Our crew cleans gutters in Alexandria, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Alexandria customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, which keeps the bill clean. Cleaning services in Alexandria are priced the same way for every house, and that goes for every one of our cleanings.
Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the run count is done. On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted buildup and twig mats, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the trough underneath.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in every visit, and we check the drainage at each outlet before we leave the gutter clean. What gets cleared is carried away from your home, never piled against the foundation. Nothing is billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice. For a homeowner who has seen water pour over the edge in heavy rainfall, the first visit usually answers what the gutter is actually doing, and a clog at the elbow is often the reason.
A tall or hard-to-reach run is the usual reason a quote moves. If the back run climbs a wall with a patio or flower bed beneath it, the crew may need a lift to reach the far run, and we raise that on the phone before anyone comes out. Leaves and debris packed into a valley get cleared before the flush, and once it is clear the run flushes clean on the first pass. A leak at a seam is photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot.
A home with heavy tree cover, or a lot where the gutters have never been cleaned, costs more to do right than a light visit, and we say so up front. Our gutter cleaning process starts with the quote, so you know what it takes to get your gutters cleaned before anything is scheduled. Send a photo of the front of the house and we tell you what we see, including any structural damage that is hard to spot from the ground. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate the same day.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Most customers book a clean twice a year, once in mid to late June after the seed and pollen drop, and once from October to early November after the last leaves come down. Each visit is cleaning and maintenance in one, and it keeps the gutter system running clear through the rain and the snow, which helps protect your home from water damage. Severe storms and straight-line winds across Minnesota make the wettest months harder on any gutter that was never cleaned.
In spring, seed, seed casings and pollen paste pack into the elbows and can leave clogged downspouts before the first big rain. In fall the leaf load is the problem, and with freeze risk here the first ice and the ice dams at the eave come soon after. With June, July and August the wettest months, rainwater has to get out of the trough fast, and a gutter that starts the season clean sheds the first storm while one packed with seed does not. Snow here lands in November, December and January through April, and a run that skipped the fall visit can already sag when the ice arrives, with the fascia behind it open to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles and grit pack into the trough and the downspout between visits. Near a busy road, active construction or a landscape with heavy plantings, it is the same. With few or no trees, once a year, in October to early November, is usually enough. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and that visit is less often than an open gutter but not zero. Keep your gutters clean between visits and the gutter maintenance stays a quick job.
Here is how it works for a customer on each schedule. A homeowner with no trees near the house books once a year and we find a clean run each time. A homeowner under big trees books every three to four months, and the rain gutter and downspout stay open between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on the right schedule keeps a small problem from becoming structural damage. On every visit we flush every downspout, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs and put it on the report so you have it in writing.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew covers Alexandria MN and the surrounding areas, and we clean residential properties and commercial properties alike, with our gutter cleaning services sized to each house. Booking starts with the quote by phone or text, using your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover shades the house, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Alexandria homes with big trees and Alexandria homeowners with a single-story house are quoted from the same details.
The two busy windows are spring and fall, when our calendar fills and the lead time stretches. Our crew handles residential and commercial work in those windows with the same flush and photo report, and debris removal is part of every visit. Booking early gets you a slot you can plan around. We call before we come out to clean, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
If it has been a while since you clean your gutters, the first visit tells us what they need, and the price is set before anyone climbs a ladder. A gutter that moves rain water away from the foundation is the whole point of the job, so we check that it does. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the front of the house, or book a date online, and any of our gutter services can be scheduled the same way. We will leave you with the photos and the number, and you decide from there.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number on the call.
Our customers in Alexandria MN book in mid to late June and again from October to early November, after the seed and pollen drop and after the last leaves come down. If a fall visit gets skipped, we often find runs that have sagged under ice by spring, so the October to early November visit is the one that matters most.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, and most slots come up within the week. When you call we confirm the earliest date we can hold, and we tell you plainly if it is later than you hoped.
No. Our crew works on the gutters and downspouts from outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we confirm the drainage at the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and a blockage will not clear from the surface, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Under guards we find needles threaded through, seed casings and grit matted on top, and a clog can form under the guard without anyone seeing it, so the surface still needs clearing and the downspout still needs flushing. We do not sell guards, but we will photograph what is under yours and tell you what we see.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number you agree on the phone is the number on the invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree before work starts. A clean price is one you can check against the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 with any question before you book.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
