Our own crew will clean your gutters, every run flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most homes here book in the spring and fall, and we can give you a quote by phone or text.
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 gutter system. We quote our gutter cleaning services for Hutchinson homes by phone or text from those three things, and the estimate is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we climb. The same three things set the price on residential properties. This page covers houses, so ask about commercial properties when you call before you book.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a steep pitch we cannot walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years arrive packed with compacted leaf matter, and the crew has to clear that blockage before the flush. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. A run that is already sagging can mean structural damage to the fascia, and the crew reports it in the photos. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, a house with heavy tree cover had its gutters cleared of compacted leaves and seeds, and the crew found several clogged downspouts at the elbow with grit that had to be flushed from the top. The quote was built from the stories, the square footage and the tree cover the caller told us, and the crew confirmed it on arrival with no change to the total and a clean invoice. Across Minnesota the same three things set the number on most houses. Text us a photo of the front of the house if it is easy, and we can narrow the quote further before the crew is booked. The clog that gets missed on a quick look is usually the one that sends water back into the eave instead of away from your home.
| 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 homes here book twice a year, in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we open gutters full of seeds, seed casings and pollen paste that packs the downspout elbows, and the crew has to clean that out before the flush. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that sag or have pulled loose by March. Here in Minnesota the first ice and ice dams at the eave come with the cold months, so the fall visit is the one that keeps water from backing up under the shingles. A clog left in the gutter system through winter is what usually turns a small job into a rot repair.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our cleanings come every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep your gutters clean and the rainwater moving. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps water flow steady through heavy rainfall, and the wettest months here are May, June and August. Wherever a gutter sits near a busy road or active construction, the grit settles faster and the schedule tightens. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the runs, not on a general rule. Clean your gutters on that cycle and the next storm is just rain.
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.
The gutter cleaning process starts with one call. Our cleaning services in Hutchinson run from the nearest base and work across Hutchinson as a whole, so a call for Hutchinson gutter cleaning from any part of town gets the same quote process. Calls from the surrounding areas are handled the same way. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We ask about your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we give you a clean number on the spot. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promise one before we know the schedule. Ask about residential and commercial jobs at the same time, since the quote depends on which one it is.
The busiest windows of the year are late spring and the fall, when most Hutchinson homeowners want their gutters cleared at the same time. Booking a few weeks ahead keeps the slot on our gutter cleaning service calendar, and every homeowner gets the same call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want the gutter system checked alongside the clean, say so when you book and the crew will look at what is in front of them and send you the photos. The goal is to keep the water moving away from your home, catch any leak early, and protect your home from water damage before it starts.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much leaf and seed buildup is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo and we will give you a price by phone, before anyone is on a ladder.
Most homeowners in Hutchinson MN book in late spring and again in late fall, and that schedule covers the seed drop and the leaves. If you wait past the fall visit, we find runs that have sagged by the time the cold months arrive.
Most slots come up within the week, and if you want to get your gutters done sooner, ask about it on the call. We confirm a date then, so you know exactly when the crew will arrive to clean.
No. Our gutter services run outside, the crew does not come inside, and it sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Each run is flushed until it runs clean, and the outlet is checked to see that drainage is working. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, twig bits, seed casings and grit settle on top of them and can still block the flow. Gutter maintenance is still needed, and cleaning and maintenance on guarded gutters is a shorter job, not no job. We clean the surface and check that water is getting into the trough.
If a clean rain gutter still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or capacity rather than a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
