Our own crew cleans gutters in Columbus, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you know the gutters are clean. Regular gutter cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and the crew does it the same way on every visit. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Columbus customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar every year.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Columbus homes 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 quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is right, but on our jobs the stories and the amount of buildup matter more than the footage alone.
What moves the quote is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaves and debris, and a gutter clog that has set into a dense mat takes more time than a light cleaning. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well.
Each visit, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and debris haul-off is included and never billed as an extra, so a clean finish does not come with a surprise bill. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice. We walk you through what we found and what it changes, and you agree to it before we go any further.
On the commercial side, the same rule applies per building. We handle residential and commercial work alike, and a strip of storefronts or a single office site gets quoted on the buildings and their drainage layout, not on a rate card. Our commercial properties work is scheduled and priced per building, and the buildings we clean most often are the ones with flat tops and internal drains where a rain gutter backup is hard to see from the ground.
Our experience across the city's residential properties is that the homes with the most trees hanging over them show the most clogged downspouts by spring. We see the same pattern on the older houses where water runs off the eave and cuts a channel in the soil at the foundation. A clog that is left alone can turn into a leak at the fascia and then structural damage at the soffit, so we would rather flush the line early than fix the rot later. Where we have cleaned on the same houses for several years, the leaves and grit come down in the same places each time, and we know where to look first. Water flow is the thing we check at the end of every run, because a gutter system that looks clean can still hold a blockage at the elbow, where the downspout should carry water away from your home.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate for your gutter cleaning service from the stories and size, with the tree cover noted. Once we have seen the roofline on the first visit, the number holds.
| 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 book twice a year, and the crews stay busiest across Columbus in late spring. Across Indiana the spring window runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall window runs late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Precipitation here totals 47.3 inches a year, with April, May and June the wettest months, so a clear run matters most before the heavy rainfall. That timing gives the gutters a clean run before the freeze.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows and the first few feet of each downspout. In fall it is the leaf load, and once the first freeze arrives, the water trapped at the eave turns to ice and the ice dams start to form. Snowfall here totals 16.3 inches a year, mostly from December through March, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we open runs in March that sag under that weight and have pulled loose from the fascia. A clean run in the fall is the difference a single visit makes.
Under heavy tree cover we see customers every three to four months, because needles, twig bits and grit pack the runs between visits and the blockage builds faster than the seasons. When the trough is full, rainwater goes over the front edge instead of down the downspout. A home with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall, which is usually enough to keep your gutters draining. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still gets cleared, because the leaf litter that sits on top of a guard eventually breaks down and reaches the trough and turns a clean run into a blocked one.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 provides Columbus gutter cleaning services from the nearest base and covers all of town. Each of our cleanings checks gutters and downspouts, and debris removal is included, so the house comes back clean. The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, spring and fall, so the earlier you call, the sooner we can get a slot. We quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
Booking takes a few minutes for local homeowners. Give us the address, the number of stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we will confirm a date and a window. Once the date is set, the homeowner gets a text with the crew's arrival window the day before. For commercial buildings, the schedule is set per building and confirmed in writing before the first visit.
We cover the homes and buildings in our gutter services area, including the surrounding areas where our crew can reach in a day. If your property sits on the edge of that area, call and we will tell you directly whether we can get there.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those two things first, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past that window to clean your gutters, we usually find the trough packed and the first ice forming at the eave, so the job takes longer and the runs are harder to clear.
Our cleaning services in Columbus fill fastest in spring and fall. Same-day slots come up when the calendar has room, and most open dates come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call and tell you the window the day before.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process runs outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves the landscape as clean as it found it.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet, and a clean outlet is how we know the run is open. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check the drainage at the outlet and tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. Guards cut down on the cleaning and maintenance, but they do not end gutter maintenance, and a guard does not keep a gutter clean for good. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is and what it takes to get your gutters flowing again. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
