Our own crew leaves gutters clean in New Bern. We flush every downspout until it runs clear, haul everything away, and photograph every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book a late-spring visit and a late-fall visit.
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. Our cleaning services in New Bern are quoted from those three things, over the phone or by text, and the number we give is the number we charge. A clean estimate is one you can check against those details before anyone climbs a ladder. Want a number for your gutters? Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the three details. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math on a typical house, but we would rather give you one number up front.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how the crew works the run. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher off the ground than the front, and that takes more setup. A rain gutter that nobody has opened in years comes out packed solid, and a clog like that has to be dug, not blown. A twig jammed in an elbow clears in seconds, but a run full of them does not. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat take extra time on each section. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the number already, never billed as extras, and everything we pull out is carried away from your home. A leak at a seam gets photographed and pointed out to you, not sealed on the spot. Heavy rainfall shows what a slow run cannot carry, so the crew tests the flow, not just the look. We treat cleaning and maintenance as one visit, so a loose hanger gets noted in the same report. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house. The point of all of it is to get water away from the house. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts.
Homeowners here come in with all kinds of houses. A homeowner who calls usually says the same thing: they want the number before a ladder goes up, and they want photos of every run afterward. We send a photo of the front of the house to your phone with the estimate, and if you can text us a picture of the roofline, that helps us give you a cleaner read on the price. A house that has gone a long time between cleanings is usually the one that needs the most attention. Gutter maintenance on that kind of house starts with a flow test, and we say so on the phone.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 customers across New Bern book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Clean your gutters in late spring and again in late fall, since that is when the trouble shows up. When we open a rain gutter here in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of clogged downspouts. In late fall it is leaves and debris, wet and matted, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose from the fascia by the time winter is over. Left that long, the sag turns into structural damage.
Under heavy tree cover, with large trees over the roof and a dense landscape around the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit build up between visits and the flow slows down. Homes with few or no trees do well with one cleaning a year in late fall, and that visit usually lands between late November and December. Keep your gutters clean between visits, and call sooner if water starts coming over the edge. Homes on a busy road or next to an active construction site are on the shorter schedule too, since grit comes down faster than leaves do. New Bern averages 57 inches of rain a year, and heavy rainfall from July through September is when a slow run shows its worst.
Gutter guards change the picture a little. Guards keep the big leaves out, so the crew comes less often, but a guarded gutter system still needs cleaning and maintenance. Grit that slips past the guard can start rot in the fascia if it sits, so the crew lifts the panels, clears underneath and flushes the run. Commercial properties with long roof lines get the same checks, because our gutter cleaning services are built around keeping water away from the fascia. Gutter maintenance on a guarded house is shorter than on an open one, not skipped. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutters rather than a general rule.
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.
We serve New Bern homes and every address in New Bern, NC, and the booking works the same way for each one. You call or text for a price built from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover you have, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We serve residential and commercial properties, and residential properties in the surrounding areas get the same photo record as every other job. Our gutter services stay on one booking path, so the quote and the date are both settled before the crew is sent out. We confirm a date once the quote is accepted. The busiest windows on our calendar are the spring and fall stretches, so if you want a slot in those months, it is worth calling early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work itself. The crew stays outside, leaves the yard clean, and you get photos of every run before the truck leaves. Debris removal is included every time, and a clog or a sag found on the ladder shows up in the photos with a note on the drainage. Schedule a regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall to keep the buildup from getting ahead of the water flow, and clean your gutters before July, when the wettest months start. Every visit runs the same way: call, estimate, crew, photos. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar. Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the next open date when you call instead of promising something we cannot keep.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone climbs a ladder. We do not quote a range without those details, because a clean two-story and a packed one are not the same job. Ask for your estimate at (866) 435-6328 and text us the stories and square footage.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and after the leaves are down. If the fall cleaning gets skipped, a blockage can hold rainwater against the roofline all winter, and we often find sagging runs by the time winter ends. The fall visit is the one we would not put off, because it helps protect your home from water damage.
We confirm the next open date when you call, and we will check the calendar with you. We book the surrounding areas on the same calendar, so tell us the address when you call. If you need something sooner, tell us and we will see what the crew can do.
No. Our gutter services are done from outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and of the downspouts go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom, which is the drainage check that matters most. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but guards do not stop needles, seed casings and grit from sitting on top and packing down. To keep your gutters flowing, we lift the panels, clean underneath, flush every downspout and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or downspout problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it actually is instead of selling a second cleaning.
It should not. The quote covers gutters and downspouts together, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
