Our own crew gives gutters in North Union PA a clean, flushes every run and checks the outlets, hauls the debris away, and sends photos before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Pennsylvania most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the seeds and pollen drop and again after the last leaves come down. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, or text a photo of the front of the house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every clean we book in North Union is priced on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. North Union homeowners who call get an estimate by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but per foot is not how we work out a house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a landscape that slopes toward the foundation raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not seen a clean in years come out packed with buildup, a twig jam at the elbow adds a step, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add another. A seam that has started to leak is photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. Flushing the drains, clearing any clog at the outlet, flow testing and hauling everything away are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the gutter cleaning process shapes a quote. On a North Union house with heavy tree cover over the back run, what we find in the gutters decides how long the visit runs. Send us a photo of the front of your house by text, tell us the stories and the tree cover, and we will give you the number on the phone before anyone is on a ladder. A schedule makes gutter maintenance easier to price than a catch-up job, so repeat customers book their cleanings a season ahead and hold a standing date with us. Get your gutters quoted by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text and you will know the cost before the crew arrives.
| 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 North Union jobs most customers book two clean visits a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Pennsylvania, spring visits run late May to June. In North Union, fall visits land late October to November, when the wet mat settles into the gutter system and holds water against the fascia until the wood starts to rot. When we open a gutter in late spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps a rain gutter moving, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards cut the frequency, but we still give the surface a clean and check the flow. A clog that goes unchecked causes structural damage well before the gutter looks full from the ground, so a short visit often prevents a long repair. About 46 inches of rain falls here a year, and May through July brings heavy rainfall, which is when a clogged run overflows first. Snow falls in December through March, about 28 inches a year, and water trapped in a run can freeze and sag it.
Cleaning and maintenance on a set schedule keeps rainwater moving away from the house, which is the whole point of the schedule. Debris removal is part of every visit, so leaves and debris leave with the truck. The easiest way to keep your gutters clear is a booked date, and gutter cleaning services work well on that fixed calendar. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 Union PA, handling residential properties the same way as commercial ones. Residential and commercial jobs go through the same booking line, and every visit ends the same way. Commercial properties are quoted after a call so we can see the roofline first. You book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We ask for stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Booking is first come, first served. The busy windows on our calendar fill in spring and fall, so call early if you want a particular week.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew checks each gutter run and the drainage at the outlet, tests the water flow, cleans where it needs to, and reports what it sees. We provide cleaning services in North Union, covering North Union homes and the surrounding areas with gutters and downspouts included, and the route is set by the booking calendar rather than a sales pitch. Every visit on every route ends with photos. Our gutter services are the same whichever home is on the route. For a faster slot, a clean slate on the calendar, or a second visit later in the year, just ask when you call.
The number for a gutter cleaning service comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We price it on the house itself, not on a rate sheet, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in fall. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the seed and pollen paste out of the elbows in spring and the wet leaf mat off the fascia in fall, and in colder months a run left uncleared can sag under ice. Call when you are ready to clean your gutters and we will give you the window.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet, before and after the clean, to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and checked at the outlet, and clogged downspouts get worked from the top until the water runs clear. A blockage that will not clear is reported before we leave. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, less often. Under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. We still clear the surface and check the flow, because keeping your gutters moving is what keeps water away from your home.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size rather than leftover leaves. Text us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Sorting that out is how you protect your home from water damage, and we will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter services are priced on the phone quote, and if we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
