Our own crew cleans gutters in North Strabane, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs most customers book spring and fall, and we work to that schedule with the same crew each time.
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, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the access decide most of it on our jobs.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more gear, and a walk-out basement puts the back run of the gutter system far above the ground. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with leaves and debris, which adds time, and guards we have to lift and reseat add more. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a phone quote.
The North Strabane homes we see vary, but the pattern repeats: a clog at the elbow of a downspout, sag in a run, buildup behind the leaves, water flow stopped where the drainage is blocked. When we find those on a house, we flush the downspouts and check that the water is moving away from the foundation. Residential and commercial properties both get the same check, and the clogged downspout is the first thing we look for. Left alone, the water runs down the wall and causes structural damage, which costs far more to fix than a cleaning. A rain gutter that is full cannot get the water away from the house, and a clean run is the simplest way to protect the walls. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we will give you a number from it.
| 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 North Strabane PA customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall. Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit is late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Regular gutter cleaning twice a year is what keeps the trough from filling. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or book us, the timing is the same. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Clogs like that build up fast, and the rainwater has nowhere to go but over the edge or through a leak at a seam.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rule we see, because needles, twigs and grit pack the elbows between visits and the roofline stays wet. Homes in the surrounding areas with mixed tree cover usually fall between those two. A house with a sparse landscape and few or no trees usually needs one visit a year in late fall. May, June and July are the wettest months here, about 41 inches of precipitation a year, so heavy rainfall is when a clogged run shows itself. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, and a clean surface still needs clearing because the blockage still forms underneath.
The question we hear most is how often a particular lot needs it. Every homeowner asks, and our answer is that the first visit tells us. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and gutter maintenance is scheduled from what we found in the gutters, not from a guess. Keep your gutters clean between visits by looking at them after each big storm.
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 works across North Strabane and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and books a slot by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule. To get an estimate for North Strabane gutter cleaning we need your stories, the approximate size of the house, and whether trees are over the roof, along with a photo of the front if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you have gutter guards, tell us when you call, since they change what the crew checks.
Our gutter services fill in two busy windows each year, the late spring and the late fall, so booking early gives you a better choice of date when you compare cleaning services in North Strabane. Lead time is listed when you call, and we confirm the date with you before the crew is scheduled. The gutter cleaning process is the same at every visit, with gutters and downspouts checked before the crew leaves. The crew arrives with everything for the job, and the work is done outside the house, so you can keep your routine while we clean. Cleanings and maintenance are quoted together, so there is one number on the invoice. A clog that sits through a wet season can rot the fascia before anyone looks, so get your gutters on the schedule before the rain season peaks. Clear gutters keep the water away from your home and protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We give you the figure by phone or text, and it is the number we charge on the invoice.
Most North Strabane homeowners book in late spring and late fall, the first after the seed and pollen drop and the second after the leaves come down. Waiting until winter leaves you with the ice and the sag that show up by March. Clean gutters before the freeze keep that from starting.
Same-day slots depend on the week, so we confirm the date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we will tell you the earliest we can get to you.
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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the flow at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs the surface cleared. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packing the elbows underneath, so the trough has to be clean before we leave.
If the gutter is clean and still overflows, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. A leak at a seam is a different repair, and we say so. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
