Our own crew can clean your gutters in West Lafayette, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, 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. Most homeowners book in the spring and fall, after seed drop and after the last leaves are down, and we run a regular gutter cleaning schedule for them from there. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the number comes from the house, not the footage. Our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way for commercial properties and for West Lafayette homes.
What moves it most often is what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means slower work and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a true clog at the elbows and leaves and debris packed into the trough. A run that has started to sag holds water, and that buildup adds time. Once the trough is clean, the crew checks the drainage and the water flow at the outlet. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat take time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the quote moved on the same few things: stories, tree cover and what came out of the gutters. One house with heavy overhanging trees had its runs full of leaves and grit, and the flushing took longer than the cleaning did. Clogged downspouts that will not clear get worked from the top, because the goal of every visit is to get water away from the house. A rain gutter that has pulled off the fascia is structural damage, and we report it rather than sell a repair on the spot. Water that sits against the fascia will rot the board behind it. You can read that job here: West Lafayette case. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we will tell you what the number is.
| 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 two cleanings a year. Across Indiana, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October or November, after the last leaves are down. Booking for West Lafayette in spring and fall fills first, so plan ahead. On our jobs, a clog that forms in spring is seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, a blockage that builds fast once the rain starts. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and a customer who skipped the fall visit usually finds runs that have sagged by March. A twig or a clump of seed casings jammed in a bend is enough to start that. A gutter cleaning service visit in each season is what keeps that from starting.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that holds up, because needles and grit back up the downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the roofline clean. Gutters with gutter guards get cleaned less often, with the surface still cleared between visits. Debris removal is part of every visit. We run this schedule for residential and commercial buildings alike, and residential properties with big trees usually land on the shorter interval. Most people only think to clean your gutters after the first overflow, and the spring and fall visits are there so that never happens.
Rainwater is the real test here. May, June and July are the wettest months in West Lafayette, the city gets 42.9 inches of precipitation a year, and snow from December through March means water trapped in a run can freeze at the eave. Heavy rainfall in early summer tests every run the hardest.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the next visit comes from what the crew found.
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.
We clean gutters across West Lafayette from our own crews, and the quote comes by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover. A homeowner gets one visit that covers the gutters and downspouts from end to end, and every West Lafayette gutter cleaning visit starts with a phone call or a text. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we confirm a date when we talk. Our calendar fills in the spring and fall windows, so the sooner you book in those months, the better your odds of the date you want. Our gutter services are booked the same way every time.
We keep the ground clean under each run and check the surrounding areas for runoff. Keeping water away from the foundation helps protect your home from water damage, and the goal is to keep your gutters clean between visits, not just on the day we are there. We flush every downspout before the truck leaves. A small leak at a joint is often the first sign of a clog, so tell us about drips when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior job. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. If you have an unusual lot or a building with a flat roof, say so when you book so we can plan the lift.
Our cleaning services in West Lafayette are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a range here; we give you one number, and that is what we charge.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, and good gutter maintenance is those two visits a year. In May we find seeds and pollen packed in the elbows, and heavy rainfall in May, June and July pushes more debris into the downspout. In November we find the wet leaf mat. If you wait past the fall visit, we often see runs that have sagged by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask us about the first open date when you book, and get your gutters on the calendar before the fall window fills.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and debris stays away from your home until it goes in the truck. Photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before the crew leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested at the outlet as part of our gutter cleaning process, until the water comes out clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often. A guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard, so the surface still needs clearing and the downspout still needs checking.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog, and sometimes the landscape around the house is sending water to the wrong place. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and if it does you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Cleaning and maintenance visits are quoted the same way.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
