Our own crew cleans gutters across Prospect Heights, flushes every downspout and checks that the water runs clear at the bottom, then hauls the leftover mess away and sends photos of every clean run to your phone before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book a cleaning in spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clogs and the most water running over the edge. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule.
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 quote is clean and simple: the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb. Our cleanings are priced the same way for every homeowner with the same 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 far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf matter, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice. When the run is clean and the downspout flows, the job is done.
On our Prospect Heights jobs the quotes that run highest are the ones where a heavy leaf load has sat in the trough through a full season and a stretch of heavy rainfall. The buildup is full, the drainage behind it has been slowing for months, and the clog has started to sag the run. We clear it, flush every downspout, and once the run is clean we check the water flow at the bottom so you can see it leaving the house. Most Prospect Heights homeowners need one visit, not a rebuild, but the first visit tells us what the gutter has been carrying.
Residential and commercial properties are quoted on the same basis, by what we find. For residential properties, most owners want regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall, and the estimate covers that visit. Ask us for the number and we will walk you through what goes into it, line by line, in plain words, so you know exactly what our gutter cleaning services include. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a number before you book a date.
| 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 twice a year, in late May or June after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and again in late October or November after the last leaves are down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find a rainwater blockage at the eave by the time the snow starts. A clean run in May and a clean run in November keeps rainwater moving all year.
On our Prospect Heights, IL jobs, a gutter with a clog at the corner tends to overflow at the roofline before the rest of the run does. That is the early sign, and a small leak at the joint is often the second one. When we open a gutter here in May we find the seeds packed to the elbow, and in November the leaf mat is often thick enough to hold water. A clean gutter is the goal of both visits, and those two visits keep your gutters and downspouts working through the rain.
Under heavy tree cover we see most homes on a tighter schedule, because needles and grit keep packing the downspout between visits. Few or no trees and a once-a-year cleaning in late fall is usually enough. Homes in surrounding areas near a busy road or active construction see the dust settle faster, and the same tighter schedule applies. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the top of them.
Whichever schedule you pick, when you clean your gutters with us the job is the same: we clear the run, flush every downspout, and photograph the result so you can see the gutter is clean. If you keep your gutters on a schedule, you protect your home from water damage. After the first visit the estimate tells us which of our gutter services fits your lot, and you can change the tier from there.
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.
The crew covers Prospect Heights and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and works the whole city on the same schedule. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. If it is easy, text us a photo of the front of the house and we can give you a closer number before we talk. To book a Prospect Heights gutter cleaning, call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm your slot.
Lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open slot when you call. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, and the calendar fills faster then, and after heavy rainfall too, so booking early in those months gets you the date you want. A twig or two in the trough is nothing; a full season of leaves is the job we plan around, and gutter guards only change how much of it lands in the trough. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home while the crew works outside the house. The crew bags the leftovers and leaves the ground clean.
Whether you book once or on a regular schedule, the gutter cleaning process stays the same: flush, clear and photograph. Our crew treats the gutter system as part of the house, so the work is planned around the roofline, the downspout and the place the water has to go. Gutter maintenance done this way steers water away from your home rather than leaving it sitting in the trough. Every cleaning and maintenance visit ends with the run clean, the downspout flowing and a photo of each one, and that is how we get your gutters ready for the next storm.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and commercial properties are quoted the same way. We give it to you by phone or text before we book, and we do not quote a range without those details. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, with no surprise line items.
Most of our customers here book late May or June and again in late October or November. In May we find seeds and pollen paste in the elbows, and in November the wet leaf mat. Skip the fall visit and by March we often see sagged runs under the ice.
Same-day slots depend on the week. Most come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We offer cleaning services in Prospect Heights on the same basis, and a homeowner gets the same photos either way.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the site clean, 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, we flush every downspout and check the water flow at the outlet. Clogged downspouts get worked from the top where we can reach them. Water leaving the outlet should run clear of the foundation and not pool in the landscape. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared. Needles, seed casings, leaves and debris sit on top of the guard and turn to paste, so the water never gets in. We lift, clear underneath, flush and reseat, so the guards steer water away from the fascia.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. A slope problem left alone can rot the fascia board and turn into structural damage, and we do not sell a second cleaning to fix it.
No, unless we find something that changes the job. A rain gutter packed for months is the usual reason, and if it happens you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
