Our crew cleans gutters in Shakopee MN, flushes the whole gutter system, flow-tests the run and hauls the debris away. You get photos of every run once the clean is done, before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Minnesota, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we plan around.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services 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. For residential properties we would rather give you one number for the whole house than price it per linear foot.
On our jobs, the quote moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a steep roof that we cannot walk changes how the crew works. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with leaves, debris and buildup, and that takes longer. Clogged downspouts add time to every run they touch, and any leak at a joint gets photographed and reported to you before we move on. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and a full clean on a guarded run takes longer than an open one. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on the ground. Across Minnesota, the houses that take longest are the ones with a sag in the run and a clog at the outlet that nobody has opened since the last owner. We find structural damage in some of those, and we photograph it and report it. Moving rainwater away from your home is the job, and a clean rain gutter with working drainage and good water flow is the first step. The same flow check applies to commercial properties.
If you want a specific number, call (866) 435-6328 and tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. That call starts our gutter cleaning process, and you get a written estimate you can hold us to.
| 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 in Shakopee MN book twice a year, once in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall, usually October to early November, after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the outlet elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, we see runs that sag under the first ice by March.
Under heavy tree cover, we see every three to four months, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the outlets between visits. The wettest months here are May, June and August, and a run with a blockage turns heavy rainfall into water over the edge. With few or no trees, one visit a year in late fall is usually enough, and a clean at that point sets the run up for winter. Gutter guards still need a visit, less often, but the surface still has to be cleared.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Book a gutter cleaning service date for the spring window, and the fall visit gets set once the leaves are down. Regular gutter cleaning is the cleaning and maintenance that keeps the rainwater moving to the downspouts between storms. If you are unsure whether it is time to clean your gutters, text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you where you stand.
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 gutter services cover Shakopee homes from the nearest base and the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Shakopee gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Spring and fall fill up fast, and those are the busy windows on our calendar. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule for those months, book early. Residential and commercial jobs both go through the same booking line. We will tell you the typical lead time for cleanings when you call, and we will not promise a same-day visit unless we have the slot.
Shakopee homeowners tell us they want one call and a clear date. That is what we aim for: keep your gutters and downspouts working, give them a clean before the rain comes, and flush every downspout to protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm what works for your gutters.
The number comes from stories and size, and a homeowner gets it by phone or text. There is no fixed figure we can give without those details.
Most homes across Shakopee book in late spring and late fall. Spring after the seed drop and fall after the leaves are down are the windows we see most. Waiting past the first hard freeze often means we find runs that have sagged or wood that has begun to rot.
Same-day slots are rare in spring and fall. Most open dates come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush the whole gutter system and check the flow at the outlet. Where a line runs underground, we check whether water is leaving and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is quoted separately.
If you have gutter guards, they still need cleaning, just less often. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, and that mat can stop water from getting in. Gutter maintenance on a guarded system is mostly a clean of the surface and a check of the run.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video of it during heavy rainfall. A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or capacity problem, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for that.
The price you hear 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.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
