Our own crew cleans the gutters on your house, every run flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of each 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 roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our local customers book in spring and fall, and we work the same way on every house we open.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
New Philadelphia homes differ in height, tree cover and how the landscape slopes away from the foundation, so 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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is measured, but the house still decides how long the job takes.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck that has to be dug out before the run is clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Clearing the gutters, checking the water flow through each run and debris removal are all included and never billed as extras, so you get back clean gutters and no surprises. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we clean a house with heavy tree cover, the sag and the buildup from leaves and debris are usually at the corners where the seeds settle. A clog or blockage at the elbow sends rainwater over the edge in every storm, and the fix is the flush and a second pass at the price we quoted on the phone. Our crew does this the same way for a two-story house in a quiet subdivision and for a house near a busy road with more grit in the gutters. If you text us a photo of the front of the house, we can usually tell you what the job looks like before we are on the ladder.
We look at residential and commercial properties the same way, one building at a time, and the number is given per building before anyone is scheduled. The rain gutter is the same thing on the ground; the work is in the clogged downspouts and the drainage path. The structural damage we see most often starts where the gutter cannot carry water away from the house.
| 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 local customers book twice a year, once in spring and once in fall. Across Ohio, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished. The fall visit lands in late October or November, after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. The same two visits fit most residential properties, and regular gutter cleaning on that schedule catches the buildup while the runs are still clean, before it turns into a sagging run.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the first run of the year is usually the one that backs up. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters. May through July are the wettest months of the year, so heavy rainfall finds any run that is still full of seed. Water that sits in a full run finds the first seam, starts a leak, and can rot the fascia board behind it. Freezing weather turns that mat into ice dams at the eave, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. A gutter that is clean before winter helps protect your home from water damage, and it carries the first snowmelt away from your home.
Under heavy tree cover, we see the gutter clog faster, and those houses need a visit well before the fall one, because needles, twig and grit pack the outlets between visits. A house with few or no trees can usually wait for the fall visit. Gutter guards change the gutter maintenance schedule a little, but the surface still has to be cleared. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you know when to clean your gutters next, and we put the next service date in writing.
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 have worked across New Philadelphia OH, and the crew covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the trip is short even when the house is at the far edge of town. Homeowners start the gutter cleaning process with an estimate by phone or text at (866) 435-6328, based on the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send.
Booking a New Philadelphia gutter cleaning works the same way for any of our gutter services. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so call early to get your gutters on the schedule you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want your gutters clean between visits, the crew can book the extra cleanings on the same call, and that keeps the calendar honest for everyone in the neighborhood.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We do not quote it as a range before we know those two things. Once we have them, the number you hear is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book late May or June for the spring visit and late October or November for the fall visit. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find a clean run has turned into a sagged one before the first freeze.
Most slots for cleaning services in New Philadelphia come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because our calendar fills in the busy windows.
No, a homeowner can be at work. 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, flow test it, and check where it drains so the water runs away from your home, including underground lines as far as we can see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects leaves, seeds and grit on top of the guard and in the seams underneath, so on our jobs it still needs cleaning and maintenance. We clear what sits on the guard, check that water is getting in, and reseat the panels.
If a gutter is clean and still sends water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or pipe size, not leftover muck. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
Only if the job changes in a way you can see before we start, and we raise it before any work begins. Otherwise the number we quoted 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.
