Our own crew cleans gutters in Upper, and every run is left clean. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the muck is hauled off, and you get 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. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills. Call (866) 435-6328 and book your slot before the calendar fills.
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. What you pay for upper gutter cleaning comes down to those three things, and we quote it over the phone or by text. A homeowner gets the number on the call, before any ladder goes up. 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 run.
On our jobs in Upper, a third story or a steep pitch the crew cannot walk takes more time and more care on the ladder, and that shows up in the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, so the back run is further up than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with compacted buildup, and that takes longer to clear than a run that is only leaves on top. A packed run also slows drainage. A clean trough drains, and leave it packed and it will sag under its own weight. A clog at the elbow adds time before anything else moves. If there are guards, we lift them, clear underneath and reseat them, and that is priced in.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and all of it is carried away from your home. We never bill them as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job, the house was a two-story with heavy tree cover over the back run. The quote moved because of the tree cover and what we found packed in the gutter, not because of anything we decided at the door. Homes vary, so the cleaning services in upper homes we quote are built from what is on your house, and we measure it before we give you a number. Clean your gutters on a schedule and the regular gutter cleaning goes faster, which is the easiest way to keep the bill steady over time. We also do residential and commercial work, and commercial properties get the same photos and the same schedule, so if you own a building as well as a home, we will quote both and keep them separate. Our residential properties visits are scheduled around the rain, not the other way round. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house to book your date.
| 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.
Most of our customers book twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down.
In spring the gutter is full of seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that packs the elbows. In fall it is the leaves and debris matting in the trough, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have pulled loose by late winter. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and backs up, and that is how a clog turns into a leak under the roofline. Once the trough is full, a rain gutter sends the water over the edge instead of down the downspout, and the blockage is usually at the elbow, not the top.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what keeps the water moving, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. Near a busy road, a construction site or a landscape bed that washes mulch into the trough, the same schedule applies. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards help, but they do not eliminate the job; the surface still needs clearing.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and we give you the estimate in writing. If you want to protect your home from water damage, the schedule matters more than the month. Keep your gutters running, carry water away from the house, and you avoid the slow rot that starts behind a full trough. A clean trough between visits is the easiest way to keep it that way. We flush every downspout on every visit, and the gutter services we offer are scheduled the same way for each house.
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 from the nearest base, and we work homes across Upper. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. Call (866) 435-6328 before we book the date. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, and most cleanings are booked there, so if you want a slot in the spring or the fall, ask early. Most of those calls come from homeowners. Lead time is quoted when you call, so call early if you want to get your gutters on the calendar.
If you see rainwater coming over the edge in a heavy rainfall, that is the moment to call, not the next spring. A leak behind the trough is the first sign the gutter system's water flow has slowed. Ask about the gutter cleaning process when you book, and we will walk you through it: the roof is cleared, the gutters come out, every downspout gets flushed, and the gutters go back up clean with the photos sent to your phone. That is the whole visit, and it is the cleaning and maintenance that keeps a house dry, which is why gutter maintenance runs on a schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, so we quote it by phone or text. Give us the stories, the rough square footage and whether there are trees over the house, and we tell you the price on the call for any home in upper oh.
Most of our customers book a spring visit after the seeds drop. Across Ohio, the spring window runs late May to June, and the fall visit comes after the leaves are down, usually late October to November. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find sagging runs by the first freeze on the houses that waited.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call (866) 435-6328. Same-day is only offered when the calendar allows it.
No, you do not need to be home. The 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. The crew leaves the yard clean.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and watched until it runs clear at the bottom. The whole job covers gutters and downspouts from the first run to the last. Where a downspout feeds an underground 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.
Yes. Guards keep whole leaves out, but the twigs, seeds, needles and grit from trees on the lot still settle on top and mat when wet. On our jobs guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, just less often.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that water can cause structural damage to the fascia. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The price only changes if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before work starts. Nothing new shows up on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
