Our own crew leaves your gutters clean, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last 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 stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we quote from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place, though the math looks different on paper.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up from the ground, and a sloped lot does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years take longer to get clean, because the buildup of compacted leaf matter has packed hard. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well, and a leak at a seam often shows up only once the guard is off.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Ask us for a written estimate if you want the details in writing before the crew arrives.
A homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house by text usually gets a number back the same day. The photo helps us see the stories, the pitch and whether the house has a walk-out. Cleaning services in Whitehall vary, and we would rather give you a number you can plan around than a low figure that changes on site.
On our local jobs, the cases that cost more were usually the ones with heavy tree cover and gutters that had gone a long time without a cleaning. A two-story house with a large tree over the back takes more time, because years of compacted leaves have to come out before the downspouts can be flushed, and the quote reflects that work. That kind of job is why we ask about the trees on the phone.
Regular gutter maintenance is the cheapest way we know to protect your home from water damage, and it is the reason most homeowners who book with us book again. A clean system with good drainage carries water away from your home, and it gives the crew less to fight when the next visit comes around. For the full picture of how we handle the job, see our gutter cleaning process.
| 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 book in spring and fall to clean your gutters, twice a year: once after seed and pollen drop, and once after the last leaves come down. Across Pennsylvania the timing follows the same rhythm, so the calendar is simple to plan around.
In the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of each drop pipe. In the fall it is the leaf load, and because winters here freeze and bring about 25 inches of snow a year, we watch for the first ice and the ice dams along the roofline. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that sag or pull loose by March, and sagging runs are where structural damage and rot start. A clean rain gutter system in the fall gives the winter melt a place to go.
How often a house needs a visit depends on the trees and the landscape. Under heavy tree cover, needles, grit and the odd twig leave clogged downspouts between visits, so those houses are on every three to four months. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets the same schedule for the same reason. A lot with few or no trees gets by with just one of our cleanings a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the work, not the need; we still clear the surface and flush every downspout, and the visit comes less often.
Here is how the schedule plays out on two different lots. One customer has no trees overhead and books once a year, and the crew finds mostly a fall leaf mat. Another customer, under trees, is on every three to four months because the drops clog quickly between visits. Each of those jobs is written up in our case notes with a link so you can see what the crew found.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule will keep your gutters clean on your lot.
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 worked on Whitehall homes, from small ranches to multi-story houses with steep pitches. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, built from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees overhang the house. A photo of the front of the house helps us size the job, and it is easy to send from your phone.
Lead time depends on the calendar, since cleaning and maintenance visits fill fastest in the two busy windows of the year: late spring and late fall, when most of our customers book. Booking early in those months leaves you more open dates to choose from. Outside those windows, slots open up more often, and we confirm a date when you call.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from outside the house, leaves each run clean, and sends photos of every run to your phone when they finish. If the calendar is tight, we tell you what is available and what the next open window looks like.
We serve the surrounding areas, and we handle residential and commercial properties for property managers who need gutter service on a schedule. Whatever the building, our gutter services follow the same plan: clear the gutters, flush every downspout, and haul the leaves and debris away.
Our gutter services for a two-story house in Whitehall PA are priced from the stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Give us those by phone or text and we give you an estimate, and that number is the number we charge.
Most of our Whitehall customers book in late spring and in late fall, after the seeds and the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that sagged under ice by March. Across Pennsylvania the timing is the same, so the calendar is easy to plan around.
Same-day slots depend on the calendar, and most open slots come up within the week. When you call, we confirm a clean slot that works for your schedule and tell you what is open.
No, Whitehall homeowners do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone once the gutters are clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush and flow-test the gutters and downspouts, and we check the water flow at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line that needs clearing, we tell you and quote that work separately, so you know the cost before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guards and roof grit underneath, enough to clog the trough and slow the water down. The crew clears the surface, flushes each downspout and reseats the guards, which is how you keep your gutters clear between visits.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is. A gutter that is clean and still spilling rainwater over the edge usually has a slope or downspout-size problem rather than a debris problem, and blockage at the outlet is the first thing we check. We will not sell a second cleaning for that.
No, the price should not change once we are on site. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, not after. The number we quoted on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
