Our own crew cleans gutters in Mount Prospect, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we haul the leaves and grit away and take photos of every run. Clean your gutters on a schedule and the water stays off the fascia. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice, and the yard is left clean. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. Most of our Mount Prospect homeowners book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills up.
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 an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: clean out the troughs, flush the downspouts, haul away what comes out. Cleaning and maintenance visits are priced on those same three things. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the tree cover are what actually change the crew's time on the job.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single factor. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the crew needs a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and a twig jammed in a downspout elbow is a blockage that takes longer to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. A clean run through a trough takes far less time than a packed one. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and drainage checks are included, and haul-away is never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we see on a typical Mount Prospect job. A homeowner who keeps up with gutter cleaning sees the same crew in the same spring and fall window, and the work stays quick because the leaf and seed buildup never gets a chance to pack down. Those who skip a year usually get a longer visit and a higher quote, and a full trough left through a winter can lead to structural damage at the fascia. A gutter that stays clean between visits is a quick job when the crew returns, and most of the overflow calls we take come from houses that have not had their gutters cleaned in a while. Heavy rainfall is the moment that shows the system is clogged, and it is also the moment rainwater starts working its way behind the fascia and into the wall. A leak that shows up after a storm is often the first sign, so the crew photographs it and reports it. If you text us a photo of the front of the house, we can tell you what the crew will need before we give you the number.
| 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.
Our Mount Prospect, IL customers usually book the fall visit in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and a single clog there can back water over the edge. In fall it is the leaves and debris, and because Mount Prospect sees its first hard freeze in the colder months, the runs that skipped the fall visit show sag, pull loose by March, and let the fascia behind them start to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the gutter system moving, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Few or no trees and once a year in late fall is usually enough, and a clean start in spring makes the rest of the year easier. Across Illinois the spring and fall pattern holds, and the gutter maintenance schedule matters most on a roof that drains into a landscape bed or a patio. Keeping the water away from your home starts with the gutters, and a regular gutter cleaning program is the simplest way to protect your home. Two gutter cleanings a year, one in spring and one in fall, cover most houses in between the heavy seasons.
When we open a rain gutter here in May, we find the spring debris first. When we open the same gutter in November, we find the leaves, the grit and the wet mat underneath them, and a clean run that late in the year is the exception. Both visits matter, and the gutter cleaning services we run across Mount Prospect are scheduled around that. We catch structural damage early when a sagging run is still just a sagging run, so 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 cleaning services in Mount Prospect, IL cover the city and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book gutter cleaning service calls through the phone or by text at (866) 435-6328. Send us a clean photo of the house front if that is easy, tell us the number of stories and roughly how many square feet the house covers, and say whether trees hang over the roof. That is enough for us to give you a quote on most Mount Prospect homes. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so book early if you know you want a slot in one of them.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside and does not come inside, and it leaves the yard as clean as it found it. For residential properties we handle the same job whether the house is a single-family home or a townhouse, and for residential and commercial clients alike the approach stays the same: cleaning first, then debris removal, then photos. Our gutter services cover commercial properties too. If you want to keep your gutters on a schedule, tell us when you book and we will hold the date on the calendar.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because the same two-story house can take very different amounts of time depending on what is in the gutters.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find the wet leaf mat and, on houses that skipped it, the sag that shows up once the ice starts forming along the eave. Booking that visit is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you want to get your gutters done before the fall rush, call early. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an open crew that day.
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. Expect a clean yard when the job ends.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clogged downspouts that will not clear get worked from the top, and clearing a buried drain line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, so the gutters and downspouts under them still need attention. On our jobs we find that leaves and grit sit on top of the guard and pack underneath it. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us 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.
The price we quote is the price we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
