Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts for homes around here. We flush every downspout, haul the leaves away, and send photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the gutters are clean. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, 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, when seed drop and the last leaves have finished coming down.
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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on most houses the stories and the amount of material usually decide the number more than the length does. Commercial properties get the same kind of phone quote, built from those same three things.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk is the first thing that changes the quote, because the crew has to set up for it. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run takes more time than the front. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted buildup, leaves and the odd twig, which can make the run sag. That is slower work than a clean gutter cleaned every year. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of leaves and debris are included and are never billed as extras. We check the drainage at the outlet on every run, and a clog we find there gets cleared before the job is counted done. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
One job shows how this plays out. A two-story house in a neighborhood with heavy tree cover had gutters that had not been opened in several years, and the blockage at the first downspout elbow had backed water up behind the fascia. The crew checked the whole gutter system, got the run clean, flushed every downspout, and watched the water flow until it ran clear at the bottom. The photos went to the homeowner before the truck left. The quote had already accounted for the tree cover and the buildup, so nothing changed on the invoice. The house above the garage was the one that needed the closer look.
If you want to know where your house falls, text a photo of the front of the house and tell us the number of stories and roughly how many trees hang over it. That is enough for us to give you a number, and it is the number you will pay.
| 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.
Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Here the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our customers book a spring and fall visit. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and rainwater that cannot get past it runs over the edge. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice, which is how structural damage starts at the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because leaves and grit pack the downspout runs between visits. A gutter cleaning service on that schedule keeps the gutters in Glenview IL clear for the summer. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms bring heavy rainfall, and clogged downspouts are where the water backs up first. Here, precipitation averages about 36.8 inches a year, with May, June and August the wettest months. Gutter maintenance matters most under trees. A roofline with few or no trees does well with one cleaning a year in late fall. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, and the guard does not stop what settles on top of it.
Here, snow averages about 33.6 inches a year, falling in January through April and again in November and December, so the fall visit matters here. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance, which means two cleanings a year on most roofs, catches a seam that is starting to leak before the storm does. The simplest plan is to clean your gutters in late May and again in late October, and we adjust it after the first visit. We run that schedule for residential and commercial jobs alike.
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 works across Glenview and the surrounding areas, cleaning the houses in the neighborhoods we have already covered, from the nearest base without us naming it. Booking is simple: you call or text, we ask for stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send, then we give you an estimate on the spot. Homeowners know the two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, when most of our calendar fills. We call before we come, and the crew leaves the yard clean. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Cleaning on a homeowner schedule is the same work we do for commercial buildings, just on a smaller building, so the crew keeps the same standard on every job. Whether it is a single house or residential properties on a regular route, the aim is to keep your gutters clean enough to protect your home from water damage and keep the water away from the foundation and off the landscape instead of over the edge. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left on the lawn. If you want us to take on a full property, ask for our gutter services. For a one-time visit, call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm a date.
Glenview gutter cleaning pricing starts with stories and size, and to get your gutters priced you tell us those by phone or text. The number on the invoice matches the quote, and downspout flushing and haul-off are already in it.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, what we find by the first freeze is wet leaves under ice, and by March some runs have sagged and the fascia has started to rot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Our cleaning services in Glenview fill fastest in spring and fall, so we do not promise same-day service. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will lock in the clean for your date.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves, so you can check the clean yourself. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch until it runs clean at the bottom. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and well away from your home; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but fine grit and seed settle on top of the guard and underneath it, and that mat sheds rain off the front edge. The job is shorter, but the surface still needs a clean.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The quote is the price we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
