Our crew cleans gutters in Stillwater, MN, with every drain outlet flushed and flow-tested, the debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Stillwater homeowners book spring and fall visits with us, and most of our customers here book the late October to November visit, because that is when the last leaves come down. Keep your gutters clean through that visit and you protect your home from water damage.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Our cleaning and maintenance pricing for residential properties depends on how many stories the house has, how much gutter run it carries and what is sitting 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 companies price by the linear foot, and that gets to a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure for the whole house. A clean run with nothing packed in it is the simplest job we see.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch the crew cannot walk is the biggest thing that changes a quote, because the crew has to set up a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back edge. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck, and that takes more time than a gutter that gets clean every visit. A single twig jammed in an elbow can cut water flow across a whole run. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing every outlet, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of our cleaning services in Stillwater start with a homeowner who wants a leak stopped before it reaches the basement, or a gutter that quit draining after heavy rainfall. Once rainwater backs up in a clog, the run starts to sag, and the weight pulls the hangers loose. When we open a gutter that has not been cleaned in a while, we find the same things in most of them: seeds packed into the elbows, a leaf mat that holds water, and buildup at an outlet that has to be flushed from the top. Those are the jobs where regular gutter cleaning saves a lot of trouble later, and gutter maintenance on a set schedule keeps that trouble small. Most homeowners here find that a steady gutter cleaning process beats waiting until water shows up on the siding. A gutter that stays clean between visits is a quicker job on the next one.
Call (866) 435-6328 for a number, or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will come back with a quote from it.
| 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 across Stillwater book two cleanings a year, once in late spring and once in late fall. Across Minnesota, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, and that is when a gutter shows the seed and pollen paste packed into the outlet elbows. The fall visit runs late October to November, and then it is the wet leaf mat from leaves and debris that matters most. Houses that skip the fall visit are the ones where we see runs sag by late winter. Across Minnesota, the cold months bring snow and ice that can sit in a clogged gutter for weeks, so the fall visit is the one that keeps the gutters clean and the water moving before the freeze.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the clogged downspouts between visits and a single fall cleaning does not keep up. Houses with few or no trees over them usually stay clean enough with one visit a year in late fall. Homes with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, though less often, and we check the guards each time we are up there.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutter system and the landscape around the house. Gutters that are not cleared on schedule can lead to rot and water damage at the fascia and soffit, and that is the kind of structural damage that costs far more than a cleaning. Through our gutter cleaning services, the crew flushes the outlets, sends water away from your home, and checks that the drainage is working. When the gutter is clean and the outlets run freely, the water has somewhere to go.
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 Stillwater homes and surrounding areas from the same base, and we book residential and commercial properties on the same schedule. The same crew handles our gutter cleaning service for both, so the process does not change. To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We need the number of stories, the roofline, a rough sense of the square footage and whether there are trees over the house, and the quote follows from those. Lead time depends on the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills first. Book early in those months if you want a specific date.
Stillwater MN homes get booked the same way. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, tell us when you book and we will hold the slot. When we are on the way we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. We work outside, we do not come inside, and the photos of a clean run go to your phone when the job is done. For a clog that has already backed water over the edge, call us and we will tell you what we can see from the quote.
Our estimate comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with no trees and a two-story house under heavy cover can be very different jobs. Once we have the details, the number we give is the number on your invoice, and a clean gutter with no trees over the house is the simplest version of the job.
Across Minnesota, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June. In Stillwater, MN, the fall visit runs late October to November, and that is the one we plan around. If you skip it, you will not have a clean gutter when the first snow comes, and on houses that skipped it we see runs sag by late winter.
Same-day service in Stillwater depends on our calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew arrives. Our gutter services run on booked slots, so the date you get is the date the crew comes.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up; that is the whole list.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a line runs underground from the outlet, we check that water is leaving at the far end and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the rain runs off the front edge instead of into the gutter. Guards keep the leaves out, but they do not keep the gutter clean on their own. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards.
If a rain gutter that is clean still sends water over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not a cleaning problem. A blockage lower down can do it too, and we will check for one. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain 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 work starts, never after. The number we quote by phone is the number on the invoice, and that is how we run every visit.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
