Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Mount Clemens homes, with each run flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. A clean run is how we protect your home from water damage. 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 your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have done their work on the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and tell us if you already see a clog or water coming over the edge.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our work on Mount Clemens homes is priced on how many stories the house has, how much square footage it covers, and what is packed into 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 run count is added up, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, from the same questions.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk changes how we work the run. A walk-out basement puts the back gutter well above the ground, so the ladder and the extra handling add time. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris that has to be loosened by hand before it will flow. A clog low in a run cuts the water flow, and poor drainage at the elbow is usually the first thing we check. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step on every run. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are already part of the price, never a line item added afterward, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice. Once a run is clean at the bottom, the flow test decides whether we move on.
On our local jobs the quote is usually shaped by the tree line and how long the gutters have gone without attention. A clogged rain gutter on a two-story house often has buildup at the elbows, and clogged downspouts can push water back toward the wall. The crew flushes each line until it runs clean at the bottom before the visit is done. A sag or a blockage in one run can hold standing water, and we report that with photos rather than trying to fix it on the spot. Either way, keeping water off the foundation and away from the landscape beside it is the point of the visit, and the quote reflects the actual work. Where a run is already showing structural damage, we say so in the report instead of folding it into the cleaning.
| 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 in Mount Clemens MI book twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Our schedule works the same way for residential and commercial work, so spring and fall are the two windows to plan around. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and when we open one in November we find a wet leaf mat that holds rainwater against the fascia and the roofline long enough to rot the board. A gutter that looks clean from the ground can still hide that paste. If the fall visit gets skipped, the runs that sag or pull loose by March are usually the ones that held ice all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings every three to four months are what keep the gutter from backing up, because needles and grit collect in the low runs between visits. Residential properties with few or no trees over the house usually need regular gutter cleaning once a year, in late fall. A guarded gutter system needs less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, since pollen and grit sit on top of the guard even when the trough underneath stays clean. Every visit includes debris removal, so nothing is left sitting on the guard. Each job ends with photos, so you can see the work whether or not you were home. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter rather than a general schedule. Ready to clean your gutters? 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.
We cover Mount Clemens MI and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and we work the city as a whole, so the crew that answers your call is the crew that climbs your ladder. Homeowners who call get the same three questions and a number before a date is held: your stories, the size of the house, and whether trees hang over the roof. A homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house helps us quote faster. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the date we can actually hold when you call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seed and leaf loads are heaviest and most homeowners think to book at once. Booking earlier in those windows keeps your date, and a late-season request may take a week or two to fit, since Mount Clemens gutter cleaning slots go fast. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts end to end, we flush every downspout, and the yard is left clean. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. A leak that shows up between visits is worth a call, not a wait. If the gutters are overflowing now, tell us when you call so the first slot can go to the house with water coming over the edge. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and keep your gutters clear between visits by reporting any sag or clog as soon as you see it.
Our cleaning services in Mount Clemens are priced from how many stories the house has and how much square footage it covers, along with what is packed into the gutters. We give it to you by phone or text, and it is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, as part of regular gutter maintenance. In spring we find seeds and pollen in the elbows; in fall the leaf mat and grit are what hold water. Skipping the fall visit is how we end up finding sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew arrives. The cleaning and maintenance checks happen on the same visit.
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.
Yes. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a flush: each line is flushed with water and watched until it runs clean at the bottom. If a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not twigs, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn wet rain away from the trough. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the lines and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue, because a gutter is only doing its job when it moves water away from your home.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before work starts, never after the invoice is written.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
