Our own crew cleans gutters for Kent homeowners, every gutter run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we have kept that schedule on our jobs for years.
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 by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, 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 of gutter, but we would rather give you one total you can plan around.
On Kent homes, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come down with a clog of compacted debris, and that takes more hours than a yearly clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal 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.
On our jobs, the most common reason a gutter is in trouble is a run that has filled with leaves and seed paste until water has nowhere to go. We find clogged downspouts where the elbows are packed, and in the worst cases the trough has sagged and water is running over the front lip and along the fascia. Once we clear the run and flush it through, the water flow comes back, and most owners see the drainage return to normal the same day. Where the clean gets missed for a year or two, the buildup is heavier and the job takes longer, which is why we point to regular cleaning rather than waiting for overflow. A rain gutter that overflows means the gutter system is not carrying water away from your home, and that is where structural damage starts.
Our customer schedule is mostly the same from one house to the next: a clean in spring, a clean in fall, and a phone call if something looks off in between. Ask for a photo of the roofline when you call, and we can usually tell you from it whether the job is quick or heavy. We send the written estimate as a text so you have the figure in writing before any ladder goes up.
| 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, the spring visit falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October or November, after the last leaves are down. A typical house gets two cleanings a year on that schedule, and either visit catches most of what the season left. In spring we open the elbows and find them packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is leaves and debris on the wet mat that matters, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight of the first ice by March.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see work, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the outlets between visits and a clog that starts in June can back up before the wet July rains arrive. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep water moving. Near a busy road or active construction, plan on the shorter interval too, since dust and grit settle into the gutter faster. Gutter guards lower the amount of gutter maintenance you need, but the surface still gets cleared, because after heavy rainfall the mat on top of the guard is where the water stops going in.
Our gutter cleaning process starts once we are on the roof. We look at the gutters and downspouts from end to end and check for a blockage at each outlet, which tells us whether the water is carried away from your home or dumped at the wall. From that visit we can give a clean estimate for the next one, including how often the lot needs to come back. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found, not on a schedule we apply to every house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline 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.
Our Kent gutter cleaning services run on a regular route, and we keep the calendar full most of the year. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the eaves. A photo of the front of the house helps us get the estimate right the first time. Lead time varies with the season, and in the two busy windows, spring and fall, slots fill first.
Nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the homeowner gets the photos anyway. We call before we come, we work from the outside, and photos of every run arrive on your phone before the truck leaves. The clean helps protect your home from water damage by keeping rainwater moving away from the foundation, which is the whole point of the job. We also clean commercial properties in the surrounding areas, and residential properties get the same crew, so residential and commercial work both run on one schedule.
If you already have a service contract with us, we keep your gutters on the schedule, and booking the next visit takes a single call. If you are new to us, the first visit is also when we tell you how often your lot needs to come back. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house to book a date and get your gutters on the calendar before the next storm. Want us to clean your gutters this season? Same number.
The number comes from stories and size, so we give it to you by phone or text once we know those. Flushing and haul-off are included in that figure. If something changes the job when we get up there, you hear it before work starts.
Across Ohio, the spring visit falls in late May or June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October or November. Waiting past fall in Kent OH is where we see the trouble, because the first ice gets into a clogged run and by March it has sagged, and the fascia behind it can rot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Kent fill fastest in spring and fall, so we do not promise same-day unless we have an open slot that day.
No, you do not need to be home. Across Kent, our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run 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 watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a line runs underground, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and not pooling in the landscape. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that gets wet the water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface and check that water is still getting in, since cleaning and maintenance on a guarded gutter still means surface work. Gutter maintenance is less frequent with guards, not gone.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not the buildup. A leak behind the fascia after heavy rainfall points the same way. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote we give you from stories, size and tree cover is the number on the invoice. If we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you, and you agree before we continue.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
