Gutter Cleaning at a 2-story house in Long Grove on Wellington Drive. 4200 sq ft. Completed by our Arlington Heights team.
— Arlington Heights crew
Long Grove sits in a stretch of the North Shore's outer edge where mature tree canopy is the rule, not the exception, and gutters on homes this size collect accordingly. This two-story house, with a footprint around 4,200 square feet, had oversized gutters running its full perimeter — the kind of system that handles heavy volume but holds just as much when debris builds up through the season. We arrived at ten in the morning and did a quick walk of the roofline before pulling anything down.
The oversized troughs meant more linear footage and more material to move than a standard residential run. A few of the downspouts had clogged completely, so clearing those took deliberate work — flushing from the top and checking flow at the outlet before moving on. We didn't call it done on a downspout until water ran clean and free. The full job took two hours from first scoop to final check. Everything cleared, debris bagged, and the system draining the way it should before we left the property.
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Call (847) 807-1454Showing the home's condition before our team arrived, and the result after the gutter cleaning was complete.
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Our Arlington Heights crew filmed this gutter cleaning on site at a 2-story house in Long Grove, IL.
You'll see the workflow across all 4200 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.
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Common questions from Long Grove homeowners researching Gutter Cleaning.
For a 4,200 sq ft two-story home in Long Grove, this job came in at $400, which is typical for a house of that size and height in the area. Generally, gutter cleaning on larger two-story homes in the Chicago suburbs runs between $200 and $450 depending on linear footage, debris load, and accessibility. Clogged downspouts, like the ones we cleared here, can add a bit of time but are handled as part of the service.
A two-story home in the 4,000+ sq ft range typically takes a crew two to three hours to clean thoroughly, including flushing downspouts and checking for proper drainage. Jobs with heavily clogged downspouts, as was the case here, can run toward the longer end of that window since clearing blockages takes extra attention.
We remove all debris from the gutters by hand and by blower, then flush the system with water to confirm downspouts are draining freely. On this job that meant working through packed downspout clogs to restore full flow before we considered the work done. We also do a quick visual check of hangers and seams while we're up there.
Most two-story homes in the Chicago area benefit from cleaning twice a year — once in late spring after tree seeds and pollen settle, and once in late fall after the leaves are down. Homes surrounded by mature trees, like many in Long Grove, may need a third cleaning if debris builds up mid-season and starts blocking downspouts. For a quote, call our Arlington Heights team at (847) 807-1454.
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