Our own crew cleans gutters for Mount Vernon homeowners, with every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Mount Vernon customers book in the spring and fall, after the seeds and the leaves have come down.
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. Mount Vernon homes are quoted by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Residential properties get the same treatment, and a clean gutter is priced from the same three inputs as a full one. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but stories and buildup decide most of it on a house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and costs more. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, and gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with packed leaf mat. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
A packed rain gutter running full at the low corner, with clogged downspouts at the elbows, is the structural damage we see when water is left to sit against the wall. The job is quoted from that condition, not from the front of the house. Where we see gutter cleaning services handled well, the crew reads the whole system before quoting, and we do the same on the leaves and debris, the sag in the run and the water flow at the outlet. Residential and commercial properties get the same reading, priced per building.
Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the house. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a number on the phone.
| 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.
Across Illinois, the spring visit lands in late May to June. The fall visit falls in late October to November. Most of our Mount Vernon customers book both, twice a year, to clean their gutters after the seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves are down. Heavy rainfall comes in April, May and June, and Mount Vernon averages about 45 inches of rain a year, so a gutter that is full in spring is one that will overflow. We call that the spring and fall visit, and it covers most houses.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the outlets, along with the odd twig wedged in an elbow. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the leaves that dry into a clog over winter. Mount Vernon gets about 10 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through March, and houses that skipped the fall visit show ice dams at the eave and runs that have pulled loose by March. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the outlets between visits, so those lots go on a three to four month schedule. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, and guarded gutters still need regular gutter cleaning, just a lighter one. Guards cut the cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still gets cleared.
After the first clean we tell you how often to clean your gutters on your lot, based on what we found rather than a schedule written on a card. If you have a rainwater problem, a leak or a blockage in the roofline, text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see before you book anything.
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.
Mount Vernon gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text, and we work across Mount Vernon and surrounding areas from the nearest base. Tell us the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether there is tree cover over the roof, and we will give you an estimate. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Call (866) 435-6328 early to get your gutters on the schedule, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our cleanings run in the same order every time, and we call before we come. A clean gutter run that still overflows after the crew leaves is a slope or capacity problem, and we say so plainly; that is covered on the page under the guarantee.
Residential and commercial buildings get the same visit: a homeowner with one house and a manager with a building both get photos of every run. Each clean visit uses the same crew, so the notes from last time are on the ladder with us. We keep gutters and downspouts clear, and water away from your home and off the foundation. That is how we protect your home from water damage without selling you anything you did not ask for. Our gutter services are gutters first, then the glass if you want it, in one visit.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Mount Vernon are quoted to the same number we charge on the invoice, with flushing and haul-off already included.
Our customers here book late May or June and again in late October or November. Waiting past the first hard freeze on a house that has not had its fall clean is when we find ice dams at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328. We do not promise same-day work because the crew books out in the busy windows.
No. Our gutter cleaning process runs outside only, and the crew never comes inside to clean. We send photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every outlet and check that water is leaving at the bottom, so a clean run is one you can see draining. If a line runs underground, checking it is included, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the gutter guards and grit underneath them, so the surface still gets cleared and the outlets flushed. Trees and landscape beds next to the house drop most of it, and guards cut gutter maintenance without ending it.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, not a clog, and water running off the edge can lead to rot in the fascia. Text 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 issue.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
