Our own crew cleans gutters for Melrose Park homeowners. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, the leaves are hauled away, and every run is left clean, with photos of each one before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our Melrose Park customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on those roofs through both seasons.
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. We quote it 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, though the per-foot method is not how we work.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape puts the back run much higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras, and the trough is left clean. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Melrose Park homes, the clogs we see most are the ones where buildup hides in plain sight. A run can look clear from the ground and still hold a clog at the elbow of the pipe. When we open it, the water flow tells the story: it sits in the trough instead of draining. Sag is what we find when that water has been sitting for a season, and if it keeps sitting, the fascia board behind the trough starts to rot, which is the structural damage the cleaning is meant to prevent. Along the rain gutter, the leaves and debris that come out are usually the easy part; the wet mat underneath is what fills the pipes. Where the drainage is working, the water away from your home is what protects the foundation, and that is what we are checking when we finish.
Most of our cleaning services in Melrose Park are a straight cleaning, but clogged downspouts often point to a second problem at the outlet. We photograph it and report it. We do not sell repairs, and we say so on the first visit.
| 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 Melrose Park gutter cleaning customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March. Freeze risk is real in this area, and the ice that forms at the eave is what lifts shingles from underneath.
Under heavy tree cover, where needles, twig fragments and grit pack the pipes between visits, our customers book cleanings every three to four months. Homes with few or no trees do well with one clean a year in late fall. Gutters with gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, usually less often than open gutters.
A roofline with a lot of leaf litter or a rainwater problem is usually a blockage or a clog, not a leak, but that is worth confirming at the first visit. The estimate we give after that visit covers how often your house actually needs the crew. Clean your gutters on schedule and most of the trouble never starts. Our regular gutter cleaning services run on the same schedule for residential and commercial clients. We clean residential properties and commercial properties the same way, and debris removal is part of every visit.
After the first visit we tell 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 Melrose Park gutter cleaning crew covers Melrose Park IL and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book a cleaning once we have the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover. A clean photo of the house front, sent by text, helps us quote faster. Lead time depends on the calendar, and you get the first open date when you call (866) 435-6328. Our calendar fills in late May and again in late October, so if you want a spring or fall slot, book early.
The gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew works outside, so you do not need to take a day off to get your gutters clean. We send photos of every run so you can see the clean result even if you were not there.
A homeowner on a regular schedule has far fewer surprises, because the cleanings are planned around the tree cover and the season. Keep your gutters clean and you protect your home from water damage, which is the whole point of the schedule. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts on residential homes and commercial buildings, and the crew can flush every downspout on the property in one visit. If you want to keep your gutters working through the next storm, book a date now.
The number comes from stories and size. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a price on the phone that matches the invoice.
Across Illinois, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October to November, before the first hard freeze. If you wait until winter, we usually find sagging runs and ice at the eave.
We confirm a date when you call, and most open slots come up within the week. Ask for the first available date across Melrose Park and we will tell you what we have, so you can get your gutters cleaned before the next storm.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and flow-tested as part of the cleaning, and the outlet is left clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often than open gutters. Under guards on our jobs we still find seed casings, grit and a wet mat on top, so we clean the surface and reseat the panels. Cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is quoted after we see the house, and gutter maintenance is scheduled from there.
A clean gutter system that still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video taken during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
Only if something changes the job, and we raise it before work starts. The quote you get on the phone is the number you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
