Our own crew cleans gutters in Upper Macungie Township, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the mess away, and sending you photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have done their damage.
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. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, give us those three things, and we give you an estimate for a clean, complete job on upper macungie township homes. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we quote the whole house so you know the total before we arrive. The same questions work for commercial properties, so tell us what kind of building it is when you call.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk changes the setup, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the crew needs more equipment and more time. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold leaves and debris that come down heavy and compacted, often with a clog and a buildup at every elbow, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. We flush every downspout, check the water flow, and include drainage checks and debris removal in the price, never as extras. If anything we find changes the job, such as a leak at a seam or structural damage at a bracket, we tell you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has seen this on a recent job: a two-story home with mature trees on the lot had gutters packed with leaves and grit, and clogged downspouts that kept the water from moving away from the foundation. We cleared the runs, left them clean, flushed the gutters and downspouts until water ran clear at the outlet, and photographed the sag we found at the back rain gutter before we left. That is the kind of find that moves a quote, and we tell you about it on the phone, not after the job. Lots like this are common here, and a clean run carries water away from the foundation and the wall.
| 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 in upper macungie township pa book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and our fall visit runs October to early November. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, which is why a clean in late spring matters. In November it is a wet leaf mat, and one clog in the elbow backs the whole run up. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs sagging by March after the first ice.
Under heavy tree cover, needles, the odd twig, and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those lots go on a three to four month schedule. The wettest months here are June, July and September, and heavy rainfall in those months washes seed casings and grit into the elbows. Few or no trees means one or two cleanings a year is enough for most residential and commercial roofs, usually in October or early November. Gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a mat of grit and needles on top of a guard sends rainwater over the front edge.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date so we can clean your gutters, or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm what we see before a gutter cleaning service crew is booked.
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 upper macungie township, and we cover the whole township from the nearest base. Booking an upper macungie township gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the house size and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house is helpful if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A homeowner can book in a few minutes. The same booking steps work for upper macungie township homeowners, whether the job is one house or one of the residential properties on a street. We look at the whole gutter system on every visit, from the roofline down to the outlet.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, so book early if you want a particular week. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the next open date. Our gutter services keep the runs clean through the wet months, and we cover the surrounding areas. We flush the whole system and keep your gutters clear enough to protect your home from water damage, with the water moving away from your home. The water has to go somewhere, and the landscape along the foundation is where it lands if the runs are full.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. Give us those by phone or text and we quote the total before we come.
Late spring after the seed drop and late fall after the leaves are down. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is how a house avoids the sagging runs we see by March after the first ice.
Most slots for cleaning services in upper macungie township come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside. Our crew does not come inside and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the system and confirm the water flow reaches the outlet, which is part of the gutter maintenance we do on every visit. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it separately before touching it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and that mat sends water over the edge. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, so we clean the surface, check the flow, and reseat anything that lifted.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge, the problem is slope or drain size, not a cleaning problem. Water that keeps spilling is how a fascia board starts to rot, so send us a photo or 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. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the quote. Text us a photo and we can help you get your gutters priced before the crew ever comes.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
