Our own crew cleans gutters across Terre Haute, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners get the same crew from the first call to the invoice, and everyone gets the photos on their phone. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will ask about the house first. Across Indiana, most visits land in late May or June and again in late October or November, and we have been working those spring and fall visits for years.
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 many square feet it covers 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per run, but the total is what matters to you, so that is how we give it. Our gutter cleaning services use the same three questions for residential and commercial buildings, and the numbers here are for residential properties.
On our jobs the same few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that we cannot walk puts the crew on a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run sits much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with buildup, and a sag in the run slows the water flow. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Regular gutter cleaning keeps that buildup from forming, so the job stays the simpler one. Ask about a set schedule if you want to clean your gutters twice a year, and we will quote the two visits together. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what that looks like on the Terre Haute homes we clean. One customer on a two-story home near the older tree-lined streets had a clog at the first downspout elbow and a sag in the back run, and the price moved once we saw the buildup and the drainage problem before the crew went up. Another under heavy tree cover had the same tight elbow issue on every downspout. Neither number changed after the crew arrived, which is the whole point of a clean quote. We send you a photo of the front of the house when you call, which helps us see the stories and the tree cover before we give you a figure. The number holds unless something up top shows us a different job, and then you hear it first. The same rule applies to spring and fall visits.
| 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, most gutter visits land in late May to June and again in late October to November, but the timing here follows its own weather. Terre Haute in the spring is wet: April, May and June are the wettest months, with about 44.7 inches of precipitation a year. When we open a gutter in late May or June we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and a blockage there means the rainwater that follows has nowhere to go. Keep your gutters clear before that rain and the water flow stays steady. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble, and the leaf litter in gutters and downspouts shifts with the season. Freezing is a real risk here, and snow falls from December through March, so the fall visit matters more than it might elsewhere. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged and pulled loose by March, because the ice got into a clog and held the weight.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers book every three to four months, since needles and grit pack the gutter ends between visits. A house with few or no trees usually needs only one visit a year in late fall. Guards buy you some time, but we still clear the surface and check the flow, so guarded gutters go on the same schedule as the tier they fall into. If a house sits near a busy road or in the surrounding areas of a construction site, the grit settles faster and we move you up a tier. Grit and dust settle in the trough along the roofline too, and a clog that backs up can leak behind the fascia board. Keeping to the schedule helps protect your home from water damage, and a visit costs less than a repair.
Our gutter services are sized to the tier, and on the first visit we flush every downspout and tell you which tier your lot actually needs. The estimate comes from what we find in the gutters, not a rule we apply to every house on the street. A clean run with no buildup is the goal on every visit.
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 the whole city, not just a few blocks. Booking is simple, and the Terre Haute gutter cleaning process starts with one call. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, we ask about stories, square footage and tree cover, and if it is easy we ask for a photo of the house front. We give you the estimate on the spot. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop both hit and our calendar fills first, so booking early in those months helps. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If you are not sure whether your gutters need a visit now, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see. Gutter maintenance is a simple job we do well, and a quick look from the crew saves you from guessing whether a clog is building up behind the wall. A twig or seed casing caught at a downspout outlet can do the same thing, so the crew checks there too. Cleaning and maintenance go hand in hand, so a visit covers both. A clean gutter carries the water away from the foundation, and that is the whole point. The crew bags the material and carries it away from your home, not onto the lawn. Two cleanings a year, one each season, is the plan most houses start with. If you have gutter guards, the surface still needs a look, and we tell you what we find. Get your gutters checked before the heavy rainfall in April and May, and you avoid the overflow that comes with a full trough. A homeowner who waits for the overflow usually finds a leak behind the fascia first.
The number comes from the stories and the square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here. Commercial properties are quoted from the same questions, but this page prices a house, so send us a photo of the front and we will give you the figure.
Across Indiana, most visits land in late May or June and again in late October or November. Here, April, May and June are the wettest months, so a spring visit before the rain keeps leaves and debris from packing the outlets. If you wait past the fall visit, we find the leaf mat and ice-related damage by spring, which costs more to fix.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. We run the crew across Terre Haute, and most slots come up within the week, so we confirm the exact date when you call.
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 gets flushed and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Clogged downspouts that will not clear get worked from the top. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and those build up on top of the guard. A guarded gutter system still needs a visit. We clean the surface, check the flow underneath, and clear out the grit that blows in from the landscape beds.
A rain gutter that is clean and still spills over in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water left spilling over the edge can rot the fascia and lead to structural damage over time. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. We quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and we raise anything that changes the job before work starts. Clean gutters are the starting point, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
