Our own crew cleans gutters in Lenexa, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners here get the number by phone, built from the stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and it is the number on the invoice. Every run comes out clean, and any homeowner who wants the price in writing can ask for it by text. We have been booked on this work across Kansas every spring and fall, and most of our calls come in before the seed drop and again after the last leaves. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the 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 how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters, and that holds across Lenexa homes of every size. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the height and the load of muck in the trough do more to the final figure than the length of the run.
What moves the quote is what our crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris, and a clog that deep is slower to clear, especially where the run has started to sag. Clogged downspouts that have to be cleared from the bottom add time as well, and the water flow is checked again once they run clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and the trough has to be clean before they go back on. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. A drainage problem at the outlet, where water pools in the landscape, is noted and quoted on its own, and it stays out of the gutter cleaning process unless you approve it.
On our jobs the quotes that climb the most are the ones where the gutter has been left so long that the clog has turned into a solid buildup, and water has been running behind the trough for months, through every heavy rainfall since. We see rot starting in the fascia board where the overflow has been pouring for seasons, and any structural damage that comes with it is photographed and reported in the write-up. The cleaning itself stays in the price we gave you. A clean run is the goal on every visit. For a residential house the crew looks at the same things every time: the front run, the back run, the valleys, and the downspout that carries water away from the house. For the commercial properties we service, the count is per building and scheduled in advance, so the number reflects the rooflines and drains on that site, and every rain gutter on the building gets the same check.
If you have a question about your house, text a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and the rough square footage, or call (866) 435-6328. We will come back with the number and what we would check first, before we ever send a truck. Once a gutter is clean, the crew checks each downspout for flow before they leave.
| 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 twice a year, in spring and fall, because that is when the calendar lines up with the seed and leaf drop. Across Kansas, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When our crew opens a gutter in that window we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbow of each downspout, and in November it is the wet leaf mat. Houses that skipped the fall visit are back by March with runs that have sagged under ice. A clean run going into the summer rains is a different job from a full one.
Freezing is the reason the fall visit matters here. Once the first hard freeze arrives, the rainwater trapped behind a blockage in a clogged trough turns into an ice dam at the eave and lifts shingles from underneath. A gutter that is clear before the freeze simply sheds the melt. That is the job we are trying to get done before the calendar turns, so if you want to clean your gutters before the cold, book the fall visit early.
The tiers are simple as we see them on our jobs. Two cleanings a year cover most houses on a regular gutter cleaning schedule, and that is the gutter maintenance most homes need. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, the schedule shortens to every three to four months, because grit and leaf litter pack each downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees can often go once a year in late fall, and a clean trough at that point is what carries them through the winter. Gutter guards reduce the work, but the surface still needs clearing, and that visit comes less often. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bags leave with the crew. We run the same tiers for residential and commercial work, and residential properties get the schedule their house needs. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and our gutter cleaning service follows what we found up top.
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 Lenexa from the nearest base, and the same crew reaches the neighborhoods across the city. Lenexa gutter cleaning booking starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We confirm a window on the phone, and a slot tends to open up within the week outside the two busy stretches of the year, when the calendar fills in spring and again in fall. We check the gutters and downspouts together, so a twig wedged in an elbow or a leak at the eave gets found on the same visit as a sag in the run. The same crew serves the surrounding areas when a job runs past the city line. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Every one of our cleanings ends with a clean run and photos of every downspout.
If you are a homeowner trying to protect your home from water damage this season, the fastest way to get a clear answer is to call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline. We will tell you whether the gutters sag, overflow or are just full, and whether a leak at the eave is the reason water is getting in. Ask about our gutter services when you call, and we will explain what each one covers. To keep your gutters working between visits, we flush every downspout and check the flow at the bottom before we leave, so the water runs away from your home, and we can set a schedule that fits the trees. We can get your gutters on the calendar for the next open window, and a clean gutter is the first thing we check.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone climbs a ladder. The figure we quote is the figure on the invoice, and we price across Lenexa the same way.
Our customers here book late spring after the seed drop and late fall after the leaves come down, because a visit in those two windows catches the cleaning and maintenance needs before the freeze. If the fall visit is skipped, the freeze that follows is what turns a clog into an ice dam at the eave.
Same-day is not something we promise for our work here. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. A hard storm before your slot is a reason to call us, not a reason to climb the ladder yourself.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see a clean run for each one. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the stand-offs keep the ladder off the siding and the gutter lip.
Yes, every downspout in the gutter system is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water is leaving the outlet and not pooling in the landscape beside the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop the big leaves, but grit and seed casings settle on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. The surface gets cleared, and the guards get reseated so the trough stays clean underneath. The job is shorter than an open gutter, not gone.
A gutter that is clean and still spilling in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a leaf problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. Book early before the first freeze, and the number we gave you on the phone stays the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
