Our own crew will clean your gutters and downspouts in Schererville, flush the water through every run, haul the debris away, and send photos to your phone before we leave. The price comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Indiana, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we plan each visit around that schedule.
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 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 per foot of run, and that is a fair way to compare, but a run-length figure on its own does not tell you what a steep roof or a packed trough will add.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it sets the ladder. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above where the ground suggests. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with compacted leaves and grit, and that adds time at the bottom of every downspout, while a run that was kept clean between visits comes out faster. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step to each section of the gutter system. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Schererville jobs, the houses that cost more to clean are usually the ones where the gutter has been left alone for several seasons, so the first visit is the heaviest. Residential properties and commercial properties are priced differently because the buildings are different, but in both cases the clog, the sag and the buildup are the things we are looking for. Water flow past a run that is holding a load of leaves is the first sign we check, and where the drainage is slow or a blockage sits low in the downspout, we flush every downspout and log what comes out. Schererville homeowners who keep a regular gutter maintenance schedule come in quicker and cheaper to keep up, which is the point of asking us to clean your gutters on a set calendar rather than only when the water starts over the edge. For gutter services scheduled around a bad season, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written number before anyone climbs up.
| 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 Schererville customers book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop, and again after the last leaves come down. Across Indiana, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June. Schererville in the fall, the visit falls in late October to November, right after the leaves and debris come off the trees. The wettest months here are June, July and August, and rainwater finds every run still holding seed or grit. In the spring we open the gutter and find the seeds, the seed casings and a pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspout. In the fall it is the leaf load, and where the freeze risk is real, the first ice shows up at the eave and the ice dams start. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, with the wood behind them starting to rot, and that is the kind of structural damage a cleaning is meant to head off.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles, twig and grit pack the downspout between visits and the clog builds faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep your gutters flowing. Near a busy road or a construction site, and across the surrounding areas, the same is true, because the grit rides the wind and settles in the trough. With few or no trees in the landscape, one visit a year in late fall, leaving the gutter clean, is enough for most houses. Guards reduce how often a rain gutter needs us, but the surface still has to be cleared and kept clean, so guarded gutters still go on the calendar, just less often.
Here is how a schedule works on the ground. A house with no trees on a once-a-year plan gets the late-fall visit, the run is left clean, the downspout is flushed, and it carries the water away from your home until the next season. A house under trees gets on the three-to-four-month cycle, and the crew notes what came out of each run so the schedule can be adjusted. Either way, after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, and we will confirm the schedule when we give you the estimate, because a steady calendar is how you protect your home from water damage.
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 will clean gutters across Schererville, and we work the neighborhoods we have already served, including the streets with the heaviest tree cover. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house, the tree cover over the house and whether there are gutter guards on the runs, and a photo of the front of the house is a big help when it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the schedule fills first, so an early call gets the better date. For a homeowner who wants the regular gutter maintenance plan, the schedule is set up at the first visit and kept up from there.
Booking a schererville gutter cleaning is straightforward: we confirm the date, arrive, clean the runs, flush every downspout and send the photos to your phone before the truck leaves. Heavy rainfall after a cleaning is a good test of the work, and if water is still coming over the edge after a storm, or a leak shows at a seam, call us and we will look at it. Cleaning and maintenance on a regular schedule is what keeps a gutter from becoming a repair. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will send a written estimate.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. We give it by phone or text, and it is the number on the invoice.
Across Indiana, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed drop. In Schererville the fall visit falls in late October to November, after the leaves are down. A homeowner who waits past the first hard freeze often finds ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged by March.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we will tell you what we can do before you book.
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, every downspout is flushed, and any clogged downspouts we find get worked from the top until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the outlet; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, less often. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard and packed underneath, so the surface has to be kept clean and the water checked.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and we will not sell a second cleaning for it.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree before work starts. Otherwise 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.
