Our own crew cleans gutters in Alliance, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and 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 the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Alliance customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to quote you whenever it suits.
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 the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, so every homeowner should ask how the gutter system price was built, whichever way they go. Ask too whether the quote leaves the trough clean from end to end.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before the crew starts to clean, never on the invoice.
Alliance homeowners see the same things again and again on our jobs. Homes with a clog in the back run usually show water flow problems at the downspout, and clogged downspouts from a twig jam or buildup are what drives the time. We check drainage on every run, and where a sag or a pulled hanger shows up we photograph it and report it, not sell it. Most of our residential and commercial customers settle into a regular gutter cleaning schedule once they see what their gutters carry, and we work commercial properties and residential properties the same way. Ask us what we would clean first on your house, and we will tell you plainly what we found.
| 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 Alliance OH book twice a year, and that schedule is the easiest way to clean your gutters before the next storm. Across Ohio the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October or November, after the last leaves. In Alliance the wettest stretch runs May through July, and heavy rainfall in those months packs the downspout elbows with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, plan on a visit every three to four months. Needles and grit build up in the drains between visits, and a clog can form before you notice the trough is filling. Clogged outlets are often the first sign, so watch the drain at the bottom. With few or no trees, a yearly visit in late fall is usually enough to keep the trough clean, and near a busy road or construction the cleanings move closer to the quarterly end. A leak at the eave, a stain on the soffit, a sagging run or a blockage is the signal to call before the next scheduled visit. Ask us for an estimate after the first visit, and we will tell you which tier your lot actually needs and keep your gutters and downspouts on that schedule.
The point of the schedule is to protect your home from water damage, not just to keep the trough looking clean. Rainwater that stays in the gutter finds the roofline, the fascia and the foundation in the surrounding areas, and over time it can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia and soffit. Every visit we flush every downspout and check where the water goes, because water away from your home is the whole job. A clean gutter that still sheds water over the edge is not doing its job. So get your gutters on that schedule, because that is the part of our gutter services that does the most for the house.
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 covers Alliance from the nearest base, and our cleaning services in Alliance run the same way on every street. Booking runs by phone or text: give us the number of stories, the rough size of the house, whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front if it is easy. Call (866) 435-6328 to book and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Each visit starts the same way, with the gutters first, so the roofline and the wall come down clean before anyone touches the glass.
The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Outside those windows a slot usually opens sooner, and we will tell you the lead time when you call. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: the leaves and twigs come out, the trough is left clean, the drains get flushed and checked, and the photos go to your phone before the crew leaves. Our cleaning and maintenance plan is the same on every visit, and it includes a check for any sag, loose hanger or leak. If the work turns up something that needs a different trade, we say so and leave the decision with you.
Getting your gutters on the calendar ahead of the wet months is the quickest way to stay ahead of heavy rainfall. Between visits, gutter maintenance mostly means watching the drains and the landscape below them, since water that runs off the roof and pools in the beds is the first sign something is wrong. A visit is worth booking as soon as the gutters start to sheet water over the edge, and the rain gutter check and the trough cleaning are part of the same visit.
The number comes from the stories, the size and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text, and that quote is what you pay.
Across Ohio the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October or November, and most of our Alliance customers follow that pattern. If the fall visit is skipped, the gutter system often shows rot or a sag by March, when the ice has been working on it.
Same-day slots depend on the day. Call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm a date while you are on the line, and most requests come up within the week.
No. We work outside and do not come inside, and we call before we arrive. Keep the side gate unlocked and pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed, clogged downspouts are cleared from the top before we leave, and we check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep out the leaves and debris, but needles, seed casings and grit still build on top and clog the path underneath, so the surface still needs a clean.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video of the rain gutter in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Not without you hearing about it first. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it before work starts and nothing goes on the invoice unagreed.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
