Our own crew cleans gutters in Mendota Heights, leaves every run clean, flushes every downspout, tests the flow, hauls the leaves and debris away, and sends photos of every 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 you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across Minnesota for years.
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 give 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 gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the whole house is what counts.
Here is what moves the quote when our crew shows up. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk. A walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run higher than it looks from the driveway. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with compacted buildup that takes an extra pass to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get to the run underneath. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On Mendota Heights homes the gutters that clog fastest are the ones with a lot of seed and pollen coming down in spring, and the ones with a heavy leaf load in fall. A clog that sits through a rainy stretch turns into clogged elbows, and by then the cleaning takes longer. Price the job as the crew sees it, and that is why we want a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to send.
Clean your gutters on a regular schedule and the job stays short and the bill predictable. A clean run that keeps the water flow moving and the drainage clear is the goal, and regular gutter cleaning is how we hold it there on homes across the area. We work for Mendota Heights homeowners on residential properties and for a small number of residential and commercial properties where the building owner wants one contract for the whole site.
| 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 Mendota Heights jobs most customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Here is what we find at each visit. In spring the rainwater runs through seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf and twig mat, and where the first ice has already formed we find ice dams at the eave and runs that sag and pull loose by March on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Here is how the tiers look from the ladder. Two cleanings a year cover most houses. Under heavy tree cover, near a busy road, or beside a landscape bed that sheds mulch and grit, we are back every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the blockage builds quietly. Few or no trees around the roofline means once a year in late fall is enough. Houses with gutter guards still get cleared on the same schedule, with the top layer removed and the guard surface left clean.
Keep your gutters working through the seasons and you protect your home from water damage at the foundation and the fascia. We flush every downspout on each visit to make sure it sends water away from your home, and we check the gutters and downspouts from end to end. A clean gutter that drains properly, especially in heavy rainfall, is the cheapest insurance against a slow leak, wood rot and structural damage at the fascia, and that is the reason we check the whole gutter system, not just the trough.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs for gutter maintenance. The crew writes it on the photo sheet, so the schedule comes from what we saw on your gutters and nothing else.
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 provides cleaning services in Mendota Heights MN, working from a base within reach of the city, and the same crews cover the surrounding areas. Booking starts with the quote, by phone or text: give us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the front of the house helps, and a clean shot of the roofline helps more. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we come back with a time.
The calendar fills twice a year, in late spring when seed and pollen drop, and in late fall when the leaves come down. Book early so you get your gutters on the schedule before those windows fill. Our gutter services run on that same calendar, and we call before we come, so nobody needs to be home and the visit fits around your day.
For the homeowner who books outside those windows, we can usually find a slot for cleaning and maintenance without a long wait, and the lead time is set by the current schedule when you call. We will tell you the first open date at the time of the quote, and we will keep to it.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book Mendota Heights gutter cleaning in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves. Wait past that and the leaf mat sets; on houses that skipped the fall visit we see sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the schedule that week. We run crews across Mendota Heights, and when you call we tell you the first open date, and most slots come up within the week.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only: the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving the rain gutter at the outlet. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job and gets quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Leaves, needles and seed casings settle on top of the guard and mat over time, so the surface still needs a clean and the drain still needs flushing.
Clogged downspouts get flushed before we leave, so a clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem rather than leaves and grit. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it actually is, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
