Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Merrillville, flushing each downspout, flow-testing each run, hauling everything away, and photographing 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 you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Indiana, most of the homeowners we clean book for spring and fall, so the calendar fills with the same two windows year after year.
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, how much square footage the gutters run along, and what is packed into 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk is the biggest single change, because the crew has to set up a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape around the foundation raises the effective height of the roofline, and gutters that nobody has opened in years come down heavy with compacted leaves and seed packs and take longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Clogged downspouts are the most common clog we see on Merrillville homes, usually a buildup at the first elbow where seeds and grit lock together and water backs up into the trough. That is a drainage problem, not a cleaning-the-trough problem, and it is why we flush every run rather than scooping the top. Done right, a gutter channels water away from your home, and a clog stops that. When a gutter sags or a seam starts to leak after a clear, the slope or the hangers are usually the cause, and we say so instead of selling a second cleaning. Anything we photograph that is not a cleaning issue goes into the report with the photo attached.
Many of our Merrillville customers own residential and commercial properties and want one crew for both, so we keep the same method across the board. Our gutter cleaning services run on the same routine for a single-family house as it does for a small building, and the scope stays the same on both kinds of property. Residential properties on our route get the same check on every downspout and the same before-and-after photos.
If you are not sure which of these applies to your house, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see. We will give you a number over the phone that matches the invoice, and you can decide whether to clean your gutters this season or wait for the next visit. Our crew does regular gutter cleaning on a schedule that fits the house, and the first visit is where we set that schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and ask for a written estimate.
| 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 across Merrillville book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Indiana, spring visits usually land in late May to June, and our fall visits here run late October to November. On our jobs, when we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows, and in November it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble. Our wettest months are May, June and August, so heavy rainfall fills a trough fast. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we find a gutter clog that has frozen and a run that began to sag under ice by March. Keep your gutters clean through the year and the first clear stays a quick job.
Freeze season is the reason fall matters in this part of the state. Once the first hard freeze arrives, water trapped in a gutter becomes ice, and ice at the eave lifts shingles and pushes water under them. Left alone, that trapped water and ice can cause structural damage at the eave. The gutter is the first place to show that rainwater is not leaving the eave, and the blockage usually starts with a few wet leaves, a twig and debris at a downspout that never got flushed. A clear gutter before freeze season helps protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the gutter never fully drains. Near a busy road or a construction site the schedule is similar, since dust and grit arrive faster. Houses with few or no trees around them do well on one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but they do not remove the need for a clear, so we still check the surface and the downspout on those houses, just less often.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs for cleaning and maintenance. The estimate for that visit comes from the same three things as always, and the schedule we set reflects what we found on your gutters, not a general rule about every house in town.
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 covers Merrillville and surrounding areas from the nearest base, so the same crew can get to your street as easily as the next one. Booking our cleaning services in Merrillville starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is overhead. If it is easy for you, a photo of the house front helps us plan the setup, and we will tell you the earliest date on the calendar. Every one of our cleanings starts with that call, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The calendar fills in the same two windows most years, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the better your chances of getting the date you want. Lead times move with the season, and we confirm the exact slot when you call. Once the booking is made, the gutter cleaning process is the same at every house: we clear the eaves, clean the gutters, flush each downspout and check its outlet, then photograph the runs before we leave.
If your gutters have not been cleared in a long time, call us early so the crew can plan for the extra work, and so you can get your gutters on the calendar before it fills. A quick check of the downspout and a water flow test often tells us whether a gutter clean alone will solve the overflow, and we will tell you if it will not. Our gutter maintenance schedule follows what the house needs, gutter guards included, rather than a fixed calendar, and our gutter services start with the schedule we set on your first visit. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text a photo of the house front and we will confirm a slot.
Most Merrillville homeowners ask about a two-story house first. The number comes from the stories and size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. A two-story house is quoted from the same three inputs as any other, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Merrillville in late spring is the first window, right after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visits usually land in late October to November, after the leaves are down. If the fall visit gets skipped, we often find the gutter has frozen, sagged or pulled loose by the following March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that week, so we do not promise it unless we can actually do it.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the yard clean, then 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 and check that water is leaving the outlet. If a run drains into an underground line we check the outlet, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs a clean now and then, though less often. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and the water never gets in, so we clean the surface and check the downspout.
If a rain gutter is clean and still spills over, the problem is usually slope, capacity or the downspout size rather than a cleaning problem, and water left spilling down the fascia is how rot starts. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is instead of selling a second cleaning.
It should not. Anything we find that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, so the number you agreed to 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.
