Our own crew cleans gutters in Macomb, every run flushed and flow-tested, everything pulled out hauled away, and photos of each 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. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are glad to quote from a few details and a photo of the front of 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 stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote the whole gutter system over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is worked out.
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 how high the crew has to work at the eaves. Gutters that have not seen a clean in years come down heavy with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing each run until it runs clean, flow testing, and hauling away leaves and debris are included and are never billed as extras. A leak at a seam is a repair, not a cleaning, so it is priced on its own. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Macomb homes. One house had a clog that had been building for three seasons, leaves and grit packed into the elbow, and the gutter was sagging near the corner where the buildup had pulled it off line, which is how structural damage starts. Clearing it and restoring the water flow took the whole crew longer than a routine visit, and the quote reflected that. Another home had clogged downspouts at the back, where the lot slopes, so the drainage was poor until we flushed each one clear and sent the water away from the foundation. The rain gutter itself was in good shape, so the job stayed straightforward. Both were quoted from the same three details we ask for on every call.
If you are a homeowner with a sag or a slow drain and you are not sure whether it is a clog or a slope problem, tell us when you call. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the quote in writing before the crew is booked. Commercial properties get the same written estimate.
| 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 homeowners here book a visit in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. In spring the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and when a home skips the fall visit, we find runs that have pulled loose by the time the ice comes in, because the gutter filled and held water all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, or around a dense landscape of shrubs, every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutter between visits and a gutter can clog faster than the seasons suggest. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is enough to clean your gutters for most houses. Guards reduce the work, but cleaning and maintenance still happen on a regular schedule because the surface still needs clearing.
Frequency matters because rainwater that sits in a clogged gutter reaches the roofline, the fascia boards and the foundation before anyone notices, and that is where structural damage starts. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms bring heavy rainfall, and Macomb averages about 39.1 inches of precipitation a year, with May, June and July the wettest months. Freezing is a real risk here, and about 10.5 inches of snow falls in a typical year, mostly in December, January and February. Regular gutter cleaning keeps a clean run from clogging and catches the blockage early. The same logic covers residential and commercial jobs under one gutter cleaning service, and residential properties get the same flow check with debris removal included. After the first visit, the estimate tells you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 cleans gutters for every homeowner across Macomb IL. Macomb gutter cleaning is run from the nearest base, and we do not treat any one part of town as a separate job. Our process starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo, and we take the stories, the size and the tree cover, then give you a quote. If the front of the house is easy to photograph, send that, since it saves a question.
Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills in the busiest windows, late spring and late fall, the same times most homeowners think of when they clean their gutters. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Book early in those windows to get your gutters on the calendar.
Our cleanings cover residential and commercial gutters, and our gutter services are handled by the same crew for both. Keep your gutters clean and protect your home from water damage that starts with a leak at a seam. Where gutter guards are fitted, a twig or seed mat under the guard gets cleared too. We also check gutters and downspouts on the job, and we flush every downspout so the water is carried well away from your home and the surrounding areas stay dry.
Our cleaning services in Macomb are quoted from stories and size, over the phone or by text. We do not quote a figure without those details, so call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the house.
May, June and July bring heavy rainfall here, so a gutter that fills in spring can overflow fast. Across Illinois, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November. Waiting past the leaf drop means the fall visit catches heavier buildup and sometimes ice in the runs.
Slots across Macomb usually come up within the week, so call early to get your gutters on the calendar. Ask for a written estimate when you book so the date and price are both on paper.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: our crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every run and check that the water leaves the gutter system at the outlet and runs away from your home. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find leaves on top, seeds and grit underneath, and a mat that stops the water from getting in. Where the house sits under a heavy landscape of trees, gutter maintenance on a regular schedule still matters.
When a gutter has been cleaned and still spills over in a downpour, the cause is usually the slope or the drain capacity. Left alone, standing water can start rot in the fascia, so send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If something changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, so the number 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.
