schedule is what keeps rainwater moving off the roofline and away from the foundation.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs for gutter maintenance, and the estimate for the next visit comes with it. We would rather set the calendar from what we find in your gutters than guess from the street.
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 Uniondale NY and the surrounding areas. Our gutter cleaning service runs on one calendar, and our gutter services are quoted the same way on every street. Uniondale homeowners get the same booking window no matter where the house sits. A quote comes by phone or text from your stories, your size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a clean photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy stretches on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months keeps your slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home, though most people are glad to get a text when the crew is on the way.
A homeowner with water coming over the edge usually calls us first, and that is the fastest way to protect your home from water damage. Ask us to flush every downspout and check the drain at the bottom, and you will know by the photos whether the run is clean and water is leaving the house. Text a photo of the roofline any time between visits and we will say whether it needs the crew sooner. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar for Uniondale gutter cleaning this season. Our gutter cleaning process starts with photos of every run and ends with a report you can keep. We are glad to keep your gutters working well between cleanings. Our schedule is the same for residential and commercial work, so residential properties and commercial properties book the same way.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a range here because the house decides it.
Late spring after the seeds drop, and late fall after the leaves are down. If you wait past that, our crew usually finds a clog that has already started to back water up under the shingles.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If a day opens up sooner, we will tell you.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the site clean, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and corner to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Every run is flushed until it runs clean at the bottom, and we check that it drains there. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. What we find under guards on our jobs is pollen, grit and needles that have packed under the mesh, which keeps the water from getting in. The surface needs to be clean on a similar schedule.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or outlet-size problem rather than a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number on the invoice is the number you agreed to. You also get a clean set of before and after photos.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
