Our own crew cleans gutters along the roofline, and when we leave the gutters are empty and every downspout runs clear. Every run gets flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris are hauled off, and you get photos of each run on your phone before the truck pulls away. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book in spring or fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have done the most damage. Call (866) 435-6328 to lock in a date.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for your gutter system depends on how many stories the house has, how big it is, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it for the homeowner over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar range per foot, but the house and the gutter condition decide the real number, not the footage alone.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a landscape with a steep grade raises the effective height of the eave. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted muck, and that takes more time per run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add labor. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before any work starts, never on the invoice. Once the job is done, the gutters should run clean.
Our Cloquet homes tend to show the same pattern: sag where the run has been holding wet debris, buildup at the elbows, and a clog that only shows once heavy rainfall comes. A small leak at a seam often turns up with it. When we open a gutter like that, we flush every downspout and check water flow and drainage to the outlet before we call it done. Regular gutter cleaning keeps that from starting, so clean your gutters on a set schedule, and the crew sees the difference every visit. Residential and commercial jobs get the same check, and residential properties are priced to the building. Most customers book for spring and fall.
| 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.
On our jobs, most of our customers book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late September to October after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under the weight by March. Cloquet gets 71.3 inches of snow a year, falling from October through April, and once the eave ices over, the trapped water has nowhere to go. That gutter clog is the one that causes the most trouble through the winter, so the fall visit matters most here. Going into winter with a clean gutter is the whole point of that visit.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps rainwater moving, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the same tighter schedule applies. Here, precipitation averages 32.7 inches a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so that is when heavy rainfall tests the gutters hardest. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Keep your gutters clean either way. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but the surface still gets cleared, because leaves and debris that sit on a guard turn into a mat that blocks water.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot needs, based on what we found in your gutters, not on a rule of thumb. That way a blockage gets caught early, and the gutters and downspouts stay in good shape to protect your home from water damage. Each visit starts from an empty trough, so the next blockage stands out. Getting the schedule right is part of keeping your gutters working through every season.
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.
We clean gutters across Cloquet, and the crew covers the whole city from the nearest base. Our cleaning services in Cloquet start with an estimate by phone or text at (866) 435-6328, based on your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps us confirm the stories and the access, and it takes a minute to send. Lead times depend on the season, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months if you want a specific date. If you live in one of the surrounding areas, call and ask whether we cover your street.
When you book, we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you do want to be there, you are welcome, but the crew works outside and does not come inside. For a homeowner, keeping the gutters clear over the years protects the house from water damage, and the sooner a blockage gets caught, the less it costs to fix. Getting water away from your home is the whole point, and regular gutter maintenance keeps fascia from rot and costly replacement. Our gutter services cover the whole gutter cleaning process, from the first call to the photos on your phone, with cleaning and maintenance on the same visit. Across Minnesota, storm season brings severe storms and straight-line winds, so get your gutters checked before the next one. We also clean commercial properties, quoted to the building.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. The quote covers the full clean, the downspout flush and the haul-off of everything we pull out, so nothing gets added on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it before any work starts.
On our jobs most customers book in late spring and late fall, the two visits that catch the seed and pollen drop and the leaf fall. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see the most trouble, with runs sagging under ice by late winter. Under heavy tree cover we see customers on a three to four month schedule.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will be there.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check water flow to the outlet, since clogged downspouts are often why water backs up. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the end, and we tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before touching it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep out leaves, but on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat gets wet, rain runs off the front edge of the rain gutter. We lift the panels, clear underneath and flush each downspout so the water gets in, and the trough can be left clean.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog. Tell us what you see and we work out what it is, because water left running over the edge can cause structural damage. A second cleaning does not fix a slope, so we will not sell you one for that.
It should not. The quote covers what we discussed on the phone, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
