Our own crew cleans gutters in Harvey IL for every homeowner, with each downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked by Harvey homeowners for spring and fall visits, and that is when most of our customers call us. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote to get your gutters clean.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote gutters and downspouts together by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is known, but we prefer to see the whole gutter system and the roofline first.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk always changes the time on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up from the ground, so even a clean run there takes longer. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy with compacted debris, and the clog sits deeper than it looks from below. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add their own time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent Harvey job the house had two stories, a modest roof and a heavy buildup of leaves and debris in the back run. The rain gutter had been packed for two seasons, and a twig had jammed the downspout at the elbow. We left it clean in one visit, and we flush every downspout on the run before confirming the water flow was carrying water away from the foundation. Commercial properties in the same area have the same drainage issue, and the test is the same for residential and commercial buildings, but residential properties have shorter runs and clear faster. Water away from your home is the point, and the clog is almost always the cause of a sag or structural damage later.
| 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 Harvey customers book twice a year, and the gutter cleaning service runs on that schedule: late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois the spring window falls in late May to June. When we open a gutter here in May it is rarely clean, and we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. A blockage like that is the first sign of a bigger problem, and a leak at the joint often shows up as a stain on the ceiling, or as rot in the fascia board behind the run.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is what keeps the downspouts moving, because needles and grit pack between visits and the rivulet at the joint slows. Few or no trees near the roofline means once a year in late fall is usually enough, so clean your gutters then. Gutter guards need less frequent work, but the surface still needs to be kept clean. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms bring heavy rainfall, and rainwater that cannot leave the gutter runs down the wall and soaks the landscape beside the foundation. The estimate for your lot comes from the first visit, when we tell you which tier your home actually needs, and that starts your gutter maintenance schedule.
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 Harvey from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas too. Our Harvey gutter cleaning starts with a few details from you: how many stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. The process is short: we give you a quote from those details, and once you book we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for a cleaning, though you are welcome to be.
Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most cleanings are booked, so book early if you want to get your gutters done in a particular week. Lead time is confirmed when you call (866) 435-6328. Our cleaning services in Harvey are booked on that calendar. Our crew wants every gutter run looked at and left clean, not just the stretch visible from the driveway, and that is how we protect your home from water damage through the storm season. Clean gutters are only part of it, though. Keep your gutters clean and flowing, and water drains where it is supposed to. We run our gutter services one job at a time, and we stand behind what we clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without seeing those two things.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze in late fall, the wet leaf mat can freeze into the runs and that is harder to clear.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise a same-day visit unless we have an open slot that day.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come inside. We send 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, every downspout is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. On heavily wooded lots we often find needles threaded through the guards, with seed casings and grit sitting on top, and once that mat gets wet, rain runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them, so the gutter comes back clean. Guards change the schedule, but cleaning and maintenance still happen.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and a leak at the fascia is the first place we look. Send us a photo or 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.
It should not. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree before the crew starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
