Our own crew cleans gutters in Genoa, OH, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave so you can see it is clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are the two windows most people plan around, and we are set up for both.
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 gutter, top to bottom. Some outfits price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is known. Our gutter services and our cleaning services in Genoa are quoted from those same three things. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate to get your gutters booked.
A few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. A gutter system that has not been opened in years comes down packed with compacted leaves and grit, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add labor. A clogged downspout gets flushed as part of the visit. If anything changes the job, we say so before the crew climbs.
Tree cover is the other big swing. Heavy canopy over the roofline means more needles, seed and grit in the runs, and a twig or seed pod can set a clog in the elbow that has to be cleared by hand. A packed run can also hide a leak at a joint, and the cleanings you skipped show up there first. Every homeowner gets the number before the crew is booked, and we will tell you what we expect to find before we come out. Once the run is clean again, the water moves on its own. Ask us about gutter maintenance for your own house and we will say what moves your 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.
Across Ohio, late May to June is the usual spring window, after the seed and pollen drop. In Genoa, late October to November is the usual fall window, after the last leaves and debris come down. Genoa gets 32.4 inches of precipitation a year, and April, May and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall means rainwater finds a clogged run fast. Open a gutter in May and you tend to find seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen turned to paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and a rain gutter left full is the first thing to sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice, which is how structural damage and rot start. Freezes are real here, and the ice dams that form at the eave are the reason fall matters so much.
Under heavy tree cover, plan on a visit every three to four months, because needles, seed and grit make a buildup in the runs between visits and landscape material blows in from the yard. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. A guarded gutter system needs less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, since a wet mat on top of the guard keeps the water from getting in. Our cleaning and maintenance schedule is built around what the roofline actually collects, and gutter maintenance follows the same rule. Regular visits help protect your home from water damage and keep water away from the foundation, so ask us when to clean your gutters for your lot.
A lot with no trees over the roofline usually needs one visit a year, and what you find each fall is a light leaf layer and a run that is still clean. A lot under trees usually needs visits every three to four months, and what you find between them is a packed elbow and clogged downspouts that have to be flushed. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Commercial properties are scheduled the same way. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house to book a date.
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 serve Genoa homes and the surrounding areas. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial properties, and our gutter services start with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm a date when you do. We call before we come. The busiest windows on our calendar are spring and fall, so if you want to get your gutters booked in those months, it helps to book early.
Heavy rainfall shows which runs fill first, and those are the ones we check first. Our gutter cleaning process runs the same way on every visit. We check gutters and downspouts together, because a clean run with a clog at the outlet still overflows and drainage stops there. Good water flow at the outlet is what we check for, and any downspout that has sat clogged since the last cleaning is the first one we flush. Our regular gutter cleaning is scheduled around the same windows for residential properties, so the crew comes back to the same runs each visit, and any run that sags is photographed and reported. Debris removal comes with every visit, so nothing is left in the trough.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give that estimate by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without that information. Once you have the quote, that is what the job costs.
Late May to June is the usual spring window across Ohio, and in Genoa late October to November is the usual fall window. Homeowners who wait past spring tend to find seed and pollen packed into the elbows, and a leaf mat that sits into winter can freeze into ice dams at the eave.
We confirm a date when you call, and the phone is the fastest way to find out what we have open in Genoa OH.
No, you can be away from your home during the visit. The crew works from the ground and the ladder, and photos of the runs come to your phone before the truck leaves. Just leave a clear path to the back of the house and keep animals inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, check the flow at the outlet, and leave the trough clean. If water is not leaving through an underground line, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, but less often. Under guards a wet mat sits on top and grit settles underneath, and the surface still has to be cleared if you want to keep your gutters flowing. A clean surface is what lets the water in.
If a clean gutter still runs over the edge in a storm, the trouble is usually slope, capacity or a clog or blockage at the outlet, not a full trough. Send us a clip taken during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is. We will not bill a second cleaning to fix a slope.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we talk it through with you before any extra work starts. The quote on the phone is what you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
