Our own crew gives every gutter on the house a clean pass, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your house size and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most homeowners here book in the spring and fall, which is when the gutters fill up fastest.
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. Every homeowner gets that number in writing before the gutter cleaning process starts, so the clean, the flush and the haul-off are all on one line. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a single number on a house is easier to check against what you see on the ladder. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate before anyone climbs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, which takes more setup time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and the odd twig, and that takes longer to clean. Gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included in the quote and never billed as extras, and the leaves are bagged and hauled away from your home, not dumped on the lawn. Any leak we find at a seam gets flagged, not repaired on the spot. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Heavy rainfall is what exposes a back run that has been neglected, because the water has nowhere to go but over the edge. Under heavy tree cover, the back run usually holds the most leaves and seed casings, and it takes the most passes to flush every downspout until it runs clean. Two cleanings a year on a set schedule cost less than repairing rot later, and cleaning and maintenance is what keeps each visit quick. Getting gutter maintenance on the calendar early keeps each visit short, so get your gutters booked before the buildup sets, and the number comes from your own house, by phone or text.
| 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 of our customers book twice a year: once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Ohio, the spring visit usually lands in late May to June. On our jobs the fall visit usually lands in late October to November, and it is the visit that matters most for the rain gutter, because Wickliffe averages about 44 inches of precipitation a year and October is one of its wettest months. In spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, and pollen paste that turns to a mat once it rains. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that blocks the outlet, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March, after the first hard freeze has been working on them. Starting the wet season with a clean gutter system is the cheapest way to avoid that.
Here, freeze risk is real. Ice forms at the eave when water backs up behind a blocked run, and it can lift shingles from underneath. Keeping the gutter system clean and clear before the first freeze is the cheapest protection we know of against that. Snow falls here from January through April and again in November and December, about 113.7 inches a year, so water trapped in a full trough has nowhere to go once it freezes. A single clog at the bottom of a downspout is enough to back up the whole run. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is a better rhythm, because leaves and debris pack the clogged downspouts between visits. With few or no trees around the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough.
Guards cut down how often you need to climb up there, but they do not remove the need for a visit. Surface grit still settles on top of the guard, and once it is wet it runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and check that water is still getting in. Where the yard landscape slopes toward the house, lawn runoff adds to what the gutter has to carry, which is one more reason to check it twice a year. Left alone, a full run is how structural damage starts, first as a fascia that begins to rot. Across Wickliffe, gutter cleaning services follow the same rhythm, and the same check covers commercial properties with long runs, where one blocked outlet can send water along the whole building. Each visit leaves the gutters clean and tells you whether they still carry water away from the foundation.
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 Wickliffe, OH and covers the whole city from the nearest base, with the same crew doing the work from start to finish. We work on Wickliffe homes of every size, and on residential and commercial buildings, and the process is the same for both.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote from your stories, your house size and whether trees hang over it, or text a photo of the house front if that is easier. Once the number is agreed, book a date and the crew confirms the window the day before. Lead time depends on the week and the season, and we tell you the first open date when you call. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so booking early gives you more choice of day.
Homeowners on a regular gutter cleaning schedule keep the calendar simple, since each visit stays short. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A sag in a run, or a seam that drips, gets flagged in the photo report, not fixed on the spot. Water flow is checked at the outlet of each downspout, and any drainage problem is written down before the crew leaves. A clog in one downspout backs up the whole run, so every downspout gets flushed. If you want to clean your gutters between visits, clear the trough rather than the guard, and check that the water runs away from the foundation. Gutter cleaning service on residential properties runs the same way, and debris removal is part of every visit, with the buildup bagged and hauled, never left on the ground. Booking the whole year at once is usually the simplest way to start, and it keeps the schedule clean.
The number comes from your stories and your house size, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text once you send a photo of the roofline. We do not give an estimate without knowing those two things, because a two-story house with a steep back run costs more to clean than one with a gentle slope. Once we have the numbers, the quote is the price we charge.
Across Ohio, most customers book late May or June for the spring visit and late October or November for the fall visit. On our jobs the fall visit is the one that counts most, since Wickliffe gets about 44 inches of precipitation a year and October is one of its wettest months. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat can freeze into the downspout, and we see sagging runs by March on houses that skipped it. Keep your gutters clean and clear before the first freeze so the rainwater has somewhere to go.
Yes. Guards cut down on the work but do not remove it. Surface grit still settles on top of the guard, and once it is wet it runs off the front edge, so a visit to clear the surface and flush every downspout still keeps the gutters clean. After the first visit, we tell you which schedule your lot needs.
Yes. We check the gutters and downspouts on every visit and flush every downspout, because a blockage or clog in one downspout sends water back into the gutter and over the front edge. Homes in the surrounding areas get the same check, and it takes a few minutes per downspout to see whether water is leaving at the outlet and whether the run is clean. That check is how we protect your home from water damage, and it is the first thing we report back to you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
