Homeowners get our own crew from start to finish. We clean gutters, flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the debris away, and send 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 it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we are on the ladder with them each time.
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 give is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that gets to a similar place per run, but a foot-based figure hides what the crew actually finds once the ladder is up. A homeowner gets the number before anyone climbs, and residential properties and commercial properties are priced the same way.
What moves the price on our jobs is usually what we see when we get up the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run much higher than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with old grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Trenton homes, the clog we see most is the one nobody notices from the ground: a run that looks clear but has a packed elbow at the bottom, so drainage stops and water backs up in the trough. On one house with heavy tree cover, what we found was a sag at the back run and a buildup of wet leaves that had been there for two seasons. The price reflected the extra time to open every section and flush the clogged downspouts until the water flow ran clear at the outlet. Left alone, a backup like that spills rainwater over the rain gutter and into the fascia, which is how structural damage starts. Once the ladder is up, the sag is easy to see and the leaves and debris are easy to measure, which is why we price it that way.
Our job is simple: get the water away from the house, and nothing more. We are not here to upsell you on anything. If the rain runs off the front edge and the gutter is clean, we say so, and if the problem is a slope or a downspout too small for the house, we photograph it and tell you what it is. Text a photo of the front of the house and we can give you a sense of the job before the 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.
Across Michigan, spring visits run from late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Most of our customers book twice a year, in spring and fall, with the second visit in late October or November after the last leaves. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and in a freeze the runs on houses that skipped the fall visit can sag under ice. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is about right, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and the regular gutter cleaning schedule follows from that.
The gutter clog that catches people is usually a rainwater problem, not a dirty-looking gutter. Trenton gets about 37.4 inches of precipitation a year, and May, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall finds any blockage fast. A small leak at a seam is often the first sign. Water that cannot leave the rain gutter sits, rots the fascia board behind it and works its way under the first course of shingles. The same logic holds for residential and commercial buildings: keeping the roofline clean is what keeps the blockage from becoming a repair bill.
Guards cut the work down on residential properties but do not remove it, and debris removal is still part of every visit. Under guards we still find a mat of needles and grit on the surface, and we clean that off along with the trough. Plan on a visit at the same interval with the surface cleared. Keep to a set schedule to clean your gutters, and the guards stay useful; skip it and the mat wins. Whatever the tier, every gutter cleaning service visit starts with an estimate from the crew, not a schedule nobody checked.
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 Trenton gutter cleaning crew works across Trenton from the nearest base, and we take jobs in the surrounding areas too, so a request from any part of town gets the same visit. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate from stories, size and tree cover. Lead times change through the year, and we confirm the date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep. To get your gutters on the calendar in a busy month, call early.
Across Michigan the calendar fills in late spring and again in late fall, and those are the windows our customers here book around. Booking earlier in those months gives a homeowner more choice of day, and a leak caught early is a smaller job than a ceiling stain. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home, and the crew works outside without coming inside, then leaves the yard clean.
The job is the same on residential and commercial buildings, and it does not change because the house has gutter guards or open gutters. Whether you book one of our cleanings to protect your home from water damage or a plan to keep your gutters clean all year, our gutter services are built to keep the water moving away from the house. Gutters and downspouts get the same care: we flush every downspout and check the flow, and the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a figure here because a two-story house on a flat lot and one with a steep back run are different jobs. Tell us the stories, the square footage and whether there are trees over the house, and we will give you the number we will charge for our cleaning services in Trenton.
On our jobs here most customers book in spring and fall. Across Michigan the spring window runs late May to June, and the fall window runs late October to November. Treat it as gutter maintenance on a calendar, not a one-off. If you wait past the spring seed drop, the downspout is packed, the flush takes longer, and standing water can start to rot the board behind the gutter. In fall, the leaf mat is the thing to clean before the first freeze.
We confirm a date when you call, for any address across Trenton. Most slots come up within the week, and same-day is not something we promise. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you what the calendar looks like, so you can get your gutters booked on the same call.
No, you do not need to be home. The crew works outside, away from your home, and does not come inside. It 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, every downspout is flushed and we check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it, so you hear about it first.
Yes. Under gutter guards, a gutter system still collects a surface mat of needles, seed casings and the odd twig, and it can stop water from getting in. We clear the surface and check the flow. Under guards the job runs shorter than on an open gutter, but cleaning and maintenance does not go to zero, especially under big trees and a wooded landscape.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process sets the number before anyone climbs, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
