Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last leaves are done.
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. Some companies price per linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you do the math on a typical house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat. A clog that has packed hard for seasons takes longer to clear than loose leaves, and a run with drainage that has been slow for a while often needs the outlets checked end to end. A sag in a run is noted in the report, and a heavy buildup of grit on the flat sections will be cleared by hand. Water flow is tested after every run, so you know it is leaving the house. Where the landscape around the house pushes water toward the foundation, we point that out in the report.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs in town, the quotes that run longest are the ones where the gutters have not been opened since the house was built, with leaves and debris packed in past the elbows. Those are the homes where the crew spends the most time on the first visit, and it is the same reason we ask about trees and stories before we give a number. We also clean gutters at normal homes and handle gutter cleaning services for owners who want every run done the same day. Where we see leaves packed in the trough for weeks, the quote goes up a little, and we say so on the phone.
We also do commercial properties, and the pricing there is per building, but on a residential job the process is the same. A rain gutter that is clean and flowing is the goal, and clogged downspouts are the most common reason water runs over the edge. Left alone, that water causes structural damage to the fascia and siding, and wood can rot. Our job is to get the water away from your home.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and once in late fall after the last leaves are down. The spring visit usually falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in late October to November.
In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste are packed in the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall cleaning is what keeps the gutter system and its rainwater moving before the first ice. The wettest months here are April, May and June, so heavy rainfall finds any leftover clog within weeks. A full roofline left with leaves holds water, and that is where blockage starts. When we open a gutter here in May we find the clog has been building since the last visit, and in November the same run is often half-full of wet leaves.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what our customers on those lots need, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards need less frequent work, but the surface still gets cleared. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate includes the spring and fall visit dates for normal il homes like yours.
If you are booking a gutter cleaning service for the first time, our crew will tell you on the first visit how often your lot needs regular gutter cleaning. We also do residential and commercial work, so if you own a building as well as your home, we can put both on one schedule. Plan on a debris removal visit in late fall even if you have skipped spring, because that is when the most material comes down. The point of all of it is simple: steady gutter maintenance keeps the gutters clear enough that you can clean them less often, not more.
We also clean for residential properties with long driveways and detached garages, where the back run is the hardest to see and the one that most often fails first.
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 works across Normal and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we have cleaned gutters on the older blocks, the newer subdivisions and the lots on the edge of town. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the front of the house by text helps us size it up, and it is easy to send from the driveway. Call (866) 435-6328 to get started.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The two busy windows of the year are late May and late October, and our calendar fills fast in both, so book early if you want a spring or fall date. For a homeowner in Normal, a clean schedule with the same crew each visit is the simplest way to avoid a leak starting behind the fascia. A cleanings plan with a regular date is the easiest way to keep the roof dry for years.
Many customers in the area have had a twig or a leaf cluster cause a backup in the middle of a run, and those are caught on the same visit. If you also have gutter guards on part of the house, we clean the open runs and the guarded runs on the same ticket. We offer normal gutter cleaning, and our cleaning and maintenance work runs on the same schedule as gutters and downspouts jobs, so one visit per season is usually enough to protect your home from the wet season. We are glad to talk through any of this on the phone.
When you call, ask for the crew that does the work. We give the quote on the spot, and we confirm a date in the same conversation. Our goal is to help you get your gutters working between visits and to flush every downspout on each one. That is how we help you protect your home from water damage that could have been prevented, and it is the same standard we hold our gutter services to across the board.
The number comes from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is packed in the gutters. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June after the seed drop, and again in late October or November after the leaves are down. If the fall visit is skipped, freeze risk means the wet leaf mat can hold water and sag runs by March. Late spring and late fall is the rhythm we see on our jobs.
Slots vary by season, and we confirm a specific date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless there is an opening on the schedule that day, so ask us when you book.
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.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, they still need work, usually less often. Under guards we find small seeds, seed casings and fine grit that work through the mesh, and once it is wet the mat runs water over the edge. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge is a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning for it.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house and we will give you the number up front.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
