Our own crew gets gutters clean in Crawfordsville, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Indiana, most of our customers book in spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have finished and the gutters are holding the most leaves.
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 sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the total is what matters, so that is how we price it, and you get a clean invoice that matches it. Every gutter system is checked run by run before the number goes out.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and heavy buildup, a clog that takes longer to clear by hand, and a run that has begun to sag takes longer again. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing each outlet, flow testing and debris removal are included in every job and are never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on Crawfordsville homes. On one job in the city, a two-story house with a heavy tree canopy had clogged downspouts that had been slowing drainage away from the foundation for two seasons, and the crew flushed them through twice before the flow ran clear. That kind of clog turns a routine visit into more work, and left alone it can lead to structural damage, which is why we check every run instead of only the ones you can see from the driveway. If you are unsure what your home needs, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see.
| 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.
On our Crawfordsville jobs most customers book twice a year, once in spring and once in fall. Across Indiana the pattern holds: spring after the seed and pollen drop, and fall after the last leaves come down. Our fall visits run October to early November, which is the usual window for regular gutter cleaning, so clean your gutters before the first hard freeze, and ask for an estimate when you call.
On a spring gutter cleaning service visit in Crawfordsville we open each run and find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the outlet elbows, which slows the water flow and lets rainwater spill over the edge during the first heavy rainfall. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes trouble, and water backs up along the roofline when it has nowhere to drain. On homes where the fall gutter maintenance gets skipped, we have seen runs that sagged under freezing weather by the next March. A clean gutter going into winter holds up better, because the water has somewhere to go when the snow melts.
A homeowner under heavy tree cover needs more frequent visits. Needles and grit pack the outlets between cleanings, so those homes are on a three-to-four-month schedule. Homes with few or no trees near the house usually need only one visit a year, in late fall, to clear the season's leaves. Homes with gutter guards still need a visit, less often, with the surface kept clean and the guards reseated.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. A rain gutter on a tree-lined lot and one in the open are not on the same schedule, and that is what the first visit settles.
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.
Crawfordsville gutter cleaning reaches the surrounding areas too, served from the nearest base without fuss. Booking starts with a phone call or text, and the price is set from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and if it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house as well so we can give you a closer number right away.
Lead times depend on how the calendar is filling up. The two busiest windows each year line up with the spring and fall cleanings, so if you want a particular week, call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Keep your gutters and downspouts clean between visits. A small leak at a seam is easy to catch when you know to look, and catching it early helps protect your home from water damage that builds up quietly behind the fascia, with water moving away from your home instead of pooling against it.
We also handle gutter services for a few neighboring properties. Our gutter service covers residential and commercial jobs on the same schedule and pricing process, so commercial properties get the same photos and the same number as residential properties.
The gutter cleaning process starts with the price, moves to the crew visit, and ends with photos of every run. Cleaning and maintenance checks happen on the same visit, so a clean job with no surprises is what you get.
For cleaning services in Crawfordsville, the number comes from your stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story with a steep roof and a two-story with a flat one are different jobs.
Most of our 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 in winter, we often find runs that have sagged, pulled loose from the fascia, or let a fascia board start to rot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call to get your gutters booked. We cannot promise same-day service on every request, because the calendar fills up in the busy windows.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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 with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where the outlet feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the far end. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. Guards hold back leaves, but needles, seeds, a twig or two and grit from a wooded landscape still get through and mat on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during heavy rainfall, and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something we find changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
