Our own crew handles gutter cleaning in bloomington mn for bloomington homeowners. Every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, the debris is hauled off, and every run is clean when we go, with photos on your phone before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our work here is booked for the spring and fall visits, when the gutters have just taken their seasonal load. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the number of stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured, but the stories and the state of the gutter matter more than the length.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when they get up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above the ground, which changes the setup. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted buildup, and a clog that has sat for a long time takes more time to clear. Guards we have to lift, clean underneath and reseat add their own minutes. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our Bloomington jobs the gutters that cost more are usually the ones where leaves and debris have been left to sit, where the downspout is blocked low down, and where a sag has built up over several seasons. We see clogged downspouts that have been pushing water against the wall for years, and that is where the structural damage starts. Getting the trough clean is the easy part. Getting the water flow out and away from your home is the real job, so the crew checks the outlet to confirm it is leaving, and it is the same check on the big bloomington homes we service as on the small ones. Commercial properties on the same schedule are quoted per building, and the rain gutter runs are measured the same way.
| 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 here book twice a year, a spring visit and a fall visit, because that is when the gutters take their load. Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of each downspout. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag, pull loose and the fascia start to rot by March under the weight of ice, in a place that gets about 51 inches of snow a year. Freeze risk is real here, so rainwater that cannot leave the trough turns to ice at the eave. Those are the two visits that keep a gutter system clean and the roofline out of trouble.
Under heavy tree cover and in a landscape where bare dirt washes toward the house, we see grit and needles, and sometimes a clog, pack each downspout between visits, so those lots go on a shorter schedule. June, July and August are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall in those months washes that grit down into the elbows. Houses with few or no trees need a single visit in late fall, which is enough to keep the system clean through the winter. Gutter guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the seeds, grit and leaf litter that land on top of a guard turn into a blockage over time.
Each of these cleanings is a routine gutter cleaning service, the same crew and the same checks each time. You can call us to book regular gutter cleaning, and we will set the tier from what we find on the first visit, so you know when to clean your gutters next. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and residential properties and commercial customers on the same route are scheduled the same way.
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 leaves gutters clean across Bloomington and in the surrounding areas, and we work out of the nearest base without making a point of it. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and send the stories, the approximate square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy. Any homeowner can ask for the quote before a date is set. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: the spring visit in mid to late June across Minnesota, and the fall visit from late October to November. Book early for those dates, so you can get your gutters done before the rush, when most homeowners want their gutters clear. Outside those windows the lead time is shorter, and we will tell you the first open slot when you call. The Bloomington gutter cleaning work runs on the same schedule as the rest of the route, so the quote you get for one house matches the next, and the job comes out clean every time.
If you have a leak or water damage, or a roofline that has been overflowing, tell us when you call so the crew can look at the drainage on the first visit. Clearing the gutters is how we protect your home, and we keep your gutters and downspouts clean and report anything else we see on the roof rather than selling it, so you know what the gutter services did and did not cover. Whatever the house needs, the crew will flush every downspout, bag any twig, grit and leaf waste, and tell you what it found.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. It is not a fixed figure, because the stories and the state of the gutter decide it.
Our customers here book a spring visit and a fall visit. Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs late October to November, which is the cleaning and maintenance window we push hardest. If the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat and the first ice can sag runs and let water rot the fascia before March, which is why we push the fall date.
We run cleaning services in bloomington on a set route. Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on what is already on the calendar that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check the outlet to see the water leaving the gutter system. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, less often. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but the grit that gets through or settles on top of a guard turns to a mat, and that mat is what stops the water. We clean the surface and check that water is still getting in.
A gutter that is clean and still spills in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. 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.
