Our own crew cleans gutters for Manhattan homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Clean your gutters on a set schedule and you protect your home from water damage. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. Most of our Manhattan customers book in spring and fall.
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. Manhattan gutter cleaning is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but on our jobs the stories and the condition of the trough are what actually decide it.
What moves the quote on our Manhattan homes: a third story or a roof too steep to walk safely, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with matted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew sees the usual trouble on these houses: a run that has started to sag under the wet weight, a clog that has backed rainwater up toward the fascia, and buildup in the elbows that slows the water flow to a trickle. A small leak at a joint is often the first sign, and a blockage at the outlet is the next. Left alone, that can turn into structural damage at the fascia, and rot in the board behind the trough. Clean out those spots as part of the standard visit, and we tell you what we found in the photos.
We also clean the gutters on residential and commercial properties in the area, and the residential properties we service get the same flush-and-photograph routine as every other job. Regular gutter cleaning keeps water away from your home, and it is what most of our customers ask us to set up. If you want the number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, and we will tell you what the visit would cost for your house.
| 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 Manhattan customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Manhattan IL gets its wettest months in May, June and July, and that is when the heavy rainfall tests the system. Clean out the gutters and downspouts before then, and the water keeps moving. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, a twig jammed at the outlet, and pollen turned to paste in the bottom of the trough. A clog like that is what sends water over the edge in the first heavy storm. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the time the snow melts.
Under heavy tree cover, or beside a landscape where mulch washes toward the eave, every three to four months is what keeps the downspouts running, because needles and grit pack into the outlets between visits. Houses with few or no trees need only one clean a year, in late fall. Gutters with guards still need cleaning, just less often, and the surface mat has to come off the top of the guard regardless. Keep your gutters clear of that mat, and the rain gutter sends rainwater down the downspout instead of over the front edge.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your gutter system actually needs. A clean gutter is easier to keep than one that has sat for a season. Call (866) 435-6328 to set a date, or ask for a written estimate and we will put the schedule in it.
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 Manhattan IL and the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Once we have a date, we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our gutter maintenance schedule is set up the same way: one booking, one crew, and the same routine each time.
Our gutter services fill in two busy windows: late spring, when the seed drop hits, and late fall, when the leaves come down. If you want a slot in either window, book early. Outside those windows there is usually room on short notice, and we confirm the date when you call. If a run has already overflowed, do not wait for the window; tell us on the call and we will try to clean it out on the first slot we have.
Once you get your gutters on the schedule, the gutter cleaning process is the same each visit: clear the trough, flush every downspout, check the flow, photograph each run, and haul the debris away. You get the photos on your phone, and if we see a loose hanger or a dripping seam we put that in the report and leave the decision with you. Every cleaning and maintenance visit ends with the same report, and every run gets a photo, clean or not. A homeowner who wants the same crew each year can ask for it when they book.
The number comes from the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Manhattan are quoted that way for every homeowner, because two houses of the same height can need very different visits.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, leaves and debris pack the runs, first ice sits on top of them, and on houses with a freeze the ice dams at the eave start forming by winter. A clog in a run lets rainwater spill over the edge, and that is where the leak starts behind the gutter.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar that week, so ask when you book. If a gutter is already overflowing, say so and we will try to clean that run first.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and watched until it runs clear at the bottom, and the trough comes out clean. Clogged downspouts that will not clear get worked from the top. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the drainage at the outlet and tell you if the water does not leave. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards hold back whole leaves, but seeds, fluff and needles still get through, and once they turn to paste the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clear the surface and flush the downspouts, so the guards go back on clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that spill can turn into structural damage at the fascia, so send us a photo or a short video of it 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it with you and agree on it before work starts, never after. Text us a photo of the roofline and the rain gutter when you book so the quote reflects what we will actually see.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
