Our own crew works every gutter run in Grand Rapids: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the clippings hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave so you can see the runs are clean. Tree cover and the rest of the landscape decide how fast a gutter system fills, so the price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much canopy hangs over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our homeowners book in the spring and fall, when seeds, leaves and the first freeze have had time to clog the runs and start a leak at a seam.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Gutter cleaning services in Grand Rapids are priced from three things: how many stories the house has, its 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our Grand Rapids homes the stories and the access decide most of the number. The same three things set the quote on commercial properties.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what we find once we set the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective working height, and poor drainage at the foundation adds time to the flushing. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed solid with leaves and debris, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add more time before the runs are clean. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the number and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on the ground. A home on our route with heavy tree cover had a gutter that had not been opened in several years. Leaves and seed had packed into the runs, and a clogged downspout had been pushing water back toward the foundation. We cleared every run, flushed every downspout until the water ran clear at the bottom, and photographed each one. Water away from your home is what you should see after a cleaning, and this homeowner saw it for the first time in a long while. Gutters that sag from the weight of packed muck are a different problem, and we say so on the ladder. Heavy buildup can also hide rot and structural damage at the fascia, which we photograph and report rather than repair.
| 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 in spring and fall: late September to October, after the last leaves, and across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop. In June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and a single clog there backs rainwater up the rain gutter even on a run that looked clean last fall. In October it is the wet leaf mat and the first cold snap, and houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that sag and pull loose under the weight of ice. Grand Rapids averages 59.6 inches of snow a year, and winter ice dams at the eave are the other reason the fall visit matters here.
A clean run in fall means fewer clogs in June. Under heavy tree cover, needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between cleanings, so regular gutter cleaning beats waiting for a clog. With few or no trees, the fall visit alone is usually enough. Our crew can spot the clog in the gutter before it turns into a blockage, and an estimate for the right tier follows the first visit. Ask us when to clean your gutters, and we will tell you from that first look. Our gutter cleaning service covers residential and commercial jobs, and it works the same way on residential properties of every size. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can schedule the next visit before you leave the driveway.
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 covers Grand Rapids MN and the surrounding areas, and the calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year: late spring and early fall. Grand Rapids gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text from your stories, your size and tree cover, plus a clean photo of the house front if that is easy. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, though the crew leaves the lawn clean. Lead time is set by the open slot when you call, and we confirm the date with you before the visit. Gutter services for the whole house, from the gutters and downspouts up to the eaves, are quoted together.
Homeowners here want the gutters cleared before the next storm, and that is the job we do: keep your gutters moving so rain runs off the roof, not down the walls, even in heavy rainfall. Our crew will flush every downspout on homes that had been sitting for years, and we keep the schedule so the water stays away from the foundation. Keeping the runs open is how you protect your home from water damage, and a leak at the fascia is cheaper to catch early than to rebuild. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what the crew will find.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and the number you hear is the price you pay. We do not give a range in writing because the house decides it.
Our customers here book in late September to October, and across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June. Waiting past the fall visit is how we end up on a ladder in March looking at runs that sagged under ice. The first visit tells you which schedule keeps the runs clean and your gutter maintenance on track.
Same-day depends on the open slot when you call. Open slots change from day to day, so call and we will help you get your gutters done on the first date that works.
No. Our crew works outside across Grand Rapids, does not come inside, and 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. The gutter cleaning process ends with every downspout flushed and watched until the water runs clear at the bottom. Checking an underground drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat down once they get wet, so the gutter system and the guards need cleaning and maintenance too. We lift the panels, clear underneath and reseat them.
If a clear gutter still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, it is a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. 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.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote 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.
