Our own crew cleans gutters in Palatine, flushes every outlet, checks that each one flows, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our Palatine customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters clean before the wettest months, May, June and August.
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, whether it is a spring and fall visit or a one-time job.
Some companies price by the linear foot. That approach lands in a similar place per run, but it does not account for a steep pitch, heavy landscape cover or a clog that has been building for years, so we quote the whole house.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up in the air, a gutter system nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf litter, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Flushing the outlets, water flow testing and debris removal are included, and they are never billed as extras, so the gutters go back clean. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the Palatine homes we clean have a single clog point on the lower run, where a few hours of hand clearing takes care of the sag and the buildup before the fascia can rot. We have also cleaned gutters on a few larger, older houses in the area where the flush showed a blockage deep in the drainage line, and we photographed and reported each one before we cleaned it. We do not quote a price inside those examples because every house is different.
We do residential and commercial work, and the crew can tell you which of those a site needs when you call. Commercial properties are priced per building, and residential properties are priced per house. Either way, clean your gutters on a schedule and the price stays predictable. Ask for regular gutter cleaning services and we will set up the visits, the flush and the photos so that every run is checked, and our cleaning services in palatine follow the same routine.
| 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 runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Most of our customers in Palatine IL book twice a year. Each visit leaves the gutters and downspouts clear, which keeps water away from the foundation and helps protect your home from water damage.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the elbows, and in fall it is leaves and grit in the wet mat. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that bowed under the weight of ice by March. A bowed run left through winter can turn into structural damage, and where the water sat, the fascia can rot. A single twig can jam an elbow, and a clogged outlet backs the rainwater up into the trough. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms are why we check the rain gutter and the outlets before the summer rains.
Under heavy landscape and tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. On a busy road or in the surrounding areas near construction, the grit alone can justify more frequent visits. A blockage at a bend can justify a visit on its own.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Think about the trees, the roofline and how much the gutter system collects in a normal season. We will look at those the first time we are on the ladder and give you an estimate before we climb. Even a clean gutter needs a check after the big storms, so if you want to keep your gutters clear between visits, ask us about our gutter services. We flush every downspout on each visit so the water flow stays steady.
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 Palatine and covers the city as a whole from the nearest base. Palatine gutter cleaning is booked the way you would expect. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us with the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the house, and a Palatine homeowner can send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We give the quote by phone or text and, if you want it in writing, we send a written estimate you can keep. We clean every run on the house, and the estimate matches what we actually do. Once you call, we will get your gutters on the schedule.
Lead times change with the season. The busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so it helps to call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Gutter maintenance visits book the same way, and every visit clears the leaves and any twig that has come down, and ends with the gutters clean and the photos sent. Cleaning and maintenance work is scheduled from the same call, and cleanings go on the same calendar.
If you are not sure whether your home needs a gutter cleaning process or a full inspection, describe what you see and we will tell you. Ask about gutter guards, heavy rainfall, a bowed run or a rain gutter that overflows, and we will look at those first. We clean each run and then check that the outlets carry water away from your home at every outlet, so a bowed run or a leak does not go unexplained or turn into structural damage.
The price for a two-story house comes from its size and what is in the gutter system, and we give the number by phone or text. Once we see the house, we can say what it takes to clean the gutters.
Our Palatine customers book in the spring and fall. If the gutters wait longer, the leaves and debris pack in tighter, and on homes that skipped the fall visit we see bowed runs, ice damage, fascia rot and sometimes structural damage by March.
We book across Palatine, homes and commercial properties alike, on the same line, and we confirm a date when you call, so you know when the crew is coming to clean.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. We send photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Our cleaning services in palatine work the same way for homes and businesses.
Yes. We flush every outlet and check where the water drains, including underground lines, because the aim is to keep water away from the house. Clogged downspouts that will not clear are worked from the top, and clearing an underground line is a separate job we quote before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep the big debris out, but a guarded rain gutter still needs its surface cleared and its water checked. Needles and seed casings from the landscape still get through, and on our jobs what we find under guards is a wet mat of grit that blocks the flow.
If the rain gutter still overflows after we clean it, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
No. The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
