Our own crew cleans gutters for Evanston homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Most of our Evanston customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop are done and the runs are full. Gutter cleaning in Evanston WY catches a clog before the water finds the fascia and moves the water away from your home. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone 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 once the house is measured, but a per-foot number hides the things that cost the most time on a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above grade, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with leaves and debris, a clog at the outlet of the gutter system, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote, so the water flow is checked before we leave, and none of it is billed as an extra. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. Commercial properties get the same itemized quote, built on the same three things.
Here is what that looks like on a real Evanston house. One of our jobs was a two-story on a sloped lot, with a back run that sat well above the patio and a downspout full of grit and leaf buildup, and the flush and the haul-off were the bulk of the time. The quote reflected that before we ever set a ladder. Another job in town was a house with heavy overhead cover on the north side, where the trough was clean but the clogged downspouts were packed with needles, and the work was in the flush and the flow test. We put both in the quote from the start, and the invoice matched it.
The gutters on houses in older Evanston homes are often the ones most likely to have been skipped for years, and that is where a quote goes up most if we open a run and find the sag. A sag holds water and slows the drainage, and left alone it can lead to structural damage and wood rot. We check every rain gutter run and tell you what we see. If a run is sagging or a hanger has pulled loose, we photograph it and put it in the report; we do not repair it and we do not sell it on the spot. The cleaning is priced on what it takes to clear the gutter and carry the water away from the house, and the rest is your call.
| 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 Evanston WY customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the downspout elbows and make a clog before the first heavy rainfall. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Freezing is a real part of the calendar here, with snow on the ground from late fall into spring, so the fall clean is about getting the rainwater moving before the first ice forms at the eave, and before any blockage at the roofline can hold it.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers are on a schedule of cleanings every three to four months, because needles, twig and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps them open. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because a mat of wet leaves on top of a guard stops the water from getting in at all, and debris removal is part of every visit. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or hire us, the surface comes first.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and that schedule becomes the gutter maintenance plan for the house. We look at the trees, the roofline, the landscape around the house, where the water is running and what is packed in the trough, and we flag any leak at a seam. The schedule is based on that, not on a general rule.
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.
We clean residential properties across Evanston and the surrounding areas, and gutter services for residential and commercial sites follow the same process. Our Evanston gutter cleaning crew covers the whole city from the nearest base. To book, call or text us at (866) 435-6328. We will ask for stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. From that we give you an estimate over the phone, and as a homeowner you can count on the number not changing once the crew is on the roof. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when most homeowners think about their gutters at the same time. Booking early is how to get your gutters on the calendar, and it is the easiest way to keep your gutters on a schedule you can plan around. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, though the side gate should be unlocked and pets kept inside while ladders are up.
Every job ends with photos of every run and every downspout sent to your phone, so you can see the trough clean of leaves and grit and the water flowing before the truck leaves. That is how we protect your home from water damage: we clean the runs, flush every downspout, and make sure the water is going where it should. Your gutters and downspouts only do their job when the water moves, and that is what the photos show.
There is no fixed number on this page. The price for a two-story house in Evanston comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Our cleaning services in Evanston are quoted from those same facts, and the quote is the invoice.
On our jobs in Evanston, the spring and fall visits are the two windows most customers choose, and the one to avoid waiting past is the fall, before the first hard freeze.
Most weeks we have a slot within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. The gutter cleaning process starts with that call.
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.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check where it drains, including underground lines where we can see the outlet; anything that needs clearing below grade is quoted separately before we touch it.
Gutter guards cut down how often a house needs cleaning, but they do not end the job. On our jobs, a gutter system under guards usually picks up a thin mat of wet leaves and needles on top of the guard, so the surface still has to be cleared. Guards mean less frequent cleaning and maintenance, not none.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, it is usually a slope or capacity problem rather than a blockage. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
No. 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 they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
