Our own crew cleans gutters across Upper Saucon PA, and it is the same careful clean on every house: we clear every run by hand, flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the wet leaves and grit off, and send photos of every run before we leave. For upper saucon homeowners who have watched water pour over the edge, that difference is whether the gutter actually drains or just looks empty.
The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our spring and fall visits are booked by homeowners who saw water running over the edge the season before, and who want the runs clean before the next storm. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will ask about the roofline before we set a 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 stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services for residential properties are quoted 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 on upper saucon homes the stories and roof pitch change the work more than the length does. A homeowner who knows those two things can get a close number before anyone calls.
On our Upper Saucon jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single factor. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed solid, and a clog at an elbow means that mess has to be worked loose by hand, which takes longer than a normal leaf load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Pricing comes from what we find at the house. Take two two-story homes of the same size. One has a clean, open gutter system, and its quote holds through a single spring visit because the crew finds clean troughs, clear elbows and good water flow. The other sits under heavy overhead cover, so its outlets are packed and the same visit runs longer. Both quotes are given by phone before anyone comes out.
We clean the gutter system and its outlets for residential and commercial properties alike, and the same visit covers both kinds of property when it is scheduled. Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps the price down over time, because a run cleaned every visit does not build up the way one left for a year does. It costs less to clean your gutters on a schedule than to wait for a clog and a sagging run. Fewer, regular cleanings cost less than one catch-up visit after a run has pulled loose.
Ask for a written estimate and we will put the stories, the square footage, the tree cover and whether each run is clean or packed on paper so you can check them against the house.
| 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 Upper Saucon customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down, to keep the gutters clean. Across Pennsylvania the spring visit window runs late May to June, and here in Upper Saucon the fall visit falls in late October to November.
In spring we open a gutter here and find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaves and debris, and where freezing weather sets in, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. Runs that skipped the fall visit are the ones that sag, pull loose or form a blockage by March. Snow falls here in January through April and November through December, 41.1 inches a year in total, and that load works the gutters and downspouts loose from their brackets, which is one more reason to clear the system before winter.
Upper Saucon gets 53.4 inches of rain a year, and July, September and October are the wettest months, when heavy rainfall tests whether a run can carry rainwater away at full water flow. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is how often to keep your gutters clear, because needles and grit pack the flow between visits. Houses with few or no trees need one visit a year, in late fall, so the runs go into winter empty. Homes with gutter guards still need cleaning, less often, with the surface cleared and the guards checked for buildup under the panels. The tier is set by what we find on the first visit, and after that we tell you which schedule keeps your gutter maintenance on track and will protect your home from water damage.
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 Upper Saucon and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule. We confirm the date when you call and we call again before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most homeowners here book their upper saucon gutter cleaning visits. If you call during one of those windows, expect the first open slot to be a few days out rather than the same week. Outside those windows, slots come up faster. The lead time we quote is the one we can keep, and the gutter cleaning process starts the moment you book. Repeat visits are booked as regular cleanings, so the next date is easier to pin down once your house is on the calendar.
When you call, we will tell you what the visit includes and what we need from the property. Our gutter services cover the troughs, the elbows and the outlets, and the cleaning and maintenance checks happen on the same visit. We will look at the roofline and the outlets with you, and we will send the estimate in writing if you ask for one. The crew also checks for a loose hanger or a seam that is starting to leak, pulls out any twig that has wedged in an elbow, works around landscape beds, and leaves each run clean, so the gutters keep water away from your home. Homes with gutter guards get the panels lifted and reseated on the same visit.
Our cleaning services in Upper Saucon are priced from stories and size, and from whether the runs look clean or packed, so we quote them by phone or text once we know the house. Ask for a written estimate and we will put it on paper.
For homes across upper saucon, the two visits that matter are late spring and late fall. Waiting past late fall means the leaves are already packed and the first ice is forming, and the runs can sag or rot the fascia before March, which is how structural damage starts.
Most slots come up within the week outside the busy windows. We confirm a date when you call, and the lead time we quote is the one we keep.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. They also leave the landscape beds around the outlets as they were found.
Yes. We flush each outlet, clear any clogged downspouts we find, and check that each run carries water away from the foundation, including the outlets that feed underground lines. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, you should still clean your gutters when there are gutter guards on the house. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top, so the surface gets cleared, the crew checks under the guards, and the guards get reseated.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video in the rain. A rain gutter that is clean and still spilling is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, and we will tell you what it is without selling a second cleaning.
No. The price you hear 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.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
