Gutter cleaning here is done by our own crew, and we clean the whole gutter system. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the leaves away, and send photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and tree cover, and the number on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. We have been booked across Illinois for this work every spring and fall, and most customers book the same two windows.
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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run. Crest Hill homes get quoted on stories first, so that is the first thing we ask. What moves it on our jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with buildup, compacted leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath.
Gutters are checked on every visit, and debris removal, downspout flushing and flow testing are included and never billed as extras. If the crew finds clogged downspouts that need more than a flush, or a sag we have to work around, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage line, we check the water flow at the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving.
On our local jobs the quote usually comes down to how many stories and how much leaf load is in the trough. One house near the older blocks had two stories, a long run and a clog packed solid with leaves and needles from the last fall visit. We flush every downspout and clean the rain gutter end to end, and the number on the phone was the number on the invoice. Where the outlet was not carrying water away from your home, we showed the owner the photo and said so before we left.
| 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.
The honest answer to how often to clean your gutters depends on the trees. Most of our customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Two cleanings a year is the usual pattern here. On our Crest Hill IL jobs, when we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the gutter is full before the first real storm. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and because freeze risk is real here, the first ice shows up at the eave and the ice dams start along the roofline. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where runs sag or pull loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, a twig and grit pack the downspout between visits and the blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year cleaning can keep up with. Heavy rainfall is when a clogged trough shows its problem first, spilling over the front edge. Few or no trees, and a tidy landscape, means once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Near a busy road or active construction we move people to the shorter interval too, because the grit lands in the trough and sits there.
Regular gutter cleaning is what keeps a clog from forming in the trough between storms, and that is most of gutter maintenance. Skip a season and rainwater sits in the trough, soaks the fascia until the wood starts to rot, and works toward structural damage at the soffit. A leak at the fascia usually shows up as a stain long after the water first got in. Guards change the timing, not the need. Under guards we still clear the surface and check that water is getting in, and that job runs on a less frequent schedule than an open gutter. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the reason in the photos we send you.
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 covers homes around town and the surrounding areas from the nearest base without a fixed route, so a slot comes up when the crew has the day open. The gutter cleaning process starts with a call or text: we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and if it is easy we ask for a photo of the house front so we can see the roofline before we come. Commercial properties go through the same questions, and we tell you by phone whether a building is a job for us. From there we confirm a date. Lead time depends on the week, and the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, fill fastest, so call early if you want a particular Saturday or want to get your gutters on the calendar before the crew fills it. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Any homeowner who has seen water pour over the edge in a storm, or who just wants the same crew on the same schedule every year, can keep both on the calendar. Residential properties get the same photo report as any other job, and residential and commercial properties are both quoted by phone. Our cleaning services in Crest Hill come with photos of every run. The point of the visit is to protect your home from water damage, keep your gutters clean and clear, and keep the water away from your foundation and your fascia, and to tell you plainly what we see when we are up there. Looking for gutter services beyond cleaning? Tell us on the call and we say plainly whether the crew can do it.
The number comes from stories, size and what is sitting in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. A two-story house with a normal load is quoted from those three things, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Across Illinois, spring visits usually run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November. If you wait past the fall visit, we find runs that sagged under ice by the time the snow months come around. The timing is written out in the season section above.
Most slots come up within the week. The quickest way to get your gutters on the schedule is a call or text, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the crew has the day open when you ask.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and watched until water runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line we check that the water leaves the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat that sheds the water over the front edge. Guards cut down on cleaning and maintenance, but they do not remove it. Under guards we clear the surface and check that water is getting in, on a less frequent schedule.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
