Columbus gutter cleaning, done by our own crew: we clean the gutters, flush every downspout, flow-test the run and haul it all away, then send you photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and the calendar fills for both windows. To get your gutters done before the fall freeze, call (866) 435-6328 today.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The gutter cleaning process starts with the price, and the price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Columbus homeowners get the quote over the phone or by text, built from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and how steep the pitch is decide how long the job takes, so that is what we ask about first.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, and that changes the time on the ground. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the top run, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted gunk, and the crew needs longer to clear every section. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing the run, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and are never billed as extras. We clean each run from end to end so the rain can carry water away from the house. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On one house on a lot with heavy tree cover, the back run had a sag and a clog at the second outlet. A clean run was the goal, so the crew cleared the leaves and the clog, flushed the clogged downspouts and checked the drainage at the outlet, and the report with photos showed exactly where the water had been backing up. Left alone, a small clog turns into structural damage, so it goes in the report the same day. You can see that job in our case files. Most of our homes are not that bad, and most of the commercial properties we serve on a schedule are on the same routine. The homes and the commercial properties both get the same check of the rain gutter from end to end. To get a number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the gutters, and we will book a date that works.
| 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 to clean the gutters, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop, and once after the last leaves come down. Across Ohio, spring visits run late May to June, and severe thunderstorms and derechos load the gutters fast. Here in Columbus OH, heavy rainfall peaks in May, June and July, and the freeze that follows the leaves is why the fall visit matters. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and the water flow stops at the first bend, so the overflow runs down the siding just under the roofline. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat and the grit underneath it, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that bow or pull loose by March under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, our customers are on regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, because the needles, grit and the occasional twig pack the gutter between visits and a single blockage can back water up the wall. Near a busy road or a construction site the pattern is similar. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Gutter guards extend the time between cleanings but do not end it; the surface still gets cleaned, and rainwater still needs somewhere to go.
On a commercial building with a flat top and internal drains, the parapets and scuppers back up quietly, so those buildings are on a shorter schedule than pitched residential properties with the same tree cover. We apply the same check to residential and commercial buildings, so the schedule follows what is in the gutter, not the building type. We check and clean the buildup at each visit and tell the building manager what we find. After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters, based on what we found, not on a generic schedule.
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.
We clean gutters across Columbus and the surrounding areas, from the older neighborhoods to the newer subdivisions, and the crew covers the whole city from the nearest base without needing you to be close to it. Our cleaning services in Columbus reach houses and commercial buildings alike. A homeowner starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, built from your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The two busy windows of the year are spring and fall, and those are when the calendar fills first. If you call in those months, ask about the first open date, and we will tell you the lead time we have at that point. We do not promise a slot faster than the calendar shows. We offer gutter services for both homes and businesses, the crew keeps the same standard for each, and a clean run is the goal every time. Keeping your gutters clear is how you protect your home from water damage, so do not wait for a leak to show up in the ceiling.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. Tell us the house is two stories and roughly how big it is, and we will give you the exact figure before we schedule anything.
Most of our customers book in late spring, after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the leaves come down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can bend the runs and pull the hangers loose, and the fascia behind them can rot by March. The fall visit matters most here.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the date on the spot, with no surprises.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come into the house, and sends you photos of every run before the truck leaves. We clean from the ladder, and leftover material is bagged and carried away from your home, not blown onto the lawn or the landscape. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we clean every run, flush it and flow-test it, and we check where the water leaves. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, so we quote it separately and do not touch it until you agree to the price.
Yes. On a gutter system with guards, the guards stop the leaves but not the needles, seeds and grit that sit on top of them, so we clean the surface and check that water is still getting in. The job runs shorter under guards, but gutter maintenance is still needed, and our cleaning and maintenance is priced as a guarded system.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. The number we quote is the number we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any more work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
