Our own crew cleans gutters in Duluth, flushes every downspout, flow-tests each run and hauls the debris away. Photos of every run arrive on your phone 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. Most of our Duluth customers book in the spring and fall, and we have worked those visits on houses across this city since we started.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, 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. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, though the total is what you pay. The starting price for a typical job is a floor, not a guess. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a clean number before the crew touches a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once it is on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more rigging. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not seen a clean in years come down with compacted debris that has to be dug out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We flush every downspout, flow test each run, and debris removal is included in the price, never billed as an extra. A homeowner who spots a leak in the rain gets the same answer: if anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
On Duluth homes the heaviest buildup usually sits in the back runs of older houses, where a clog, a sag and poor drainage often show up together. Where the gutters have carried leaves and debris for a full season, we find blockage at the elbows and water flow stopped short of the outlet. When the clogged downspouts back up, the water has nowhere to go and it heads for the foundation, which is how structural damage and rot start. We leave the rain gutter clean so it carries water away from the house instead of over the edge. A residential job and a commercial job are scoped differently, and the commercial properties we service get a per-building quote rather than a per-house one.
Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will give you a number on the spot. A clean photo of the front of the house by text helps us see the gutter line before we arrive.
| 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, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds packed into the elbows and a pollen paste sitting on the leaf guards. A gutter that looks clean from the ground can still be packed at the elbows. Our fall visit runs October to early November, and that is when the wet leaf mat gets cleared before the snow. On houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Those are the cases a gap in maintenance creates, and they are why the fall visit matters on this side of the state. Regular gutter maintenance is what keeps the runs from sagging, so keep your gutters on a schedule.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, most of our Duluth customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, twig fragments and grit pack the runs between visits and a gutter that looked clean in spring can clog by midsummer. Few or no trees on the lot means once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit load is heavier and the schedule tightens too. Residential properties on a busy lot tend to need the most visits, so set the schedule by the lot, not the calendar.
Every gutter system with gutter guards still needs its surface cleared, though less often, and the water still needs to get in. The rainwater moving through a clean gutter should reach the outlet without backing up at the roofline. A slow outlet or a blockage at the elbow shows up in the first heavy rainfall of the season, so the first visit sets the baseline. After that we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the next visit comes from what we saw in the runs. Ask us to clean your gutters on that schedule, and we will note what changed since the last visit.
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 residential and commercial jobs across Duluth MN, and our gutter cleaning service runs from the nearest base to the house, whichever neighborhood you are in. Homes in the surrounding areas get the same quote process by phone, whatever the gutter system looks like. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Duluth gutter cleaning jobs are booked by phone or text, and a photo of the front of the house makes the quote more accurate. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills with the seasonal cleanings, so booking early in those months helps. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule that fits your lot.
The gutter cleaning process is simple: once the job is booked, the crew arrives in the window we gave, works every run, and sends the photos before the truck leaves. Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from the top run to the outlet, and the crew leaves the lot and the landscape as clean as it found them. If the work surfaces anything outside gutter cleaning, such as a loose hanger or a seam that is dripping, we photograph it and include it in the report. We do not sell repairs from the ladder. If you are a Duluth homeowner who wants to protect your home from water damage, start with a regular gutter cleaning schedule, and we are glad to set one up at the first visit.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, and our fall visit runs October to early November. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat turns into ice and the runs are harder to clear. Regular cleaning and maintenance keeps that from happening. Across Minnesota the pattern is the same.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check the outlet, and a clean outlet is what that check is for. If the water drains into a landscape bed, we say so. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. On our jobs the surface of the guard still collects grit, seed casings and the odd twig, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the edge. Guards cut the work down, but the surface still needs a clean.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity rather than debris, and water left running down the fascia is how rot starts. Send us a photo or a short video 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. Gutters exist to move water away from your home, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
