Our own crew cleans gutters in Farmington, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the muck hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your house size and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our work here is booked in the spring and fall, and we can give you a firm date once we know your house.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every Farmington MN homeowner asks the same first question: what will this cost? The price depends on how many stories the house has, how much area 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 gutter maintenance by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather you know the full figure before the crew is on the ladder.
On our jobs the quote moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back of the house. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed grit, the odd twig and the occasional clog, and they take longer to clean. Gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. The gutters and downspouts are cleared, flushed and flow tested, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. Once we leave, the water runs away from your home. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on a recent job. One house in town had a clean back run, but the guards were pressed down over years of gutter cleaning service that had skipped the seams, and water had started to leak at the packed elbows. The crew had to lift every panel to reach them. You hear about that kind of finding on the phone before anyone starts, and you get the photos afterward. Our customers here tend to ask for a clear picture of how their cleaning and maintenance will go before they commit. Every one of our cleanings starts with the same three things, so we walk through them with every caller: stories, house size and whether big trees hang over the house. Text us a photo of the front of the house if that is easier, and we will tell you what we see.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 and we will walk you through the quote for our cleaning services in Farmington in a few minutes.
| 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 Farmington customers book our gutter cleaning services twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs the spring visit usually finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. The fall visit finds the wet mat of leaves and debris that sits in the gutter system all winter, and on houses that skipped that visit we see a rain gutter that has started to sag or come loose by March. Freezing months are a real factor here, so a clean trough in late fall is the difference between rainwater running off and a line of ice at the eave.
Under big trees, customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows faster than the seasons alone would. Heavy rainfall in June, July and August finds any clog fast, so summer is when a backed-up run shows its face. Homes with few or no trees and a tidy landscape do fine with one visit a year in late fall. Guards change the picture, since they hold leaves back but let fine dust through, so we clean the surface even on guarded houses, just less often.
The same schedule works for commercial properties in town, which we service per building on a set calendar. Office buildings and retail sites tend to run on the spring and fall rhythm, while flat-topped buildings and buildings under tall trees get more frequent visits. Clogged downspouts on a flat-topped building show up as rot and structural damage long before anyone sees them from the ground. We clean the roofline, flush every downspout and check the drainage and how the water is moving away from the foundation before we leave.
After the first clean, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the right schedule is how you keep your gutters clear. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a spring or fall date, or text a photo of the house and we will suggest a schedule. Get your gutters on the calendar early, since the spring and fall dates fill first.
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 cleaning process starts with one phone call. We clean gutters on Farmington homes from our own crews, and the calls we get most often come from the neighborhoods where we have worked for years. Booking is simple: you give us the stories, the rough size of the house and whether big trees hang over the house, and we quote it over the phone or by text, with a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We call before we arrive, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning itself.
Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, so it helps to book early. Lead time varies with the season and how many homes we already have on the route that week, and we will tell you the first open date when you call. Regular gutter cleaning on the same calendar each year keeps each visit quick and helps protect your home from water damage, since there is less buildup to clear and the water flow stays steady. If you want us to clean your gutters before a storm, say so on the call. If you live in one of the surrounding areas, ask on the call and we will confirm whether the route reaches you. We do not promise a visit on a specific day until we have confirmed the slot.
If you have a commercial building or a home with a complicated layout, mention it on the call so we can plan the crew and the lift in advance. Our booking desk takes residential properties, and it takes residential and commercial jobs in the same call, so one number covers both.
Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule, or text a photo of the house and we will confirm the date.
Our estimate for two-story Farmington homes comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. The figure we give is the figure you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, because those are the times we see the most seed, pollen and leaf debris. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the risk of ice at the eave goes up, and a clean trough goes a long way against it.
It depends on the calendar that week. We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week during the busy seasons.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends every homeowner photos of each run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check the gutters and downspouts together, making sure water is leaving at the outlet. We also clean the gutters before the flush, so the water has a clear path. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards hold back leaves, but seed casings, needles and fluff work through, and on our jobs we find that mat sitting on top of the guards and blocking the water. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them, so the trough is clean when we leave.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than debris. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem. Clear gutters protect your home from water damage, so if you still see a blockage or overflow, we want to hear about it.
The quote holds unless the crew finds something that changes the job. If that happens, you hear it and agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
