Our own crew cleans gutters across Evanston IL, flushing every downspout and flow-testing it before we leave, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Not sure when to clean your gutters? Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which visit fits your house.
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. Most gutter cleaning services quote by the linear foot and land in a similar range, but on our jobs the stories and the amount of debris drive the figure more than the length of the run.
Four things move the quote most often on our jobs. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, which takes more time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of our Evanston homeowners are on the same two-visit pattern, spring and fall, and the quote reflects that. Many of the gutters we clean on residential properties and commercial properties show a sag or a clog that a quick look from the driveway would miss. Once we are on the ladder we clear the run, flush each downspout and check the water flow and drainage to the outlet, so the price covers the full job and the part you can't see from the ground. If the gutters are overdue, the buildup is the main cost driver, and we will say so on the phone.
On a recent Evanston job, the quote moved because the rear run was two stories up over a patio and the downspout was blocked at the elbow. The crew went in to clean the elbow, flushed the line and confirmed the water was leaving at the outlet, so the gutter system was draining again. We wrote that into the report with photos, and the price matched what we quoted before the visit.
Regular gutter cleaning is the cheapest way to avoid repeat service calls, because a run that is cleaned on schedule rarely needs the full extra time. If it is time to clean your gutters, ask us for the number on the phone, and we will tell you what we need from you to hold it.
| 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 customers in Evanston IL book two cleanings a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, after the leaves have dropped. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and when we clean a gutter then we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. The fall visit runs late October to November, when the wet leaf mat is the main problem, and on houses that skipped it we see runs that have sagged by March under the weight of ice and water.
Freezing winters are the reason the fall visit matters so much here. Gutters and downspouts that are clean before the first hard freeze give rainwater somewhere to go all winter. Water that sits in a clog in autumn turns to ice at the eave, and the ice dams lift shingles from underneath and push water into the roofline. A blockage that starts in November often shows up as a ceiling stain by spring, and a fascia board that stays wet all winter can start to rot. Clear your gutters before that point, and flush every downspout while the crew is up there, to protect your home from water damage.
Homes under heavy tree cover, or next to wooded surrounding areas in a dense landscape, are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms drop twigs and needles into the trough, so check after a storm. If you have few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still needs a clean, since pollen and grit sit on top of the guard and wash through.
On our jobs, one Evanston customer with no trees over the roof is on a once-a-year late-fall schedule, and the gutters come down clean each time. A second customer under heavy trees is on the every three to four month schedule, because the rain gutter and the downspouts clog quickly after a storm.
After the first visit we tell you which of our gutter services schedules your lot actually needs. The estimate for that schedule goes in the report with the reason, so you can check it against the photos. Keep your gutters on that rhythm and each visit stays a shorter job.
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 handles Evanston gutter cleaning from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps us confirm access, and it takes less than a minute to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to start, and we call before we arrive. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time changes with the season. The two busiest windows on our calendar fall in late spring and late fall, when a homeowner books a scheduled cleaning and the calendar fills first. If you can be flexible on the exact day, ask us for the earliest opening when you call. A regular visit is the simplest form of gutter maintenance, so we combine cleaning and maintenance checks on one trip, and a loose hanger or a dripping seam is reported before it becomes a leak.
Homeowners who want their gutters cleaned on a set schedule can book the next visit before the crew leaves, so get your gutters on the calendar before the rainy season arrives. Our gutter cleaning process runs the same on every visit: the run is clean when we leave, each downspout is flushed, and the photos go to your phone. The wettest months here are May, June and August, and heavy rainfall in those months is when a twig or a seed head sitting in the trough shows itself. If you have gutter guards, the surface on top gets cleared too. Check where the water goes once it leaves the downspout, because it should run away from your home. For most Evanston homes the same crew handles every visit, so the person who checked your gutters last spring is the one who checks them again.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those details, because the same two-story house can be quick or slow depending on what is in the gutters.
Most of our customers book us to clean in late spring and late fall. Late spring clears the seed and pollen drop, and late fall clears the leaves and debris before the first hard freeze, which is when ice dams start forming along the eave in our winters.
Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Our cleaning services in Evanston run on the same calendar as everything else, so if we can come sooner, we will tell you on the phone.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. The same applies to commercial properties. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, since clogged downspouts are a common reason a clean gutter still overflows. If a line drains underground and needs clearing, that is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on top and wash through, so the surface needs clearing and the guards need a check. Water that runs over a clogged guard can soak the fascia and cause rot, which is where structural damage starts.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning. The downspout should carry water away from the foundation, and we will check that it does.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it before the crew begins.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
