Our own crew cleans gutters in Moorhead, MN, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs over the house, 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 that is when our calendar fills up. Call (866) 435-6328 to book.
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 each rain gutter run. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a real house the stories and the pitch do most of the work.
On our jobs a few things move the quote. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave at the back of the house. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy, packed with compacted leaves and grit, and take longer to clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Many Moorhead homes have a lot of mature cover, and on those jobs the leaves and debris pile up faster than on an open lot, so the crew spends more time on each downspout. Where clogged downspouts turn up, the crew runs water through each one from the top and watches what comes out the bottom. Where the water flow is slow, we say so and tell you what we found. Our gutter services also cover commercial properties, and the quote for those is built per building.
| 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 jobs most customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall, October to early November, after the last leaves come down. Those are the two visits that keep a gutter clean and clear of clog and keep rainwater moving away from your home. Moorhead gets about 24.7 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall in early summer tests every run. Waiting until the ice is already forming puts the fall visit too late.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by March, right where the gutter meets the roofline. With about 52.7 inches of snow a year, freezing and thawing works on any blockage that was never cleared, and that can lead to structural damage at the eave. An early visit lets us clean the blockage out before the ice gets to it.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, and that is part of our gutter maintenance. After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and that is the schedule we book.
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 Moorhead MN and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we clean residential and commercial properties across Moorhead. To book a gutter cleaning service with us, call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and give us your stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house sent by text helps us see the layout before we come out. We confirm a date when you call, and we call before we come.
Moorhead gutter cleaning fills fastest in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when customers on their twice-a-year schedule fill the calendar. Booking outside those windows usually opens up sooner. The gutter cleaning process is the same either way: nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the crew works from the outside of the house without coming inside. Our crew checks the gutters and downspouts, will flush every downspout, and watches the flow, so you get the same service whether you book early or late in the season. If a twig is jammed in an elbow, the crew clears it before the flush. If you have gutter guards, mention them when you book so the crew brings the right tools. Residential properties get the same crew and the same photos as commercial ones.
If you are a homeowner and your house has suffered water damage from an overflowing gutter, tell us when you call and where the leak is, so we can look at that run first. The point is to keep your gutters clear, which is how you protect your home from water damage over time, and regular gutter cleaning is the cheapest way we know to do that. We can get your gutters on the schedule with one call, and we will tell you which visit your lot needs.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text as an estimate. We do not quote a price range here because the house decides it. A sloped landscape around the house can change the number too, and we say so before we start. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the last leaves come down. If you wait until the ice is forming, the fall visit comes too late to stop the runs from sagging by March.
Our cleaning services in Moorhead are booked by date, so ask us what is open when you reach out. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No, you do not need to be home, and that goes for every homeowner we visit. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and the flow is checked where it leaves the house, so you know the water away from the foundation is moving. Clearing a buried drainage line is a separate job, and we quote it separately before we touch it. You will know what we found before any work starts.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. A guard changes the gutter system, but mesh keeps out whole leaves while needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and can clog the water flow underneath. On our jobs cleaning and maintenance go together: we clean the surface and flush the downspout, because water that backs up under a guard can rot the wood at the edge.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a buildup problem. 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
