Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts on homes around here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Every run comes out clean, and we leave the yard clean too. 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. Across Illinois, most of our customers book for the spring and fall visits, and that is when we are busiest. Every homeowner gets the same crew and the same photos on each visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or use the estimate form above to get a quote for Fairview Heights gutter cleaning services.
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. Keeping a rain gutter clean on a single story is a different job from one on a three-story house, and most Fairview Heights homes sit somewhere in between. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the house itself is what decides it.
What moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once it is on site. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted grit, which means more time in the trough before it comes out clean. A gutter system with guards we have to lift and reseat adds a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here the quotes that run longest are the older homes with heavy tree cover, where leaves and debris have worked into the troughs for a season or more. On one job in a neighborhood with heavy canopy, the crew found a run packed to the first elbow, a clog that sent the quote up from the phone estimate. Clogged downspouts that sit that long cut the water flow and stop carrying water away from the foundation, and standing water is how small problems turn into structural damage. Nothing else on that house was out of line, and the rest came out clean. For most homeowners the price you hear on the phone matches what we charge once the work is done.
For a house in the middle of the range, the phone quote takes a minute. Tell us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the eaves, and we can give you the number, or send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easier.
| 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 book twice a year: across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visits run late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Fairview Heights gets about 43.6 inches of rain a year, and April, May and June are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall meets open troughs right when the spring visit is due. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. Keep the trough clean through June and the seed paste never sets. A blockage that keeps rainwater from leaving the trough spills it over the front edge, and water that sits there finds the fascia board, which is how wood rot starts. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March. Freezing and ice dams are a real concern here in winter, which is why the fall visit matters so much for a house in Fairview Heights IL.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the right rhythm for regular gutter cleaning, because needles, twigs and grit from the landscape trees pack the downspout between visits. A lot with few or no trees is usually fine with one of these cleanings a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the work but not the need: gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface, just less often, and to clean your gutters with guards on, the panels get lifted first. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. The clog you were worried about is usually the one we clear before we leave, and the drainage check at the bottom of each downspout tells us the rest.
If you are not sure how often to clean your gutters, book the first visit and let us look. A small leak at a seam usually shows up on that first look too. Most of the questions get answered from a look at the gutters themselves, which is faster than guessing from the street, and you get a clean answer before the next storm.
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 drives in from the nearest base, and we have worked the surrounding areas as well as the neighborhoods nearby, from heavy canopy to houses out in the open. Our gutter services run across Fairview Heights, and the crew handles every visit the same way. Homeowners book by phone or text, and booking starts with a quote from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead times are set by our calendar, and we confirm a date when you call. The two busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, so if you want a particular week, booking early helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside and does not come in the house, so you can keep to your day. Our gutter services cover residential and commercial jobs alike, and both residential properties and commercial properties get the same crew. A homeowner with a rental or a small commercial building can talk through both on the same call. Each visit is cleaning and maintenance in one trip, and we leave the ground clean. The goal is to protect your home from water damage before the next rain, keep your gutters working through the storm season, and keep water away from your home when the sky opens up. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to book a date.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Our cleaning services in Fairview Heights are priced that way on every house. Nothing is added after the crew arrives unless the job changes, and if it does you hear about it before work starts.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, a heavy freeze can sag runs and form ice dams at the eave by winter. We can tell you the right schedule to keep the gutters clean once we have looked at the house.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day visits for our crew depend on the calendar that week, so ask when you call if you want to get your gutters done fast.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside. Our crew does not come inside, and before the truck leaves, photos of every run and downspout go to your phone, so you can see that every run comes out clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the time.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. Guards hold the leaves back, but needles and grit still sit on top and pack the surface. We clean the top of the guard, check that water is getting in, and reseat any panels we lifted.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear it before any work starts. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, including flushing, flow testing and haul-off.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
