Our own crew cleans your gutters, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled away, and 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are when most homeowners book us, and that is when we like to see a gutter before it has time to work against the house.
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 square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Lake Zurich homes differ a lot in pitch and height, so those are the two things we ask about first. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge for a clean, finished job. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house, gutters included. The same three questions apply to commercial properties.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when they get up there. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot safely walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot can put the back run far above the ground. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down with packed grit, and clogged downspouts like that are slower to clear than a light fall of leaves and debris. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and hauling away the mess are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the experience works in practice. Water pouring over the front edge in a storm usually means a clog has been building for a season, and the first thing we do is open the run and find out how deep the buildup goes. Once the trough is clean we flush the outlet and watch the water flow out at the bottom, because a clean trough can still hide a blockage lower down, and the whole point is drainage that moves water away from the house. A rain gutter can also sag when the hangers have been carrying a heavy load of wet leaves and grit for years, and a sagging run left alone can turn into structural damage. Most homes with one blocked run turn out to be a small job, but the homes that have been overflowing for a long time need closer attention to what the water has already done. When we can, we text a photo of the roofline before we climb so you know what to expect, and we send photos of each run when we finish. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what the number is.
| 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 spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. In late May or June we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the bends of the drop pipes. In late October or November it is the wet leaf mat, and in houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that have sagged under ice by March. Lake Zurich IL homes see heavy rainfall in May, June and August, so a clog that formed over spring tends to show up in the first storms of summer. Snow usually falls from November through April, so a run cleared in spring and fall goes into winter empty. Tell us when you book if you want to get your gutters done ahead of a storm.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule catches a blockage before the rainwater has nowhere to go. Our gutter cleaning service keeps the same crew on your house for each visit on that schedule. Houses with few or no trees usually need one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, though less often, and debris removal is still part of the visit. The same rule applies to residential and commercial buildings, and to residential properties with long gutter runs. If you clean your gutters yourself, the timing above still applies. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your roofline actually needs, so you are not guessing from a calendar. Call for an estimate and we will say which schedule fits.
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 covers the local area and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we keep the same faces on the same routes when we can. Homeowners book us for gutter services that cover the front run and the back run alike. To book Lake Zurich gutter cleaning, you ask for a quote by phone or text. We will ask for the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether big trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. The process starts with that call, and the first call tells a homeowner what to expect. If the house has gutter guards, tell us when you book. Lead times depend on the season, and the busiest windows are spring and fall, when the calendar fills quickly. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the job. On every visit we flush every downspout, clear any twig or seed casing out of the trough, and check the gutters and downspouts for leaks before we leave. A clean gutter keeps water away from your home, and a gutter that backs up can leak behind the trough, so the sooner it is cleared the less it costs to protect your home from water damage. Most of our customers book two cleanings a year, and the plan to keep your gutters clean is set after the first visit. If you want the gutters done before the next storm, tell us when you book and we will tell you what we can do.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text, since those two things set the price. Our cleaning services in Lake Zurich are quoted that way, and the number on the invoice is the number we quoted.
Most of our customers across Lake Zurich book in late spring and again in late fall. Heavy rainfall in May, June and August is why the spring visit matters, and if the fall visit is skipped, we often find sagging runs by the time winter ends. Cleaning on that schedule helps you get your gutters ready for snow. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which schedule suits your lot.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call, which is the first step in our gutter cleaning process.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. We send photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and away from your home's walls.
Yes, we flush the whole gutter system and watch the water run out at the bottom, so you know it is moving. If a drain line runs 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 and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards stop leaves, but seed casings, twigs and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a mat that sends water over the edge and, left long enough, can rot the fascia board. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards, so the gutter is back in clean working order.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope, capacity or outlet-size problem, not a blockage, and gutter maintenance will not fix that. Sometimes the cause is the landscape, like a grade that slopes toward the foundation instead of away from it. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if they find something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before they start. Our quote covers cleaning and maintenance of the whole system. The price is not changed on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
