Our own crew cleans gutters in Godfrey, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, and the yard is left clean. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that rhythm is the one we plan around.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our cleaning services in Godfrey depends on how many stories the house has, how much roof it covers, and what is sitting in the gutters. Every one of our cleanings is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but for the typical homeowner here, the stories and the leaf load do most of the work.
What moves the quote is usually what the gutter cleaning process turns up once the ladder is up. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means more time on a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted debris and a heavy clog, and the buildup takes longer to clear, while gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a few minutes per run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A leak or a drainage fault we find gets flagged before we touch it. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Godfrey jobs, one customer with a two-story house and heavy tree cover on the east side had us out on a schedule of every three to four months. When we opened the back run we found the leaf mat two inches deep and the downspout elbow packed solid, which is why that quote came in above a plain two-story with no overhang. The stories and the leaf load set the number, and we explain the difference before we climb. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote today, or send a photo of the front of the house by text along with the stories and a rough square footage, and we will give you the number while you are still on the line.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, in late May to June after seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in November after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May, even a run that looks clean from the ground has seeds packed into the downspout elbows and pollen paste along the bottom of the trough. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of ice by March, and that sag is where the structural damage and rot start. The freeze is what makes the fall visit matter most, because a clog at the eave turns trapped water into ice dams. A clean gutter system is what carries water away from the foundation.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roofline, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the gutter between visits and leave clogged downspouts behind. On a lot next to active construction or a freshly graded landscape, the same schedule holds, because the grit comes faster than the leaves. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough on most lots, though heavy rainfall in May or July can fill a gutter faster than the calendar says. Gutter systems with guards still need the surface kept clean, and we do that on the same schedule as the open gutters on the same house. A rain gutter under guards is still a rain gutter, and it fills the same way.
On our jobs for Godfrey homeowners, one customer with no trees over the roof books once a year in November, and the crew finds the gutters nearly clean every time, with only a few leaves and debris in the trough. A second customer under the trees on the west side is on every three to four months, and the downspout is the first thing we check. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we adjust the schedule from what we found rather than from a rule of thumb. Gutter maintenance comes down to what the house needs, and cleaning and maintenance visits are quoted the same way.
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 cleaning services reach Godfrey homes on the east and west sides, and the same crew covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base. We clean residential properties across Godfrey IL, and commercial properties are quoted separately, since residential and commercial jobs differ in access and scope. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text, and we quote from stories, square footage and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if you can send one. Lead time depends on the week, and when you call we tell you the first open date. Regular gutter cleaning is one of our gutter services, and the two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so if you want a particular week in those months, book early. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the visit, and before the crew leaves they check the water flow at every downspout and leave the yard as clean as it found it. When you are ready to clean your gutters, call or text and we will get your gutters on the calendar.
The estimate comes from the stories, the square footage and how much leaf load sits in the trough, so we quote it by phone or text rather than from a chart. Give us the stories and a rough size and we will tell you the price on the call.
Most of our customers here book in late May to June and again in November. If you wait past the November visit, we often find the wet leaf mat has started to freeze in place, and on those houses the runs pull loose by March. Booking the November visit is how you protect your home from water damage through the freeze, and a clean trough keeps rainwater away from your home.
Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the week, so ask us about it when you book.
No. Our crew works on gutters and downspouts from 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. We flush every downspout with water and watch it until the water comes out clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job we quote before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and check the downspout so the run is clean before we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage a cleaning would clear. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, and the invoice matches the quote. Keep your gutters clean between visits and the number tends to stay put.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
