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Commercial gutter cleaning in Lakewood, OH
The storefront blocks on Madison and Detroit, the 8-unit brick buildings on the side streets, the churches with a hundred feet of gutter along the nave. Cleaned on a schedule, early, with cones on the sidewalk and one written price per building.
Lakewood commercial is mostly old brick with an eave
Almost nothing on Detroit or Madison Avenue was built for a gutter truck. The blocks are 1920s two-story brick with the storefront at the sidewalk, apartments above, a rear wall along a shared alley, and a front cornice that is either decorative or hiding a built-in gutter behind it. The long side gutters on corner buildings dump into one downspout that has been plugged since a previous owner.
That is a job for a crew that sets ladders from the alley side at seven in the morning, cones the sidewalk where it has to be the street side, and knows what a built-in cornice gutter looks like from below. The work itself is the same as a house, longer: scooped by hand, every downspout flushed, hangers and scuppers checked, a note left on what was found.
Who calls
- Owners of the mixed-use storefront blocks along Madison and Detroit
- Small apartment buildings, the 4- to 12-unit brick ones from the 1920s
- Landlords with several doubles who want one write-up per house
- Churches and schools with long gutter runs and a board that wants a certificate of insurance
- Property managers who want spring and fall on a standing schedule
Out of scope, and we say so: flat-roofed buildings that drain through roof drains and scuppers, including the Gold Coast towers. That is roofer work. Relining a built-in cornice gutter is sheet-metal work, and the built-in gutter guide explains where a gutter crew's job ends.
Repairs found during a visit get their own written price, same as on a house, from the repair side. Call (216) 609-0803 with the address and a per-building price comes back after a look.
Asked on the phone
Questions Lakewood homeowners actually ask
Do you clean gutters on the two-story storefront buildings on Madison and Detroit?
Yes, that is the typical Lakewood commercial job: a 1920s brick block with storefronts down and apartments up, a long gutter along the rear or side wall, and a front cornice that may carry a built-in gutter. The crew works from the alley or the sidewalk side with cones, early, before the shops open.
Can you do a whole building on a schedule?
Spring and fall on a standing schedule is the normal arrangement for apartment owners and churches, with one written price per building per visit. You get a note after each visit saying what was found: a downspout plugged, a hanger loose, a scupper leaking.
What about the Gold Coast high-rises?
Flat-roofed towers do not have gutters in the sense of this page; they drain through roof drains and scuppers that belong to a roofer. We say so rather than take the call. Everything two to four stories with a real eave is ours.
Do you handle small apartment buildings and multi-family?
Yes. Lakewood has hundreds of 4- to 12-unit buildings from the 1920s, and the corner ones with parapets and long side gutters are a regular job. Landlords with several doubles get the same per-building write-up, house by house.
Are the pros insured for commercial work?
Every pro we connect you with is registered with the City of Lakewood, which requires insurance on file for anyone doing contractor work in the city, and can provide a certificate to a property manager or church board before the first visit.
Written quote · Lakewood's own
Get a per-building price.
Address, building type, and whether you want one visit or a standing schedule. Certificates of insurance available before the first ladder. Or call(216) 609-0803.
- One price for the whole house, cleaning and any small repairs itemized
- Pros registered with the City of Lakewood and insured, ask to see it
- Doubles quoted as doubles: both units, both downspout runs, the shared side