Our crew gets every gutter clean across Dundee, with every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the mess 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs most customers book in spring and fall, and we have been running that calendar long enough to know where the clogs start.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Jobs here are priced from 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. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is multiplied out, but we would rather give the homeowner one figure for the whole house. Whether it is a simple run or a full gutter system with guards, it is still one figure. Those same questions work for residential and commercial buildings, so residential properties and commercial properties get a number before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what we find once we get up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the street side suggests. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, and a sag in the run means more hangers to reset. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Clean your gutters with us and nothing extra gets added: flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, never billed as extras. We flush every downspout and check that it carries water away from the foundation. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs the clog usually starts at the same few places: a twig or leaf wad caught at the elbows, the corners where a run turns, and the joints where the gutter meets the downspout. On a wooded lot with a two-story house, the back run is where we find a full trough and water flow stopped at the bottom. Heavy rainfall finds the weak spot fast, and poor drainage at the bottom of a run is how a small leak turns into rotted fascia. Keep your gutters clean on a regular schedule. Keeping a clean run is the cheapest insurance against water backing up behind the fascia, but we will not dress that up as a number. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will give you the figure.
| 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 homes book the fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves are down. Across Illinois, the usual spring window runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds and seed casings packed to the elbow and a pollen paste in the bottom of the trough, and a gutter that sits until then is rarely clean by the time we arrive. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, gutter maintenance every three to four months keeps a gutter clean, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a buildup forms quietly. A rain gutter on a lot with few or no trees does fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean fewer cleanings, but we still clear the surface debris on top of them, because a wet mat on a guard sheds water over the front edge the same way a clog does. May, June and August are the wettest months here, so that is when a full run tends to overflow first.
A clogged gutter is not only a messy gutter. Trapped water causes rot in the rainwater path, works its way behind the roofline, and shows up as a stain on the ceiling long before anyone thinks to look up. Left long enough, that stops being a stain and becomes structural damage. Winters here freeze, and in those months trapped water turns into an ice dam at the eave that lifts the shingles. Keeping the gutter clean is how you protect your home from water damage without waiting for the first storm to tell you. After the first visit we will tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the schedule in 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 crew works the whole town, going from one neighborhood to the next as the calendar fills. It works around the landscape of each lot and leaves every gutter clean before moving on. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Homeowners do not need to be home, since we call before we come and work from outside. Most people find the quote process takes less time than the phone call that started it.
The calendar gets busy in two windows, spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit and everyone with an overflowing run calls at once. If you can book outside those stretches you will usually get an earlier slot. Some lots need more cleanings than others, and the schedule is set on the first visit. Ask about the surrounding areas and the date when you call, and we will tell you plainly how far out we are.
Our crew handles the gutters and downspouts on every visit, so the clean, the flush and the photo report come the same way whether it is a small ranch or a tall house. Our gutter services follow one standard, and cleaning and maintenance is the same job on every lot. Our goal is a gutter that sends water away from your home, and what is not a cleaning problem goes in the report rather than onto the invoice. If you want to get your gutters looked at before booking, text a photo of the roofline for a quick read, or call for a same-day answer on availability.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. A two-story house is one of our most common jobs here, and we give you one figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
Most of our customers book in late October or November and again in spring. Across Illinois, the usual spring window runs late May to June. Waiting past the first hard freeze makes it harder to clean the wet leaf mat and any ice we find at the eave.
Our cleaning services in Dundee are booked by date, and we confirm the date when you call. If you have an active overflow, tell us on the phone so we can check the calendar for the soonest opening.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the ground clean before the truck pulls away. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before then. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet, with the leaves and debris bagged before the truck leaves. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes, less often, but a guarded gutter system still needs to be kept clean. On our jobs we find seeds, leaves and needles threaded through the guard, with a wet mat sitting on top that stops water going in.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout problem, not a debris problem. We flush clogged downspouts first, so what is left is the slope or the outlet, and left alone that becomes structural damage. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. The quote comes from the stories, size and tree cover, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
