Our own crew cleans gutters on Edwardsville homes, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote. Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and a clean gutter is how you protect your home from water damage.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our cleaning services in Edwardsville are priced from three things: 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 figure we give is the figure we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once you do the math, though the per-foot method hides the parts of the job that cost time.
On our jobs, a few things move the total. A third story or a roofline too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and a twig or a clog in a downspout elbow has to be worked loose by hand before the run is clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the number we give you and are never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Edwardsville jobs show this clearly. On a recent cleaning in the Glen Carbon Heights area of Edwardsville, the house had two stories, a full row of mature trees over the south side, and the rear run had not been opened in several seasons. What we found was a dense mat of seeds and grit sitting in the elbows, and getting it clean took the crew longer than a surface look suggested. That is the kind of detail we talk through when you call, so the quote already accounts for it. Text a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you what to expect before we even book the date.
For regular cleanings, the gutter cleaning process covers the full run, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Gutter maintenance between visits is simple when the first clean leaves every run flowing, and the cleaning and maintenance schedule we set after the first visit keeps your costs predictable from year to year. Every homeowner gets the same photos of every run, and a run that sags or a seam starting to leak is reported, not sold on the spot.
| 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 Edwardsville homeowners book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June. When we open a gutter then we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows, which is how clogged downspouts start. In late fall we find leaves and debris in the trough and a wet leaf buildup, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Because Illinois winters freeze, a fall cleaning matters here in a way it does not in warmer climates. Rainwater that cannot leave the gutter in November turns to ice at the eave, and the ice dams that form can lift shingles from underneath. A clean gutter in late fall gives the melt somewhere to go, keeps drainage moving, and holds the water flow steady, so standing water cannot sit on the fascia board and rot it. The state sees summer derechos and severe thunderstorms too, so the spring visit also clears the gutter system before storm season brings heavy rainfall.
On a landscape under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because seeds and grit pack the outlets faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up, and a blockage left alone backs water up into the trough. Homes with few or no trees usually need only one visit a year, in late fall. Gutters with guards still need a clean on top, though less often. Commercial properties follow the same logic, scheduled per building. Rain gutter systems that are cleaned on time tend to avoid the structural damage that comes from a season of standing water, and that keeps water away from your home.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing from a calendar.
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 reach across Edwardsville IL and the surrounding areas, and the crew works from the nearest base, which keeps travel short and lets us get to a booked date quickly. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the house, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. Call (866) 435-6328 to start. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so calling early in those months gives you more choice of dates.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Lead time depends on how full the calendar is that week, and we confirm the date when you call so there are no surprises. For residential properties and residential and commercial customers across Edwardsville, the regular gutter cleaning process is the same: one call, one figure, one confirmed date. Edwardsville homes with trees over them need the schedule most. Whenever you clean your gutters or book us to do it, ask for the next visit to be set at the same time, and we will set the schedule that fits your lot. Our gutter services cover every run, not one side. Call early in spring or fall to get your gutters on the calendar.
The number comes from your home's size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give an estimate without those details, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on tree cover and how long the gutters have gone unopened.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze, which is the easiest way to keep your gutters working. If you wait until winter, the leaf mat has frozen in place and a clean gutter is hard to get back.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when to expect us.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where the pipe feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs under guards we find fine grit threaded through the mesh, seed casings and a silt mat on top, and once that mat is wet the rain runs over it instead of in. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the drains and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope, capacity or pipe-size problem, not a clog problem. 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.
It should not. The figure we give is the figure we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
