Our own crew cleans gutters across Northbrook, flushing and testing the flow, hauling the leaves away and sending 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 roof. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and the number you hear is the number on your invoice. Most Northbrook homes book in spring and fall, and we have cleaned houses here for a good many 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 size 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. Other companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and the buildup in the trough do most of the work.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds when it sets the ladder. A third story or a steep pitch that is too tough to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves and grit, and clogged downspouts that have been sitting for a season are heavier work than fresh ones. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how the work shows up on the gutter system of a Northbrook home, and homeowners here get the same steps. We open the gutter and look for the sag, the buildup and the blockage first, then run water through each outlet to see whether the water flow reaches the drainage at the bottom. On homes where the run has been left alone, we often find that the first step is clearing the packed leaves from the lowest section, because that is where the water backs up, where a leak starts and where structural damage starts. We keep the photos so you can see what we found in your own rain gutter before you decide anything.
On the cases we have finished around here, the thing that changed the quote most was the stories and the tree cover over the house, and the amount of leaves and grit that had been left to sit. One job is on our Northbrook gutter cleaning services page with its photos and what we found, and you can read it there before you call. We do not price cases here, because every house is its own job, but we can tell you what we would look for on yours.
| 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 book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall, which is enough to keep your gutters clean and running for most houses in this city. The spring visit comes after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in the fall we find the wet leaf mat that the rainwater has been sitting in all season.
Freezing winters make the fall visit matter more here than it does in milder places. Water left in a gutter that freezes becomes ice, the ice dams at the eave and along the roofline, and by March the runs on houses that skipped the fall visit have sagged or pulled loose from the fascia. A clog that goes unchecked through a winter becomes a blockage that the crew has to break up, not just scoop out. Regular gutter maintenance in the fall stops most of that before the first hard freeze.
Under dense tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on a shorter schedule, every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments, grit and seed casings pack the gutters between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit does the same thing. Heavy rainfall in May, June and August, the three wettest months here, moves that grit into the runs fastest. Homes with few or no trees do well with one cleaning a year in late fall, provided the gutters are checked for clog in spring. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface, so the schedule does not stretch as far as the installer may have told you.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. If you want to clean your gutters on a fixed date each year, we can set a regular gutter cleaning schedule and keep the date on the calendar. The rest of the work, the estimate and the scheduling, we handle over the phone. Our crew does residential and commercial gutter cleaning service across the city, and the schedule for residential properties works the same way as the one for commercial properties.
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 cleans gutters across the local area and surrounding areas. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or by text, using your stories, your home's size and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the gutter line before we call, and it is easy to send from your phone. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date, and the homeowner does not need to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most homes in the area are being cleaned. Booking early in those windows keeps the slot you want, so get your gutters on the calendar before the crowd arrives. Outside them, a slot often comes up sooner, and the date is confirmed when we talk. Whatever the season, we call before we come, and the crew arrives with the ladders stood off the gutter lip so nothing rests on the gutter.
Our Northbrook work reaches the homes where a clog has backed up over the edge, or a run has sagged after a storm, and we want to help you protect your home from water damage next season. We clean the gutters and flush the runs on the same visit, so you know water is moving away from your home. Whether you call for the first time or come back every year, the crew keeps the same notes on your home, so the next visit starts where the last one ended. If you have questions about our gutter services, or want to keep your gutters clear between visits, the phone line is open.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with a packed back run is a different job from one with clean gutters. Once we have the details, the number we give you is the number on your invoice.
Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat can freeze and the runs can sag by March, and the fascia behind them can rot. Ask us when your house is due and we will tell you.
Same-day slots are not something we promise, because the calendar fills in the busy seasons. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need a visit sooner, tell us when you call and we will check what we have.
No, you do not need to be home. 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, we flush the whole system and check that the water is leaving at the bottom. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and water is not leaving at the outlet, we tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, gutter guards still need the surface cleared and the flow checked, so the run comes out clean at the bottom. Under the big trees over the house, seed casings and needles sit on top of the guard, and the water never gets in. Guards mean fewer visits, not no visits, and we tell you what we find under them.
If the gutters are clean and still spill over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or the size of the outlet, not buildup. Send us a photo or a short video taken in heavy rainfall and we will tell you what we think it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it, and the invoice matches the quote. That is how we keep the number on the phone and the number on the invoice the same, for cleaning and maintenance visits alike.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
