Our own crew cleans gutters in Lansing, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked on Lansing homes for years, and most of our customers come to us in spring and fall, the two visits we plan the whole year around.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a clean number from stories and size is what a homeowner wants to hear before a crew shows up.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more ladder work. A walk-out basement on a sloped landscape puts the back run far higher than the front, so the effective height of the roofline changes. A gutter system nobody has opened in years needs a longer clean, and it comes out packed with compacted debris, twig ends and grit, which is slower to clear than a light fall of leaves. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add time at the end. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has worked on enough houses to know that a clog left alone becomes a sag, and a sag becomes a drainage problem that costs more to fix than the cleaning did. That is the reason we keep the regular gutter cleaning schedule with our customers rather than waiting for water to come over the edge. Our advice is simple: clean your gutters on a steady schedule, and most homeowners see far fewer surprises than those who wait for the first overflow. We look at gutters and downspouts together, since a blocked downspout is usually what sits behind a sagging gutter.
Here is what we see when a gutter is left too long: seed casings and grit that block the outlet, water flow that stops at the bend, and a buildup that holds rainwater against the fascia until the wood starts to rot. A heavy rainfall finds the weak spot, and the fascia can take structural damage before anyone sees it. We clean it, flush it, and check that the run carries water away. On residential properties and commercial properties we service, the pattern is the same, and so is the fix.
| 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 Lansing IL jobs, most of our customers book twice a year: once in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall, after the last leaves are down. That rhythm is how you keep your gutters running clear, and it helps protect your home from water damage through the seasons that do the most damage. When we open and clean a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen packed into the downspout elbows. In November we find the wet leaf mat, and by March the Lansing homeowners who skipped the fall visit show runs that have sagged or pulled loose under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a clog can start within a season. Homes with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. Gutters with guards still need a clean, less often, with leaves and debris cleared off the surface and the run checked underneath. A near-road or near-construction lot in the surrounding areas gets the shorter interval too, since the dust and grit settle fast.
A clog that sits through a rainy season is a rainwater problem waiting to become a roofline problem. Good gutter maintenance means our crew checks the blockage at each visit, not just the visible leaves, because it often sits down in the outlet where nobody looks. Clean out the blockage, flush every downspout, check the drainage at the bottom of each run, and you find the failing hanger or the dripping seam before it becomes a leak into the house.
Every new customer gets the same first step. After the first visit we tell you which tier of gutter services your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters, not on a sales 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 Lansing from the nearest base, and our cleaning services in Lansing run as booking comes in. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, with any gutter guards in frame, and we give you a quote from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. We call before we come out to clean, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, so if you want a particular week, that is the time to call.
The lead time on a new booking depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we tell you the first open date when you do. If you are on a regular schedule of cleanings, we keep your spring and fall visits on the calendar so you do not have to book them again each year. Our crew handles the whole gutter cleaning process from the quote through the photos sent to your phone, and it all stays with the same people.
Our Lansing gutter cleaning is built for homeowners who want a clean job done properly and the cleaning and maintenance kept on track. If your gutters need cleaning away from your home, a rental or a second property can be booked the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. We do not quote from a rate sheet, we quote the house in front of us.
Most Lansing homeowners book late spring and late fall. If the spring visit is skipped, the seeds and pollen stay in the clogged downspouts through the summer rains, and if the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat is what we find in March under the ice.
Availability depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets indoors while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every clean run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout on your rain gutter is flushed and we check where the water goes at the outlet. An underground drain line that needs clearing is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and mat when wet, and the water runs past the gutter. We clean the surface, flush the run, and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still overflowing in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. 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.
It should not. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
