Our own crew gives your gutters a clean, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off in bags, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on those roofs for a long time.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Price is the first question we get on most Cincinnati homes. The price depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote each cleaning over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place, though the math is less direct for a homeowner. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more set-up. A walk-out basement or sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened to clean in years has a buildup of packed-in leaf mat and grit that has to come out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our jobs the gutter is rarely the only problem. Where a run has slipped or the outlets are blocked, water backs up and sits against the fascia until something gives. Clogged gutters and downspouts send rainwater to the wrong place instead of away from your home, and that is how structural damage starts at the eave. Heavy rainfall shows it fast, and water flow runs over the edge instead of away from the house. Residential and commercial properties see the same pattern, so we check every outlet before we leave and photograph the discharge. We clean for clog removal, drainage and water away from the foundation, and the price of that work is the price we quote.
| 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.
On our jobs across Cincinnati OH, most customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the leaves and debris come down. When we open a gutter here in May we usually find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag by March. Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the rainwater moving, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Few or no trees, one clean a year in late fall is usually enough. Every clog we clear is a blockage that would have become an overflow, and most of our customers would rather book the visit than the repair.
Guarded gutters on residential properties need less frequent cleaning and maintenance, but our gutter cleaning service still clears the surface and checks the underside of the gutter. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you when to clean your gutters on your lot once we have been up on it.
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 cover the surrounding areas from the nearest crew base, and we clean across Cincinnati with the calendar filling fastest in the two busy windows of spring and fall. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from stories, size and tree cover. Booking now helps protect your home from water damage before a leak shows up on the ceiling. Booking Cincinnati gutter cleaning takes one call: we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so the visit fits around your week. A slot often opens up within the week in a quieter stretch, and we confirm the exact date when you call. Keep the front gate clear and tell us about any loose hangers or twig litter, and we will flush every downspout and send you the photos. Keep your gutters and downspouts clean between visits, and tell us if you have gutter guards, since they change the time on the roof.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the roof, plus what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house and we will quote it from those three things. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Across Ohio, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit falls in late October to November, once the leaves are down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can turn into an ice dam at the eave. We find this most often on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Our cleaning services in Cincinnati fill fastest in spring and fall. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Text a photo of the house front and we can tell you quickly what the lot needs.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move landscape pots off the path, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a line drains underground and water is not coming out, we tell you and photograph it. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards do not end gutter maintenance. They stop leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit that sit on top and turn into paste. On our jobs we clean the surface, flush the outlets and check the underside of the gutter, which usually runs on a shorter cycle than an open system.
A gutter system that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a clog. Water running over the edge is what starts rot in the fascia, so send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process is built on one rule: if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
