Our own crew handles Lake Station gutter cleaning from start to finish: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave, so you can see that every run is clean. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice.
On our Lake Station homes, most customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the ladder for both visits. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what your gutters need.
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 give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and a homeowner gets the number we quote, which is the number we charge. A run that is already clean goes faster than one packed with grit, so what is in the trough counts. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch you cannot walk means more time on a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far higher than the front, and a sloped lot does the same. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and a yard with heavy landscape litter adds time at every downspout. A run with a sag or a leak at a seam, or a downspout with a clog low in the elbow, takes longer, because the water flow has to be run through before the crew can see where it stops. A clean run flushes quickly; a packed one does not. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the job short, and guards we have to lift and reseat take extra time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what the experience looks like on the ground. Lake Station homeowners often find that the blockage is worst at the corners where two runs meet, and that a single clogged downspout elbow can send water back over the edge of an otherwise clean run. We clear those first, then check the drainage at the outlet. For a flat commercial building the same problem shows up as standing water near the scuppers, and we scope the gutter cleaning services for commercial properties one building at a time, on a schedule that fits the lease. We handle residential properties and commercial sites, and when a site has both we do residential and commercial work in the same visit.
If you want to clean your gutters, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether big trees hang over the roof, so we can give you a clear number for your house. We will give you the price on the call, and it will be the price we charge when we finish.
| 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, spring visits usually land in late May to June, and fall visits in late October to November. Most Lake Station customers book both cleanings, because spring and fall are when seed, pollen and leaves cause the most buildup. A visit in each window helps protect your home from water damage through the seasons that matter most here.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings, the odd twig and a pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, which is the first place a clog starts. In fall we find leaves and needles, the wet leaf mat, and where freezing is a concern, the first ice at the eave. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall visit matters. On houses that skipped it, we have opened runs by March that sagged or pulled loose under the weight of ice. Keeping the gutter clean before the freeze stops the rainwater from backing up under the shingles in the first place. Your gutters and downspouts carry that water away, so keep your gutters clear before the first hard cold.
How often you need it depends on your lot. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see on our jobs, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the same schedule usually holds. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Gutter guards still need the surface kept clean, and that visit can come less often. 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.
The crew covers Lake Station in Indiana from the nearest base, and our cleaning services in Lake Station reach the whole city and surrounding areas, so you do not need to be in any particular part of town to book a slot. Lake Station gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, your size and the tree cover over the roof, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Getting a clean quote takes one call. Lead times depend on the calendar that week, and we will tell you the first open date when you call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months helps, and routine gutter maintenance is easier to fit in early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew keeps ladders and trash bags well away from your home. Get your gutters on the schedule before the rain sets in, and we handle the rest of the gutter cleaning process from the ladder to the photos on your phone.
Heavy rainfall in Indiana is when the gutter system shows its weak points, so if you have seen water pouring over the edge in a storm, that is usually the moment to book a clean pass across every run. Our gutter services include the flush, the photos and the haul-away, and cleaning and maintenance go together on every visit. Routine cleanings are also where we catch anything that is not a cleaning problem, and that gets reported to you. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your roofline and we will confirm a date.
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. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in spring and fall, and late October to November is the window for the fall visit. If you wait past the first hard freeze, leaves and debris, the wet leaf mat and any ice at the eave are harder to clear and more likely to cause rot and structural damage underneath. Going into winter with a clean run is the easier job.
Same-day depends on what is open that week. Across Lake Station most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. We flush every downspout, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom, and we check that it leaves the outlet and moves water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line that a rain gutter feeds is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not the seeds, needles and grit that sit on top of them. On our jobs we lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still spills over in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not clogged downspouts or leaves. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before we start. We do not add charges partway through the job.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
