Our own crew will clean your gutters across St. Clair, IL. Every downspout in your gutter system is flushed and flow-tested, the mess is hauled off, and you get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, house size and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. 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.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from three things: the number of stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the total is what counts on your statement.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story, or a roofline too steep to walk, takes longer and more gear. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, and that costs more time than a routine clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what we see on St. Clair homes. Runs that sit under a busy stretch of tree cover collect leaves and debris faster than a quiet back lot. Clogged downspouts often hide a buildup at the elbow that only shows up when we flush every downspout and watch the water flow. When water flow stops at the bottom, the drainage is blocked, usually by a clog, so we find the blockage and clear it, and if the gutter has started to sag we photograph it and tell you what we see. Structural damage from a neglected system is the expensive kind, and clearing the clog early keeps water away from the fascia and the foundation and stops a seam leak before it starts.
Commercial properties in the area use the same method, scheduled per building. Residential and commercial jobs both get the full clean, the flush and the photos. The rain gutter itself is only half the job; getting the water away is the rest of it.
| 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 St. Clair IL book the spring and fall visits, once after seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois the busy windows run late May to June and late October to November. Each gutter cleaning service visit is booked into one of those windows. In May we open gutters and find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, so a clean is worth booking before the spring rains. In late October and November it is the wet leaf mat. Snow here averages 11.2 inches a year, mostly in December, January, February and March, so a run left full through the fall can sag under the weight of ice. Freeze risk is real here, so rainwater trapped in a full run can turn to ice at the eave.
Heavy tree cover means regular gutter cleaning on a shorter schedule than an open lot, because needles and grit make a clog in the downspout elbows between visits. Residential properties near a busy road or active construction get the same schedule for the same reason. With few or no trees overhead, a clean in late fall is enough for most houses. Each visit includes debris removal, so nothing is left in the trough to rot. If you want to clean your gutters on a ladder yourself, check every seam for a leak at the same time.
Two houses on the same street can need different schedules. A house with no trees over the roof and one under a mature tree do not need the same visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and the blockage we find on that visit decides it. Ask for an estimate on the phone and we will say which tier fits. Residential and commercial schedules work the same way.
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.
We offer St. Clair gutter cleaning across St. Clair and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base. You book by phone or text at (866) 435-6328, and we ask for the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps us quote fast. We call before we come, and you do not have to be home for the exterior work.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, late May through June and late October through November. Late spring and late fall are the months to protect your home from water damage, across Illinois as well as here. The wettest months here are April, May and June, when heavy rainfall fills a clogged trough fastest. Book early in those windows if you want a set day. Outside them, slots open up more often and we confirm the date when you call.
A homeowner who books cleanings in both windows keeps your gutters flowing and the gutters and downspouts clear. We do gutter services only, and gutter maintenance here means cleaning and maintenance: a clean, a flush, a flow check and photos of every run. A single twig in an elbow can stop a whole run, so get your gutters on the schedule before the first hard freeze. We service residential properties and commercial buildings the same way, and we reseat any gutter guards we lift.
Our cleaning services in St. Clair are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because two houses on the same street can need very different time. Give us the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the roof, and you get the number we will charge.
Most of our customers here book late May or June and again in late October or November, which is when the work is busiest across Illinois. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste in the elbows, and in fall the wet leaf mat and the first freeze. The simplest rule is to clean your gutters before the spring rain and again after the leaves drop. If you wait past the first hard freeze, a full run can sag on a house that skipped the fall visit.
The gutter cleaning process starts with one call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If a same-day opening exists we will tell you on the phone, but we do not promise it. Once you have the quote, call and we will set the day.
No, you can be at work. The crew stays outside and never comes into the house, keeps the ladders off the siding, and carries the gunk away from your home before it leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet, and if water pools in the landscape there we point it out. A buried line that needs clearing gets a separate quote before anyone starts digging.
Yes, guarded gutters still need a visit, though less often. Guards hold back leaves, but whatever gets through still builds up on top and in the trough, and once it is wet the water runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
A clean run that still spills water over the edge in a storm usually points to slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell another visit for a slope fault.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and then you hear about it and agree before work starts. Otherwise the quote we gave you by phone is what you pay. Nothing gets added on site without your approval.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
