Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts on every house we visit in Centerville OH. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul the mess off, and send photos of every run before we leave, so you can see each one clean. The price for our gutter cleaning services comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the gutters, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Ohio, most of the houses we clean are booked for the spring and fall visits, and we can usually tell you which one your gutters need on the first call.
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, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge for a clean job. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total on your house is what matters, so we give you that total before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat to get at the trough. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, and haul-off is already in the number, never billed as an extra. Once a run is clean, the water flow test tells us whether the slope is doing its job. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice afterward.
Every gutter system we clean gets the same gutter cleaning process, and it is the same on every visit. When we open a clog on Centerville homes, we usually find the buildup concentrated at the elbows and the first few feet below the roofline, where leaves and debris hold water. When a front run has sagged from years of standing water, the job takes more time to get clean and check the drainage on both ends, and the quote reflects that. Left alone, a sag like that is how rot and structural damage start at the fascia. The number for your house comes from your house. Our crew works on residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the same approach to flushing and checking water away from your home applies to both, so there are no surprises when the bill arrives.
If your gutters are overflowing or you can see clogged downspouts after rain, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the gutters. We will give you the figure on the phone and send photos of every run once the job is done.
| 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 twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Ohio the spring and fall schedule holds for most houses, with the spring visit falling in late May to June and, in Centerville OH, the fall visit usually landing in late October to November. The calendar on any one lot still depends on the landscape around it, so the right time to clean your gutters is set by the trees, not the date alone.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows and the first few feet of each downspout. April, May and June are the wettest months, and with about 43 inches of precipitation a year, heavy rainfall finds any clog fast; rainwater has nowhere to go once a clog forms at the elbow. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skip the fall visit we see the gutter run sag and pull loose by March, after the first ice has sat on the gutter. Snowfall averages 12.3 inches a year, mostly from December through March, and where freeze risk is high, ice dams form at the eave when water backs up behind a clogged run, so the fall clean is the one that protects the roofline before winter. Where winters are milder, the wet leaf mat is what we clear before the rainy season.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because twig, needle and grit buildup packs the downspouts between visits and can turn a rain gutter into a blockage in a single storm. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards cut down how often you need the full clean, but we still clear the surface mess on top of them, and debris removal is part of every visit, so the gutters go back clean. After the first visit we tell you which gutter maintenance tier your lot actually needs, and the notes we keep let you keep your gutters on schedule without guessing.
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.
Centerville gutter cleaning covers the whole city and surrounding areas from the nearest base, and our gutter services carry no separate charge for distance. Booking runs through a short phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text, and it works the same for residential and commercial clients: we ask for the number of stories, an estimate of square footage and whether trees hang over the gutters, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills with homeowners on their regular schedule. Book early in those months if you want to get your gutters done on a specific day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work on the outside of the house, so you can keep to your day while we work.
A homeowner who books regular cleanings sees fewer surprises, fewer stains on the siding and less chance of a leak reaching the eave or the foundation. If you keep your gutters clear between visits, it is far easier to protect your home from water damage. If you have questions about what cleaning and maintenance should cover on your gutters, ask us on the call, and we will tell you plainly what is in the job and what is not.
Each gutter cleaning service quote comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range on the page because two houses on the same street can need very different work.
Our customers here usually book late May or June after the seed drop, and late October or November after the leaves. A clean start in late spring means fewer surprises in the fall. If you wait past fall, we find ice and sagging runs by March on the houses that skipped the visit, and rot can follow behind a sag.
Same-day depends on the day, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Centerville book fastest in late spring and late fall, so call early if you want to get your gutters done sooner.
No. The work happens outside, our crew does not come into the house, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves, so you see it clean without being there.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the water flow at the outlet, and that is part of our cleaning and maintenance visit. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, but less often. Gutter guards change the gutter maintenance schedule, not whether it is needed. If the landscape around your house drops needles and seeds, we find them threaded through the mesh and sitting on top, with grit underneath, so we lift the panels, clear what is there and check the water flow.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before work starts. Our number on the 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.
