Our own crew does gutter cleaning for local homes, and every homeowner gets the same clean, careful job: the gutters and downspouts cleared, then we flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom, the leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Homes with big trees overhead fill their gutters fastest. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Illinois, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and falling leaves are packing the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule, and ask us how to keep your gutters clear between visits.
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 by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. For Tinley Park homes, we also weigh how much buildup the gutters are holding, since that is what changes the time on the ladder. We aim for a clean quote with no surprises at the door. Our gutter cleaning services cover commercial properties too, and they are quoted from the same three things. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, though the quote we give you will still come from the whole house. Downspout flushing, a water flow check and leaves and debris haul-off are part of that number and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than others. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter that has not been opened in years comes down heavy with compacted leaves, and that buildup takes longer to clear than a fresh clog. Left alone, that kind of clog can lead to structural damage at the fascia, and a run that starts to sag is harder to fix than one that stays level. The real job is moving water away from the house, not just emptying the trough. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own step to the visit. When we open a gutter that has been left alone for years, we find a packed clog at the elbow more often than not, and that is where the time goes.
Our crew has seen this play out on real houses. On one job, a two-story home near the older part of town had a heavy leaf load over a shaded back run, and the crew spent the extra time flushing the clogged downspouts until the water ran clear at the bottom, with the photos taken before the truck left. The job was quoted from the stories and the tree cover before we arrived, and the invoice matched the quote. That is the gutter cleaning process we follow for every gutter system, whether the house is new to us or one we have cleaned for years. If water is still pooling near the foundation after a visit, we want to know, because that is often a sign the drainage is blocked farther down.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: late May to June after the seed and pollen drop, and late October to November after the last leaves have come down. Heavy rainfall in May, June and July means the spring visit has to get rainwater moving before the summer derechos and severe thunderstorms arrive across Illinois. On our jobs the spring visit clears the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that clog the downspout elbows, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before it can freeze into a mat. Freezing winters here mean the fall visit matters more, because when we open a gutter here in late autumn we often find the first ice starting at the eave, and on houses that skipped the fall visit the runs that sag or pull loose by March tell the story. Waiting until spring after a long winter is when the damage shows up.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the roof, our customers are usually on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout outlets faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up with. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is what keeps the water moving, and it is the easiest thing to book ahead with a gutter cleaning service. A house with few or no trees can often go once a year in late fall and be fine. Guards slow the buildup but do not end it, so guarded gutters still get the surface cleared, just less often than an open run. Busy roads and nearby construction also drop more grit into the trough, and the extra debris removal can move a house up a tier. The same tier logic applies to residential properties and to residential and commercial jobs alike.
When a customer is on the twice-a-year schedule and we find a clog that has been building for a while, the next visit usually comes sooner. A typical case on our calendar is a home with no trees that went a full year before its first visit and came back with a packed elbow at the rear downspout, and a blockage that size can start a leak at the joint where the gutter meets the roofline. A customer under trees, on the other hand, may need to come back every few months to keep the gutters clean and the water moving freely. Either way, our first visit is the one that shows us what the lot actually needs. Our advice is simple: clean your gutters on a schedule you can keep, not only after the first overflow. After the first visit we give you an estimate of which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing about how often to book.
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 covers Tinley Park IL and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book slots as the calendar opens up. Tinley Park gutter cleaning starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, because a twig or two in the trough tells us a lot about the run. If you have gutter guards, tell us that too, since guards change how the visit runs. Send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We will give you a quote from those details and set a date. Lead time depends on the week, and when you call we will tell you what is open and how soon we can come out.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months helps you get the date you want. Outside those windows, slots are usually easier to find. Repeat cleanings can be booked in the same window, so the second visit is easy to plan. Before we come, we call you to confirm the arrival window, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Debris removal is part of the visit, and the crew works from the outside and does not come inside, so you can keep your normal day while we keep your gutters clear.
Booking with us is simple, and once you have a date we flush every downspout and handle the rest. We keep the quote and the visit tied to what we found on the house, so the visit matches what you were told. Every homeowner gets the same photo report. If the gutters need more than a clean, or you spot a leak at a seam, we photograph the problem and report it to you, and it is your call what to do next. Our gutter services stay focused on the gutters and downspouts and on keeping water away from your home, and that is how we protect your home from water damage.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and homeowners get that quote by phone or text. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-away are included.
On our jobs, most customers book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice starting at the eave, along with runs that have started to sag and fascia that has started to rot.
Availability depends on the week, and our cleaning services in Tinley Park fill up fastest in late spring and late fall. When you call, we will tell you what is open and how soon we can come out, and we confirm the date with you before we arrive. To get your gutters on the calendar, call or text us.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, and the visit runs the same way across Tinley Park. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked for flow at the outlet. If water is not leaving the outlet, we tell you. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guards hold back leaves, but needles, seeds and grit still settle on top and turn into a wet mat, and a lot of overhead trees on a landscape feeds that mat faster. Our cleaning and maintenance visit clears what sits on the guard and checks that water is getting in.
A clean gutter system that still spills water over the edge during heavy rainfall usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and that is a gutter maintenance question rather than a cleaning one. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is and how to keep the water moving away from your home, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process prices the job before anyone climbs, and anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
