Our own crew cleans gutters in Markham, flushing every outlet and flow-testing it before we leave, hauling the leaves and twigs off the property, and sending you photos of every run. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Markham customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been clearing gutters on these houses long enough to know where the water goes when they don't.
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 give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the height and the amount of material in the trough matter more than the length of the run.
On our jobs, the things that move the number are a third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years where the buildup has compacted into a solid mass, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the trough. Outlet flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Once a run is clean, we check that the water is moving before we move on.
Most of the clogs we open up on Markham homes are the same story: a buildup of leaves and debris that has been sitting since the last visit, a twig wedged in the elbow, clogged downspouts packed solid, and water that has nowhere to go but over the edge. Left alone, that sag in the run turns into structural damage at the fascia and the rot follows. Clearing a clog early is what keeps the bill small, and it keeps the drainage moving and the water away from your home. On our Markham jobs we see the same pattern on every gutter cleaning service visit that waited too long, which is why we ask about the last time the gutters were opened when you call.
Both residential properties and commercial properties get priced by the building and its access, not by a rate card. A flat-top building with internal drains is a different job from a sloped house with open gutters, and we quote each one on what we find. A small two-story house with leaves and twigs and no trees is a quick job; a larger house with a rain gutter system that has been ignored for a few seasons takes longer and costs more. Either way the quote is a number you can plan around.
For a case from our own Markham work, we can tell you what moved the quote on a specific house once we have looked at it, but the principle is the same on every job: the more the gutter is full, the more time it takes to clear, and the more we have to watch the water flow after the last downspout is flushed. A clean finish is the goal every time.
| 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 Markham customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped and once in the fall after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. Markham's wettest months are May, June and July, and that is when heavy rainfall finds the clogged gutters. In November it is a wet leaf mat over the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by March under the weight of the ice.
Under heavy tree cover, or a landscape that drops needles over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the clog moves faster than the seasons do. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the water moving. Gutter guards cut down how often the trough fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters get a lighter visit on the same calendar. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms are when a full trough overflows, so check the outlets after one and clean your gutters if water is spilling over the edge.
Where the freeze matters, the fall visit, along with a gutter maintenance check, is the one that protects the roofline. A gutter left full of wet leaves through a hard freeze holds ice at the eave, and rainwater that cannot drain adds to it. That ice lifts the shingles from underneath. We see it every winter on houses that wait. A clean gutter going into the cold is a much smaller problem than a full one coming out of it.
The same schedule works for residential and commercial buildings. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in writing so you can plan the calendar around it. Some blockage shows up on one side of the house and not the other, and the schedule should reflect that rather than the average. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is what keeps a clean trough from turning back into a full one.
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 have cleaned gutters for Markham homeowners who want the job done once and done right, and our crew runs cleaning services in Markham from the nearest base, with little drive time across Markham. Markham gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season. We confirm the date when you call, and the gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit at once and the calendar fills. Booking early in those months keeps you on the schedule you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you are a homeowner who wants to keep your gutters clear between visits, tell us when you call and we will note the tree cover and the outlets that need the most attention. Cleaning and maintenance go on one visit, so if you spot a leak at a seam or a run that sags, say so when you call. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or book a date.
Our crew treats every visit as a chance to protect your home from water damage before it starts. Gutter services are only as good as the flow they leave behind, so we flush every downspout and check the water as it runs out the bottom. We check the gutters and downspouts as one system, and we leave the outlets clear. Surrounding areas get the same attention, and we keep a record of each property so the next visit starts where the last one ended.
We clear the trough and the elbows by hand, flush each outlet, and check the flow before we leave the property.
Not quite. Cleaning empties the trough and opens the downspouts. Maintenance is the check that the hangers, seams and slope still hold, and anything we find there is photographed and reported to you, not sold on the spot.
Maintenance is the short list of small faults that keep water away from your home, such as a hanger pulled loose or a seam that drips. Regular gutter cleaning is what shows those faults early, before they turn into rot at the fascia.
It depends on the tree cover over the house and whether the gutters are guarded. We set the schedule after the first visit and put it in writing.
Yes. We provide cleaning services in Markham for residential and commercial buildings, and the quote works the same way for both.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and tell us the stories and how much tree cover hangs over it. We quote from those and book a date with you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
