Our own crew cleans gutters in Essex Junction, with each run flushed and flow-tested, debris bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. A clean run is one that drains at the outlet, and that is what you pay for. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Vermont most of our customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote before anyone climbs a ladder.
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 in the gutters. We price gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Commercial properties are priced the same way. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole job.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits far above the ground. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted muck, and the leaves and debris have to be pulled out by hand before the trough can run clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, all aimed at getting water away from your home. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Essex Junction homes the usual story is a clog that has been building for a season or two. When we open the trough we often find a sag where the hangers have pulled, buildup that has turned to paste, and clogged downspouts that have been running slow for months. That is where water that should run away from your home starts to fail, and it is why we flush each run and check drainage at the outlet before we call the job done and the gutter clean. Houses with heavy tree cover tend to show the worst of it, and a rain gutter that has been overflowing is usually the first sign of a leak or structural damage we see.
We cleaned one house on the east side where the owner had called us after water came off the front edge in every storm. The trough was full of wet leaves, and the pipe had a clog right at the elbow. Once the trough was clean and the run flushed, the water ran off the outlet as it should. Nothing was billed beyond the number we gave on the phone.
| 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 in Essex Junction VT book twice a year to clean your gutters before the weather turns. Across Vermont, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit falls in October to early November, after the last leaves have come down. When we open a gutter here in June we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. By November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March, after the first freeze has done its work on the ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover we see the outlets packed between visits, which is why those houses are on a schedule of every three to four months. Needles, grit and seed casings settle into the rainwater path faster than a twice-a-year visit can clear it, and after heavy rainfall a blockage at the roofline shows up as an overflow. A house with few or no trees usually needs regular gutter cleaning once a year, in late fall, and one of our cleanings is enough to keep the trough clear before the snow. Guarded gutters still need the surface kept clean, but less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and give you an estimate for it.
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 gutter services run across the surrounding areas, and we serve residential properties and commercial properties from the nearest base. Essex Junction gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Call us at (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you when a slot comes up. Every homeowner gets a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Keep your gutters and downspouts working, and we flush every downspout while we are up there. Clean gutters help protect your home from water damage, which is the whole point of the visit.
The busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills with homeowners who want their gutters cleared before the seasons change. Homeowners here book earlier in those months and get more choice of date. We book residential and commercial jobs the same way. Text a photo of the roofline and the crew can tell you what to expect before we arrive. If you have gutter guards, say so on the call and the crew plans for them. A twig in the trough is the easy part; the wet mat under it is what takes time. The sooner you get your gutters on the calendar, the more dates you can pick from.
We work across Essex Junction, and the number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a range here because the house decides it. Once we know the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, you have a number, and that is what you pay.
When our customers here book, it is late spring and late fall. Across Vermont the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit falls in October to early November. In Vermont, the first freeze in late fall can lock wet leaves into the gutters, and on houses that waited, we find runs sagging by March. Waiting longer usually means more buildup, more rot behind the fascia, and more time on the ladder.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We offer cleaning services in Essex Junction on the dates you choose, but we do not promise same-day service because the schedule depends on the route and the weather.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: our crew does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we set stand-offs so nothing rests on the siding or the landscape beds.
Yes, we flush every run and check the water flow at the outlet. If the water is not leaving where it should, we tell you. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. Gutter guards keep out whole leaves, but on our jobs under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings on top and grit underneath. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in, so the trough stays clean underneath. Guards do not end gutter maintenance, and cleaning and maintenance on a guarded system is a lighter job.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or 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.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we give 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.
