Our own crew cleans gutters in East St. Louis, IL, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. We flush every downspout until the water runs clear, and a clean run is the goal on every house. 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price on East St. Louis homes depends on stories, square footage and what is 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 companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured. What moves the quote on our jobs is a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years with buildup packed in the troughs, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the rain gutter underneath. Gutter cleaning services for residential properties and commercial properties are priced from those same inputs. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, checking water flow, and hauling away the leaves and debris are included and are never billed as extras. Clogged downspouts stop carrying water away and push it over the edge, and that water can make a run sag and lead to structural damage at the fascia. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one job, the house had a steep back pitch with heavy tree cover, and the troughs were packed with seed casings that had turned to paste. The crew cleared the runs by hand, flushed each downspout until it ran clear at the bottom, and photographed every run before leaving. The quote was set by phone from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and it did not change once the crew was up the ladder. You can read that job here: see this job. Gutter cleaning services in our part of Illinois come down to the same three inputs, and we price every house the same way.
| 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 homeowners book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall, late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, and April, May and June are the wettest months of the year. Heavy rainfall in those months finds every leftover clog fast, so it pays to clean your gutters before the wet season hits. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is a wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag by March under the weight of ice. Those sags are a sign the rainwater had nowhere to go, and a blockage that runs all winter is how a roofline starts to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see working on most lots, because needles and grit pack every downspout between visits. A lot with few or no trees and a tidy landscape is usually fine on one visit a year in late fall. Lots with gutter guards come up less often, but the surface still has to be cleared. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not paying for a schedule the house does not require. One customer with no trees on a once-a-year schedule and one under trees on the shorter schedule are both on our record for East St. Louis IL, and each is linked from that job list. The interval is set by tree cover and rainfall, and regular gutter cleaning on that interval suits residential and commercial buildings alike, so call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and we will set the first date with you as part of your gutter maintenance plan.
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.
We clean gutters across East St. Louis, IL and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew covers the city as a whole. Our East St. Louis gutter cleaning is handled by the same crew on every job, and every gutter cleaning service we book is done the same way. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the quote by phone from the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the house. Lead time depends on the week, so ask when you call to get your gutters on the calendar. The calendar fills up in the two busy windows of spring and fall, which is when most homeowners want their gutters done. Debris removal is part of every visit, and the crew bags what it pulls out before the truck leaves.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. Every homeowner gets the same photos of every run before the truck leaves. If you want to keep your gutters running clear through the year, the crew can set a regular schedule that matches the tier we chose for your lot. Between cleanings, a quick look at each downspout outlet shows whether any buildup is starting. Our gutter services run from one visit to a regular schedule, and whether it is one visit or several, the goal is the same, to protect your home from water damage and carry water away from your home, with clean runs each time. Good drainage starts at the gutter and ends at the downspout, which is why the crew will flush every downspout and check both ends. If the crew spots a leak at a joint, you get a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. We give it by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-away are included.
Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visit falls in late October to November, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice damage at the eaves.
Most slots for our cleaning services in East St. Louis come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar depends on the week.
No. 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 inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, our gutter cleaning process includes that check: we flush every downspout and watch it until water runs clean at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line, 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, guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, though less often. Needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard, and heavy rainfall washes them over the edge, so we clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter system that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope 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 should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The quote from the phone call is the price we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
