Gutter Cleaning at a 2-story house in Grayslake on Belle Court. 2949 sq ft. Completed by our Round Lake team.
Grayslake sits in a stretch of Lake County where mature trees and older subdivisions share the landscape, and the homes here tend to collect debris in ways that aren't always obvious from the ground. This two-story house, just under 3,000 square feet of footprint, had a particular problem: the roofing material was shedding fine granules — the kind of small, dense sand that packs into gutter troughs and settles at every bend and elbow rather than washing through with rainfall. By the time we arrived at one in the afternoon, the accumulation had reached the point where water had no clear path to move.
We worked the gutters section by section, clearing out the granule-heavy buildup that had compacted along the bottom of the troughs. The density of the material was the main obstacle — it doesn't blow out cleanly the way leaf debris does, and it had already found its way into the downspouts, where clogged elbows were blocking drainage entirely. We cleared each elbow and flushed the lines until flow ran free through every outlet. The fine grit that sheds from certain roofing surfaces is a slow, steady process, and it doesn't take long to compromise drainage on a house this size. We left the system open and moving before wrapping up.
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Our Round Lake crew filmed this gutter cleaning on site at a 2-story house in Grayslake, IL.
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Common questions from Grayslake homeowners researching Gutter Cleaning.
For a 2-story house in Grayslake, gutter cleaning typically runs between $150 and $250 depending on linear footage and debris load. This particular 2,949 sq ft home came in at $170, which included clearing clogged downspouts and flushing blocked elbows. Homes with heavy tree coverage or badly compacted debris may land toward the higher end of that range.
A standard 2-story home of roughly 3,000 sq ft usually takes one to two hours with a two-person crew. When downspouts are clogged and elbows need to be cleared by hand — as they were on this job — expect the timeline to stretch closer to that two-hour mark. Straightforward jobs with lighter debris can wrap up faster.
We clean out all debris from the gutters themselves, then flush the downspouts to confirm water flows freely. On this job we also cleared clogged elbows, which are the angled joints where downspouts change direction and tend to trap compacted debris. Any blockages that can't be flushed are cleared by hand so the system drains properly before we leave.
Most homes need gutter cleaning twice a year — once in late spring and once in late fall after the leaves drop. Houses surrounded by mature trees, like many in the Grayslake area, can benefit from a third cleaning in early fall when seed pods and early leaf drop start accumulating. Skipping cleanings lets debris compact in the elbows and downspouts, which is exactly what caused the blockages on this job. For a quote, call our Round Lake team at (847) 807-1455.
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