Our own crew cleans gutters in Portsmouth, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the gutters are clean. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Rhode Island, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we work the same way on every house.
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 size 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 by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but a house is not a straight line, so we price the whole job.
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 far up from the ground, and a gutter system that nobody has opened in years. Packed, matted buildup takes longer than a light cleaning, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and the trough comes out clean. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. The job is done when every run is clean and the water flows.
Portsmouth gutter cleaning on our homes tends to follow the same pattern: a twig or a clog at the elbow, drainage that stops, a run that has begun to sag from buildup. When we open one up we flush every downspout and watch the water flow until it runs clean, so the gutter cleaning services we provide end with the water running away from your home. Most of our residential and commercial customers book the spring and fall visits, and we handle residential properties and commercial properties the same way, one building at a time. Gutters and downspouts are priced together, so haul-off is already in the number. Ask us for regular gutter cleaning on a fixed schedule and we will write the estimate for the whole year so you know what the debris removal and the visits cost before the first ladder goes up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where it stands.
| 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.
Most of our Portsmouth customers book twice a year. Across Rhode Island the spring visit usually lands in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes in November, after the last leaves are down. Those two visits keep the rainwater path clean and help protect your home before the wet months and the freeze, since a blockage at the roofline turns into a leak, and over a few winters, rot and structural damage. In Portsmouth RI the same two windows work for most houses.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, which is where the clog starts. In fall it is leaves and debris from the trees, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see the first ice at the eave, ice dams, and a rain gutter that has sagged or pulled loose by March. Where the mat of leaves stays wet before the rainy season, the water sits in the trough instead of moving through.
Under heavy tree cover, book cleanings every three to four months, because the needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and leave clogged downspouts behind. Near a busy road or a construction site the gutter gets dirty faster, and the same schedule applies. Across Rhode Island, nor'easters can knock loose a lot of wet debris, so a quick look after a big storm tells you whether the trough is still clean. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, so keep your gutters on the shorter schedule. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and how often you need us to clean your gutters from there.
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 cleans gutters across Portsmouth and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book the houses we can reach on the day the calendar says. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from the stories, the size and the tree cover and landscape over the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to take. Portsmouth homeowners book the same way, and the homeowner gets the number on that same call. Lead time for our gutter services is quoted on the call, and the calendar fills in two busy windows each year, so a call in those months will get you a slot further out. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. You get a text when the truck is on the way and photos of every run once the work is finished, and every run is clean. If the house has a gutter that was left too long, tell us when you call, because it changes what the crew brings and how long the job takes. Get your gutters on the schedule before the heavy rainfall starts, and gutter maintenance stays predictable from one season to the next, with the trough clean at every visit. A regular visit helps keep your home from water damage.
The first thing we ask is how many stories the house has and roughly how big it is; our cleaning services in Portsmouth are quoted from those two things, and we give the number to you by phone or text.
Late spring or late fall, the two visits most of our Portsmouth customers book. Waiting past the first hard freeze means the gutter system is already holding ice and the leaves have been wet for weeks.
Most slots come up within the week and we confirm a date when you call. The exact lead time is quoted on the phone, since it changes with the season.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch the water run until it runs clean and carries water away from the foundation, and we check where it drains, including underground lines when we can see the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
They still need cleaning, less often, and the job is clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is getting in. On our jobs we find seed casings and pollen mat on the surface and grit underneath, so the guards are lifted and reseated. Once the guards are lifted, the trough underneath is clean and the water has a way out.
Then it is a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No. 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.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
