Our own crew cleans gutters in Pontiac, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and muck hauled away, and photos of every run on your phone before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we have been doing it on these streets long enough to know what a clogged run looks like by the time it reaches the edge.
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 sitting in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. Pontiac homes vary too much for a per-foot rate, so our gutter cleaning services are quoted per house. The number we quote is the number we charge, and a homeowner has it before a single ladder goes up. Even a clean trough takes time on a three-story house. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but a house is quoted on what the crew finds, not on how many feet of trough it has.
What moves the quote on our jobs is pretty consistent. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run well above the grade you see from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck that has to be cut and lifted, not scooped, and a run with a sag in it takes longer to get clear. Guards add time up top, since the panels come off and go back on. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of leaves and debris are included in the quote and never added to the bill. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the buildup we see most is seeds and leaf mat packed into the first elbow of a downspout, which is where the clog sits in a gutter system that still looks clear from the ground. A rain gutter can look fine from the lawn and still hold a low run, where the leaves settle and the water stops moving. Once the crew clears that elbow, we flush every downspout and the water flow at the bottom should run clean, and any dip at the front run gets noted so the owner can decide what to do about it. Clogged downspouts that go unchecked are how structural damage starts, and they are easier to catch while the job is still a cleaning. Where water finds a clear path the drainage works, and where it does not, we say so. Commercial properties in the area see the same pattern on flat sections with internal drains, and the same rule applies: get the water away before it finds the wall. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will give you the number before anyone books a date.
| 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 Pontiac MI customers book a visit in spring and fall, twice a year, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. Across Michigan, the spring visit lands in late May to June, when seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack into the elbows of the gutter. The fall visit lands in late October to November, when the wet leaf mat builds up. Snow here runs about 36 inches a year, and it falls from November through March, so houses that skip the fall visit tend to show loose runs by March. Freezing months are the reason we push the fall visit hardest, because trapped rainwater at the eave turns into an ice dam and lifts the shingles from underneath. Clean gutters before the freeze cost less than a repair after it.
The schedule depends on the lot, and we set it the same way for residential and commercial buildings. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, plan on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains and a clog can form between visits. Residential properties with few or no trees are fine on once a year in late fall. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the trough empty between the big seasonal visits, and debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left on the ground. Gutter guards change the work but not the need, so keep your gutters on the same rhythm even with guards. They keep leaves out of the trough while the surface still collects needles and grit, and that surface still gets cleared, just less often. Keeping gutters clean through the seasons keeps a loose run from forming.
Gutters follow the roofline, so the runs closest to the trees collect the most. On a lot with no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough, and clean your gutters then if that is the only visit you book. Under tree cover, check the first elbow of each downspout between visits, since that is where the first blockage shows. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot needs and put it in writing on the invoice, so the schedule is yours to keep. Ask for an estimate by phone or text, and our gutter cleaning service is scheduled around that rhythm. A blockage found early is easy to clear on one visit.
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 Pontiac and the surrounding areas, and a homeowner can book by phone or text. Gutter services are priced by house, from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and a photo of the front is easy to send if you have one. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text the photo and we will come back with a date. The local climate brings 33.9 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a clog shows first. A single twig in an elbow can start a clog, and a leak at a seam is far easier to catch on the ladder than after the ceiling stains. During the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, the calendar fills first, so book early if your visit has to land in a particular week, and Pontiac gutter cleaning bookings move fastest then. We call before we come, and the visit runs fine without you there. If the house has gutter guards, the crew lifts the panels and clears underneath before reseating them. Repeat customers book their cleanings on the same schedule each year, and the crew checks the gutters and downspouts and will flush every downspout while watching the water flow. The crew leaves the gutters clean and the ground clean. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, so keep your gutters on that schedule.
The price for gutter cleaning services in Pontiac comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure in writing before we know those two things. Once you tell us, the price we give is the price we charge. Clean gutters are one way to keep water moving away from your home.
Most of our customers here book a spring visit, after the seeds and pollen drop, and a fall visit in late October or November. If the fall visit is skipped, a loose run or rot at the fascia board is a common finding by the next spring, so that is the visit we push hardest in freezing months. Regular gutter maintenance keeps each visit short.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Our crew books gutter cleaning across Pontiac, and when you call we tell you the earliest slot we have, so you can get your gutters on the schedule. Most open dates come up within the week. We confirm the date when you book, and we call before we arrive.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process is outside work, and the crew does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets indoors while the lift or ladders are up, and move any cars off the driveway if the runs face it. Keep the landscape around the house clear so the ladder feet have firm ground.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground 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.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and shingle grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge. A clean trough under the guard is not proof the water is flowing. Guards change the cleaning and maintenance schedule but not the need, so the surface still gets cleared and the downspout still gets flushed.
A gutter system that is clean and still spills water after heavy rainfall points to a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video taken in the rain, and we will say what the problem is instead of selling another visit.
Only if the job itself changes. In that case you hear about it and agree before work starts, and anything we find is photographed and reported, not added to the bill without your approval.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
