Our own crew gives East Greenwich homes a clean run from end to end: every gutter cleared, every drain line flushed and flow-tested, clippings hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a written estimate. Most East Greenwich homeowners book in the spring and fall, when a clog or a leak is most likely to send water over the edge.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of rain gutter, but the total still depends on the same three things. The same three facts set the quote on residential properties and commercial properties.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. That buildup can make a gutter sag, and a sagging run holds water against the fascia and can cause structural damage. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On the East Greenwich houses we have cleaned, the quote that surprised a homeowner most was a two-story with a heavy tree canopy. The gutter looked clean from the driveway, but the leaf and seed load was packed into the bends and the run was clogged well past the front. The clog was down in the pipe, not the gutter, and the invoice matched the quote from the same three facts. Once the clogged downspouts are clear, we check the drainage and the water flow, so you know the rain is moving water away from the foundation and not sitting against it. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can tell you a lot before anyone climbs a ladder.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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 Rhode Island, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. A clean run going into the freeze is the goal, and the freeze in East Greenwich RI comes early enough that the fall visit matters. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the bends at the bottom of the drain pipe. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the debris under it, and on houses that skipped that visit we have found runs that sagged under ice by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles, grit, pollen from nearby landscape beds and the odd twig pack the drain pipes between visits, and water that stays in the trough can rot the fascia. With few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards change the work, not the need: you still have to keep the surface clean, just less often than an open gutter. Our gutter cleaning service sets the interval for your lot, so you are not paying for visits you do not need.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the gutters, and we will give you a written estimate for the interval, the date and the price. Rainwater that drops off the roofline through a leak, a clog or a blockage can soak the soil by the foundation, so the schedule follows what we find in the gutters and drain pipes on the first visit. The same logic holds for residential and commercial roofs, and our crew checks the whole gutter system before we leave.
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.
The crew works across East Greenwich, and our East Greenwich gutter cleaning covers the gutters and downspouts on the same houses year after year, so the schedule holds and the houses stay clean from one season to the next. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with your stories, size and tree cover. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send, but it is not required. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the date when you call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call for those, the better your chance of the date you want. Call early if you want to get your gutters cleaned before the leaves or the seed drop. Gutter services in those windows go fast, so book early. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want the gutters to stay clean between cleanings, tell us, and we will set the schedule to fit how much your trees drop.
Whether your house is in a dense neighborhood or near a busy road, we bring the same process: clear the whole gutter system, flush every downspout, check that the water flows away from your home, and keep your gutters clean through heavy rainfall. That is how we protect your home from water damage in the surrounding areas.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text as part of your gutter maintenance quote. We do not quote a figure without those details. The number we give is the number on your invoice.
Across Rhode Island the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, and most of our customers book both. A clean fall visit matters because if you wait past it, we often find runs that sagged under ice by March.
Most slots for cleaning services in East Greenwich come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar depends on the weather and the season.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every drain pipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the ground is left clean.
Yes, we flush every run and check that the water is leaving the house. Once the lines run clean, the crew checks the outlet, and if a pipe feeds an underground drain line, we tell you whether water is exiting there. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out leaves but not needles, seeds or grit, and that buildup sits on top of the guard and blocks the water from getting in. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the lines and reseat the guards, and the gutter comes back clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a clog problem. 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.
The crew clears the gutters, flushes every run, checks the flow and leaves the gutters clean. Cleaning and maintenance on the roofline is quoted from the same facts, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
