Our crew cleans gutters in Mundelein IL, with every run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, every trough left clean, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when the seed and leaf loads have peaked.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Mundelein homes depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Mundelein homeowners get the number for our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of gutter, but we would rather you know the total before the crew climbs the ladder.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are the same every time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot puts the back run higher above the ground than the front suggests. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed sludge that takes extra passes before the trough is clean, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the roof. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, checking the water flow at each outlet and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like on a real job. A customer on a two-story house in one of our Mundelein neighborhoods called after water started coming over the front edge. When our crew opened the gutters, the leaves and debris had packed the front run and two clogged downspouts had backed up at the elbow. The crew cleared the runs, flushed each drain pipe until the water ran clear at the bottom, left them clean, and photographed every run before the truck left. The quote matched the invoice because nothing changed once we were up the ladder. See the job at the leaf-packed front run.
We quote residential and commercial jobs the same way. Commercial properties with a rain gutter system on a large building, and residential properties too, are quoted per building, and the logic is the same either way. If you have a house with a sag in the run or water pooling near the foundation, tell us when you call so the crew brings the right lift and checks for structural damage while on the roof. A single clog at the elbow is the fastest way to turn a cleaning into a bigger job, and so is a downspout with poor drainage that does not send water away from your home, so we flush every one.
| 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 in Mundelein book twice a year, in spring and fall. The spring visit lands in late May to June across Illinois, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October or November, after the last leaves come down. Heavy rainfall in May, June and August pushes seed and litter into the trough fast. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged under the weight by March. Across Illinois the winters are long enough that a clog left along the roofline in the fall can freeze into a blockage before spring.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drain pipes between visits. Near a busy road, active construction or a freshly mulched landscape, the same schedule applies, since dust and grit settle into the trough faster than leaves. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep rainwater moving off the eaves. Guards slow the buildup, but they do not stop it, so gutter maintenance still means keeping the surface clean and checking the flow on guarded systems, just less often.
After the first visit, with the runs clean, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what the gutters held and how the water flowed. If you want a written estimate to keep your gutters on a regular gutter cleaning schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the eaves and we will reply with the schedule and the estimate for each gutter cleaning service visit.
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 gutter cleaning services reach homes across Mundelein, and we know the streets and the typical roof heights in several of our Mundelein neighborhoods. We work from the nearest base and serve surrounding areas too, so the crew that books your slot is the one that knows what your eaves look like. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over it, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. A homeowner can book that quote in one call, and we call before we come, so nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Mundelein gutter cleaning fills up in two busy windows each year, late spring and late fall, so book early if you want a particular week. Our cleanings usually open within the week outside those windows, and we confirm the date when you call. Once the date is set, we send a reminder with the arrival window so you know when to expect the crew.
Gutter cleaning is one part of how you protect your home from water damage. The crew can also check any gutter services that come up during the visit, like a loose hanger, a twig jammed in a downspout, or a seam starting to leak near the fascia, and photograph them for your records. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, or ask for a written estimate, and the crew leaves the yard clean.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it over the phone or by text. The number we tell you is the one we charge. Flushing and haul-off are part of it, so the gutters come back clean.
Most of our Mundelein customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit, we see sagging runs and ice-blocked elbows by March, and water trapped behind a full trough can rot the fascia before spring. Across Illinois the timing is the same: clean before the freeze, not after.
We confirm a date across Mundelein when you call. Most slots come up within the week outside the busy windows, and we tell you the arrival window once it is booked.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and the crew works with a clean path to every run. We send photos of every run and drain pipe to your phone before we leave.
We flush every downspout and check that the drainage runs out at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts, so you know the cost in advance.
Yes. On our jobs we find seed casings and pollen sitting on top of guards and roof grit settling underneath, which slows the water even when the trough looks empty. We still keep the surface clean and check the flow, because cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is less frequent, not gone.
Send us a photo or short video of the overflow in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge usually has a slope or drain-size problem, not a cleaning problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, not after. Call (866) 435-6328 to get the number before the visit.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
