Our own crew cleans gutters in Delta, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Delta homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we clean gutters across Michigan the same way on every job.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but we quote the whole job so you are not doing arithmetic on the phone.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted muck, and the crew spends real time on a clog that has been building for a long time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add minutes to every run. The crew leaves the yard clean, and the bagged material goes away from your home. Downspout flushing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across our jobs the same pattern shows up. When a back run sits high on a third story or a heavy canopy hangs over the front, the crew often finds a sag at the low corner where water has been sitting for a season, and that changes the time up the ladder. We tell the customer before the ladder goes up, clean the clog, and flag the sag in the photos instead of selling it as a repair. The buildup and the water flow were what we were there for, and both were back to normal by the end of the visit.
Our residential and commercial customers both ask the same first question: what does this cost on my property. For Delta homes, the answer is the three things above. For commercial properties, we price per building and schedule the work around the tenants. Residential properties that want regular gutter cleaning, usually in spring and fall, get the same standard: you hear the number, you agree to it, the runs are left clean before the truck leaves, and the crew does what was agreed.
Call (866) 435-6328 when you are ready to clean your gutters, and tell us the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we will give you the number right then. A text with a photo of the front of the house also works if that is easier.
| 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 Delta MI customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen packed into the downspout elbows, and that blockage holds rainwater with nowhere to go. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat and the rainwater it holds, and where freezing weather is part of the year, the first ice that forms in the trough before we get there. On houses that skipped the fall visit, the runs that sag or pull loose along the roofline show up by March, after the ice has done its work.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits and a rain gutter that looked clean in the spring can clog by summer. Yards with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the trough fills, but the leaves and grit on the surface still need clearing, so guarded gutters stay on a shorter schedule than people expect.
Gutters and downspouts are the two places where water collects, so the visit is about both. We clean the trough, flush every downspout and look at where the water ends up once it is well away from your home. The point is to protect your home from water damage at the foundation and the eave, not just to empty the gutter. Surrounding areas with heavy rainfall or busy roads nearby often need the closer schedule.
Our crew can keep your gutters on the schedule that fits your lot, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Ask us about the gutter services we offer on the same visit, and we will put the schedule in writing. To clean your gutters before the next storm, call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate.
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 has cleaned gutters across Delta, from older houses with deep troughs to newer ones with long, low runs, and delta gutter cleaning covers the whole city. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead times depend on the season, so the earlier you call, the sooner we can get your gutters on the calendar.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most homeowners book. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A clean run is the first line against a leak, so gutter maintenance done on time keeps small problems from reaching the fascia. Our cleaning and maintenance visit checks the runs for loose hangers and seams, and for any twig or seed casing that has lodged at the outlet, then reports what it sees. The gutter cleaning process is the same at every house: the crew calls ahead, clears the runs, flushes each downspout and sends photos. Booking a homeowner visit a month out in those windows is the safest move, and a call now gets you the date you want.
If you have a building with several units or a commercial lease, tell us that on the first call so we can schedule the crew around it. If your house already has gutter guards, say so too, so the crew knows what to lift and reseat. Our residential and commercial work runs on the same schedule, and the same crew handles both. Regular cleanings are easier to keep on the calendar than a one-time rush, so set the date while you are on the phone.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you the price during the call.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the first ice and the wet leaf load are what we find, and the runs that sag show up by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day availability depends on the calendar that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that each one carries the water away from the house and out across the landscape. Clogged downspouts get worked from the top when they will not clear from below. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards are part of the gutter system, and on our jobs they stop leaves and debris but not needles, seeds or grit, and that material sits on top of the guard and blocks the water. We clean the surface, lift the panels and check the flow.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or the downspout size, not what is sitting in the trough. Water that keeps running over the edge is how rot and structural damage start at the fascia, so send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If something changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it, and the number we quoted on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
