Matching, not installation
Cleaning, clogs, and maintenance — not always a replacement
The Exterior Desk is a matching service, not a contractor. If we have a local partner in your area, we recommend one. You decide whether to hire them. Free for homeowners.
Photo: Zeynep Sude Emek. Illustrative, not a project we completed.
Leaves, packed ice, and frozen downspouts are a regular Northeast Ohio problem, especially after a snowbelt winter or on tree-lined lots. The Exterior Desk is a free matching service. We recommend one local contractor for gutter cleaning when we have someone who covers your area. We do not send a crew ourselves.
A gutter cleaning clears debris and checks outlets. A pulled hanger, a rusted section, or a run that has come off the fascia is a repair or a replacement. Guards can help with leaves and may not solve ice by themselves. Tell us what you are seeing — overflow, stains on the fascia, standing water, or ice in the trough — so we can try to match you with a contractor who does that work.
Do not climb a ladder in January to chip ice out of a gutter. Packed ice and frozen downspouts are a reason to wait for safer conditions and a professional look. After a thaw, you can often see from the ground whether a run overflowed or pulled away. We do not climb on roofs.
Choose gutter cleaning on the questionnaire, add your ZIP, and tell us anything we should know. A person at the desk recommends one local contractor when we have someone who covers your area. You decide whether to hire them. A recommendation is not a contract, and we do not guarantee the work.
FAQ
If we have someone in our network who covers your ZIP, a person at the desk will recommend one local contractor. We do not sell your request to a list of companies. There is no fee for a homeowner to request a recommendation. A recommendation is not a contract, and we do not guarantee the work.
A person at the desk personally knows, or has worked with, every professional we recommend, and we recommend one at a time. We confirm liability insurance and city or state registration or license, look at reviews and past customer feedback, and follow up after the job. For public adjusters and attorneys, we verify licenses with the State of Ohio; for appraisers, we confirm registration or license where it applies. We do not sell your request to a list of companies, and we will tell you if we do not have someone for your ZIP or situation. We do not invent licenses or ratings. The full account is on the How we pick our pros page.
There is no fee for a homeowner to request a recommendation. You can hire the person we recommend, or anyone else, or no one.
We publish city pages and city-specific service pages across Northeast Ohio. Coverage still depends on whether we have a partner who covers your ZIP. If your town is nearby but not listed, send the ZIP anyway.
Along the lake and inland
Guides: Ice dams in Northeast Ohio: prevention and repair, Gutter cleaning in a Northeast Ohio winter. Or get a recommendation.