Our own crew cleans gutters here, every drain flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing this work across Pennsylvania long enough to know where water gets in first.
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 in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house than make you multiply.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually easy to see from the ground. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck that has to be worked loose by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run, and we leave the ground as clean as we found it. Drain flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew sees the same clog, drainage and sag problems on Allentown homes of every age, and the buildup usually tells us more than the roofline does. On one recent job the house sat under a heavy canopy, and what we found in the runs is why the quote came in where it did. Your number reflects what your gutters actually hold, not an average. Commercial properties are quoted per building and residential properties per house, so the same crew can bring the right number for either kind.
Gutter cleaning services are priced to keep water flow moving away from your home, not to fill a schedule. Waiting until the gutter overflows is the costlier time to clean your gutters. A gutter kept clean in the spring and fall costs less than a repair after water has found the fascia. That is the regular gutter cleaning we are quoting, and it is the same work for residential and commercial properties.
| 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.
On our jobs most customers book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late October to November after the last leaves come down. Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June. When we open a gutter in late spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen gone to paste that holds rainwater in the trough. By November it is the wet leaf mat in every rain gutter, and that is where a clog starts to hold water against the roofline.
The rhythm you pick depends on what is over the house. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps the runs clean, and we flush every downspout on each visit, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack into the blockage between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the dust works the same way. With few or no trees, one visit a year in late October to November is usually enough, and two cleanings a year is the usual plan for everyone else. Guards mean less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared.
If you are reading this in Allentown PA in the middle of the season and the gutters are already overflowing, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what we see on the phone and when we can get up there. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing about the calendar. Gutters and drains age on their own schedule. The calendar is set by what your roof drops, not by a general rule, and keeping to it is how you protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters clear between visits with a look after every heavy storm.
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.
The crew works from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas, and we have cleaned gutters in several of the neighborhoods we serve, which we will confirm when you call. Booking for Allentown gutter cleaning and other gutter services starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy for the homeowner to take. Lead time is set by our calendar on the day you call, and we will tell you the first open window rather than promise one we cannot keep. The two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A clean, flushed and photographed gutter is the goal, and the booking process is built to get your gutters seen before the next rain. Anyone looking for gutter cleaning process details can ask on the call, and we will walk through the steps in order so you know what the crew will do before the ladder goes up. We stay with the cleaning and maintenance work that protects the roof and the fascia, and we leave everything else to you. Gutter maintenance covers the runs themselves, and every run is left clean when the crew packs up.
Allentown averages 47.4 inches of rain a year, and July, August and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when homeowners call in a hurry. We keep room on the calendar for that, though the earliest slot depends on what is already booked. If a leak has shown up and you want to talk through it before the crew arrives, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with what it looks like from here.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before the crew is booked. The quote is the number we charge, and drain flushing and haul-off are included in it.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat and any ice can already have pulled a run loose by March on a house that skipped the fall visit.
Cleaning services in Allentown run on our calendar, so same-day depends on the week, and we confirm the first open window when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we will tell you the honest date instead of promising one.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, clear any landscape beds under the eaves so the ladder has room to stand, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes, clogged downspouts are cleared, every drain is flushed and watched until it runs clear, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone starts.
Yes, guards stop leaves and debris but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that mat sits on top of the gutter system and blocks the water. We clear the surface, flush the drains and reseat the guards, and the visit is usually shorter than an open system.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain has a slope problem or a drain size problem, not a cleaning problem, and a run left sagging can turn into structural damage and rot. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain, and we will tell you what it is without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is, and agree on the change before work continues, so the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
