Our own crew cleans gutters in Lower Saucon, and every run gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Debris is hauled off the property, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most homeowners book in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest. Call (866) 435-6328 for your number.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, so ask whichever way you prefer and compare the total.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the eave, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat to get at the run beneath. Drain flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Poor drainage at the outlet is one of the more common things we find, and clogged downspouts are usually the reason. Once the bend stops the flow, we photograph the run first and then clean the drain out.
Here is what we see most often under our customers' gutters in Lower Saucon homes. A run that has been ignored for a few seasons develops a buildup of seeds, shingle grit and wet leaves that packs the bend of the drop pipe until water stops moving. Once the water flow stops, the run sags under its own weight, and that sag is where a clog turns into structural damage to the fascia and soffit. A clogged drain sends the water back toward the house instead of carrying water away from your home, and the rot starts behind the gutter where you cannot see it from the ground. Commercial properties and rain gutter systems on larger buildings show the same pattern at a bigger scale, which is why we clean, measure and photograph each run rather than guessing from the driveway.
We cleaned a home on the east side of the township where the back run had been overflowing into the landscape bed for two seasons. The crew found leaves and wet grit packed solid at the outlet, cleared it, flushed the line and checked that the flow carried water away from the foundation. The homeowner got the same number we gave on the phone, with photos of each run before we left.
| 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 Lower Saucon PA jobs, most customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Each gutter cleaning service visit in those windows follows the same steps: we clean the run, flush the downspouts and send the photos. Across Pennsylvania the spring visit falls in late May to June, and that is when we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the bends. In the fall the picture is the wet leaf mat, which holds rainwater against the fascia, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged by March, which is the cost of waiting one season too long. Heavy rainfall in July, September and October is when a packed run shows its problem first.
How often you need it depends on what is overhead. Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit collect along the roofline and pack the gutters between visits. With a few trees or none, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is how you keep your gutters from getting that far. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, and the odd twig that rides over the top has to come off too. That visit usually runs on a longer interval. A clog caught early is a short visit; a blockage left until it overflows is a bigger job and a bigger repair bill.
Our cases show the two ends of that range. One customer with no trees over the house is on a twice-a-year or once-a-year schedule, and the visits are quick. The other has heavy trees over the back run and is on every three to four months, and the crew clears more debris each time. You can see both on our job records. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the next-visit estimate goes into the report we send you. If you are deciding whether to clean your gutters yourself, the ladder and the wet gutters are the parts people tend to underestimate.
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 provides gutter services across the township and the surrounding areas, and we know which neighborhoods have the heaviest tree cover over their gutters and downspouts, which is where the lower saucon gutter cleaning schedule tends to run shorter. To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. The quote comes from your stories, your square footage and whether the house sits under trees. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so you can book a date that works around your week.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit falls in late May to June, and our busiest fall window is late October through November, which lines up with the fall visit. If you want a slot in either window, book as early as you can. Outside those windows we can usually fit you in sooner. When you call, the crew can tell you the lead time for your date, and that is the fastest way to get your gutters on the schedule.
We clean gutters on residential properties, and the crew treats residential and commercial buildings the same way: clear the run, flush the drains, check the flow, and photograph what you would otherwise have missed. If your gutters have been overflowing, the water is pouring off the edge in rain, or you spot a leak, text us a short video and we will tell you what we think is going on before we price a visit. That keeps the price honest and helps protect your home from water damage in the meantime.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. We do not pull a figure off a chart, we price your house. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our customers across lower saucon book the fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves come down. If the fall visit gets skipped, we see sagging runs by March on the houses that wait, because the freeze and the wet leaf mat work on the gutter all winter.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date with you when you call. Same-day depends on the crew's route that day, so ask when you call and we will tell you what is open for cleaning services in Lower Saucon.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 and check that the water is leaving the outlet. If a drain pipe runs into an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving, but clearing a buried line is a separate job that we price before anyone starts. Regular gutter maintenance keeps those outlets clear between visits.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs the surface cleared. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat gets wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them. Guards change the cleaning and maintenance schedule, not whether it happens.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow in the rain. If the gutter is clean and still spilling, the problem is usually slope, capacity or drain size rather than a clog, and we tell you that plainly instead of selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, and the invoice matches the price you were given on the phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
