Our own crew cleans gutters in Hanover, flushes and flow-tests every outlet, hauls the leaves away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is 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 in the spring and fall, and we are happy to give you an estimate in a few minutes at (866) 435-6328 for cleaning your gutters in Hanover. Keep your gutters clean before summer storms arrive.
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 in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the condition of the run matter more than the length.
What moves the number on our jobs is a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up from the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years where the leaves and needles have packed into a solid mass, and guards we have to lift and reseat before anything can be cleared. Flushing, flow testing, and removing the leaves and debris are included and never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a sag, structural damage to a fascia board, a clog that will not clear from the bottom or a drainage line that is not carrying water away, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Hanover homes come in every size and shape, and our gutter cleaning services follow the same process each time. On one recent Hanover job the back run had a heavy buildup of leaves and seed casings and a sag near the corner, and the water was not moving toward the downspout. Once the run was cleared and the outlet flushed, the water flow ran clean to the outlet, and the price stayed the same because we had already priced the height and the packed mess into the number on the phone. For commercial properties we handle the same way, but we quote per building and schedule the visit around the tenants.
The rain gutter does its job only when rainwater is moving, which is why clogged downspouts are the first thing we look for. We flush the outlet and watch it run clean at the bottom, because a blocked outlet is what sends water over the edge and into the structure. When the water is not being carried away, the damage shows up slowly, as soft fascia, a sagging run or a stain that spreads. Keeping the water away from your home is the whole point of the visit.
| 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 here in Hanover IL book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in the fall we find a wet leaf mat that holds water against the roofline. Heavy rainfall lands hardest in May, June and July, when rainwater runs fastest and the gutters need the most debris removal. Across Illinois the freeze is what makes the fall visit matter. Gutters that go into winter full freeze into ice dams at the eave, and the runs that skipped the fall visit often sag or pull loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers book regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. Houses with few or no trees need a visit once a year in late fall, which is enough to clear the season's leaves before the first hard freeze. Gutters with guards can be serviced less often, but the surface still needs clearing, since the leaf mat sits on top of the guard and the water never gets in.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the next visit is based on what we found. If a visit finds a clog that comes back quickly, we say so and we move your house to a shorter interval rather than guessing. We run residential and commercial jobs on the same calendar, so booking the first visit now lets us set the rest of the year around what we see on your roofline, and the first step is to clean your gutters before the heavy rains.
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 provides Hanover gutter cleaning, and we clean houses across Hanover and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, with no extra charge for travel. We work on residential properties, and Hanover homeowners book by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting us from the house. We quote from the stories, the size, the tree cover and any gutter guards, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The lead time depends on how full the calendar is, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seed and leaf loads are heaviest.
If you have a question about a gutter that still overflows after a cleaning, or about a leak you spot in the ceiling, text us a photo and we will tell you what it is. Our gutter services mean we clean the gutters and downspouts, clear any twig wedged in an outlet, look at the fascia and the roofline for anything we should report, and leave the house the way we found it. Regular cleanings help you keep your gutters clean, and you protect your home from water damage. You get the same crew and the same quote on the phone that you get on the invoice.
A gutter cleaning service on a two-story house is priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give you the number over the phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge, and flushing and haul-off are included.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find sagging runs by March on houses across Illinois that freeze hard.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need a faster slot, tell us when you call and we will check the calendar.
No. A homeowner does not need to be there. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Clear any landscape pots or furniture away from the walls before we come. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run clean at the bottom. If a drainage line is not carrying water away, we tell you, and clearing an underground line is a separate job priced before anyone touches it. Every visit ends with photos, the last step of our gutter cleaning process. If you want to get your gutters flushed before the fall leaves come down, book in October.
Yes. On our jobs we find the surface still needs clearing, because needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and the water never gets in. Guards cut down on cleaning and maintenance, but they do not remove the need for it. Clearing the leaves and debris off the guard keeps the water away from your home. The visit is shorter than an open gutter, but it is still gutter maintenance.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or drain-size problem, or fascia rot behind the run, not a cleaning problem. Text us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price is never changed on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
