Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in South St. Paul MN, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. We leave every run clean, and the photos prove it. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Minnesota, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, and we keep the same crew on the same schedule so you know who is on the ladder.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for a gutter system depends on how many stories the house has, how large it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We set the figure by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the full run is counted, but every South St. Paul homeowner gets one number for the whole job.
On our jobs, the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roofline too steep for the crew to walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid with leaves, grit and the odd twig, and the crew needs longer to get them clean, with a clog at most elbows. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time on top of that. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the cleaning and maintenance visit and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most South St. Paul homeowners find out the figure is set in the first ten minutes on the ladder, once the crew sees how packed the runs are and how many outlets have to be opened at the elbow. Heavy tree cover near the back of a house usually pushes the number up, and we say so on the phone before we book. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy to get one, and we can usually tell you the range you should expect before the first call ends. Some customers want the first of their cleanings done before the leaf drop and the seed drop both hit, and we set the price for that visit with the same method as every visit after.
| 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 South St. Paul MN customers book twice a year: once in the spring, after seed and pollen drop, and again in late October to November after the last leaves are down. Across Minnesota, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June. When we open a rain gutter in spring, clogged runs are often packed with seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig, and that is the first clog we find. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have found runs by March that sag under ice. Left alone, a clogged gutter leads to structural damage, and the rot we find on fascia behind a sagging run usually started in a season nobody was watching.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits and the gutter stays wet longer. Few or no trees over the house, and once a year in late fall is enough for most homes. Guards cut the work down, but on our jobs they still need the surface cleared, and we look under them every visit anyway. Gutter cleaning services scheduled across South St. Paul follow the same logic: the landscape around the house decides the interval, not a calendar date. Pick the interval that fits your lot and keep your gutters on it, because gutter maintenance on that schedule keeps the water away from the fascia and helps protect your home from water damage. Between visits, a clean run stays clean longer when the interval fits the lot.
After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the crew writes it on the photo sheet so you have it in writing. The wettest months here are May, June and August, and heavy rainfall is the real test of that schedule, so a run that overflows after a storm moves up a tier.
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 offer cleaning services in South St. Paul and the surrounding areas from our nearest base, and the crew covers the city as a whole. Call (866) 435-6328 to start a gutter cleaning service booking, or text us for an estimate with stories, size, tree cover and a photo of the house front if it is easy to get one. The gutter cleaning process starts with that estimate. The lead time shown on the booking line is the real one, and we confirm the date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the yard is left clean when we leave.
The calendar fills in two busy windows: spring and fall, when most customers book at once. If you want a date in those months, get your gutters booked early, because the crew fills up fast. Outside those windows slots open up faster. Residential properties and commercial properties share the same crew schedule, and we keep the residential route on a fixed day so regular customers get the same visit window each time.
Clean your gutters on a set schedule, because the first visit is the one that sets the pattern. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the runs from packing up, and we will tell you what the lot needs so the next booking follows without starting over.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. We set it by phone or text, and that figure is what we charge. Our gutter services are priced the same way for every two-story house, and flushing and disposal are included.
Most of our customers book the spring visit, which runs mid to late June across Minnesota, and the fall visit in late October to November. In fall, the first snow can arrive before the leaf mat has dried out, and waiting past November is the mistake we see most.
Same-day slots depend on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive.
No, you do not need to be home. The crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the yard stays clean when they leave.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the drainage at the outlet and confirm water runs away from your home, and we tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone starts.
On our jobs, yes. Guards keep out the big leaves, but the fine stuff gets through, packs on top and mats up, and a wet mat lets water leak over the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, and reseat them, so the water actually gets in.
A clean gutter that still spills during heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage, because the water flow at the front edge is faster than the run can carry. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will 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 work starts. The quote we gave on the phone is the number on the invoice, clean and simple.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
