Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work on houses across Pennsylvania through every spring and fall, and we will tell you what we find before we start.
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 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 their gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but the gutter itself is only part of what the crew handles on a house like this one.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care on the way down. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back of the house. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down heavy, with a buildup packed into the elbows, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and so does a gutter system with a long run of trough. Flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If we find structural damage or anything else that changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like on a real visit. On one of our cleanings, the house had three stories of roofline over a steep back slope, and the crew had to work the lower run from the ground while the upper run came down in sections. The customer was told about the extra time on the phone before we booked the date, and the quote was the same on the invoice. Residential and commercial jobs follow that rule: the number is set before the truck leaves the shop. The clog we found was the usual kind, seed casings and a leaf mat settled into the first elbow of each downspout, and we flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom.
Regular gutter cleaning on the same schedule is what keeps the job small. When a run goes years without attention, the crew spends the first hour getting it clean again, and the price reflects that. If you want to clean your gutters on a steady schedule, tell us when you call and we will set the visits together so the price stays where it is.
| 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.
Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our customers in carnot-moon pa book both. When we open a gutter in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. When we open one in November we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under ice by March. Carnot-Moon gets 19.8 inches of snow in a typical year, mostly January through March and in December, so the fall visit is the one that protects the fascia before the freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on a three to four month schedule, because needles and grit pack the drain outlets between visits. Where there are few or no trees overhead, a rain gutter usually needs one visit a year, in late fall. Gutter guards still need a clean, and we book those less often, but the guard does not stop the mess from settling on the surface. Homes in surrounding areas with a sloped landscape, or near a busy road or active construction, also tend toward the shorter schedule because more grit reaches the gutter.
A gutter cleaning is the job that protects the foundation and the siding, not just the trough. When a gutter takes on a clog, the rainwater it should carry away from your home has nowhere to go but down the wall and onto the base of the foundation, and that is where trouble starts. A clean gutter is how you protect your home from water damage. Most of the cost of a neglected gutter shows up later as rot in the fascia board or stains on the siding, which is why we keep the visits regular. Our crew checks the gutters and downspouts, and the drain outlets, on every visit, and we will tell you if any of the runs need more than the cleaning and maintenance we do here.
The gutter cleaning process starts with that first visit. We tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and how fast they filled, and the photos we send show exactly what the crew saw.
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 does carnot-moon gutter cleaning on homes like yours. Our cleaning services in carnot-moon and the surrounding areas are booked the same way. Booking starts by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Tell us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. We will give you a price from those three things and tell you when we can come out.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, the late spring window after the seed drop and the late fall window after the leaves come down. If you want to get your gutters done in either one, call early, because the crews are fully booked for those weeks. Lead time for our gutter services varies with the season, and we confirm a specific date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot hold. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the clean to get done, though we do need the side gate open.
Calling early also helps when you need a heavy rainfall cleanup after a storm. When the rain has been coming hard, the gutters fill faster and a full gutter can leak at the seams and slow the water flow, so demand for cleaning goes up across carnot-moon. A slot booked ahead is one less thing to worry about, and a clean gutter is the easiest one to keep. You can text a photo of the gutters if you want us to look at it first, and we will tell you what we see before we set a date.
The number comes from stories and size, and carnot-moon homeowners get it by phone or text before anyone is booked. Once we have those, the price is the number we charge. Flushing and debris removal are included.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit runs late October to November, and most of our customers book both. If you wait past the fall visit, we find runs that sagged under ice by March on houses that skipped it.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call (866) 435-6328. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar depends on the season and the weather.
No. A homeowner does not have to be there. Our crew works outside, does not come into the house, 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 we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line drains underground and we cannot confirm the flow, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we price it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, yes. Guards keep whole leaves out, but needles, seed casings, grit and the odd twig still settle on top and turn into a paste that stops the water and leaves clogged downspouts behind. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the drains and reseat the guards.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not what is in the trough. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, including whether the downspout can move the water away fast enough. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The leaves and debris are part of the price you were given, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The invoice matches the estimate you were given.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
