Our own crew cleans gutters in Woodside, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled away, photos of every run before we leave, and the yard left clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We do this work across Illinois, and many of our customers book for late spring and fall.
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. A homeowner who wants a clean number gets one over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the stories and the load in the trough are what actually drive the time on the ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. 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 puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with muck, and the crew needs more time to get them clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. We flush every downspout, and a clog or a twig jammed in one of them is cleared on the same visit. Gutters and downspouts get flow tested and hauled off, and none of that is billed as an extra. The debris goes away from your home in the truck. A seam that has started to leak gets photographed and reported, not quoted on the spot. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Woodside jobs the quote is usually decided by the stories and the tree cover, not the square footage alone. Two-story houses with a heavy leaf load on the north run get a quote set by that run, which is exactly what we tell them on the phone. Under our gutter cleaning process we photograph every run before and after, so you can compare the clean result with the start. Our cleaning services are priced that way every time. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what the number is.
| 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 cleanings come in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the last leaves come down. Across Illinois, the spring window runs late May to June. When we open a rain gutter in that window we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen paste sitting on the leaf mat. In late October or November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Woodside's wettest months are April, May and June, so a gutter has to be clean before that stretch, because one heavy rainfall will show you any clog. Clearing gutters helps protect your home from water damage, because a trough that holds water all winter is how fascia begins to rot, and that starts with a clean run before the spring rain.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhanging the house and the landscape around it, needles and grit pack the downspouts quickly, and clogged downspouts back water up toward the roofline. Those houses need the most visits. With few or no trees, a single late-fall visit is usually enough to keep your gutters draining. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but we still clear the surface load on the guard each time, since leaves and debris sit on top of the guard even when they do not get inside. Each of these tiers matches what we actually find on the houses we clean. Fewer visits never mean skipping the drainage check, because a gutter that sits full stretches its hangers and can cause structural damage to the fascia.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what the crew found in your gutter system and where the water flows. On your lot, the trees set the schedule, and the goal is a gutter that runs clean and sends rainwater away from the house. Gutter maintenance on your lot follows that plan, and every visit is part of the same cleaning and maintenance schedule. That is the whole plan, and we do not ask you to guess it. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutters, and we will 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.
Our crew cleans gutters on homes in Woodside IL and works through the surrounding areas, calling before we arrive so nobody has to be home. Every homeowner gets the same quote process on every job: stories, size of the house, how much tree cover is overhead, and a photo of the front if it is easy to send. Our gutter cleaning service runs in set windows, and the two busy windows on our calendar are late spring and fall, so if you want a slot in those months, call (866) 435-6328 early.
We schedule each visit to a date you confirm, and we do not promise a same-day visit unless we have a slot open that day. Most of our work comes in on regular gutter cleaning, so a booked customer keeps the same window each season. Gutter services are booked on the same calendar, and our gutter cleaning services follow the same rules. If there is a heavy buildup since the last visit and the gutters need a deeper clean, tell us on the call and we will plan the job accordingly. Debris removal is part of every visit, and it is never a separate charge. We check the water flow at each outlet before we leave. If you want to clean your gutters before a storm, call (866) 435-6328 and we will book the first open slot. The same booking applies to residential and commercial properties, and residential properties get the same photo report as any other job.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book, whether you are in town or in the surrounding areas. We do not give an estimate without those details.
Our customers book late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, we have found sagging runs and ice damage by March on houses that skipped it, and a blockage that backs up water looks harmless until it is not. Booking a clean run in late spring keeps the fall visit short.
Most slots come up within the week, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm a date on the spot. A same-day visit depends on what is open that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and carries the waste away from your home. Photos of every run and downspout go 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 check that the water leaves clean at the outlet, since gutters and downspouts only work as a pair. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit sit on top, so we clear the surface and check that the run is clean and water is getting in. Guards help keep your gutters clear between visits, but they do not replace a visit.
A gutter that is clean and still spills rainwater in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning. Sorting that out helps protect your home from water damage.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote 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.
