Our own crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the buildup hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Each homeowner here books the fall visit in late October to November, and the spring window runs late May to June, so the calendar fills before the leaves are down.
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. We build the estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place once the stories and clog load are counted, but the per-foot figure alone does not tell you what your house will cost.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means the work goes up a ladder that has to be set on a harder footing. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years arrive packed with compacted muck, and the clog takes longer to break loose. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time to every run. Gutters and downspouts get flushed and flow-tested, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the clog and drainage problems tend to show up together. One house on the east side had a sag at the back run where the water flow had been backing up for two seasons, and the crew found a full downspout at the elbow with leaves and grit packed to the bottom. That visit was quoted by phone from the story count, the trees over the roof and a photo of the front of the house, and it came in at the number we gave. Marion homes with heavy tree cover tend to need the gutter cleaning services on a shorter schedule, and the buildup is what drives it. Commercial properties in town follow the same pattern on flat roofs where the rain gutter runs to a single drain. Blocked outlets are the most common cause of structural damage we find, and keeping water away from your home is why we clean every run every time.
| 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: across Indiana the spring window is late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and here the fall window is late October to November, after the last leaves. May, June and July are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall pushes whatever is sitting in the gutters down the downspout. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste at the downspout elbows, which is how a clog starts. In the fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skip that visit we see the first ice and the ice dams at the eave, and runs that sag, pull loose or start to leak by March.
Under heavy tree cover, we schedule cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits and the rainwater stops moving. A house with few or no trees is fine on one visit a year in late fall. Houses near a busy road or a construction site fall in the middle. Guards come off less often, though the surface still gets cleared on the same visit. The blockage we see most often sits in the first two feet of the downspout, and that is what a regular gutter cleaning service catches before the roofline starts to stain.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Spring and fall are the two windows for gutter maintenance when we are most useful, and the crew keeps the calendar tight in both. Residential and commercial jobs run on the same schedule logic here, and residential properties with heavy cover tend to be the ones on the shorter interval. We clean your gutters on the interval the roof and the trees call for, not the interval a brochure suggests. Call (866) 435-6328 to hold a spring or fall 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 gutter services run from the nearest base, and our crew works across the surrounding areas, with the most jobs on the older streets where the trees are tallest. Marion gutter cleaning booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Lead time is quoted on the phone with the first available date, and we confirm the slot when you book. The two busy windows are the spring window, late May to June, and the fall window here, late October to November, and the calendar fills in those weeks first.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every visit ends with photos of the runs and every downspout sent to your phone, so you can see the work whether or not you were there. If you have a commercial building in Marion in Indiana, the same quote and booking process applies per building, and the schedule is set around the tenants. A clean run is only half the job, and the photos show the rest.
To get your gutters done once and done right, we keep the calendar open for the late fall visit and can hold a date when you ask. Protect your home from water damage and keep your gutters clear through each season, so runoff stays off the landscape. Every cleaning and maintenance visit includes the flush every downspout step, on the schedule that fits your lot.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We quote every job across Marion that way, because the same two-story house can land at different numbers depending on how packed the gutters are.
The spring window runs late May to June, and the fall visit falls in late October to November, before the leaves are all down. Wait past the first hard freeze and you may find ice dams at the eave, runs that sagged over the winter, and a fascia that can rot before anyone looks.
Most slots for cleaning services in Marion come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If a same-day clean is open we will say so on the phone.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout are sent before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test the gutter system, and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves and the occasional twig, but winged seeds, seed casings and blossom drop mat on top, and once they are wet the water stops getting in. On our jobs even a guarded gutter needs a clean at the surface, though less often.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it before work starts. Anything that alters the quote is agreed on the phone before the crew goes up.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
