Our own crew cleans gutters in Mattoon, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything bagged and hauled away, and every trough left clean with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book spring and fall, so call (866) 435-6328 early.
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 before we clean them. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Homeowners get that number before any work starts, so no homeowner is surprised at the door. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you count the full run.
What moves the quote on our jobs is almost always the same few things. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means more time on a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than the front. A twig or a clog at a downspout elbow means one more flush before we move on. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Everything we pull out is bagged and carried away from your home, and downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs, a heavy tree canopy usually shows up as the thing that changes the quote most. The leaves and seeds fill the trough, and the wet mat sits in the elbows of each downspout. Heavy rainfall hits a trough like that hardest, and cleaning and maintenance on it takes longer than the square footage suggests. We clean the elbows first, then the trough. The gutter maintenance a house like that needs is the reason the price moves, not the square footage alone. If you send us a text with a photo of the front of the house, we can usually give you a close number the same day, and you can see for yourself what we are looking at before anyone climbs up.
Whatever the size of the job, the process is the same: we confirm the quote, call before we come, and send photos of every run once we are done. That is the gutter cleaning process we stand behind on every one of our cleaning services in Mattoon, and it is why you can get your gutters checked without a surprise on the bill.
| 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 customers across Mattoon book gutter cleaning services twice a year. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in spring, the seed casings and pollen paste are packed into the elbows. In fall it is leaves and debris across the whole gutter system, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March under ice.
Under heavy tree cover on a wooded landscape, we see the gutters fill much faster, so those cleanings land every three to four months. Needles and grit pack each downspout between visits, and the water flow slows to a trickle. One clog at the bottom can back up a whole run. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still needs a clean, because the mat that sits on top of a guard holds the water back.
The winters here are cold enough that the first ice shows up at the eave, and Mattoon sees 14.5 inches of snow a year, with snow falling in December through March. The runs that were never cleared can carry ice and rainwater into structural damage before spring. Across Illinois the pattern is the same, though the timing shifts with the local weather. April, June and July are the wettest months here, with 41.3 inches of precipitation a year. A rain gutter that stays full through a wet spring is the one that starts to rot the fascia behind it, a small leak at a seam is often where that starts, and that is what a fall visit is meant to catch. A clean trough carries water away from the fascia.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and the photos show you the buildup. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is how you keep your gutters from getting that bad.
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 Mattoon and the surrounding areas, and we book residential properties the same way for all Mattoon homes: you call or text with your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we confirm a date. A photo of the front of the house helps us give a close quote without a second trip. Lead times depend on the season, and during the two busy windows, spring and fall, the calendar fills quickly, so it is worth calling (866) 435-6328 early.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew works outside and does not go inside the house. On clogged downspouts the first thing we check is drainage at the outlet, and if water is not flowing out of the bottom of the downspout, we tell you what we see and where the blockage sits. Debris removal is included, so the bags leave with the crew. If you are unsure whether to clean your gutters this season, send a photo and we will tell you whether the run needs a visit. Booking with us is a phone call or a text, and every call about gutter services starts with the same questions. This page covers residential properties only, and no figure on it applies to commercial properties or to a residential and commercial mix.
We give you an estimate by phone or text, and the number comes from how many stories the house has and its size. We do not quote a figure without those details. The quote we give you is the price you pay.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If the fall visit gets skipped, we see the sagging runs and ice damage by March on those houses. Leaves and seeds fill the trough fastest in those two windows.
Same-day depends on the slots open that week. Most of our appointments come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets indoors while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before we leave.
Yes, we check gutters and downspouts on every visit, and we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving the outlet. If a buried line needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes, usually less often. On our jobs we find seeds and grit sitting on top of the guard and water running off the front edge instead of into the gutter, so the gutter still needs a clean.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over in rain has a slope or downspout problem at the roofline, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Catching it early helps protect your home from water damage.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number we quote 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.
