Our own crew cleans gutters in Shelbyville, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, 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, once the seed drop and the last 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 sitting 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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but that method hides the things that actually drive the time on a ladder. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us photos of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, and a landscape bed at the base means the ladder sits on soft ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris and the odd twig, and a clog that has been building for seasons takes more hands than a light clean. A gutter system with guards that we have to lift and reseat adds time on the front end and the back end of the visit.
Flushing the gutters and downspouts, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Any run that drains into a buried line gets a drainage check at the outlet, and clearing the line itself is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
For Shelbyville homeowners, the quotes that run highest tend to come from the older houses with heavy leaf loads and gutters that have been sitting full of leaves and debris for a while. A clog that has gone uncleared can trap water behind the fascia and start a leak that ends in structural damage, which is more work for everyone. Regular upkeep keeps the water flow steady and the job small, and buildup that sits for a season is what makes a visit longer. When the water is not moving away from your home because the clogged downspouts are backing up, we flush every downspout and tell you what we see.
Commercial properties follow the same logic: the quote is per building, scheduled, and sized to the roof and the number of outlets. Ask for the figure before we book.
| 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 have us out twice a year across Indiana: late May or June, after the spring seed and pollen drop, and late October or November, after the last leaves are down. It is a good time to clean your gutters, because April, May and June are the wettest months here and the heavy rainfall sends rainwater straight into a full trough. In spring the seeds and pollen paste pack the elbows of the outlets. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. The cold months are the reason fall matters most here.
Under heavy tree cover our customers book cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a single blockage at one outlet can back water up behind the gutter. Few or no trees, and once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the guard still has to be kept clean. Regular gutter maintenance on this schedule is what catches a sag before it turns into a repair. A rain gutter that goes unchecked for a full year after a leaf season is the one we see most often with a clog at the outlet.
Call (866) 435-6328 to book a visit in Shelbyville in spring or fall, or text a photo of your roof and we will tell you which tier fits your lot. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Residential properties and commercial properties both follow this schedule, and the estimate is written from what the crew sees on the roof.
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 works across Shelbyville and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and we book a visit in a window when the crew can get to the house without leaving a gap. Shelbyville gutter cleaning is booked by phone or by text, and a homeowner gets a quote from their stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so book early for those.
The gutter cleaning process is simple: we call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the crew shows up for the window you agreed to. Keep your gutters clean in the seasons that matter, because that is how you protect your home from water damage, and the rest of the year runs itself. Our gutter services come with a written estimate before the crew climbs, and each cleaning and maintenance visit is booked on its own. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get your gutters cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our gutter cleaning service gives you the figure before we book, and it is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 to get it.
Across Indiana our customers book in late May or June after the seed drop, and in late October or November after the last leaves. In Shelbyville, the heavy rainfall of April through June is the reason spring matters. If you wait past the leaf drop, we find wet leaf mat, runs that have started to sag, and fascia boards starting to rot before the first hard freeze.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, and the crew shows up in that window.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and leaves the ground clean. Photos of every run and every outlet reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and turn into a paste that stops the rainwater. We clear the surface, flush the outlets and reseat the guards.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still spilling over the edge usually has a slope or outlet-size problem, and we tell you what it is rather than sell a second cleaning.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
