Our own crew does every gutter cleaning with each run flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of each run sent to you before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners book in spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across Ohio long enough to know where clogs start. Tell us about the house and we will tell you what it needs.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the buildup matter more than the length.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that is slower work than a yearly clean. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Each of these gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every quote. We flush each drop pipe and watch the water run clear at the bottom, and where a pipe feeds an underground drainage line we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Homes vary a lot. Some have a single gutter run and a clean gutter line, and the crew is in and out in under an hour. Others have a long clog in the back where one run drains toward the landscape beds. On several of our jobs the quote moved because of tree cover over the roof, not the stories: leaves and debris sat on the back run and had started to sag the hangers. That is what we look for on the phone call before we give you a number. If you can text a photo of the front of the house, we can usually tell you the range faster.
Commercial properties are priced per building from the same questions about stories and tree cover, and when a rain gutter has overflowed for a season, the structural damage at the fascia is photographed and reported rather than sold as a repair. We always check the water flow after the clean, making sure it carries water away from your home and not just that the trough is empty. Any clogged downspouts get the same flow test, and if one is not carrying water away we say so on the report and show you the photo.
| 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.
Homeowners book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Ohio the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs late October to November. That is the simplest schedule to clean your gutters before the seeds and leaves pile up, and it is what our crews see the most.
In spring, the drop elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that slowly turns into a dense mat. In fall, it is the wet leaf load, and if the first hard freeze comes before the gutters are clear, the first ice forms at the eave and backs up under the shingles. We have opened gutters in March on houses that skipped the fall visit and found runs that sagged under that ice. A fall clean before the freeze is the cheapest way to keep a gutter line from pulling loose, since a blockage at the eave is what lets the ice form.
Under heavy tree cover, one twig can jam a drop pipe, and near a busy road or a construction site where grit blows in, the trough refills faster than on an open lot. Those lots go on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drop pipes between visits. A house with few or no trees can often go once a year in late fall. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, and we do it.
Hamilton gets about 41.4 inches of precipitation a year, with April, May and June the wettest months, so the heavy rainfall of late spring is the first real test of a clean trough, and a full gutter that sends rainwater over the front edge instead of down the downspout starts rot on the fascia and soffit, which is why a regular gutter cleaning service matters.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the trough and the drop pipes. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate and a 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.
Our crew provides cleaning services in Hamilton from the nearest base, covering the surrounding areas. Booking runs by phone or text for all of our gutter cleaning services. We ask for stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and our calendar fills in the busy windows of late spring and late fall, so book early if you want a particular week.
We call before we come. A homeowner at work is fine, since nobody needs to be home for exterior work and the crew does not come inside. We clean residential properties and handle residential and commercial sites on the same booking calendar. Ask us to keep a side gate unlocked and we will note it on the job.
Keep your gutters working through the seasons by booking spring and fall cleanings on the same calendar each year. The crew can flush every downspout and check the flow in one visit, and gutters and downspouts are checked as one job, so a single appointment covers the whole house. Every one of our gutter services ends with a photo report. Here is the gutter cleaning process from first call to invoice: we confirm stories and tree cover, the crew clears the troughs and runs, and the photos go to your phone before the truck leaves.
We have cleaned homes across Hamilton where a clogged gutter run sent water pooling against the foundation, and a quick visit prevented a wet basement. Clean gutters help protect your home from water damage, and a small leak caught early costs far less than the rot it feeds, so if the gutters on your home are overflowing now, call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters checked and we will tell you what we see before anyone talks about money.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details because a two-story house with a clear trough and one with packed back runs are very different jobs. Once we have the details we tell you the number, and that is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. In spring the seeds and pollen have packed the elbows, and in fall the leaves have built a wet mat before the first freeze. Two visits a year is the simplest gutter maintenance schedule for most homes, and waiting past the first hard freeze is when we most often find sagging runs and ice at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day visits depend on the calendar that day, so ask us when you book.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every 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 drop pipe and watch the water run clear at the bottom, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet where a pipe feeds an underground drainage line. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out of a gutter system, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat that runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the drop pipes and reseat the guards. Guards still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or drop pipe size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
