Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything pulled out bagged and hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and our crew has been on those visits across Illinois for years.
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, how big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text at (866) 435-6328 from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price a clean by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the pitch are what decide the job.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves, which means more time in each run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote, never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has worked on many Hickory Point homes where the gutters had been ignored for two or three seasons, and many of those yards have heavy tree cover overhead. When we open them we often find clogged downspouts at the elbow, a sag in the run where the hangers have pulled loose, and buildup of wet leaves and debris that has sat against the fascia long enough to rot it. Good drainage is the real test, and water flow through the downspout is how you check it: if water is not moving through the downspout and away from the foundation, it is coming over the edge instead. Clearing the trough is only half the job, and getting the water away from your home is the other half. That is where our gutter cleaning services prevent the bigger, costlier fixes, which we are not in the business of doing. A rain gutter that backs up can also cause structural damage far more expensive than a cleaning, so the cheapest fix is the one done before the clog starts to back up.
Give us the stories, the square footage and a quick photo of the house by text, and we will tell you the number on the phone. If you have commercial properties as well, we do residential and commercial work with the same crew, and the commercial jobs get scheduled per building.
| 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 in Hickory Point IL book spring and fall, twice a year: once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois, the spring visit runs late May to June, and the fall visit runs late October to November. Heavy rainfall in April, May and June keeps the spring visit busy, and when we open a gutter here in late May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat, and if the house skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose under the weight of snow and ice over the winter.
Under heavy tree cover over the house, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the occasional twig pack the downspout between visits and the gutter stops moving water. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards cut down how often you need a visit, but the surface still needs clearing, so a guarded system usually sits on the less frequent schedule. Between visits, that surface clearing is most of the gutter maintenance a guarded system needs. Guarded or open, the cleaning and maintenance follows your trees.
Every gutter gets a clog eventually, and the rainwater that backs up behind a clog finds the eave and the roofline sooner than most people expect. A blockage at the eave shows up first as water over the edge. Our crew treats each visit as an estimate of how the lot is doing, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Booking the visit is the simplest way to start, and you can clean your gutters on the schedule that matches your trees and your lot. Our gutter cleaning service covers residential and commercial work on the same calendar, and we book residential properties and commercial sites together. To get your gutters on a schedule, ask for a regular gutter cleaning schedule once you know what your house needs, and the debris removal is included each time.
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.
We clean residential gutters for homeowners nearby and in the surrounding areas, working out of the nearest base. Each homeowner gets the same crew and the same photos. Booking a Hickory Point gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text at (866) 435-6328: stories, size, tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Our process is the same on every call, and we phone before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit. In the busiest windows, the late spring and late fall visits fill up, so calling early is the way to get a slot on the schedule you want.
Our crew can clean gutters and downspouts on the same visit, and we flush every downspout so water is moving away from your foundation. Our cleanings include the trough, the gutter guards if you have them, and a check for any twig or seed casing sitting in the outlet, so nothing is left to block the next storm. Keep your gutters working so a single storm does not turn a small leak into a bill, and regular visits help protect your home from water damage. If you have a gutter services question that is not on this page, ask on the phone and we will answer it honestly.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is. To get your gutters quoted, call and we give you the number by phone or text. We will not guess it here, because the same two-story house can come in lower or higher depending on what is in the gutters and how the landscape sits around the foundation.
Our customers book late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the last leaves. Heavy rainfall in late spring shows a clog fast, and if you wait past the first hard freeze, we find sagging runs and ice-loaded gutters, with the fascia behind them starting to rot, on houses that skipped the fall visit.
We offer cleaning services in Hickory Point on a booked schedule, and we run that schedule across Hickory Point all season. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an opening that day.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only: the crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside, and the crew will clean from the ladder outside.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the outlet to confirm water is leaving and moving away from your home. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and turn into a wet mat that stops water from getting in. Guards cut the cleaning and maintenance down, but they do not remove it. Your gutter system still needs its surface cleared as part of gutter maintenance, so we lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
It should not. The number we quote is the number on your invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
