Our own crew cleans gutters in East Peoria IL, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The yard is left clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booking spring and fall visits across Illinois for years, and most of our East Peoria homeowners book one of each.
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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but on our jobs the stories and the amount of buildup do most of the work.
What moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline at the back. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup and a gutter that sags under its own load. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, water flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with the homeowner before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our East Peoria work has shown the same pattern in most yards. Where the leaves and debris collect in the trough and a blockage forms at the elbow, the crew needs more time than the front-of-house view suggested, and the quote reflects that. Our pricing covers residential and commercial work differently, and residential properties get a quote from the stories and the size of the house. Commercial properties in the area get a per-building quote instead, and the rain gutter run on those buildings is priced by the number of drops and the height of the eave. Leave clogged downspouts running and they can wash out the soil at the foundation and cause structural damage over a few seasons, which is why we flush every downspout and check where the water goes after it leaves the house. Good drainage keeps water away from your home, and if the water is not carried away from the foundation, we say so in the report and tell you what we found.
Once the crew has been on the roof, the on-site number is the one you hear. If the first walk shows more buildup than the phone estimate assumed, we tell you the adjusted number before we clear a single run, and you decide whether to go ahead.
| 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 East Peoria customers book twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall. On our jobs the spring visit comes after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze. In freeze years the fall visit matters most: the leaf mat holds rainwater, the first ice forms at the eave, and the houses that skipped that visit tend to show runs that sag or pull loose by March.
April through June are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall in that stretch finds any gutter that is still full of seeds. When we open a gutter here in May we usually find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, sometimes two inches deep in the trough. Those two loads do different things to a gutter system, so a clean in May is not the same job as a clean in November. Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the house, customers are on a schedule of regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, which works out to three or four cleanings a year, because needles, a stray twig and grit clog the outlets between visits. East Peoria homes with few or no trees do well with one visit a year, in late fall. Gutter guards, if they are on the house, need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs to be cleared.
After the first visit, you get a clean set of gutters and we tell you which schedule of cleaning and maintenance your lot actually needs. Nothing about the schedule is a guess; it comes from what we open up on the ladder.
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.
The crew works from the nearest base and covers streets across East Peoria, not only the main roads. Every visit includes debris removal. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills in the busy windows of spring and fall, so it is worth booking as soon as the visit is due. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Once a date is set, the crew arrives in the booked window and works from the outside. Each East Peoria gutter cleaning service is scheduled so that the gutters and downspouts, and the roof edge, are checked in a single visit, and the photos go to your phone before the truck leaves. If a seam or joint shows a leak, that gets photographed and reported too, not repaired on the spot. If you have a question before the visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the eave and we will reply from the crew.
We work in surrounding areas with the same crew and the same process, so if you are looking for gutter services or cleaning services in East Peoria, the booking works the same way. The point is to clean your gutters on a steady schedule and protect your home from water damage, and we keep the schedule tight so that happens without you having to think about it.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and you get it by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting us. We do not quote a figure in writing before we know the house. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book late spring and late fall. In freeze years the fall visit matters most, because the leaf mat holds water and the first ice forms at the eave. If the fall visit is skipped, runs can sag by March, and water standing behind them is how wood rot starts in the fascia.
Same-day slots are not something we promise. Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you want to get your gutters done before a storm, ask for the first open slot when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process is all outside work, and our crew does not come inside. We send photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes. We run water through each outlet and watch it run clear at the bottom. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often, and guards do not replace gutter maintenance. Under guards we usually find needles threaded through, seed casings and pollen on top of the mesh, and grit settled underneath. Once that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge, so we clear the surface and check the flow.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain usually has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It can, if the gutters show more buildup or a steeper pitch than the phone estimate assumed. If that happens, we tell you the adjusted number before any work starts, and you decide whether to go ahead.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
