Our own crew cleans gutters here, flushing every downspout, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves.
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. Homeowners here get an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, so you get a clean invoice that matches the quote. Companies that sell gutter services by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is worked out, though the per-foot rate is not how we quote. The same three facts set the quote for commercial properties, and for residential and commercial jobs alike.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few specific reasons, and a homeowner can see most of them from the driveway. A third story or a steep pitch takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run is further off the ground than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed muck that has to be worked out by hand, and a blockage that has been building for a long time means more buildup at each downspout, which is how a leak starts at the eave. A sag in the run, where it dips under a packed gutter, is where structural damage begins. A system with gutter guards we have to lift and reseat adds time too. Flushing each downspout, testing the drainage, and hauling away debris are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our homes here show the pattern clearly. On one house in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover, the quote rose because the rain gutter was packed with seeds and the downspout on the back corner had a clog at the second elbow that had to be cleared before the water flow could be tested. Once the packed seed came out along with the leaves and debris, and the water was running clean away from your home, the crew had a full picture of the job. That is the kind of detail we check before we give you a number, and it is the reason the quote holds once we are up top. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to take, and we can tell you a lot from that alone.
| 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.
Across Pennsylvania the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes. Here the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down, and most customers book twice a year to match. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds packed to the elbow and pollen paste sitting in the downspout. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of the ice. Residential properties with a lot of seed and leaf cover see the most of this, so booking gutter maintenance before the trouble starts keeps the trough clean.
Freezing winters here change what the fall visit is for. Freeze risk is real here, and once the first ice forms, a gutter full of wet leaves can start an ice dam at the eave, and the water that backs up behind it finds its way under the shingles and the wood begins to rot. A clean gutter in late fall gives the melt somewhere to go, which helps protect your home from water damage. Heavy rainfall after a dry stretch pushes whatever is left in the trough over the edge. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see, because a twig, needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and clogged downspouts are the first thing to fail. Houses with few or no trees do well on one visit a year in late fall. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared, and rainwater needs a clear path to carry water away the whole time.
Our customers fall into those tiers for different reasons. One house with no trees near it is on the once-a-year schedule and the fall visit does the whole job. Another house under trees is on the every three to four months schedule because the downspout clogs quickly from spring through fall. A regular gutter cleaning process is what keeps that second house off the overflow list. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we will say when to clean your gutters next so nobody has to guess.
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.
We have cleaned gutters across Wilkes-Barre PA and the surrounding areas, and the crew covers the whole city from the nearest base. Each booking for our Wilkes-Barre gutter cleaning services starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Every one of our gutter services includes a flow check, and we flush every downspout so the gutters and downspouts get tested, not emptied and called clean. The process runs on the calendar: lead time depends on the season, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Call before the first visit and we give you an arrival window; nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Book early for the fall visit so your slot is set before the leaves drop, and keep your gutters clear from then on.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, so we quote it by phone or by text. The number we give you is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and debris removal are included as part of the cleaning and maintenance visit.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. A gutter cleaned after the first hard freeze can already have ice damage at the eave, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest. Houses under heavy tree cover book three to four cleanings a year.
Most slots for our cleaning services in Wilkes-Barre come up within the week. Call to get your gutters on the schedule and we confirm the date. We do not promise same-day service because the schedule depends on the season and the crew's route.
No. 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 and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and where a downspout feeds an underground line we check that water is leaving at the outlet. A clean run at the outlet is what we are checking for. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape settle on top and wet into a mat. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clogged trough. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
