
Our own crew does gutter cleaning in Greenville OH, covering the whole house, not just the stretch you see from the driveway. We clean every gutter run by hand, flush every downspout, check that the drainage carries water away from the house, and haul the leaves away before we leave. Homeowners get photos of every run on their phone, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Ohio, most repeat customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house to book a date.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from three things: how many stories the house has, its square footage, and how much leaves and debris are sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Commercial properties are quoted on a site visit, since the gutter runs tend to be longer.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift, so the quote goes up. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot changes the setup. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted leaves, which is slower work, and each gutter guard we have to lift and reseat adds time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Greenville homes under mature trees fill with leaf litter faster than people expect. On a house like that, a back gutter run with a clog and a sag at the joint, plus clogged downspouts with buildup at the elbows, slows the water flow. We clean out the clog, flush the line and confirm the drainage carries water away from the foundation before we close out. A homeowner who sees a rain gutter pulling away from the fascia should call early, because standing water in a full gutter can cause structural damage over time.
| 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, most customers book spring and fall visits: a spring visit in late May to June and a fall visit in late October to November. Greenville OH gets about 40 inches of precipitation a year, and April, May and June are the wettest months, so rainwater is heaviest then, and the spring visit clears what the seed casings and pollen paste packed into the gutter. The fall visit comes after the last leaves drop and before the snow, which runs about 26 inches a year, mostly from December through March. Winters freeze here, and a gutter left full over the cold months can ice up at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, you want the runs clean every three to four months, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees over the roofline, once a year in late fall is usually enough. After the first visit we give you an estimate for the schedule your lot needs, and every gutter cleaning service we book from there follows that plan. Homeowners with a gutter guard still need that check, since surface litter sits on top of the guard. If you want to clean your gutters before storm season, book the spring visit early.
Heavy rainfall makes this worse. Gutters here clog faster when rainwater comes in heavy bursts, and a blockage that is fine in a light rain can overflow at the roofline in a storm. That is usually when people find a leak or a sagging run. Regular gutter cleaning keeps debris removal ahead of storm season, and a quick look at the clogged downspouts tells you whether anything is backing up. Across Ohio, severe thunderstorms and derechos are the storms that test a clean gutter system hardest. Residential and commercial gutter jobs follow this same pattern, since residential properties and commercial sites both collect the same leaf load.
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 covers the surrounding areas, and the same gutter cleaning applies to every neighborhood we serve. Booking starts with a phone call or text: send a photo of the front of the house, and tell us your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. Every homeowner gets the same straight quote, and the clean, the flush and the photos are all included. Repeat cleanings are booked the same way. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the gutter work.
Calendars fill in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so it is worth booking early for those. Outside those windows we can usually fit you in sooner. Our cleaning services are built around one goal: to protect your home from water damage, not just to empty the trough. To keep your gutters clear, the job is making sure the gutters and downspouts move water away from your home. Gutter guards get lifted and reseated on the same visit, and a clean gutter does more than look tidy. Book early and we will help get your gutters clear before the next storm.
Every visit we clean every gutter run by hand, flush every downspout and clear each rain gutter, then send the photos before we leave. Gutter maintenance is the same idea from year to year: the cleaning and maintenance visit checks the gutter runs, the downspout and the drainage at the outlet. Our gutter services cover residential properties and commercial sites alike. Greenville gutter cleaning is priced the same way for every house, based on the three things we mentioned, and the quote is the number you pay. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or book a date.
We give you the price for the gutter cleaning service by phone or text before you book. Nothing is added after the crew is on the roof unless we tell you about it first.
Across Ohio, most customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can already have a gutter sagging by March.
We confirm a date when you call, and we will look for the first opening that fits, so you can get your gutters cleaned before the next storm.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every gutter run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet and runs away from your home. We clean the gutter above it while we are there. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. A gutter system with guards still collects needles and seed casings on top of the guard, and grit settles underneath. We clean the surface, lift the panels and check that water is getting into the gutter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clogged run. Water left running over the edge can rot the fascia board and wash out the landscape beds below, so send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is.
Not unless we tell you first. If we find something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: a quote by phone, a clear scope, then the work and the photos. Gutter maintenance after that follows the same steps, and the cleaning and maintenance visit is always priced from that quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.