Our own crew cleans gutters on your house, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your roof 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. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we work through those windows one house at a time.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from how many stories the house has, how much roof it covers 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the pitch are what actually drive the crew's time on a ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years where the grit has compacted into a solid mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the trough can be reached. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras, and the yard is left clean. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the heaviest buildup tends to show up where a gutter sits under a lot of canopy, runs close to the landscape beds and has gone a season or two without a visit. The seed casings and leaf grit pack the run, the water flow drops, and by the time we get up there the gutter has a sag and clogged downspouts at the elbow. Getting a long-neglected gutter back to clean takes longer than a lighter job, and we say so on the phone. Leaves and debris left in a gutter that long also start to rot the fascia behind it, which is the kind of structural damage a short visit now prevents. Good drainage is the point of all of it. Getting the water away from your home keeps the basement dry, and a clean run that drains helps protect your home from water damage.
Commercial properties in the area are quoted per building on a separate schedule. Residential properties are priced the same way, by stories and size, and Fairmont homes get a number from those three facts before any ladder goes up. Homeowners hear it on the phone, and that is the number on the invoice.
| 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 Fairmont MN customers book two cleanings a year, in spring and fall: once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs October to early November in Fairmont. On our jobs, when we open a gutter in June we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In October and November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged under the first ice and were still pulling loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers come back more often than twice a year, because a twig, a few needles and grit pack the downspout elbows between visits and the clog builds faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with. Keeping the runs clean between visits is the whole game. A house with few or no trees usually does well with one visit a year in late fall. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit load is heavier, and on residential and commercial lots like those we often put the job on the shorter schedule too. Regular gutter cleaning follows the same timing with gutter guards, since guards slow the buildup but do not end it.
Each visit is a check of the whole rain gutter system, not only a scoop of the trough. We look at the roofline, the eaves, the seams and the hangers, and we note any leak and any blockage that is coming back fast. A gutter that comes out clean and still overflows after the crew leaves has a slope or capacity problem rather than a clog, and we will say so. After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters on your lot, and from there it is a simple calendar.
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 gutter services work across Fairmont and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we keep the schedule tight enough that a slot does not sit empty for long. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text, and we ask for the three facts that set the quote plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Fairmont gutter cleaning works from there: we give you a number and a date, we call before we come, and nobody has to be home. The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, and booking early in either of them keeps the choice of day in your hands.
The quote is by phone or text, and the same number is the one that goes on the invoice. If you are weighing whether to start now or wait for the next window, a photo of the eaves and the drain outlets usually tells us enough to give you a firm estimate by phone. We flush every downspout on each visit, lift any gutter guards to clear underneath, and check that the water leaves at the outlet. The aim is simple: keep your gutters clean and draining well so rainwater moves the right way between visits, and that is the reason behind every booking we take. Regular upkeep keeps the gutters and downspouts in working shape.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We do not put a figure on a page because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the gutters. Once we have the three facts, the quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we find the wet leaf mat frozen into the runs and some sags that have started to pull loose. A spring visit clears the seed and pollen that clog the elbows before the heavy rainfall of early summer.
Our cleaning services in Fairmont run on a booked calendar, so we confirm the date when you call. If a same-day opening exists when you reach us, we will tell you, but we do not promise it in advance.
No. A homeowner does not need to be there, because the gutter cleaning process is outside work only. Our crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run and downspout 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 flow-tested, and we check that water leaves at the outlet. Debris removal is included, and if a line runs underground we confirm the water is moving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes, though less often. Guards hold the leaves back, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and mat down into a paste. Guards do not replace cleaning and maintenance, so we lift the guard, clear what is underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guard.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or capacity problem, and we do not sell a second cleaning to fix that. You will hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
It should not. Our gutter maintenance visits are quoted once, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after. The number we gave you 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.
