Our own crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book with us in spring and fall, and we are glad to put you on the calendar.
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 our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. The quote covers a clean gutter and a flushed downspout, nothing else added on. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
On Lafayette homes, a few things move the price. 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 eave, so the back run sits farther up than the front. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes down heavy with compacted leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
What we look for is the blockage and where the water goes after it. A rain gutter packed with leaves and debris holds water, and that buildup adds weight until a run begins to sag. A clog low in the system can push water back up under the shingles, while clogged downspouts dump it right at the foundation, and that is how a small blockage becomes structural damage. Commercial properties get the same kind of price, built from the building's height, its footage and what is in the gutters. We check the drainage path on every run, we clean whatever is blocking the water flow, and once the run is clean we flush it to confirm the water flow is taking water away from the foundation.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate from those details.
| 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 Indiana, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seeds and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most of our customers book those two windows. Lafayette in May, June and July brings the most rainwater of the year, so a clean gutter at the start of the season holds the most water when the rain comes. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March, after about 19 inches of snow a year has loaded the gutters.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the gutters running clean, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A clog that forms between visits can back water up onto the roofline, and that is where a leak starts. A home with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall, and residential properties with light tree cover usually fit that schedule. Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean, though less often, and the guards do not change the schedule much on their own.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters and along the eaves, not on a generic rule. Our gutter cleaning service covers residential and commercial buildings on the same schedule logic. Each estimate starts from the house itself, the blockage we expect and the trees overhead. If you want the cleanest runs, plan to clean your gutters in spring and fall, and debris removal is included on every visit.
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 keeps a regular route through the neighborhoods we clean most often, so a call usually puts you on the calendar quickly. Lafayette gutter cleaning is booked from the house itself: an estimate by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and the tree cover, plus a photo of the front if that is easy to send. Homeowners do not have to be home for the visit, and the homeowner gets a call before we come.
Our gutter services stay busiest during the spring and fall windows, so book early if you need a slot then. Outside those windows a date often opens with less lead time, and we confirm the day with you when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar. Homes with gutter guards get the same flush, since leaves still sit on top of the guards and a leak can start underneath.
A clean run is only part of the job. Each visit covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end: we clean the gutters, flush every downspout, and clear the leaves from the roof valleys, plus any twig a storm has pushed into the trough. The goal on every visit is simple: keep your gutters draining so you can protect your home from water damage. Most of our cleanings are finished in one visit, and we will tell you what is coming for the surrounding areas we cover as the season moves along.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and its size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Our cleaning services in Lafayette are priced that way, so there is no fixed figure we can give without knowing those details. The quote is the price you pay.
Across Indiana the spring visit falls in late May to June, and our fall visit runs late October to November. If you skip the fall visit, we commonly find sagging runs by March, so the cleaning costs less to keep ahead of than to fix later. Heavy landscape plantings under the eaves shorten that schedule, and a fall visit keeps the gutters clean through winter.
Most slots come up within the week across Lafayette, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that week, so we will tell you what is open.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout reach 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 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 priced before anyone touches it, and the goal is water running away from your home.
Yes, guarded gutters still need gutter maintenance, but less often. Guards hold back leaves, while needles, seed casings and grit can still sit on top and mat down until water runs over the edge. Cleaning and maintenance on a guarded gutter system is mostly clearing that surface, and the crew keeps the gutter clean, flushes the downspout and reseats the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than a clog. Standing water left in a gutter can rot the fascia board behind it, so send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts, not after. Ask us before you get your gutters on the calendar, and 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.
