Gutter Cleaning at a 2-story house in Grayslake on Penny Lane. 1615 sq ft. Completed by our Round Lake team.
Grayslake sits in a part of Lake County where mature trees are the rule rather than the exception, and this two-story house showed what a season or two of neglect can do to gutters running under that kind of canopy. The buildup our technician found on arrival was significant — not just packed leaf debris but actual plant growth taking root in the troughs, and downspout elbows blocked solid enough that water had nowhere to go. At roughly 1,600 square feet of footprint, it wasn't an oversized house, but the condition of the gutters made it a full morning's work from the start.
The technician was on-site by nine and worked methodically around the roofline, clearing vegetation and breaking through the compacted debris before flushing the system to confirm flow. The clogged elbows required hands-on clearing before the downspouts would drain freely. The more demanding section involved the area where solar panels had been installed — the confined working space around the array made access genuinely difficult, but the technician worked through it carefully and got the gutters cleared across the full run. By the time the job wrapped, every section was open and draining.
Crew on this job
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Call (847) 807-1455Showing the home's condition before our team arrived, and the result after the gutter cleaning was complete.
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Our Round Lake crew filmed this gutter cleaning on site at a 2-story house in Grayslake, IL.
You'll see the workflow across all 1615 sq ft — interior and exterior approach, screen and frame detail, the rhythm of how we work through a property like this without leaving a mess.
Watch on YouTube"Paul cleaned the gutter guards, also he was able to fix the gap which was blocking the gutters with the leaves."
56 E Lakeview Ave, Round Lake IL 60073
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Common questions from Grayslake homeowners researching Gutter Cleaning.
For a two-story house around 1,600 square feet in Grayslake, this job came in at $170, which is typical for single-family homes in the area. Most gutter cleanings on comparable North Shore properties run between $150 and $250 depending on linear footage, stories, and how badly the gutters are clogged.
A job like this one — with clogged downspouts, plants growing in the gutters, and blocked elbows to clear — generally takes a crew two to three hours on a two-story home. Heavily neglected gutters with debris buildup or vegetation growth add time compared to a routine annual cleaning.
The service covers flushing and clearing all gutter runs, removing debris by hand, and clearing clogged downspout elbows so water flows freely from roof to ground. On this particular job we also cleared plant growth that had taken root in the gutters, which is something we handle as part of a thorough clean rather than leaving it behind.
Most two-story homes in the Chicago suburbs benefit from cleaning twice a year — once in late spring after seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the leaves are down. If your gutters had plants growing in them like this Grayslake house did, that's a sign the cleaning cycle had stretched too long and organic matter had time to take root. For a quote, call our Round Lake team at (847) 807-1455.
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