Our own crew provides gutter cleaning services in Comstock, and every run we clean gets its downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have been doing this work on homes around here for many spring and fall visits, and we keep the same plain routine each time. We aim for a clean finish on every visit.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
If you are looking for a fair price in Comstock, the number is built from three things: how many stories the house has, its 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 give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up. Our gutter services cover all the gutters and every downspout run on the house, not only the runs you can see from the driveway.
On our jobs the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted buildup, and the work on them takes longer by hand, even when the front looks clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A twig jam in a downspout elbow is one of the common things we flush out. A leak at a seam or a loose hanger is written up in the notes, not priced as a repair. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
A Comstock homeowner who has not had the gutters cleaned in a long time tends to quote highest, because the work takes longer by hand. We cannot name a client or a neighborhood for every job, so what we tell callers is the same thing we do on every visit: send a photo of the front of the house by text when you call, tell us the stories and the tree cover, and we come back with a number. Once the gutter cleaning process is done, you get photos of every run, so you can see what we found before we leave. If you want to get your gutters cleaned without guessing at the cost, call (866) 435-6328 and we will work through it with you.
Keeping up with cleaning and maintenance is cheaper over time than waiting for water to get behind the fascia. Regular cleanings and gutter maintenance keep the downspout elbows open, and that is what keeps the water away from your home. Keeping the gutter system clean is the cheapest part of the job. Ask for the written estimate and we will put the details in writing so you can compare it to anything else you have.
| 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.
The two visits that matter most are late May to June across Michigan, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and late October to November, after the last leaves are down. In spring we usually find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and clogged downspouts are the usual result. In the fall it is leaves and debris, a wet leaf mat that holds water, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see rain gutter runs with a sag or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice.
Freezing winters here mean the fall visit matters more than it might elsewhere. Freeze risk is real in Comstock, and water left behind a clog has nowhere to go once the temperature drops, which is how ice dams form at the eave. Snow months here run November, December and January through April, about 64.6 inches a year. Water that sits in the trough for a season can lead to structural damage, and the fascia board behind the gutter can rot. Our crew clears the runs and flushes every downspout before the first hard freeze, so the water flow has a clean path out.
How often a house needs a visit depends on the trees and the landscape around it, so the answer to how often to clean your gutters is never one rule. Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit pack the downspout elbows fast, and those homes need more visits than the rest. Homes with few or no trees do well once a year in late fall. Houses with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, though less often than an open run, and we check underneath on every visit. Regular gutter cleaning keeps drainage moving at the foundation through the season.
Storm season across Michigan brings severe thunderstorms, and in Comstock May, August and October are the wettest months, with about 33.2 inches of precipitation a year. That is when heavy rainfall tests a full gutter hardest. A clean gutter system going into the fall gives the spring melt somewhere to go. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the gutters, or book a date before the fall rush.
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 Comstock MI and the surrounding areas, and we handle Comstock homes and the businesses on the same route. Booking is simple for any gutter cleaning service: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, tell us your stories, roughly how big the roof is and whether trees hang over it, and we come back with a quote. A clear photo gives us a clean first quote. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, spring and fall, when gutter systems carry the most material. Booking regular gutter cleaning outside those windows usually gets a slot faster. Ask when you call and we will tell you the next open date, along with what we need from you to hold it.
We serve residential and commercial customers, which means residential properties and commercial properties get the same crew and the same photos. If you have a rental, a shop or a small office in town, we can price it alongside your home. The crew does the same clean job on a shop as on a house. Ask us about the job and we will tell you what the visit looks like before you book.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. For your house, we give the written estimate by phone or text, and that is the number on the invoice. We will not put a figure here, because the quote has to match your house.
Spring cleanings run late May to June across Michigan, and fall cleanings run late October to November. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the fall visit gets harder because the leaves are wet and the ice is already starting to form. A clog caught early is simpler to clear, and cleaning before the freeze also helps protect your home from water damage.
We do not promise same-day service, because the calendar fills in the busy windows and we would rather give you a real date. Our gutter services cover your town and the surrounding areas, and we confirm the date with you 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, and the crew leaves the ground as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the water as it leaves the bottom. Rainwater that cannot get out of the bottom backs up into the trough, so a clean outlet is the goal. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we give you the price before anyone touches it. We will tell you if water is not leaving the outlet.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but twigs, seed casings and grit still sit on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. Once a storm passes, the easiest way to keep your gutters working is a quick look. We lift the guards, clear what is underneath, flush each downspout and reseat them. Guards are not a service we sell, so we only work on the ones already on the house.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a blockage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before any work starts. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, and the price covers all the gutters and downspouts on the house, with downspout flushing and haul-off already included.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
