Homeowners around here call us when they want to clean their gutters once and done. Our own crew clears every run, flushes every downspout and checks the flow, hauls the debris away, and sends you photos before we leave. Every run comes out clean, and the photos prove it, so a clog never gets the chance to turn into a leak at the fascia. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been doing it that way long enough to know where the water goes when a run is left alone. Book online or call (866) 435-6328 now.
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 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. Our gutter cleaning service covers Wilton homes and commercial properties alike, and a homeowner gets the same straight answer a property manager does. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, though the per-foot method tends to hide what is really in the gutters. Our crew sets the number from what we can see from the ground and what you tell us about the house.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave at the back, so the back run is harder to reach than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years carry a buildup of compacted leaves and debris, plus the odd twig, and the crew has to work the material out by hand before a clean run means anything. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run.
Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Our experience on local jobs is that a gutter with a sag or a blockage at the elbow will show water spilling over the front edge in the first heavy rain, and that water finds the fascia and the rain gutter behind it. On one job the crew found clogged downspouts and a run with structural damage at the bracket line, where water had been running behind the gutter for years. The clog was not the whole story, so the cleaning was paired with a full report to keep the owner informed, and the write-up is on our job record for that address. The point is drainage, so gutter cleaning services of this kind are priced to keep water away from the foundation and out of the wall, not to make the gutter look clean.
| 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.
Across New York, most of our customers book twice a year, in late May or June after the spring seed drop, and again in October or early November after the last leaves. Those are the spring and fall visits we schedule, and they are the core of our regular gutter cleaning. In May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, so a clean start in May matters. In the fall we find the leaf load, and where the freeze comes early we find ice forming behind a blockage at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or active construction, we put the house on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit clog the outlets between visits, and rainwater backs up along the roofline. Wilton NY gets about 44.6 inches of precipitation a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall finds any weak spot fast. Few or no trees over the house means once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards change the work and lengthen the interval, but the surface still needs clearing, and a guard does not keep the elbow clean.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutter and how the water flowed. That is a decision we make from the house, not from a rule of thumb. Residential and commercial jobs both get a written schedule of cleanings, with debris removal included, and residential properties get it with the next visit date on it. If you want to clean your gutters before the seed drop, tell us when you call. Ask for a written estimate if you want the schedule in writing before we start, and we will put it on the calendar.
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 from the nearest base, and the wilton gutter cleaning route covers the surrounding areas on the same run. Booking starts with a quote from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover overhead, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the photo, and we will get your gutters on the schedule. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the visit is scheduled around the lead time we have open at the time you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so call early if you want a date before the leaves or the seed drop make the run harder to clean.
We keep your gutters on a schedule and do the work in one visit, from the top of the eave to the last downspout. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts together, because a clean run with a blocked outlet still backs up. We flush every downspout and check the flow at the outlet, so water is not left sitting there for another season and turning into a problem at the fascia. Cleaning and maintenance happen on the same visit. If your gutter system has guards, the crew lifts the panels, clears the surface and reseats them, and checks that the extensions still carry the water away from your home. This is the kind of visit that helps protect your home from water damage that starts quietly behind the gutter line.
Our cleaning services in Wilton are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Give us those two things and a photo of the front, and we will tell you the price before we book.
Our customers here book gutter maintenance in late spring and again in fall, which is when the seed drop and the leaf load arrive. If you wait, the spring seed and pollen drop packs the elbows, and in the fall a late leaf load can be frozen into place before we get there.
Same-day depends on our calendar at the time you call, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date on that call, and you get a clean quote before anything is booked.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only: our crew 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 and flow-tested at the outlet. Where an outlet empties into a landscape bed, we check that the water is moving away from the foundation before it can rot the sill plate. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the panel, and a wet mat over the guard can send water over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear the surface and reseat them, and the run is left clean before we leave.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in the rain 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 it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
