Our own crew cleans gutters in Wilmington, flushing and flow-testing every pipe, hauling the debris away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Ohio, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our 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 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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but we quote the whole house so you can see the total before anyone climbs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is the same every time. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with leaves and debris compacted in the runs and clogged downspouts at the bottom. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the Wilmington homes we visit have been waiting a while, so the buildup is heavier than people expect. On one recent house off a quiet street, the rain gutter had sag from a season of wet leaves and two drain pipes were running slow. The crew cleared the runs, flushed every drain pipe until the water came out clean at the bottom, and photographed each run before leaving. The quote on the phone was the number on the invoice. We do the same check on water away from your home, and if it is pooling at the foundation we say so.
Commercial properties follow the same logic, priced per building, and residential and commercial work are scheduled by the same crew. Whether it is a single house or a row of storefronts, we tell you what the job involves before we start. A clog that has already caused structural damage to the fascia or the wall below is a different conversation, and we say so plainly.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate by return.
| 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 here 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, that same rhythm holds, so clean your gutters in spring and again in fall, then adjust once we have seen your lot.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of the pipe, and the gutter runs hold a wet, sticky mat that slows the flow. In fall the leaf load and the odd twig are the main problem, and on freeze-belt houses we see the first ice forming at the eave and ice dams starting to build. Houses that never get a clean in the fall often show runs that sag or pull loose by March. When we open a gutter in May we often find a clog that started as a thin layer of grit and became a full blockage in a few weeks.
The schedule depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps the drains clear, because needles and grit pack the drain pipes between visits, and regular gutter cleaning on that rhythm is how you keep your gutters moving. Near a busy road or active construction, the same tighter schedule applies. Residential properties with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the gutter itself fills, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check it on the same visit. Rainwater from April through June, our wettest months, can push a half-clogged run over the edge after heavy rainfall.
Here is a pair of local customers from our own jobs. One has no trees over the house and is on a once-a-year schedule. The other sits under a heavy canopy and is on a visit every three to four months. Each case lists what we found and includes its link so you can see the details for yourself.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 has cleaned gutters across Wilmington and the surrounding areas, including several neighborhoods we return to every season. Wilmington gutter cleaning runs from the nearest base, and we keep the schedule tight enough that a homeowner here can usually get a slot without a long wait. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts end to end, including gutter guards when you have them. Regular upkeep is how you keep your gutters clear and protect your home from water damage.
Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the basics: your stories, your home's approximate size and whether the house sits under trees. Send a photo of the house front if that is easy. The gutter cleaning process starts there, and we quote the job from those details and set a date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills quickly, so it helps to get your gutters on the schedule early.
Once a slot is set, the crew arrives within the window we give you, ready to clean, and the photos of every run and drain pipe arrive on your phone before the truck leaves.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, the same way any gutter service should quote it, and we give it to you over the phone or by text. We do not quote a range here because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters.
Most of our customers here book two cleanings a year, in late spring and late fall. In Wilmington OH, spring means clearing seeds and pollen, and fall means clearing the leaf load before the first freeze. If you wait past the fall visit on a house that freezes, we often find sagging runs by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you are comparing cleaning services in Wilmington, ask for the first open slot, and we will tell you when we call back about getting your gutters clean.
No. Our cleaning crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drain pipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and keep ladder feet off the landscape beds.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, because water flow at the outlet is the real test. A clear drainage path is part of that check. If a drain pipe feeds an underground line that is not draining, we tell you and quote that work separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top and can run off the front edge. Guards change how often the cleaning and maintenance comes around, but they do not end gutter maintenance. We clear the surface, flush the drain pipes and check the flow under the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or pipe size, not debris. A slow leak at a joint or wood rot at the fascia is a separate fix, and we flag it. Send us 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.
The price we quote is the price we charge. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before they start, never after. Nothing about the gutter system changes until you have agreed to it.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
