Our own crew cleans gutters in Hickory Hills. Every drain gets flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and grit are hauled off, and you get photos of every run before we leave. The yard is left clean. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners we serve book in spring and fall, when seed drop and falling leaves have built up enough to matter.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We give the number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted. Commercial properties are priced the same way, from roof size and what is in the rain gutter.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. 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, so the back run sits farther up than it looks. Gutters that nobody has opened in years hold packed-down muck that takes more time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crews have seen how the house itself shapes the job. On one recent visit the crew cleared a two-story home where the leaves had packed the rear run into a clog and the clogged downspouts needed flushing from the top, and the number reflected that before we climbed. What we check first on any house is the buildup in the trough, whether the drainage out of each drain pipe runs clear, and whether the gutter sag sits near the low spots where water flow stalls. Homes like yours get the same walk-around before the quote goes out. We see that same pattern across Hickory Hills homes with big shade trees overhead, and it is why we ask about the trees and the stories before we give a number. Gutter cleaning services priced by sight rather than by a fixed rate tend to surprise people; we would rather tell you the number up front. Leaves and debris left too long cause structural damage and rot in the fascia board behind the trough, and that is the one cost we are trying to keep you from paying, so we clean the gutter and water away the buildup while we are up there.
| 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.
On our jobs, most customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: late May or June, after seed and pollen drop, and in November, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Our gutter cleaning service in Hickory Hills IL works the same schedule for residential and commercial properties, because seed drop and leaf fall do not care which one you own. When we open a gutter here in May, we find seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig packed into the elbows. In November it is a wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March.
Freeze risk is the reason the fall visit matters here, since a blockage at the roofline is what turns a cold snap into a leak. Ice dams form at the eave when meltwater backs up behind a clog in the trough and pushes under the shingles. A clean gutter before the first freeze gives that rainwater somewhere to go. Most of our customers schedule their cleanings around that visit.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, the schedule moves to every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Regular gutter cleaning like that is what keeps residential properties out of trouble. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs debris removal. Before you wait too long, clean your gutters on this schedule, and we will give you an estimate of which tier your lot needs after the first visit.
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.
The crew works from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas rather than a single block. Booking for Hickory Hills gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, based on your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send, and if you have gutter guards, mention them when you call. The busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most of the calendar fills, so booking early in those months keeps your slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm a date with you on the phone.
Every homeowner who books gutter services with us gets the same walk-around, and we flush every downspout, because keeping your gutters and downspouts moving is how you protect your home from water damage. The easiest way to keep your gutters clean and working is to book before the leaves pile up. If you see a leak or a stain near the eave, say so when you call, since that is a separate look from a routine clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. To get yours, call (866) 435-6328. We will not guess it here. The quote you get is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the leaves are down and before the first freeze. If you wait past that, we often find sagging runs and ice pressure by March. Heavy tree cover means a closer schedule. Timing is the main part of gutter maintenance here, and booking early is how you get your gutters cleaned before the freeze.
Most slots come up within the week across Hickory Hills, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day work, because the schedule depends on the crew and the weather.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only. Our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and every drain reach 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 and watch the water run to the outlet and away from your home and your landscape beds. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before we touch it.
Yes. Guards stop the big leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat down when wet. On our jobs we lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the drains and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter system that still spills in heavy rainfall has a slope or drain-size problem, not something a cleaning fixes. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Cleaning and maintenance are quoted up front. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
