Our own crew cleans gutters in Dixon: we flush every downspout, flow-test it, haul everything away, and send 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are both done.
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 square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We walk the whole run before we set a price, and we set it from those three things over the phone or by text. The number we give is the number we charge. You get a clean number before the crew shows up. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but our gutter cleaning services are priced on the stories and the buildup, because those decide how long the job takes.
Four things move the price on our jobs. For a homeowner with a third story or a steep roof that is not safe to walk, the job takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard, and water from that run often ends up in the landscape. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted gunk, and it takes longer to get them clean than a normal fall load. Guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in the price and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On most jobs here the clog is usually the first thing we see on the back run, where leaves and debris settle at the low point and a blockage forms at the elbow where the water flow stops. The sag follows once the weight has been sitting there for a season, and a leak at the seam is usually next. Older residential properties in town with long, low runs and a lot of buildup tend to show structural damage and rot at the fascia before the owner notices a drip, which is why we check the hangers on every run while we are up there. Dixon homes that have not been opened since the last owner are the ones that cost the most to clean, and we say so on the phone before we book them. Our jobs on residential and commercial properties in town follow the same rule: we price per building and per run, and the price covers the whole job. A rain gutter that is clean at the top but blocked at the bottom still overflows, and the rainwater goes over the lip instead of down the spout, so we flush from the top down and check every run for clogged downspouts before we leave. The goal on every job is to get the water away from your home, restore drainage and protect your home from water damage.
| 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 Dixon IL homes on our gutter cleaning service book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall, to clean your gutters before the weather turns. Spring is the one that follows the seed and pollen drop, and fall follows the last leaves. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June. The fall visit is late October to November, before the first hard freeze.
When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, along with the odd twig, and a rain gutter that looks clean from the ground but is holding a mat of wet material along the back run. In the fall it is the leaf load, and in Illinois that load is often still wet when the first ice comes. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen the ice dams along the roofline and runs that sag or pull loose by March. A clog left from October is the first thing to give way once the ice sets in. Heavy rainfall in May, June and July pushes the most rainwater through the system, so a blockage that sat quietly all spring will overflow once the summer storms arrive.
The tiers for regular gutter cleaning are simple on our jobs. Twice a year covers most residential and commercial jobs. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site where grit blows into the gutters, the schedule is every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, and debris removal happens on every visit, not just the big ones. Residential properties with few or no trees can stay clean on one visit a year, scheduled for late fall. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning of the trough, but the surface still needs to be kept clean. Ask for an estimate, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, because cleaning and maintenance work well when the schedule matches the trees.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to book a date.
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 cover homes in town and in the surrounding areas, from a base within driving distance of the city, including the older blocks and the newer subdivisions on the edge. Dixon gutter cleaning is booked the same way on every street: you call (866) 435-6328 or text us, we ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and if it is easy, a photo of the front of the house. That gets you a clean number before we book a date. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you want to get your gutters on the calendar this season, ask for an estimate first.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows for residential and commercial work, late May through June and late October through November, so if you want a specific day in those months, call early. The cleaning process runs the same on every visit: we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Whether you book with a crew from our local route or a neighboring one, our gutter services come with the same number and the same checklist. Booking the same crew each time is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear. A homeowner who keeps the same crew gets one number on every visit, and if you have one of the residential properties in the surrounding areas that we already service, the crew who left it clean last spring will already know the house.
Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts on the whole house, back runs included. We flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom, so a leak at a seam or a twig jammed in an elbow gets found before it becomes a stain on the ceiling. Homes with gutter guards are on the same route, and the quote says so before anyone climbs. The cleanings are booked around the tier you pick, and the whole point is to protect your home from water damage.
Our cleaning services in Dixon are priced from the number of stories and the square footage, so we give you a figure once we know those two things. The same rule holds on every house in town. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will quote it from there.
Most homes run on two visits, spring and fall, and the cleaning and maintenance on each visit is the same job. Where the freeze comes through, the fall visit matters most, because a gutter left full before the ice sets in is the one that fails by March, and a clean gutter going into winter is the one that lasts.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If heavy rainfall is in the forecast, call early, since the gutter system needs clearing before the storms.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside: we do not come inside, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Flushed water is routed away from your home and off the landscape. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check where it drains, including the underground lines we can reach from the surface. We check the gutter and its downspout together, so a clean run does no good if its downspout is still blocked. Clearing a buried line that is blocked further down is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
If the gutters have guards, they still need cleaning. Under guards we find the seed casings, needles and roof grit that the guard lets through, and the mat that forms on top of the guard when it is wet. The gutter looks clean and the water still does not go in, so we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspout and reseat the guards.
If a gutter still overflows after we leave, that is usually a slope or capacity problem rather than debris. Standing water that keeps spilling over can rot the fascia, so do not wait on it. 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.
Before you get your gutters on the schedule, know this: the price you get on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something once they are on site that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
