Our own crew cleans gutters in Cheltenham, PA, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits, and we keep the same schedule on every job. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will clean the gutters on the first date that fits.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Cheltenham gutter cleaning is priced on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you a price over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we name is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the load in the trough drive the number more than the length does.
Here is what moves the quote on our jobs. A third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, which takes longer to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one house with a clog we found at the back run, the water had been sitting in the trough long enough to pull the gutter away from the fascia, which is the sag we see once water has nowhere to go. We cleared the run, flushed the line until the water flowed through, and photographed the hanger before we left. The price was set from the stories and the tree cover before we climbed, and it stayed there. Gutter cleaning services on our jobs usually run into the same three things: leaves and debris packed in the trough, water flow stopped at the outlet, and the buildup that comes after a season of rain. Cheltenham homes get all three. We price the job from what we can see from the ground and confirm it once we are up the ladder, so the number you hear on the phone is the one you pay.
Commercial properties follow the same logic, priced per building and scheduled for a time that suits the site. The flat roof with internal drains is the one to watch, because water backs up there without a sound. Structural damage from water that stands on a flat surface is far more expensive than the cleaning, which is why we check the drains as part of the visit. Good drainage keeps water away from the foundation and the gutter line, which is the point of the work, whether the building is a rowhouse or an office.
| 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 here book twice a year. Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in November to early December, after the last leaves come down. The timing shifts with the leaves on your lot. The simplest rule is to clean your gutters when the trough starts to fill, not on a set date.
In spring the gutter fills with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste, which packs the elbows where the pipe bends. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and heavy rainfall is what sends water over the front edge. Rainwater that cannot get out sits in the trough along the roofline until the next storm, and a blockage at the outlet makes it worse. On the houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March after the first hard freezes, with ice dams at the eave lifting the shingles from underneath, and the seams start to leak. Freeze risk makes the fall visit the one that matters most.
On residential properties under heavy tree cover, or a landscape with beds that drop mulch and needles into the trough, we clean every three to four months, because needles and grit build up between visits, and clogged downspouts can back up a whole run. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut down how often the trough fills, but we still clear the surface, so cleanings get spaced out rather than skipped.
When we open a gutter here in May we find the seed paste first, and when we open it in November we find the leaf mat. Our crew tells you which of those your lot needs after the first clean, so the schedule matches the house rather than a calendar. A regular schedule is how you keep your gutters clear all year. Schedule a regular gutter cleaning service, and the clog and buildup stay off the eaves and out of the rain gutter.
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 Cheltenham gutter cleaning crew covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we clean residential and commercial sites across Cheltenham. Homeowners book by calling (866) 435-6328 or by text, and each homeowner gets an estimate before the crew arrives. Send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy, and tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the gutters. We set the number from those, and we call before we come. We walk you through the gutter cleaning process on the phone, so you know the steps before the truck pulls up. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring when the seed and pollen drop is heaviest, and late fall after the leaves finish. Booking early in either window keeps your slot on the gutter services calendar. Outside those windows, we can usually clean sooner, and we tell you the wait when you call.
We clean the gutters and downspouts, and we flush every downspout to confirm the water flows away from your home. Keeping the gutter system working is how you protect your home from water damage and from fascia rot, and it is the reason we check the drains and not just the trough. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bagged leaves, grit and any twig leave with the crew. Our gutter maintenance is scheduled by the house, so the visit fits the lot and the season.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, so the number you hear is the number you pay.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs from November to early December here. If the fall visit is skipped, freeze risk means we often find sagging runs by March.
We do not promise same-day service. When you call, we confirm the first date we can clean your gutters and tell you the lead time.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush each one and check that the water leaves at the outlet, which tells us the drainage is working. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seeds and grit sit on top and turn to paste when wet. We lift the panels, clean underneath, and reseat them, which keeps the cleaning and maintenance shorter rather than unnecessary.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not clogging. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. We confirm the number from the ground, and if the roof turns out to be different from what you told us, you hear it and agree to the change before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
