Our crew cleans gutters here, flow-tests the run, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave, so you can see the gutters are clean. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Rock Island homeowners book in spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have finished.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on stories, 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 give is the number we charge. Rock Island homes get the same three-part quote, and spring and fall visits are priced the same way. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the buildup matter more than the footage alone. A clog or a sag in one run adds time, and debris removal is priced in from the start.
On our jobs the things that move the price are predictable. A third story or a steep pitch takes more time on the ladder and more care at the eave. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutter systems nobody has opened in years take longer to clean, and the wet muck inside can start rot in the fascia. They come out packed with compacted leaves and grit that has to be lifted by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time before we can reach the gutter. A twig jammed in an elbow can hold back a whole run. Flushing, water flow checks and haul-off are included, and they are never billed as extras. A house on a regular gutter cleaning schedule is usually easier to price than one left for years. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
We clean gutters across town, from the older houses to the newer subdivisions alike. On one recent job the price moved because the house had a steep front pitch and heavy leaf load, and the crew found a clog in the back run that had been backing water toward the foundation, so the drainage at that corner had failed. We flushed it, confirmed the flow at the outlet, and photographed the run once it was running clean before we left. That is the kind of detail that changes a price, and it is why we would rather see the house than guess at it. Nothing about the price was decided before we looked.
Residential and commercial jobs are priced differently, and residential properties with a tall eave or a steep pitch cost more to reach, but the logic is the same: we quote what we find and we do not add to it later. Tell us what you have and we will tell you what it takes to clean your gutters properly.
| 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 the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our Rock Island IL customers book twice a year. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois bring heavy rainfall, and May, June and July are the wettest months here, so rainwater has nowhere to go once the gutters fill. Gutters and downspouts take the worst of it. On our jobs, when we open a gutter in late May we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen paste sitting on the grit. In late October and November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Snow runs about 36.1 inches a year here, mostly from January through April and again in November and December.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, the schedule tightens to every three to four months, because needles and debris pack the outlets between visits and the blockage builds faster than a twice-a-year cleaning can keep up with. Houses with few or no trees near the eaves, and a landscape that sheds water away from the foundation, usually need only one visit a year, in late fall. Gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, but less often. Near a busy road or active construction, plan on the shorter interval, because the grit settles into the gutter fast.
Our gutter services run on two schedules here, and the difference shows up clearly. One home with no trees near the gutter line stays on a once-a-year late-fall visit, and the gutters come down clean every time. A home under the canopy stays on the three to four month schedule. At each visit we flush every downspout and check the outlet, so a clog is caught early, and every visit leaves each run clean of needles and grit. Both were set up after a first visit that showed us what the lot needed.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we do not guess. Keeping to the right schedule is how you keep your gutters flowing, and it helps protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate of what to expect.
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 serves Rock Island IL and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, so you do not need to be in a particular neighborhood to book. Rock Island gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text. Tell us your stories, the approximate size of the house, whether trees hang over the roof and whether you have gutter guards, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. A homeowner who sends that photo usually gets the quote while still on the line, and the number we give is the number we charge.
Lead times follow the weather. May, June and July are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall fills the calendar fast. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, late spring after the seed drop and late fall after the leaves, so booking early in those months gets you a better slot. Recurring cleanings can be set up at the first visit, and the crew keeps gutter maintenance on that schedule. Cleaning and maintenance is the same job each time, so you know what you get. We call before we come. A twig in an elbow can hold back a whole run, so the crew checks each one. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder away from your home, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If a run starts to leak after the visit, text us a photo and we will tell you what it is. The crew leaves the yard clean.
If you want the process laid out before you book, the gutter cleaning process is simple: quote, slot, a call before we arrive, the work from the ground and the ladder, the haul-off, then photos on your phone before the truck leaves. We would rather you know exactly what happens than have to ask after the fact. Call (866) 435-6328 to book our gutter services and get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We give you that number up front, and it is what we charge; the gutters are clean when the truck leaves.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Freeze risk is real here, and if you wait past the first hard freeze on a house, we have found runs that sagged under ice by March. A sagging run can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage, so book the fall visit before the snow starts.
Yes. We work across Rock Island, booking depends on the calendar, most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day is not promised.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder away from your home, and the gutters are left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Commercial properties get the same outside-only visit.
Yes. We look for clogged downspouts first, and we flush them and flow-test each one at the outlet to confirm the flow keeps water away from the house. A landscape that drains poorly can send water back toward the foundation even with clean gutters, and we will point it out. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, plus leaves and debris packing under it. Guards cut the frequency, but the gutter system still has to be kept clean.
A clean rain gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what 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, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
