Our own crew will clean your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book spring and fall, so the first visit is usually the easiest one to plan. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to get your quote.
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. Each homeowner gets the same quote process: we ask about those three things over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the stories and the buildup in the trough matter more than the run length.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift and more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that takes longer to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what our crew has seen on Round Lake Beach homes. Gutters full of leaves and debris look fine from the driveway, but once a rain gutter is opened the grit has settled into a dense mat, and the water flow stops at the first elbow. A clean run and a flushed downspout are the only way to know the water is leaving. Some of these homes have a single clog at that elbow, a twig or a packed wad of seed casings, and that is enough to back water over the edge. A leak at a loose joint does the same thing. Others show structural damage and rot at the fascia board behind a run that has started to sag after years of overflowing. That is one reason we flush every downspout and check the drainage at the outlet. Our crew does not give a fixed number for a house we have not seen, so the quote comes from the three things we ask on the phone.
We clean gutters on residential and commercial properties, and the approach is the same for both: the crew checks every run of the gutter system in turn and clears any clogged downspouts before anything else. Our service covers cleaning and maintenance on one visit, not just a scoop of the trough. Water away from your home matters more than how clean the trough looks, so we confirm the water is leaving at the outlet. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the quote is based on.
| 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 in Round Lake Beach IL book twice a year. The spring visit lands across Illinois in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves. On our jobs the spring visit finds seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that sits in the trough. Round Lake Beach averages 38.2 inches of precipitation a year, and April through June are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall washes that seed mat down to the elbow. In November the first hard freeze is close, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under ice and pull loose from the fascia by March.
Here is how the schedule works on our calendar. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and the rainwater backs up at the eave. Homes with a bare landscape and few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall, and regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is usually enough. Guards mean fewer visits, but they are still part of gutter maintenance: the surface needs a clean, because a wet mat on top of a guard stops the water from getting in. A clog in a single downspout can cause an overflow that looks like a problem at the roofline, so the blockage is usually the first thing we check.
Our crew's experience is that the right schedule depends on the lot, not on the month alone, so the first visit is the time to decide how often to clean your gutters. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and each visit includes debris removal. A gutter cleaning service that skips the downspouts only moves the problem down the pipe, so each visit also covers the elbows. If you want a written estimate for a year of visits, ask for one when you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send it before we book a date.
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.
Round Lake Beach gutter cleaning is done from the nearest base, and our crew cleans gutters across the surrounding areas the same way. Homeowners start with a quote by phone or text. Tell us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill fastest. Book early in those windows if you want a particular date.
Our process starts with the call: we phone before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew keeps the side gate in mind and works from the ladder outside. We are the same crew that cleans the gutters and flushes each downspout, so you know who will be on the ladder. Each of our cleanings ends with a clean trough and a flushed downspout, checked before the crew leaves. If you want the whole home taken care of at once, ask about our gutter and window cleaning on the same visit, and we will tell you what that changes on the day. Gutter services for these homes are priced the same way: the quote comes first, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Here is why our customers keep booking with us, on residential properties and commercial buildings alike. Our service helps protect your home from water damage by clearing the trough, flushing every downspout and checking the water flow at the outlet. Gutter guards need the same attention: a wet mat on the panel still sends water over the edge, so we clear the surface too. Keep your gutters and downspouts running through the wet months, because fascia board rot costs far more to fix than a cleaning. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm a date. You can also ask for a written estimate if you want the price in writing before you commit.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Two stories with a normal roof is the easiest quote on our schedule, and the number we give is the number we charge.
The spring visit runs late May to June across Illinois, after the seed drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, before the first hard freeze. If you wait until after the freeze, the runs can sag under ice and pull loose by March.
Our cleaning services in Round Lake Beach usually book within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an opening that day, so ask when you call (866) 435-6328.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works across Round Lake Beach from outside the house, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, 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 confirm the water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check that water is leaving the outlet; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard and under it. We clean the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, so the water actually gets in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not the buildup in the trough. Send us a photo or 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.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the gutter cleaning process starts, so you know what to expect before we get your gutters cleaned. The balance is charged when the job is finished, the crew leaves a clean trough, and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
