Our own crew cleans gutters in Rich Township, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled off, 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the schedule tight around those two windows.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters, and our gutter cleaning services are quoted from those three things, either over the phone or by text. The number we quote is the number we charge. To get yours, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but a homeowner gets one number for the whole house, and that is the number we would rather give.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and a clog that old takes more time to clear than a fresh one. A sag in a run, from wet debris or a bracket that let go, adds a flush and a flow check, and a stuck downspout slows the drainage and the water flow enough to need a second pass. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and never billed as extras, and if anything changes the job we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Rich Township homes get a quote from what we can see when we get there and what you tell us on the phone, not from a price sheet. A bracket or fascia that shows structural damage gets flagged in the photos, and we say so before any work is done. Clogged downspouts, rain gutter runs packed with leaves and debris, and water that is not moving away from the foundation are what the first look tells us about. Clearing them, flushing the line and confirming the downspout moves water away from the foundation is the whole job on most lots, and the run is clean when we leave. The same quote logic applies to commercial properties, where the roof area and the number of runs decide the price.
| 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 falls in late May to June, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois are the real test of a clean run, and in spring the downspout elbows pack with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and Rich Township IL has real freeze risk, so a run still full of wet leaves when the cold arrives can turn into an ice dam at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we find a sag in the run or a pulled-loose hanger by March.
Under heavy tree cover on residential and commercial lots, regular gutter cleaning matters more than the calendar suggests, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits and a single clog can back up a whole run. Keeping every downspout clear between visits matters as much as the visit itself, since one small blockage at the outlet is enough. With few trees, or none, the visit can stretch out to once a year in late fall. Near a busy road or construction, the dust and grit can justify a shorter interval too. Guards reduce how often the gutter itself fills, but they do not end gutter maintenance, because the mat still sits on top of them.
The timing is about your lot, not a calendar we keep for everyone. Each gutter cleaning service visit ends with a plan for the rhythm your lot needs and why, so the next booking is set by what we saw. When it is time to clean your gutters, the rainwater leaves the roofline the way it should, and that matters most in May, June and July, the wettest months here, when heavy rainfall tests every downspout. On residential properties with a lot of canopy, steady cleaning and maintenance is what keeps a full run from turning into a March repair.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters to book a date, and you get an estimate on the call. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left in the trough.
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 works across Rich Township and surrounding areas, and books slots by phone or text. Every gutter cleaning service visit starts with a short call, and that call gets you a clean number before anything is booked. To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text with your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, plus a photo of the front if that is easy. If you have gutter guards, say so on the call. Lead times change with the season, so we tell you the next open date on the call instead of guessing. The two busiest stretches are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those windows helps, and our gutter services follow the same booking path.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want to protect your home from water damage this year, get your gutters on the calendar before the leaves or the seeds arrive. Rich Township gutter cleaning, the homeowner gets the same check on every run: our crew clears the gutters and downspouts together, so water moves away from the house and not toward the foundation. A twig lodged at a downspout elbow or a small leak at a seam is the kind of thing the first look catches, and we flag it in the photos. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same steps, and debris haul-away is included in the quote. The goal is simple: keep your gutters running clear between visits. Once the crew is done, the gutters are clean, and we flush every downspout and confirm the flow before we leave.
Booking the next cleanings on the same call keeps the schedule set, so the spring and fall windows do not slip by default.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and our cleaning services in Rich Township are quoted from those three things by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without them. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in late October to November. If the fall visit gets skipped before a freezing winter or heavy rainfall, we see ice dams, sagging runs and rot in the fascia by March, and the first visit tells us what your lot needs.
Same-day depends on the week, so we confirm the next open date when you call. Our cleaning services run on the same booking calendar, and you can text a photo to speed up the quote. Call to get your gutters on the schedule.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside only: our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Every downspout gets a flush and a flow test, and we confirm the water is leaving at the outlet, so the gutter system drains from top to bottom and water runs away from your home. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards cut the work down but do not end gutter maintenance, so guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance. On our jobs the surface of the guard collects needles, seed casings and grit, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the front edge. We clear what sits on top, and once it is clean the water gets in where it should.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. A leak at a seam or a run that sits flat gets looked at too, and so does any rot in the fascia. If the grade in your landscape pushes water toward the house, that is a slope problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree before work starts. A clean number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
