Our own crew cleans gutters across Northfield MN, flushing each run until the water flows clear, hauling the leaves and debris away, and sending you photos of every run before we leave, so you see the clean result yourself. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most homeowners here book in spring and fall, and we have been doing this work here long enough to know which runs fill first. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front to get a quote.
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. Some gutter cleaning services price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and the lift, so it costs more. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than the front, and a sloped lot does the same. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with buildup, leaves and debris that takes longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. A clean run goes faster on the ladder. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything we clear are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our work here shows the same pattern. On one recent job, a house with heavy tree cover had a pair of blocked outlets at the back corner where the leaf mat had settled into the elbow, and the flush and flow check were part of the same visit. Heavy tree canopy means more material and more time per run, so Northfield homes under big trees take more on the schedule, and that is worth knowing before you call. Next door, a neighbor with no trees and a single story will often land on the lower end. A photo of the front of the house, sent by text, helps us see the height and the cover before we quote.
Because the work is priced by what we find, a clog that has been overflowing for a season can carry some structural damage behind the fascia, and we photograph it and report it. We do not sell repairs. What we do is clear the water away from the eaveline so the drainage works as it was built to, and tell you plainly what we saw. The goal on every job is a clean run that drains.
| 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 book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across Minnesota the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, and here the fall visit runs October to early November. At that spring visit a gutter is rarely clean, and we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, plus a pollen paste that holds rainwater when it rains. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by late winter under the weight of snow and ice. Snow here runs about 43 inches a year, so that weight adds up.
Under heavy tree cover and a dense landscape of shrubs, a single twig or seed head is enough to start a blockage, and the gutters fill with needles and grit between visits, so those houses go on a schedule of every three to four months. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule includes debris removal, so nothing is left sitting in the trough. Residential properties with few or no trees do well with just one of those cleanings a year, the fall one. Gutters with guards still need a clean top surface, and that is usually less often than an open run. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we note it in the photo report so you can check it against what we saw.
A clog that goes unnoticed through a wet spring can leak over the front edge, and water spilling there is the first sign we look for. Freeze risk is real here, so a trough left full into winter can ice over and pull the run loose. Both residential and commercial properties get booked into those two windows, and our calendar fills, so an early call gets you a slot before the leaves or the seed drop peak. Across Minnesota, severe storms and straight-line winds also knock twigs and limbs onto the roofline and into the gutters between visits, and a call after one of those storms gets a clean run again.
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.
We clean across the town, and the surrounding areas get the same routine. Booking a cleaning takes one call or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us, tell us your stories, roughly how big the house is and whether trees hang over the gutters, and send a photo of the front if that is easy. That gives us enough to give you an estimate. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive. Each homeowner gets photos of every run on their phone, and the service starts with that one call.
Our calendar is busiest in the spring and fall windows, so those are the weeks to book early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The crew clears the gutters first, then checks the flow, and sends you photos of every run before the truck leaves. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, we can get your gutters on the calendar so the visit comes around without another call. We flush every downspout on each visit, which helps protect your home from water damage on the fascia and the foundation below, and it keeps the water away from your home. Each visit ends with the trough clean and the water running clear. Keeping up with cleaning and maintenance on that schedule is the simplest way to keep your gutters working, and all of our gutter services are priced before the crew arrives.
Our cleaning services are quoted from stories and size, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote one flat figure for every house, we quote your house. Text us a photo of the front and we can give you a number the same day.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, and across Minnesota the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June. If you wait past the fall visit, which runs October to early November here, we find the wet leaf mat packed into the runs, and a clog left sitting in the trough can freeze and push ice behind it.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on what is open that day, so call and book as early as you can.
No. 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. Any cuttings are bagged and carried away from your home, and the yard is left as clean as the crew found it.
Yes, the gutter cleaning process starts with a flush of every downspout, and we check the water flow at the outlet until the water runs clean. If a line goes underground and water does not come out the far end, we tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually less often, but the surface still collects needles, seed casings and grit that the guard holds on top. Guards lower gutter maintenance, they do not end it, and a gutter system with gutter guards still needs the same cleaning and maintenance check. Under guards on our jobs we often find the trough nearly empty while the water never got past the mat, and a trough left full through winter can rot the fascia board behind it.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge during heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow 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, never after. The number 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.
