Our own crew cleans gutters in Faribault, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when seed, pollen, and leaves have done the most damage to a roofline.
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 three things: stories, square footage, and what is in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up. Homeowners get one quote for the whole gutter system, not a price per run, so nothing is added at the bottom of the invoice.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, so the crew works from a higher reach. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and debris that has to be cleared by hand before water can move through them. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on either end. Once a run is clean, the crew moves on to the next one. Downspout flushing, flow testing, and haul-off are included in the price and are never billed as extras. If anything we find on the house changes the job, we tell you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what the crew sees on Faribault homes. A gutter that looks clear from the driveway often has a clog two feet back in the run, where the wet leaf mat has packed down. When the clog sits there, water spills over the front edge instead of draining water away from the house, and left long enough it finds the fascia and the foundation, which is where structural damage starts. On one neighborhood job, the back run had a blockage that had been building for years, and the gutter had started to sag. Flushing the clogged downspouts only pushed the buildup forward. Clearing the run by hand and flushing every downspout after it restored the water flow and the drainage, and the sag was photographed and reported.
Each job is priced to what the crew finds, and the photos come to your phone so you see the same thing we see. We clean residential and commercial properties on a per-building schedule, but the homeowner side of our work is what most calls are about, and the process is the same from the first call to the last photo. Every rain gutter gets the same check, and every clean run gets a photo. To get a number for your house, call (866) 435-6328 with your stories and square footage, and we will give you the price on the phone.
| 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 Faribault MN customers book twice a year, in spring and fall. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from October to early November, after the last leaves are down. By June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find a run that has sagged under the weight of ice by winter.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a shorter schedule, several times a year, because needles, grit, and the occasional twig pack the downspout between visits and a single clog can back rainwater up under the shingles. With few or no trees on the lot, regular gutter cleaning once a year in the fall is usually enough. Mulch and landscape beds next to the house add their own debris, so ask us to check the lower runs. Guards slow the buildup but do not end it, so guarded gutters still need the surface cleared, just less often, and debris removal is part of every visit.
Freezing winters change the timing. A stretch of heavy rainfall in June, July, and August fills the gutters, and a gutter still holding rainwater when the first hard freeze comes forms an ice dam at the eave, which is where the leak usually starts. That is why the fall visit matters more where winters freeze than it might in a warmer city. Most of the work we do here is clearing the roofline before that first freeze, not after it.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and we put it in the photo report so you can see it yourself. Tree cover, the landscape, and how hard the rain comes down all count. If the schedule needs to change, we adjust it at the next booking, with the estimate in writing, and we keep your next visit on the calendar so you never have to remember when to clean your gutters.
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 Faribault gutter cleaning service covers the town from the nearest base and the surrounding areas, and most of our calendar is residential properties, with the two busy windows of the year filling fast. To get on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from stories, size, and tree cover. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when we call back. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, and we call before we come.
The booking itself is simple. You tell us the house, we confirm the price, and we give you a date. We keep the calendar open for emergency water and clog calls where we can, but routine cleanings are booked ahead so the crew can leave every run clean, flush every downspout, and work the full gutter line. If you have gutter guards, a sagging run, or a leak you have already spotted, tell us on the call so we can plan the job, because those details change how long the work takes. Our gutter services cover the whole system together, so the cleaning and maintenance happen in one visit.
Homes with mature tree cover call us most often, and a regular schedule is how you keep your gutters clean enough to protect your home from water damage.
Every quote comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the page alone. Once we have those details, the price we give you is the price on the invoice.
Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs from October to early November. If the fall visit gets skipped, a clogged run can rot the fascia and turn into an ice dam by the first freeze. We confirm the timing when you call, so you can get your gutters on the calendar before the cold sets in.
Our cleaning services in Faribault are booked by phone, and we confirm the available dates across Faribault when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we will give you the next opening, not a promise we cannot keep.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Haul-away is part of the visit, and the bags go with the truck, so nothing is dumped on the lawn or left anywhere away from your home. Leave the side gate unlocked, move loose landscape furniture, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Expect photos of every run and downspout on your phone.
Yes. Our gutter cleaning process includes flushing and flow-testing every downspout, and we check where the water exits. A clean outlet tells us the line is working, and if a line runs underground, we tell you what we see there. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Under guards we find needles, seed casings, and grit packed on top of the mesh. Guards slow the buildup, but gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface, usually less often than an open gutter.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job for the whole gutter system, and you hear it before any work starts. The number 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.
