Our own crew cleans gutters in Lino Lakes. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, the debris is hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, when the seeds and leaves have come down and the water is about to need somewhere to go.
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, how big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. Leaves and debris packed into a run take longer than a light dusting, and a twig jammed in the elbow takes longer still, so the crew notes both. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is counted. Our gutter cleaning services for homeowners follow the same method, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with years of buildup packed in, which is a slower job, while a run that was clean the year before goes quicker. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and a run we have to clean out by hand takes the longest.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, and we never bill them as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. The whole gutter system gets checked, from the trough down to the outlet, and a rain gutter that is clogged or sags at the joints gets reported the same day, with a photo. Any leak at a joint or weak spot in the drainage, or anything slowing the water flow, goes into that photo report too.
On the Lino Lakes homes we have cleaned, the quote is set mostly by the roofline and how much of it is under trees. Clogged downspouts are the most common reason a run overflows in the first heavy rainfall, and a clog that has been building for a season often shows up as structural damage at the fascia or soffit. Clearing that clog early keeps the water away from your home and out of the basement, and leaves the gutters clean enough to spot a sag before it gets worse. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, by stories, size and run length.
| 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 here book two cleanings a year: one in the spring and one in late fall. Across Minnesota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late October or November after the last leaves are down. Two visits keep most houses ahead of the weather, and it is the right time to clean your gutters before winter sets in. It works the same for residential and commercial buildings.
In spring we open gutters and find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the downspout elbows, a blockage that is easy to miss from the ground. In late fall it is the leaf mat, and when the first ice comes on a house that skipped the fall visit, we see ice dams at the eave and runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March. Skipping that fall visit is the most common gap in gutter maintenance we see. A gutter that stays full through a Minnesota winter is a rainwater problem waiting for spring.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. Booking regular gutter cleaning on residential properties like that keeps the runs moving. Few or no trees over the roof means once a year in late fall is enough. Homes with gutter guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs clearing, so clean the top of the guard even when the trough looks empty.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what came out of the gutters and how the drainage runs off the roofline.
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 works across Lino Lakes MN from the nearest base, so the booking process is the same from one side of town to the other. We also work the surrounding areas, and the gutter services are the same wherever the house is. Every homeowner gets the same questions on the first call. You call (866) 435-6328 or text, we ask about your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house by text helps us quote without a site visit.
Lead time depends on the calendar. Lino Lakes gutter cleaning runs busiest in two windows, late spring and late fall, when most of our customers come due at once. Booking early in those months gets you the slot you want, and it helps you keep your gutters clean and running before the next storm. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the job.
Our gutter cleaning service is the same crew, the same steps and the same photo report whether you are on a corner lot or a cul-de-sac. We clean gutters and downspouts the same way on both. The goal is to protect your home from water damage before the next heavy rain, so the first thing we do is flush every downspout and get the water moving away from the house.
The number comes from your stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text.
Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June after the seed drop, and the fall visit runs late October to November after the leaves. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have seen runs sag by March under the weight of ice.
Booking is busiest in late spring and late fall, so call early in those months and we confirm the date when you do.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside the house, and sends photos of every run before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Our gutter cleaning process includes this: we flush every downspout and check where it drains, so the water runs away from your home and not into the landscape. Underground lines get checked when the outlet is visible. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Under guards the leaves are out, but needles, seed casings and grit still settle on the surface and on the guard mesh. We clean that off and flush each downspout so water actually gets in. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, just on a shorter visit.
Then we photograph where it is still overflowing and tell you what the problem is. Usually it is a slope or capacity issue rather than debris, and if the fascia behind the gutter has started to rot, the photo report says that too. We do not sell a second cleaning to fix a slope problem.
No. The price you hear 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.
We offer cleaning services in Lino Lakes on the same spring and fall schedule for every home, and every clean gets the same photo report.
Call (866) 435-6328, text us a photo of the front of the house, or book a date and get your gutters on the schedule.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
