Our own crew leaves gutters clean in Thomas, every drainpipe flushed and flow-tested, the waste hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Michigan, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the ladder from the first call to the last photo.
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 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. Companies that price by length land in a similar place per linear foot, but on our jobs the number comes from the house, not from a meter. Every homeowner asks about cleaning services in Thomas, and the honest answer is that it depends on the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what the job looks like from the ladder, and what a clean finish would take.
What moves the quote on our local jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape that puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed solid with old muck and the odd twig that takes longer to lift out. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Drainpipe flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and the haul-off takes the waste away from your home. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. A leak found during the visit is photographed and reported, not patched on the spot, and heavy rainfall is usually what shows it first, even on a clean trough.
Here is one job that shows the pattern. A two-story home with a heavy tree canopy over the back run needed the trough cleared by hand, the drainpipes flushed until they ran clean at the bottom, and a second pass on the low corner where water had been standing. The house had no third story and no walk-out, so the quote stayed where we gave it. Under heavy tree cover, our customers also ask us to keep an eye on the same lot between visits, which is part of cleaning and maintenance, not just price. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every lot, and it is the core of our gutter maintenance. If you want a written estimate before the crew comes out, ask for it when you call and we will send it, and you can get your gutters on the calendar on the same call.
| 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 two cleanings a year, in late May or June after seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves. Across Michigan, spring visits run late May to June, which is when we open a gutter and find seeds packed into the drainpipe elbows and pollen paste sitting on top of the leaf guard. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that sagged under the ice. The picture across Thomas is similar, because the freeze arrives before the rain does.
Under heavy tree cover, which we see often in older neighborhoods, the schedule moves to every three to four months. Needles, grit and small twigs pack the drainpipes between visits, and a gutter that looks clean from the driveway can still be blocked at the outlet. A clog at the outlet is how clogged downspouts start, and in a wet spring it shows up fast. Few or no trees near the house, once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road or active construction we also move customers to shorter intervals, because the grit gets into the gutter system faster than leaves do. Guards cut down how often we need to clear the trough, but the surface still has to be cleared and the drainpipes still need flushing. If the lot is one of the commercial properties rather than a house, call first, because this page is about homes.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the trough and how the water ran at the outlet. A rain gutter that holds leaves and debris for a season starts to rot at the fascia, and that is structural damage nobody wants to pay for. We do not guess from the calendar, and a clean trough tells us a lot about the schedule. Our gutter cleaning services exist to keep water away from the house, not to fill a slot.
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 kept gutters clean in several neighborhoods, and we cover the town and surrounding areas as a whole from the nearest base without naming the base. Our gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to take. Thomas homes get the same process. We ask for that photo because the roofline tells us more than the address does. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the next open date when you call. The two busy windows are spring and fall, when most of our customers book, so it helps to call early in those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside, and the photos of every run arrive on your phone before the truck leaves. If the lot has heavy tree cover or a busy road nearby, tell us when you book so the crew brings the right ladder and the right number of hands. Tell us too if a run sags or has a buildup of grit, since a sag needs a different visit than a clean-out. We check drainage and water flow at the outlet on every visit, not just the trough. Regular gutter cleaning on residential properties is cheaper than debris removal after a clog has been left to sit, so that is the simple reason to book on a schedule. A lot that is residential and commercial in one needs a call first too. Want to clean your gutters before the next storm? Call (866) 435-6328.
Cost is one of the first things homeowners ask, and the number comes from stories and square footage, so we quote it by phone or by text rather than give a figure here. Tell us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will give you one number that works as your estimate. That number is the number we charge on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall, after the seed drop and after the last leaves. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find ice at the eave and runs that have started to sag. Across Michigan the timing is the same, so a late fall visit is usually the one that matters most. To keep your gutters working through the wettest months, May, June and August, plan around heavy rainfall, because a clog shows up as rainwater over the edge.
We confirm a date in Thomas MI when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar fills in spring and fall. If you need a date sooner, tell us when you call and we will check what is open for a clean run before the rain.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drainpipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Keeping ladders off the gutter lip is how we protect your home from scuffs on the siding. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clean at the outlet. Where a drainpipe feeds an underground line, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of your gutters and downspouts, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and wet into a mat that runs water over the front edge. On our jobs the surface still gets cleared and the drainpipes still get flushed, though the trough usually comes out clean and faster.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or drainpipe size, not debris. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Fixing it early keeps the fascia dry and your home from water damage. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a steeper section we cannot walk or a run that has been packed for years. A blockage at the eave that the crew cannot clear from the ladder is one example, and we raise it as soon as we see it. In that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Our gutter services cover Thomas and surrounding areas, and the number we quote by 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.
