Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts across Woodhaven, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Michigan most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed, pollen and leaf drop have finished. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and we will tell you what a clean finish looks like before the crew arrives.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services for Woodhaven homes start with those three questions, and the whole gutter system gets looked at before we quote, not just the front run. We quote it over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the measurements are done.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves, and a clog that deep usually means the drainage at the outlet has been failing for a while. Guards we have to lift and reseat take extra handling. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our Woodhaven jobs the quote most often moved on the tree cover and landscape over the back run and on how long the gutters had gone without a clean. One customer with a two-story house and heavy overhang had the back run packed with leaves and debris from a wet fall; the crew flushed every downspout, found clogged downspouts at the rear corner, and the flow test confirmed the water flow was moving away from your home. The quote matched the invoice. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can tell you where your lot falls in that picture.
| 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.
Ask any homeowner when to clean your gutters and the honest answer depends on the trees overhead. Across Michigan most customers book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves have come down. On our Woodhaven MI jobs, when we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and pollen buildup packed into the elbows, and in November we find a wet leaf mat along the roofline that holds water against the fascia. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall visit comes before the first ice, because runs that sag or pull loose by March usually skipped it.
Under heavy tree cover, a clean every three to four months keeps the rainwater moving, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the same interval holds. Residential and commercial buildings follow the same rule, since the trees overhead set the interval for commercial properties and residential properties alike. With few or no trees near the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing and the downspout still needs a flush, so a guard is not a reason to skip the visit.
A rain gutter that holds a clog through a wet season turns into a blockage at the outlet, and by spring the overflow has started cutting the soil at the foundation while the fascia board behind it starts to rot. Left long enough, that clog can lead to structural damage, especially in a freeze. Our estimate after the first clean tells you which tier your lot actually needs. Schedule a regular gutter cleaning service and we set the next date before we leave, on the calendar you pick.
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 gutter services reach the Woodhaven side of town, and the crew covers the whole city from the nearest base. Booking Woodhaven gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the square footage and your tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season and the calendar, and we confirm a date when you call. Our calendar fills in late May and again in late October, so the earlier you call the better the slot. Woodhaven homeowners get the same quote process on every call, and gutter problems in surrounding areas usually look the same as in town: a clog at the outlet and a soft fascia.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from outside, and every homeowner gets photos of every run on their phone. Between cleanings, keep your gutters clean and working by clearing leaves off the surface after heavy rainfall, and call (866) 435-6328 if water starts coming over the edge or a leak shows up at a seam. Our process starts with a clean and ends when we flush every downspout, so the water leaves the roof and the foundation stays dry. The flush and flow test keep water away from your home, and that helps protect your home from water damage over time.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range here, because the three things that set the number are the ones we ask about first. The quote covers the full clean, downspout flushing and haul-away of the leaves.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds and pollen packed in, and in November the wet leaf mat is the problem. Waiting past the first freeze means the ice can start pulling runs loose before spring.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that day, so our cleaning services in Woodhaven come with an honest lead time on the phone rather than a promise. Booking gutter maintenance ahead of the season gives you more choice of dates.
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, keep the landscape along the ladder path clear, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check the outlet to confirm water is leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and underneath. We lift the panels, leave the surface clean, flush the downspout and reseat the guards. Guards change the cleaning and maintenance schedule, but the gutter cleaning process still happens.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size 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 problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before they start. The quote on the phone is the invoice, and a clean job with no surprises is the goal.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
