Our own crew cleans gutters in Antioch, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. 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 you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our Antioch customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been out on these roofs long enough to know what they look like at each visit.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the whole gutter system is priced as one job. The number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the gutters are measured, but the stories and the buildup are what really set the job. Antioch gutter cleaning is priced this way for commercial properties as well, since the stories, the drainage run and the buildup decide the time on the ladder.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, and that shows up in the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits higher than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and the buildup takes more time to clear before the clog is gone and the gutter is clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own time too. We flush every downspout, flow test it, and haul it away, and all of that is included in every quote and never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Antioch homes. One house had clogged downspouts and a leaf mat that had sat in the gutter for a full season, and water was running behind the fascia on the low side before anyone called us. The crew cleared the leaves and buildup, and the flow test came back clean on all runs. Another customer had a rain gutter with a sag on one end. Once we had the clog out of that run, the water flow improved, and the runoff moved water away from the fascia, though the sag itself is a structural damage issue we flagged in the photos rather than something a cleaning fixes. That kind of finding is the reason we photograph every run before we leave. For your own number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will book a date that works.
| 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 Illinois, the usual spring window is late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our Antioch customers also book a fall visit in late October to November, once the last leaves come down, so they get the spring and fall rhythm in one year. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. A gutter that looks clean from the ground can still be packed at the elbow, right where the roofline meets the downspout, and a clog left through winter is how wood rot starts in the fascia. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight by March. Where the first freeze comes early, a clog at the eave can hold rainwater long enough to form an ice dam, so the fall visit matters more than the spring one in this climate.
Under heavy tree cover, we see houses on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the rainwater carries more leaf litter and grit and the cadence tightens the same way. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the blockage from building up, and debris removal is part of every visit. Residential and commercial buildings follow the same pattern when the trees and traffic are the same. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean less frequent gutter cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the blockage underneath each time. If you want to clean your gutters yourself between visits, check the downspout runs first and keep the gutters clean.
After the first visit we tell you how often your gutter cleaning service should run, based on what we found in the gutters and where the water is going. Residential properties get an estimate by phone before the first visit, and that estimate is the number on the invoice.
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 Antioch IL and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base to keep the travel time down. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, based on the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the house front helps us confirm the layout, and it is easy to send from your phone. Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end, and we flush every downspout before the crew packs up. We want the gutters clean when we leave, with the landscape beside the house left as we found it, and we call before we come, so nobody has to wait around. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Antioch homeowners book in two busy windows each year, the spring window after the pollen drop and the fall window after the leaves come down. If you want a slot in one of those windows, call early. Our lead time is shown when you call, and we will tell you honestly what is open. A homeowner who keeps their gutters on a regular schedule tends to find the visits go faster and the cleanings stay short. Our gutter services run the same way on every visit, and cleaning and maintenance go on one quote, with each visit ending in clean runs in the photos. A twig lodged at a downspout elbow or a small leak at a seam gets reported in the photos, and gutter guards are checked the same way. Keeping the trough clean is how you protect your home from water damage, since a full gutter sends water to the fascia first. We would rather keep your gutters running well between cleanings than come out to clear a clog that got worse because it sat too long.
The number comes from the stories and the square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will go through the number with you first, so you know the price for gutter cleaning services before the crew shows up.
Across Illinois, the spring window runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Many Antioch homeowners book the fall window in late October or November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, a clog in the gutter at the eave can hold water and form an ice dam, which we see on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you want to get your gutters done this week, text a photo of the house front and we can tell you what is open.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the yard clean. Everything we pull out goes into bags and away from your home, and every gutter run gets its own photo before the truck leaves. Plantings and the landscape along the walls are left alone. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout, flow test it, and check that water is leaving at the outlet, and the photos confirm each run is clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. Gutter maintenance on your lot covers every run, so the water goes away from your home.
On our jobs, guarded gutters still collect seed casings, pollen and grit on top of the guard, and a wet mat can run water over the edge. We clear the surface, check underneath, and reseat the guards, so the job is shorter but still needed. The gutter system gets checked as a whole, including the hangers, so nothing sits loose. A guard that looks clean on top still needs a look underneath.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall, it is usually a slope or capacity problem rather than debris. 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.
It should not. The quote is set from the stories, size and tree cover. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before they start, never after. Cleaning and maintenance are quoted together, so there is no surprise line item at the end.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
