Our own crew cleans gutters in Adrian and leaves them clean, each outlet flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book spring and fall, and we have done that work on houses across the city 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 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. Most homeowners who ask for cleaning services in Adrian hear that number before anyone climbs a ladder. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but a per-foot rate hides what the crew actually climbs and clears, so we quote the whole house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and that changes the setup. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves, twigs and grit after heavy rainfall, which is slower work than a light fall, and every bag is carried away from your home. Gutter guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add time on every run. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in every gutter maintenance visit and never billed as extras, so cleaning and maintenance cost what we quoted. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the houses we clean here do not need anything beyond a standard visit. The gutter cleaning process starts there: we look at the house and the gutters first, then tell you what the job is before the crew starts. If a homeowner calls us about a leak or a clog that has been building for a season, we ask the same three questions and give the same answer by phone, so you know what a clean visit costs before we arrive. To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
| 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 to keep the gutters clean. Across Michigan, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit fits late October to November, after the last leaves are down. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of clogged downspouts. The fall visit finds leaves and debris piled in the trough, and the buildup is worst on runs that sit flat. Across Adrian we also watch for the first ice at the eave. Houses that skip the fall visit tend to show runs that sag or have pulled loose by March, which is when the ice has had all winter to work on them and rot has time to start.
Under heavy tree cover, when the trees hang over the house, our customers are on a schedule of several visits a season, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and a blockage left through winter risks structural damage. On a simple landscape with few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road or a construction site, and on commercial properties, the grit comes in faster, and we move those houses up the same way. Guards cut the frequency, but a gutter system still needs its surface cleared.
Once we have seen your lot, we tell you which tier of gutter cleaning services it actually needs. For a rain gutter that fills faster than a single season allows, the schedule goes up, and for one that holds, twice a year covers most homes. Keeping water away from the foundation is the point of the visit, so we flush the outlets before we leave. Ask us at the first visit and we will mark the calendar then.
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 all of Adrian from the nearest base, without needing an appointment in advance for the quote. Most Adrian homes come to us through a quick phone or text quote, built from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so a call in those months gets a later date. We check drainage and water flow on every run and look for any clog before the crew leaves, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. To book, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or book a date when you call.
Lead time varies with the season and the crew's route for the week, so we give you the actual date on the call rather than a promise. Residential and commercial jobs run on the same crew, and residential properties get the same photo-by-photo report a building manager does. If you want regular gutter cleaning, we set the next date when the job is done, so a gutter cleaning service runs on its own calendar. Debris removal is part of the visit, so the bags leave with the truck, and we tell you when to clean your gutters again.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give the estimate by phone or text from those two things plus the tree cover. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The same rule holds for homes in Adrian MI and the surrounding areas. The price on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall. If the fall visit slips past the first hard freeze, the runs we see by March are usually the ones that sagged under ice. Freeze months here are the reason the fall date matters more than the spring one. To keep your gutters clear through the winter, book gutter services for both visits.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the ground clean, 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, we flush every downspout and flow-test the whole run of gutters and downspouts, then check that water is leaving at the outlet. A buried drain line that needs clearing is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and the water runs off the front edge when that mat gets wet. We clear the surface and reseat the panels, which is what protects your home from water damage.
A clean gutter that still sheets rainwater over the edge in rain usually has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone holds otherwise.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
