Our own crew cleans gutters in Pocono. We flush every downspout, flow-test it, haul the debris away, and send photos of every run to your phone before we leave. A clean run that still overflows is something we tell you about, not a second visit we sell. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Pocono homes book in spring and fall, when seed and pollen drop finish and the last leaves are down. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Per-linear-foot quoting is the other common way companies price this for residential properties, and it lands in a similar place once the stories and access are counted.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, and that changes the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run is further up than it looks from the driveway. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, twig fragments and clogged downspouts, and a run that has started to sag takes longer to get clean and right before the crew can flush anything. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time as well, and any seam that has started to leak gets flagged to you, not fixed on the spot. Debris removal is included, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it at no extra charge. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has worked on houses where the back run was packed to the elbow with seeds and grit, and once the clog was cleared the water flow at the outlet came back within the hour. Pocono homeowners often do not see the trouble until water pours over the edge, and in one case the leaf mat had built up for two seasons and started to rot the fascia behind the rain gutter. Keeping the gutters clean and the downspouts open early keeps a clog from turning into structural damage. We also run gutter cleaning services for residential and commercial properties in the area, but the homes on our Pocono route are the bulk of what we clean. Clean drainage keeps the water away from the foundation, and that is how you protect your home from water damage.
| 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 Pocono PA customers book twice a year, once in late spring after seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the leaves and debris are down. Our gutter cleaning service runs on that rhythm, and late fall is the window to clean your gutters before the freeze; the fall visit usually lands October to early November. When we open a gutter here in spring, even one that looks clean from the ground, we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, which is the first point where rainwater starts to back up. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag and loose hangers by the next spring. A stray twig is normal; a full mat is the problem.
Under heavy tree cover, the kind that drops needles and grit onto the roof all season, our customers are on every three to four months, because the downspouts pack between visits and the blockage builds faster than a twice-yearly schedule can keep up with. Houses with few or no trees need regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall, and that is enough for most of them. Gutter guards slow the buildup but do not end the need for a visit; the surface still has to be cleared. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, because gutter maintenance should follow the trees, not the calendar.
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 has cleaned gutters across Pocono and the surrounding areas, and the neighborhoods we visit most often are the ones with the older tree-covered lots. The crew covers the city from the nearest base without us naming it, so a slot comes up without the drive time most companies add on. Booking our Pocono gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time is confirmed when you call (866) 435-6328, and the two busy windows of the year fill first, so it is worth calling before the calendar tightens. We call before we arrive, and a homeowner does not need to be home for the visit, and every one of our gutter services ends with photos on your phone.
If you are not sure which schedule suits your lot, send a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what we see from the description. The crew works around the landscape below the eaves. Our crew flushes every downspout with clean water and checks the outlet on every visit, so the first of our cleanings doubles as a flow check on the whole gutter system. We want your gutters clean and your home dry through heavy rainfall. The way to get your gutters there is a clean system on the schedule your house actually needs, and the way to keep your gutters there is to stay on it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat is still in the runs when the first freeze hits, and that is when we start seeing sagging runs.
We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Our cleaning services in Pocono book on the first open day, so same-day depends on the calendar; ask us when you call.
No. 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, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and move anything fragile away from the landscape below the gutters.
Yes, every downspout in your gutter system is flushed with clean water and checked at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but needles and seed casings sit on top and mat down into the trough, so the surface still needs clearing by hand.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, or a seam starts to leak, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Not for anything we knew about on the phone. Our cleaning and maintenance pricing is set before the ladder goes up, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, so you can decide whether to get your gutters done that day or later.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
