Gutter services
Gutter companies do four main things: clean gutters, repair or reseal existing ones, replace the whole system with seamless gutters, and install gutter guards. Cleaning runs $191-$529 per appointment and full seamless replacement runs about $4-$9 per linear foot for aluminum, so the gap between the cheapest and most expensive service is enormous. Most homes need cleaning far more often than replacement.
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What gutter services actually cover
The single most important thing to know is that these services are not interchangeable, and the company at your door usually sells only one of them. A gutter guard company will not tell you your gutters are pitched wrong. A cleaning company will not tell you the fascia behind the gutter is rotting. Get the diagnosis before you get the quote.
Cleaning is the routine one. This Old House puts professional gutter cleaning at $191-$529 per appointment in 2026, with single-story homes at $145-$250 and three-story homes at $210-$450. Height and access drive the price more than gutter length does.
Replacement is the big one. Seamless aluminum runs roughly $4-$9 per linear foot installed, which is $800-$1,800 on a 200-foot house. Seamless systems are formed on site from one continuous coil, so there are no joints along the runs to leak. This Old House gives seamless systems a 20-30 year service life versus 10-15 years for sectional gutters bought in lengths from a home center.
Repair sits in between and is often the honest answer. Resealing end caps, re-pitching a sagging run, adding a downspout, or replacing 20 feet of damaged gutter costs a fraction of a full replacement. Be suspicious of any contractor who quotes a whole-house replacement without walking the roofline with you and showing you the specific failures.
All gutter services
Each one covers what the job involves, what moves the price, and when it is the wrong call.
Picking the right gutter job
The judgement calls that decide the bill, before anyone quotes you.
Diagnose before you buy
Ask the contractor to show you the actual problem - the overflow point, the rusted seam, the sag. If they cannot point at it, you do not need the work yet.
Cleaning first, always
A gutter that overflows may just be full. Clean it and watch it in the next real rain before authorizing anything bigger.
Replacement is a roofline job, not a gutter job
If fascia or soffit is soft, that gets fixed first. Hanging new gutters on rotten wood wastes the money.
Guards are a separate decision
Do not let a guard sale get bundled into a repair visit. Price it on its own and compare it against your actual cleaning bill.
Get the pitch checked
Gutters need a slight slope toward downspouts. Standing water after rain usually means pitch, not clogging, and no amount of cleaning fixes it.
Three quotes, same scope
Write down the linear footage, material, gutter size, number of downspouts and guard type, then hand the same list to every bidder.
The wrong service call is the expensive one
Most people booking gutter work are buying a diagnosis, not a job - and the trade you pick decides what diagnosis you get. Book the wrong specialist and you pay a call-out fee to be told it is somebody else's problem.
- Describe the symptom What you can observe, and when it started. Not what you think it is.
- Ask what the visit includes Whether the diagnostic fee is credited against the work is a question with a real answer.
- Get the scope in writing A number with no line items cannot be compared to a second number.
Where these figures come from
Sources last checked
- This Old House - How Much Does Gutter Cleaning Cost? 2026 Pricing · retrieved 2026-07-25
- This Old House - Seamless Gutter Cost (2026 Guide) · retrieved 2026-07-25
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