Our own crew cleans gutters in Ham Lake MN, flushing every outlet, flow-testing each run, hauling the leaves and grit away and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Ham Lake homeowners book a gutter cleaning service in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest, so call early if you want to clean your gutters before the next storm.
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 in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning services cover residential and commercial properties, and every quote comes from those same three things, by phone or text. The number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the per-foot math hides what the crew actually finds on the ladder.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up from the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid with leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clean the trough. Flushing the outlets, flow testing and hauling the trash away are part of the job and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent Ham Lake job the gutter on the back run was sitting level, not sloped toward the outlet, and the clog was a dense mat of leaves and grit that had backed water over the front edge for two seasons. The clog itself was routine. The sag was not, and we flagged it in the photos before we left. That is the kind of thing we find when we actually open the trough: buildup, blockage and a run that has been quietly losing its water flow for years, along with poor drainage that let the water sit and seep toward the fascia.
Neighborhoods where we have worked around Ham Lake homes have the same pattern. The leaves and debris pile up in the same low spots, and the rain gutter that looked fine from the driveway is often holding a full season of wet material. We clean those runs out, pull out every twig, flush every downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom, and tell you when a gutter is pulling away and could start to cause structural damage. We also do the same work on commercial properties, but a house is a house, and what we charge for it is what we quote.
Clogged downspouts are the usual cause of water away from your home going the wrong way. When the water has nowhere to go, it finds the seam, the fascia or the wall, and that is where rot starts. Cleaning the gutters and flushing the outlets is the cheapest insurance a homeowner has against that, and it is the first thing we do. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the same three things in it, including debris removal and any leak we find at a seam. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutter system, and we will give you a number before we book a date.
| 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.
On our Ham Lake jobs most customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the seeds and seed casings blown off the landscape pack the elbows at the outlets. The pollen turns to a paste that holds rainwater. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have opened runs in March that sagged under the weight of the ice. Ham Lake gets about 44.1 inches of snow a year, so the fall visit between October and early November is the one that matters before the first snow. Those are the signs of a gutter that went a full winter without a clog check, and that is the reason to clean your gutters before the freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, most of our customers are on regular gutter cleaning more often than twice a year, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. A house with few or no trees on it is usually fine once a year in late fall. Heavy rainfall is the other factor. Ham Lake gets about 28.8 inches of precipitation a year, and June, July and August are the wettest months, so the trough fills fastest in summer. Gutter guards still need a surface clean, and we do that less often, but the trough under the guard still needs a look. Lots near a busy road or a construction site fall into the shorter schedule for the same reason as the trees: the grit keeps coming. Keep your gutters on the schedule that matches the roofline and the landscape, not the calendar on the wall.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your residential properties actually need, based on what we found in the trough and the outlets, not on a generic calendar. If the gutter is clean and still overflowing, that is a slope problem and we say so, and a second cleaning will not fix it.
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.
We have cleaned gutters on homes across Ham Lake and the surrounding areas, and the crew covers the city from the nearest base, with each visit a full clean of every run. Ham Lake gutter cleaning starts with one phone call, and Ham Lake homeowners get the same quote process wherever they live in town. Our gutter services cover the gutters and downspouts on the whole house, front and back runs alike. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a quote from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover. Lead time depends on the season; the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest, so book early if you want a date in those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the clean. The crew works outside and does not come inside, and we send the photos to your phone when we are done. If you want to protect your home from water damage this year, the simplest step is to get your gutters on the calendar before the leaves drop.
Our cleaning services in Ham Lake are quoted from stories and size, so we quote it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the price for your house.
Late spring and late fall are when our Ham Lake customers book, and freezing weather in winter makes the fall visit the one that matters most for ice dams. If you wait until the snow is on the roof, we find the runs already sagging, so get your gutters on the schedule before then.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and every outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush the outlets and check where they drain, including the underground lines, and that check is part of every clean and all our gutter maintenance. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
A guarded gutter system still needs the surface cleared, so cleaning and maintenance does not stop when the guards go on. Under the guards we find the same seeds, grit and wet leaf mat, and the trough still needs to be checked for sag and water flow.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video in the rain. That is almost always a slope or drainage problem rather than a clog, and we tell you what it is.
No. The gutter cleaning process has one price: the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
