Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our crews have been doing this work across Minnesota for years, and most of our bookings come in for the spring and fall visits.
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 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. Gutter cleaning services are priced on the whole house, and commercial properties get a quote built the same way. Stories and size come first, then the state of the gutters, since a clean run and a packed one are not the same job. Some companies price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per run, but the stories and the pitch of the house decide the time on the ladder, so we price the house instead.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest single change. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaves, which takes longer to clear than a normal load. A run that has started to sag usually holds the clog, and clogged downspouts with poor drainage and weak water flow at the outlet can lead to structural damage to the fascia. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and the haul-off of leaves and debris are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. A clean gutter after the job is the goal, and the photos show it.
Our work here shows the same pattern. When the gutters are packed with wet leaves and a downspout is clogged, the quote moves, and the crew flushes it from the top to get water away from the foundation. The quote is set before we climb. Most Mankato homes come in on a straightforward two-story house, and the crew can tell from the photo of the front of the house whether the rain gutter is likely to add time. Send that photo when you call and we will tell you what we see before we set a date. Every homeowner hears that read before a date is set. A clean run goes quickly, and the time goes to the packed ones.
| 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 Mankato MN customers book twice a year, in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves are down. Across Minnesota, the spring visit runs mid to late June. When we open a gutter here in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspout. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged under the first ice, and ice dams forming at the eave before March. Freezing winters here, with snow from November through April, make the fall visit the one that protects the roofline and keeps rainwater from freezing in the trough. Clean your gutters before the ice sets in, and the ice has less to hold on to.
The fall visit here runs October to early November. Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the house, our customers need regular gutter cleaning between visits, because needles and grit pack the downspouts and a single clog can back water up behind the gutter. Houses with few or no trees need only a once-a-year visit in late fall, which is enough to clean out the season's leaves before the freeze. On residential properties near a busy road or active construction the grit adds up, so those lots often move to a shorter schedule. If you have gutter guards, the guard still needs its surface cleared, and that visit comes less often than an open gutter but does not disappear.
Our schedules are built for residential and commercial properties, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter and the trees over the house. A clog in one run is not the same as a whole system that is blocked, and the blockage tells us the schedule. Gutter maintenance between visits is mostly a matter of watching for overflow, and every visit ends with debris removal, so nothing is left in the trough. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate for the first visit, the one that tells us how often to clean your gutters.
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 the surrounding areas, and we keep the calendar on a shared schedule so the crews are not double-booked. Booking for Mankato gutter cleaning starts with the quote. Any gutter service should give you a number you can hold it to, and that is what we do. Call or text with the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the gutters, and if it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house. We confirm the date when you call, and we call again before we come. A homeowner does not need to be home for exterior work.
The calendar gets full in late spring and late fall, so book cleanings early in those months. Outside those windows there is usually room, though a date in the week after a storm will fill quickly. We will tell you the lead time when you call, because it changes with the season and the weather. If you have seen a leak at a seam or a joint, or a twig stuck in a downspout, mention it on the call, and if you have gutter guards, say so too. Once the work is done you get the photos of every run and downspout, and the invoice matches the quote. Keeping the trough clean between visits is simpler than it sounds.
Whether you are trying to keep your gutters clear for the first time or switching to a regular schedule, the visit is the same. We do not promise a slot we cannot keep, and we do not add a charge that was not in the number you were given. The process is the same on every visit: the crew checks every run, will flush every downspout, and hauls the leaves away before the crew leaves. Our cleaning services cover gutters and downspouts from end to end, and all of our gutter services are quoted the same way. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage through the wet months. Our phone line takes residential and commercial calls, and if you ask about commercial properties, tell us on the call so we can say whether the job fits our crew. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on a schedule that works for your lot.
Our cleaning services in Mankato are quoted by phone or text, and the number comes from stories and size. We do not quote a range here because the same two-story house can take more time if the gutters are packed or the pitch is steep. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Our customers across Mankato book in spring and fall. Across Minnesota, the spring visit runs mid to late June, and the fall visit here runs October to early November. In June we find seeds and pollen packed in the downspout, and in the fall we find the wet leaf mat that freezes into ice dams before winter. Waiting past the first hard freeze usually means more work and sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week, so ask on the call if you want to get your gutters cleaned that day. We confirm the date when you call so you know exactly when we will be there.
No, a homeowner does not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew keeps ladders off the landscape and away from your home, and you just leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch it until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet, since poor drainage there can cause damage. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and underneath it, and once that mat is wet the water runs over the edge. We clear the surface, flush the downspout, and leave the guards clean and reseated. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, just less often than an open gutter.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Water left at the edge can rot the fascia and cause structural damage over time. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. The quote covers the whole gutter system and is based on stories, size and what we can see from the ground and the photo. Hauling is included, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. Once the gutters are clean, the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
