Our own crew cleans every rain gutter run we are booked for, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
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 size 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. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, and we can walk you through how that compares once we have your house details.
On our jobs, a few things push the quote up. A third story or a steep roof that we cannot walk changes how the crew works the run. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted debris and years of buildup, which takes longer than a light load of leaves and the odd twig. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Dearborn homes under heavy tree canopy show the same pattern: gutters loaded with seeds and leaves that have been sitting there for months. When we open them, clogged downspouts are often where the water stops moving, and the clog is usually at the outlet. Once we flush every downspout and confirm the water flow, drainage is back on track and the house drains the way it should. Ask us for a written estimate and we will tell you what we expect to find before we arrive.
| 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. Across Michigan, the spring window falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall window falls in late October or November, after the last leaves come down. Those are the two windows where a gutter clog does the most damage, and they are the months we see the most blockage on our jobs. Plan to clean your gutters in both.
In spring, the downspout elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that turn into a sticky mat when it rains. In fall, the work is leaves and debris soaked by rain, and if freezing weather is coming, the risk is ice dams forming at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sag under the weight of ice and pulled loose by March, and that kind of structural damage starts with one skipped visit. Keeping the rainwater moving through the system before winter, and before the next heavy rainfall, is the whole point of the fall visit.
How often you need regular gutter cleaning depends on your lot. Under heavy tree cover, or where the landscape around the house sheds needles and grit, the material packs the downspout between visits, so those homes are on a schedule of every three to four months. Homes with few or no trees usually need fewer cleanings, often one a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent gutter maintenance, but the surface still needs clearing. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 Dearborn MI and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, working across Dearborn as one service area. Booking our gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text based on the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead. If it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house with your text and we can look at the roofline before we talk numbers. The crew handles gutters and downspouts on every visit, and the quote covers the whole run.
Lead time changes with the season. Our calendar fills during the two busy windows each year, spring and fall, so if you want to get your gutters done, call early. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar. We confirm the date when you book and call before we come. Here is how our gutter cleaning process runs: we confirm the window, arrive, work every run, and send photos before the truck leaves. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, so you can keep your gutters on schedule while we handle the gutter services.
We clean residential and commercial properties on the same schedule, and the crew treats a house and a larger site the same way. If you are a homeowner dealing with a clog or a leak in the gutters, a Dearborn gutter cleaning is the fastest way to protect your home from water damage before it starts to show up inside.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Flushing and haul-off are included, and we clean every run by hand.
Across Michigan, spring visits fall in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits fall in late October or November, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall window, we often find sagging runs, ice-damaged gutters and rot by the time winter is over.
Most slots come up within the week during our busy spring and fall windows, and we confirm a date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you the earliest opening we have.
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, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the cleared material is bagged and taken away from your home.
Yes, we flush every downspout and confirm the water is leaving at the outlet and carrying water away from the foundation. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check that water is moving, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out of the gutter system but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that material turns into a mat that stops the water from getting in. Guards still need cleaning and maintenance, so we lift the panels, clean underneath and flush the downspouts.
If a gutter is clean and still spilling water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than a clog. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our cleaning services in Dearborn are quoted once, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before work starts. The number you were quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
