Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the buildup hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have run this work on local jobs for a long stretch of spring and fall visits, and the schedule fills most in those two windows.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for cleaning gutters in Andover, MN depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Homeowners get the number by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per run, but the total on your house is what matters, and that comes from the three things above. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can tell you more before the truck rolls. Most homes end up booking two cleanings a year, and the price for each one follows the same three things.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, which takes longer to clean out by hand. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add a step on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and hauling away what comes out are included and never billed as extras, and a twig wedged in a downspout or a clog that has to be broken up by hand gets quoted before anyone starts. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice, and that is the one rule our crew does not bend on.
Here is how our gutter cleaning process goes on a real local house. We open the gutters, look at the runs and the downspouts, and tell the homeowner what we see before we start. A homeowner with a clean back run and no trees usually gets the number on the phone and nothing changes. A homeowner under heavy tree cover finds that leaf and needle load is the variable that matters most, and we say so up front. Keeping on top of the buildup is what makes the next visit faster and cheaper, and that is the real reason regular gutter maintenance beats waiting until the water is already over the edge. A clogged gutter that has been left too long starts to leak behind the fascia and into the wall, and that is structural damage nobody wants to pay for. Our crew checks each run and tells the homeowner about any leak we find, so the next step is clear. Get your gutters cleaned on a schedule and the job stays routine cleaning and maintenance instead of a repair conversation.
| 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 of our customers book twice a year. Across Minnesota, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves are down. Late in the fall, leaves and debris are the first thing we clear, and a clean trough makes the spring visit quicker. When we open a gutter in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit a rain gutter that has started to sag or pull loose by March is common. Freeze-belt houses here see the first ice, and the ice dams at the eave come from rainwater that never left the gutter in the fall. Andover gets about 28.8 inches of precipitation a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall is when a clog shows up first.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see on our jobs, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits and the gutter system fills faster than a yearly visit can keep it clean. Andover homes with few or no trees get along on one visit a year in late fall. Guards change the rhythm a little, since fewer leaves and debris reach the trough, but the surface still needs a clean, and we check it every visit. What we check on every visit is water flow and drainage at the outlet, not just how full the trough looks. Our crew finds the same pattern across Minnesota: the landscape around the house decides how often the gutter needs attention more than the calendar does. A clear run carries water away from your home, and the rot that starts behind a clogged run shows up on the same visit, so the calendar matters less than what we find at the first visit. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 works the city of Andover and surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we book the visit by phone or text at (866) 435-6328. Send the stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and add a photo of the house front if it is easy to take. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm the date when you call. The two busy windows are the spring and fall visits, and the calendar fills in those months faster than any other time of year. Booking ahead for those two windows keeps you on the schedule you want. As one of the cleaning services in Andover MN, we give you the first open date on the call and keep the booking calendar clean.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Gutter cleaning services for residential and commercial properties follow the same booking process, and we handle regular gutter cleaning for both. Our gutter services cover single homes and small commercial buildings alike, with the same crew, the same photos and the same quote method. Debris removal is part of every visit. Residential properties get a clean set of photos on every run, and whether you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule or wait for a problem, the booking works the same way. We keep the schedule full in those windows, and we would rather book you early than rush you in late.
The estimate comes from stories and size, and you get it by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting us. We do not quote a figure in this FAQ, because the same two-story house can land at a different number depending on what is in the gutters and how the lot is laid out.
Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. Our fall visit runs October to early November, after the leaves are down. If you skip the fall visit, the wet leaf mat turns into ice dams at the eave when the freeze comes, and that is when we see runs that sag by March. A clean, sound gutter is what helps protect your home from water damage.
Lead time depends on the calendar that week. We confirm the date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. The easiest way to keep your gutters on a schedule is to book the spring and fall visits early.
No. We call before we come, our crew works outside and does not come inside, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can check the clean result yourself. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every run of gutters and downspouts and check that the water comes out clean at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it, so you know the cost before the work starts.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of the guard and can cause a blockage at the outlet. We clear the surface, bag what comes off, flush every downspout and check the flow on guarded systems the same way we do on open ones, and the trough is clean when we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
