Our own crew cleans gutters in Dayton, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything 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 is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Dayton customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf fall have finished and the gutters are holding the most debris.
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 sitting 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. Our gutter cleaning services price residential and commercial jobs from the same three questions, whether it is for Dayton homeowners or one of our commercial properties. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot can put the back run far above the ground, which changes how we set up. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and they rarely look clean after one pass. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Dayton homes we have seen a gutter that looked clear from the driveway hold a full run of sludge once the crew opened it, with water backing up behind the fascia, into the roofline and down onto the landscape. Getting that gutter clean and checking the flow is part of the same visit, and it is why we keep the gutter, the clog and the drainage on the same list. Clean your gutters on a set schedule and the buildup stays a manageable job. Let it sit and the sag, the leak and the water flow problems start to show. Regular gutter cleaning is the cheapest way to protect the house and keep water away from your home, and it is what we do on residential properties across the city. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate by the end of the day.
| 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 Dayton OH jobs most customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here in May, the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet mat of leaves and gunk, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, the runs are rarely clean by March and some have already sagged or pulled loose.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see work, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the same schedule applies. Few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep your gutters clean. Guards slow the buildup, but the surface still needs a clean on the same schedule, or the water backs up and the fascia starts to rot.
A clog that stays in the rainwater path long enough becomes a blockage at the elbow, and that is where the water starts coming over the roofline instead of out the bottom. Even a single twig caught at the elbow can start it. We flush every downspout on each visit so the water finds its way out of the gutter system. The point of the schedule is to keep the gutter clean enough that it never gets that far, which is a simple way to protect your home from water damage. Our gutter services run on that schedule, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we keep notes so the next visit starts from what we found the time before.
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 works across Dayton and the surrounding areas, covering the whole city from the nearest base. Our gutter cleaning process starts with one message. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text, and we ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. If the house has gutter guards, mention it on the call. From there we confirm a date and an arrival window, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our Dayton gutter cleaning calendar fills in the spring and in the fall, the same two windows when most homeowners think about their gutters. Booking early in those windows gives you the most choice of day. Outside them the lead time is usually shorter, and we tell you the first open date when you call.
A homeowner who keeps to a regular schedule has fewer surprises, because the crew sees the same runs and knows where the trouble spots are and what a clean run looks like. If you are looking for gutter maintenance that is consistent from one visit to the next, this is the work we are set up for. The cleaning and maintenance visits follow the same checklist each time, and every visit ends with the gutters clean and the downspouts flowing. For a heavy rainfall forecast, call us before the storm and we will do what we can to get your gutters on the calendar first.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the rough square footage, whether trees hang over the roof and how much leaves and debris sit in the gutters, and you will have the number before you book.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, and a clean gutter going into winter is the goal. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we see ice and sagging runs that a fall visit would have prevented, so the fall visit is the one we push hardest. Water trapped in clogged downspouts that freezes can also crack joints and lead to structural damage.
Same-day slots are not something we promise. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. The crew works outside, on houses and commercial properties alike, does not come inside, and leaves the yard clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
We check the gutters and downspouts as one system: we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves the outlet clean. If a run drains into an underground line, we tell you whether water is getting out at the far end. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, leaves stop at the gutter guards, but tree seeds, seed balls and grit get through and mat on top of it. We lift the panels, clean underneath and check that water is actually getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water that has been pouring over the edge for a long time can cause rot at the fascia and wash soil out of the landscape by the foundation. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree before the crew starts. The number we quote 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.
