Our crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, the two windows when seeds and leaves come down hardest on the runs.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with a number, and that number depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Homeowners get that estimate by phone or text, and it is the number we charge. We provide cleaning services in Nether Providence and price cleaning and maintenance as one job. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the number that matters is the one for the whole job.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a steep upper pitch on the roofline, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the trough is clean. Flushing the drains, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the quotes that climb most are the ones where the gutter has gone a long time without gutter maintenance. A homeowner who calls after a season of leaves has a trough packed with compacted buildup and a slow ceiling leak, and the crew needs more time to get it out clean. The same house, kept clean on schedule, takes less. One job we can point to: the crew cleaned a two-story house with a wooded back lot where the leaf mat had locked into the drain elbows, and the quote moved on the extra drain work needed to get water away from your home. You can see that job here: this job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where it sits before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs in May we find the drain elbows packed with seeds and pollen paste, and in November it is leaves, with the odd twig, gone soggy, that settles into the trough. A rain gutter left through the winter with a full load is the one that starts to sag or pull away from the fascia by March, and that is where structural damage and wood rot begin. A trough that is clean in May can be full again by late June.
Precipitation here averages 41.6 inches a year, and March, July and September are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall puts the most load on the runs then. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits, and a gutter that looks clean from the ground can still back up with rainwater. The landscape around the house sets the schedule more than the calendar does. Houses with few or no trees need one visit a year in late fall, and a guarded system gets a clean less often, with the surface still cleared. A gutter system that stays clear through the season is the cheapest fix there is. Keeping that trough clear is how you protect your home from water damage.
We have one case at each end of that range among Nether Providence homes. One home has no trees and runs on a once-a-year late-fall schedule, and the gutters came out clean every time. A second home sits under heavy trees and goes out every three to four months, because the leaders clog between visits. Both are linked here so you can compare them: the no-tree job and the tree-covered job. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs for regular gutter cleaning, and how to keep your gutters clean between visits.
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 run gutter cleaning services for surrounding areas, and the crew covers every street in the township from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to take, so we can see where the water flow off the roof is heaviest. Lead time changes with the season, and when you call we give you the next open date rather than a promise we cannot keep.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and the weeks before the fall leaves finish dropping, and those are when the calendar fills first. Book early in either window to get your gutters on the schedule, and the crew can clean your gutters on the date you pick. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The same booking works for residential properties and commercial properties, and for a home the visit is the same whether you are on the street or behind a fence.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We will not guess it here because a two-story house with a steep back pitch and a house with a flat run can be very different jobs. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and you have the number before anyone is scheduled.
Our customers in Nether Providence PA book our gutter cleaning service in late spring and late fall, as we describe in the season section. In spring we find seed and pollen packed into the drain pipes, and rainwater has nowhere to go. In fall it is the leaf mat, and a clog at the elbow can back the trough up. On houses that skipped the fall visit, a trough that was never clean in November is what we find by March, and runs sag under ice.
Most slots come up within the week, and when you call we confirm a date. We do not promise a visit on the day you ask for unless a crew is free that day, so call and we will tell you what is open.
No. Our gutter services run outside, the crew does not come inside, and the crew sends photos of every run and drain to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The crew leaves the yard as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every drain pipe and check drainage at the outlet, so you know water is leaving. Our gutters and downspouts get the same check on every visit. If a drain pipe feeds an underground line, we check that outlet too and tell you if water is not leaving, which usually means a blockage. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Under gutter guards we usually find needles threaded through, winged seeds and grit sitting on top of the guard, and when that mat gets wet, water runs over the front edge. The job shrinks, but the surface still needs a clean.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and the trough is clean when we leave.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
