Our own crew will clean every gutter run on your house, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, all of it hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and we have done enough of those visits to know where the water stops and starts.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from 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. Per-linear-foot quoting is the other way many companies price this work, and it lands in a similar place once the stories and access are counted. We clean residential and commercial properties on the same basis.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets up there. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and silt, and a clog that has sat that long takes more time to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and every downspout that runs clean at the outlet is the goal of the visit. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
St. Cloud homes tell us the first real test is a rain. Our crew checks drainage and water flow at every downspout outlet, and a sag or buildup we find gets photographed and put in the report, so you know what the run looked like before we touched it. Regular gutter cleaning in spring and fall keeps a clog from turning into a stain on the ceiling. If you clean your gutters yourself, the same checks apply, and the ladder is the part most people underestimate. Residential properties and commercial properties both get the same checks, and the crew treats each one the same way: clear the run, flush every downspout, and check the outlet.
| 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 usual spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped. The fall visit runs late September to October, after the last leaves are down. Our gutter services in St. Cloud MN follow the same rhythm. When we open a gutter here in June we find seed casings and pollen paste packed to the elbow. When we open one in October it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the ice.
Under heavy tree cover in the surrounding areas, or near a busy road or construction, the visits need to come more often, because needles and grit pack the gutter between visits. With few or no trees, one visit a year in late fall is usually enough. Guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still needs a clean, since a guard only stops what it covers. Rainwater that is not moving off the roofline ends up in the fascia and the foundation, and the fascia can rot before anyone sees it. That is how a clog turns into structural damage.
A customer with no trees over the roof usually finds the gutters and downspouts running clean after the fall visit. A customer under trees finds the blockage starts at the first elbow. Wherever the house sits, the point of a visit is to clear the gutter, flush every downspout and check the outlet before the next storm, which helps protect your home from water damage. Keep your gutters clear between storms, because a rain gutter that stays open is what moves the water off the roof. After the first visit, which leaves the gutters clean, we tell you which schedule your lot needs, and the estimate follows from that. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of your gutters and downspouts, and we will book a date for the June or fall visit.
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 will clean every gutter on the house, and St. Cloud gutter cleaning is booked by phone or text. We give you the quote from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Gutter maintenance is a spring and fall job here, and spring and fall are the busiest stretch, so ask early if you want a particular week. To get your gutters on the calendar for a date you choose, call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the slot. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
A homeowner who books with us is usually someone who has already seen water coming over the edge in a storm and wants it dealt with before the next one. Across Minnesota, storm season brings severe storms and straight-line winds, and a twig lodged in an elbow or a loose run can turn one storm into a leak. Between cleanings, gutter guards keep the big stuff out but not the grit, so a clean gutter still needs a look. St. Cloud averages about 30 inches of precipitation a year, with June, July and August the wettest months, and heavy rainfall is when the gutters earn their keep. They only do that if the downspout moves water away from your home. Our crew handles the whole gutter cleaning process and the cleaning and maintenance that follows, from the ladder to the photo report, so you do not have to coordinate anything beyond the date.
The number comes from stories and size, the same way across St. Cloud, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. What we charge is what we quote, and downspout flushing and haul-off are in that number.
Across Minnesota, the usual spring visit is mid to late June, and the fall visit runs late September to October. If the fall visit is skipped, a run can sag or pull loose by March under the ice, and the fascia behind it can rot. That is how a clog turns into structural damage, so the fall clean-out is the one we push hardest.
Same-day is not something we promise. Our cleaning services in St. Cloud fill fastest in spring and fall, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm a date with you on the call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Commercial properties are handled the same way. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and watched until the water runs clean at the outlet. If water is not leaving an underground drain line, we tell you, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still needs a visit, since guards stop leaves and debris but not the needles, seed casings and grit that sit on top of the guard. Once that mat is wet, rain stops moving water away from the house and runs off the front edge. We clean the surface and reseat the guards.
A clean rain gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. We check for clogged downspouts first, and the landscape around the house can be the cause too. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we 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 it and agree to it before they start, and the number on the phone stays the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
