Our own crew cleans gutters in Hastings, flushes every drainpipe, tests the flow, hauls the debris away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage 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 homeowners who call us book in the spring and fall, and the crew leaves each yard clean.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on 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 cleanings by the linear foot land in a similar place, but the total is what matters to you.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, and gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed and heavy. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and a run with a twig or a packed elbow takes longer than one that only needs a rinse. Drainpipe flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we open a gutter, the usual problem is a homeowner who has waited a season too long: the leaf mat has rotted into a paste, the leak has started at a seam, and the drainpipes have a clog low down that only a flush will show. The gutter cleaning process is the same whether the job is small or large, and we walk you through what we found and what it takes to keep the gutters clean. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
Heavy rainfall is what exposes a gutter that was not cleaned, and May, June and July are the wettest months here. Rainwater that cannot get into the drainpipe spills over the edge and runs down the wall. Regular gutter maintenance keeps that from happening and carries the water away from your home. A proper cleaning and maintenance visit, the kind that leaves the gutters clean, costs less than the repair that follows a season of overflow.
Cleaning services in Hastings should be priced by what is actually in the gutter, and we work the same way on every house. The starting price is set by those same three things, and the crew confirms your number when you call.
| 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 twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall, usually late October to November, after the last leaves come down. Across Minnesota the pattern holds: the spring visit clears what the trees dropped in May and June, and the fall visit clears leaves and debris before the first hard freeze. Both visits clean the gutters and downspouts, so the water has somewhere to go.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the drainpipes, often a clog that holds back the first heavy rain. In fall we find the leaf load, and with freeze risk real and snow averaging 41 inches a year, the first ice and the ice dams that form at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March. Houses without that fall visit are the ones that show up with water damage in the spring, and a regular visit helps protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drainpipes between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is enough. Guarded gutters are cleaned less often, but the surface still needs clearing to keep them clean, and the gutter system and its drainage underneath need a look too. The rain gutter that goes unchecked for a year is the one we find with clogged downspouts packed to the elbow, and the one most likely to have structural damage or rot at the fascia.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the landscape around the house goes into that call. How often you clean your gutters depends on the trees and the yard. Most houses start on the twice-a-year schedule and move from there based on what we find in the drainpipes.
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.
On our jobs we have cleaned the older neighborhoods near downtown, the newer subdivisions on the edges of the city and the Hastings homes along the river bluffs. Homeowners get the same crew from our nearest base, and our gutter cleaning service covers all of Hastings MN. Booking is simple: you call (866) 435-6328 or text, we ask for the number of stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we give you a quote. A photo of the front of the house helps us confirm the number, but it is not required.
Lead time depends on the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when most homes on our list want the visit, and the calendar fills in those weeks. Outside those windows slots come up faster. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We check water flow on every run before we leave, and the photos arrive on your phone.
Residential and commercial jobs run on the same crew schedule, and we clean commercial properties and residential properties alike. If you are looking for regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, tell us when you book and we will put the dates on the calendar. The point of the schedule is that debris and buildup never sit in the drainpipes long enough to cause a problem, and the gutters stay clean between visits.
The number for our gutter services comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with heavy tree cover can run very differently from one without.
Our customers usually book in late spring and again in late fall, because that is when the seeds and pollen drop and when the leaves finish falling. If the fall visit is skipped in a city like this, the first ice can freeze water behind the gutter, and by March some runs have sagged. Booking both visits helps keep your gutters clear through the freeze.
Same-day slots depend on the day and the season, and we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week outside the busy windows, and homes in the surrounding areas can ask whether we cover them.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drainpipe to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see the gutters clean for yourself. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a drainpipe feeds an underground line that is not running, we tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and mat there. On our jobs we lift the panels, clean underneath, and check that water is getting into the gutter.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain usually has a slope problem or a drainpipe too small for the roofline, and a blockage further down the line is a separate fix. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
