Our own crew cleans gutters on your home, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the waste hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you 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 are done and the gutters are full.
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 big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: the three questions first, then a number. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the quote for your house still comes from your stories and size.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up from the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted muck, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach what is under them. A run can look clean from the ground and still hold a packed elbow, so the crew checks every run. Cleaning and maintenance are quoted as one visit. Haul-away is included and the material is carted away from your home. Downspout flushing and flow testing are never billed as extras. Gutters packed with wet leaves overflow first in heavy rainfall, and a run that has sagged for years can hide a leak and structural damage behind the fascia. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our cleaning services in West Hanover are priced the same way on every job, and the quote usually comes down to what the crew finds once the ladder is up: a run packed to the brim with wet leaves, or a downspout with a twig and a seed cap wedged in the elbow, which is a clog the crew clears from the top. A clean run is quick, and a packed one takes the time. Tell us about the three things we ask about and send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy, and we can give you a number before anyone drives out. A homeowner should have the number on paper before the ladder goes up, so ask for the estimate in writing and we will send it. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through it with you, and you can get your gutters on the schedule on the same call.
| 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.
Our West Hanover customers usually book two cleanings a year: once in the spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves are down. Spring visits across Pennsylvania run late May to June. A gutter that was clean in November can be packed with seeds and pollen paste by May, and those seeds settle into the downspout elbows, where a blockage starts. In November it is leaves and debris, a wet buildup in every run, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice, and that is where rot and structural damage start.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers come back more often, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Houses with few or no trees overhead, or a bare landscape around them, usually need only one visit a year in late fall to stay clean, and the gutter maintenance schedule is set around that. A guarded gutter system needs less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be kept clean on the same schedule as an open one. West Hanover gets 50.9 inches of rain a year, and June, July and September are the wettest months, so the heavy rainfall lands on full gutters then.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and the cleaning service is set to match. Text a photo of the front of the house and we can usually say which one fits before the first visit is booked. A rain gutter that stays clear is the simplest way to 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 West Hanover PA from the nearest base, and we work across West Hanover and surrounding areas, including the residential neighborhoods. Booking runs by phone or text. We ask about stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. The West Hanover homes we book are sorted by stories and tree cover, and that decides the schedule. The crew calls before it comes, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so the earlier you call the better your chance at the date you want. Our gutter cleaning services fill fastest in those windows, and for residential properties the calendar is tightest there too. Outside them slots open up more freely. For the exact timing on your house, call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what is open. We clear gutters and downspouts in one visit, debris removal is part of every visit, and gutters exist to move water away from the foundation, which a full run cannot do.
Gutters full of seeds in spring and leaves in fall are the most common reasons we get called out here. If you want to keep your gutters clear between visits, a regular gutter cleaning service is the simplest way to do that, and it is the one we set up with most West Hanover homeowners. If you would rather clean your gutters yourself between visits, ask us what to look for. If the building is residential and commercial, tell us on the phone first, because commercial properties are quoted on a different basis. Our gutter services start with the cleaning visit, so the first call is usually the cleaning.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is, and we give it to you by phone or text for every West Hanover, PA house. Our cleaning work is priced on those two things, not on a range we print in writing, because the same two-story house can cost very different amounts depending on what is in the gutters. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in spring and again in late fall. Spring visits across Pennsylvania run late May to June, and the fall visit runs late October to November. If the fall visit gets skipped on a house in West Hanover, we often find clogged downspouts and runs under ice and sagging by March. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which month fits your lot.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
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. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the yard clean.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and we check the drainage at the outlet to see that water is leaving. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and a clog is holding the water back, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, gutter guards still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit underneath, and once that mat gets wet, rainwater runs over the front edge. We clear the surface along the roofline and check that water is getting in.
If a gutter that is clean still sheets water over the edge in rain, the water flow is the problem, and it usually traces back to slope, capacity or downspout size. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A run that keeps sheeting water can lead to structural damage at the fascia, so send the photo early. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before work starts, never after. The number you were quoted is the number on the invoice, and you get a clean invoice with nothing added. Ask us before you get your gutters on the schedule and we will confirm the number in writing.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
