Our own crew handles gutter work in South Fayette PA: we clear the runs, flush every downspout, haul it all away, and photograph every run before we leave. Clean gutters keep rainwater moving away from your home, which is how we protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 for a phone quote; the number we give you is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book spring and fall visits, once the seeds and leaves are down.
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 large it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and that estimate is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and on those jobs the total lands in a similar place once the stories and the roofline are counted.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the back roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a compacted mat of wet leaves packed into the trough. A rain gutter that has pulled loose from the fascia takes more time to reset, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, along with clogged downspouts. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the number and are never billed as extras. A clean trough and good water flow are the goal, and every step is there to move water away from the house. We check the drainage at each outlet before we leave. If the crew finds structural damage, like a fascia board with rot working through it, that gets flagged on the spot. If anything changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice.
South Fayette homes with heavy tree cover tend to clog at the same spots every visit, and the buildup in the trough is what makes the price climb. On one house we cleaned, the crew found the back run full of leaves and debris, with a twig wedged in it, the downspout jammed at the elbow, and a sag where the hanger had pulled. The run came out clean only after a second pass, so the quote reflected the extra time to clear and reset it. That is the kind of detail we name before we start, so the number you hear is the number you pay. If you are a homeowner who wants a number up front, text us a photo of the front of your house and we can tell you what to expect before we ever come out.
| 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 jobs here, most customers book two visits a year on a spring and fall schedule. Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished. The fall visit lands in late October or November, after the last leaves have come down. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, often the first clog of the season, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is what we see holding a lot clear, because needles and grit build a blockage at the drain outlets between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the dust does the same thing. With few or no trees, residential properties usually need one visit a year, in late fall. Guarded gutters need less clearing, but the surface still needs to be cleaned when we check the gutter system. South Fayette averages 42.4 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July bring the most heavy rainfall, so a clean run going into May keeps the water moving. Where winters freeze, trapped water turns to ice at the eave, which is one more reason to get the trough clean before snow sets in. If you plan to clean your gutters yourself, stick to single-story runs and a stable ladder. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the next date on the calendar before we leave.
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 covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so you are not waiting on a different crew from another town. We clear gutters across South Fayette, and calls about residential and commercial buildings start the same way: stories, size and tree cover. If you manage commercial properties, say so on the call and we will tell you whether the job fits. Booking is simple: you call (866) 435-6328 or text, we ask about your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Booking a gutter cleaning service with us takes one call, and we phone again before we come. Our gutter services run the same way on a first visit and a repeat one, and every visit ends with clean runs and a checked outlet. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The South Fayette gutter cleaning calendar fills in the two busy windows, spring and fall, so book early if you know you want one of those slots. Outside those windows we can usually fit you in sooner, and we tell you the lead time when you call. If the lot has had a leak since the last cleaning, or a gutter has a sag, mention it on the call so we bring the right crew size and time. Our crew keeps your gutters and downspouts running, and the photos after each visit show exactly what we cleared and how clean each run was left. The goal is to keep your gutters clear between cleanings, not just on the day we are there.
Our cleaning services in South Fayette are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because the lot decides the price, not the street. Downspout flushing, debris removal and haul-off are in the number.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, and most of our customers book the fall visit for late October or November. If the fall visit is skipped, we usually find sagging or loose runs by March on those houses. Those two visits keep a clean gutter system through the wet months.
Same-day depends on the calendar, so we confirm a date when you call. If you want to get your gutters done this week, ask for the earliest open slot. Most slots come up within the week, and we tell you the lead time as soon as we check the schedule.
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, so you can see a clean run without climbing the ladder. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the drainage at the outlet, and a clean outlet is the goal. If a buried line is not draining, we tell you what we found; clearing an underground line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards still need gutter maintenance, though less of it. On our jobs the cleaning and maintenance comes down to clearing needles, seed casings, grit and the odd twig sitting on top of the guard, because the water never gets in until that is cleared.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The gutter cleaning process starts with the crew checking every run until it is clean, and if they find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, so the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
