Our own crew cleans gutters in Exeter, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves 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 over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we do the same work on every house we clean.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the gutter cleaning process starts with that quote. A twig or two in the trough is nothing; a packed run is a different job. Every homeowner gets the same quote, whether the job is one run or a full gutter cleaning service on a two-story house. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and how clean the gutters are decide most of it. Text us a photo of the front of the house if that is easy, and we can tell you more before we book.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk safely means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back of the house. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and a clog that deep takes longer than a light fall load. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. A run that is clean at the top but full at the elbow still takes time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. Checking drainage at each outlet is part of the same visit. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our Exeter jobs show the same pattern. A recent house with a full two stories and a heavy leaf load over the back run took longer than the front, because the back gutter was the one holding the most grit, and the quote we gave on the phone held once we had the photos. Heavy tree cover over the roof, the kind that drops needles and grit into the downspout between visits, is the next biggest factor after height. Heavy rainfall in June, August and September pushes that grit into the downspout faster, so we ask about tree cover on every call. A clog low in a downspout or a slow leak at a joint adds time too. Cleaning and maintenance go together on a rain gutter, and gutter maintenance that stops after one visit leaves a run that fills again by fall. Get your gutters on the schedule before the wet months, and call (866) 435-6328 for a quote by phone, or text us a photo of the front of 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 customers in Exeter book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last of the leaves and debris come down. Across Pennsylvania, spring visits usually land in late May to June. Our fall visits in Exeter usually fall in late October to November. In spring we open the downspout elbows and find seeds and pollen paste packed in tight. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March. The freeze and the ice that comes with it is what makes the fall cleaning matter here, because rainwater that cannot leave the gutter in winter sits and freezes at the eave, and that can turn into structural damage fast. A clean gutter in November is easier to keep that way than a sagging one is to fix in March.
Under heavy tree cover along the roofline, we see customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits and the gutter system stops moving water away from the house. A house with few or no trees in its landscape is fine with one visit a year in late fall, and a clean run at that point will carry the winter. Guards change the schedule a little, but they do not end gutter maintenance, because the surface still has to be cleared. When we open a gutter here in May we find the same things we find in November, just in different amounts, and the difference shows up as rot in the fascia board behind the run if the schedule slips. Regular gutter cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and it keeps runoff away from your home where it belongs. If you want to keep your gutters working through a wet year, book the spring and fall visits so the crew can clean your gutters on schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and how much tree cover is overhead. We keep notes on every house so the next clean starts from the same record. If you want the cleaning on the calendar, text a photo of the eaves and we will say which of those schedules fits.
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 cleaned gutters across Exeter, PA, from the older streets with narrow lots to newer houses with wider roofs, and the crew covers all of it from the nearest base without needing a separate trip. Our gutter cleaning services for exeter homes start with the same quote, and exeter homeowners get the same photos at the end. Booking runs by phone or text. You give us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether there are trees over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We quote from that. The lead time varies with the season, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising one before we know your roof.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, one in late spring and one in the weeks before the first freeze, so if you want a slot in those stretches, call early. Outside those windows the crew can usually fit a house in within a week or two. The gutter services we book run the same way every time. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, so a clean booking takes one call. Every visit includes a flush and a check of the water flow at each outlet before the crew leaves. For residential and commercial work alike, the order stays the same. Commercial properties and residential properties both get the quote first, the date second, and the photos at the end.
Whether you are in the heart of town or in the surrounding areas, the booking and the work are the same. Call (866) 435-6328 for cleaning services in exeter, or text a photo of the eaves and tell us what you want done. We will tell you what it will cost and when we can come, and we will keep the number we gave you, so the crew does a clean job at the price we quoted.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give you the estimate by phone or text before we book. Once we agree on it, that is what you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Wait too long into the fall and the freeze can set up the ice that lifts runs and pulls them off the fascia by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within a week or two, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside, does not come in, 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. The crew will flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet, and a clog in a buried line gets flagged rather than guessed at. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guarded gutters still collect needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard, and the water stops going in. The surface gets cleared even when the gutter below it looks clean.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, or a blockage further down the run, and we will tell you what it is rather than sell you a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything we find that changes the job gets raised and agreed before work starts, so the number you were quoted is the number on the invoice. Still have a question about your house? Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the eaves, and we will get back to you with a written estimate.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
