Our own crew cleans gutters in New Brighton, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have run this work across Minnesota for years, and most of our New Brighton customers book in the spring and fall.
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 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. Other gutter cleaning services often price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the per-foot math skips the stories and the tree cover, which are what actually drive the time on a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer on every run. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run needs the boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and a rain gutter like that has to be cleared by hand before water flow can be checked. A clog that has been sending water over the edge for a season can mean structural damage or rot in the fascia board behind it, and we point that out before we start. Guards we have to lift and reseat add their own time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and drainage at the outlet is checked on every run. The figure assumes the runs end up clean and flowing, not just emptied of what you could see. If the job is on commercial properties, tell us on the call, because the stories and the access still decide the number. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our New Brighton homes vary, but one recent job shows how it works. Most of our quotes here are for residential properties. A two-story house with heavy overhead cover had clogged downspouts that were moving water only partway, and the gutters were carrying leaves and debris from the prior fall. The crew cleared the runs, flushed each downspout, and left the gutters clean with water moving away from the foundation before the truck left. The figure matched the invoice because the stories and the tree cover were known on the phone call. To get your gutters priced, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and the rough size.
| 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.
Across Minnesota, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from October to early November, after the last leaves. In June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig, the first buildup of the year, and that is how a clog starts. In November it is the wet leaf mat. Houses that skip the fall visit can end up with runs that sag under the weight of the water by the next spring.
Under heavy tree cover, regular cleanings should come every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, and a run kept clean through the summer is an even shorter job. Guarded gutters need less often, but the surface still has to be cleared and the outlets kept clean. Snow runs from January through April and again in November and December here, which is why the fall visit matters on freeze-belt lots. Rainwater adds to it: June, July and August are the wettest months, with about 33 inches of precipitation a year, so the June visit clears the runs before the heavy rainfall of the summer.
When we open a gutter here in June, we find the seed casings first, then the grit. Once we know your lot, we tell you which tier it actually needs, and you can keep your gutters clean on a schedule that fits the trees. Cleaning and maintenance on that schedule keeps the runs from getting ahead of you. Call (866) 435-6328 to book your June or October visit, or text us a photo of the roofline and we will confirm a date.
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 New Brighton and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and most New Brighton homeowners book on the phone or by text. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date. Send a photo of the house front if it is easy, along with the stories and whether trees hang over the roof, and we give you an estimate from there. Booking New Brighton gutter cleaning runs on a short lead time, and the two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early for those. We take residential and commercial calls on the same line, so tell us what the building is when you call. Across New Brighton, the figure starts from those same few questions.
The gutter cleaning process is the same on every job. We call before we come, and a homeowner does not need to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house and sends photos to your phone when the job is finished, so you can see every run clean in the photos. Our crew keeps the schedule tight in the busy months. Ask early, because a clean calendar in those months is hard to find, and we confirm the date when you call so you know exactly when to expect us.
Clearing the runs is one part of how you protect your home from water damage. Once the gutter system is clean, most of the value comes from regular visits that keep water away from the foundation, so the gutters do not sag and the basement stays dry. We flush every downspout on each visit and check that the outlet drains away from the landscape. A blockage at the fascia usually starts with a run that backs up, and that is where a leak into the soffit begins. Our gutter maintenance and gutter services are built around that routine, covering the gutters and downspouts on every visit.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We only give a price once we have both.
Most of our customers here book in June and again in October and early November. If you wait past the fall visit, we find the leaf mat and the ice-belt damage on the runs, and that is more time on the ladder.
Most slots come up within the week for cleaning services in New Brighton, and we confirm a date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
No. We work outside, do not come inside, and send photos of every run to your phone. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, and we keep at it until the water runs clean at the bottom. Then we check that drainage is leaving at the outlet and running away from your landscape. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, needles and grit get under the gutter guards and the surface still packs up. We clear it, check that water is getting in, and leave the trough clean. Guards change the gutter system, but they do not end the need to check it.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or video the next time heavy rainfall comes through, and we tell you what it is.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
