Our own crew cleans gutters for Worthington homeowners, flushes every downspout and leaves the gutters clean, hauls away the leaves, and takes 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 and landscape sits around it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Minnesota, most of our calls come in for the spring and fall visits, when the gutters have taken their heaviest load.
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 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. Other gutter cleaning services often price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but the per-foot math skips the things that take real time on a ladder. Commercial properties get the same three-part quote, though a larger building is looked over before we give a number.
On our jobs, the thing that moves a quote most is a third story or a roof too steep to walk, because the crew has to set up higher and work slower. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line even when the house looks like a one-story from the street. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes with compacted leaf mat that has to be lifted out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. We flush every downspout, check the water flow at the bottom, and include debris removal, and none of it is billed as an extra. Each run should be clean at the outlet before we leave. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Worthington homes vary, and the crew sees the same patterns repeat: a rain gutter that looks clear from the driveway but has a clog of seeds packed into the elbow of the downspout, or a gutter that has started to sag from years of standing water, which opens a leak at the seam and can rot the fascia board behind it. That is the kind of structural damage a cleaning prevents. Clogged downspouts are the first thing we check on every visit. When those show up, the clog is cleared, the drainage is tested and the photos show what we found. We have not priced a single job here by a guess. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where the quote lands.
| 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 Worthington MN customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, in spring and fall. Across Minnesota the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves come down. In spring the gutter is full of seed casings and pollen paste. In fall it is leaves and debris packed wet in the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that sagged under the first ice and pulled loose by March.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction where grit collects, the rainwater backs up faster and the roofline needs attention every three to four months, because needles, twig ends, grit and debris pack each downspout between visits. Heavy rainfall makes that worse, since a half-clogged run has no room left when the storm arrives. Houses with few or no trees overhead do well on one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, so a guarded system is never a zero-visit job. Regular gutter cleaning is the core of good gutter maintenance, guards or no guards, and keeping the gutters clean is what keeps the fascia dry.
When we open a gutter in June we often find the blockage has already started to move grit into the elbow, which is why the spring visit matters even on a light-tree lot. Clean your gutters before the first hard freeze and the fall run stays open. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and you can check the rate of buildup on your own gutters against what we photographed. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first visit, or ask for a written estimate that covers the full year.
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 cleans gutters across Worthington from the nearest base, on residential and commercial buildings alike. The neighborhoods we visit most often are the ones with the heaviest tree cover and the oldest gutter systems. Booking works the same way for all of our cleanings: you call or text, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows, spring and fall, fill first, so booking early keeps your preferred day.
We call before we come, and on residential properties nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside of the house, sends photos of every run to your phone, and leaves each run clean and puts the gate back the way it was found. A homeowner in the surrounding areas who wants a single provider for the whole exterior should know our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts only, nothing else on the house. Each downspout carries water away from your home, so keep your gutters clear every season. If something else on the house needs a repair, we photograph it and report it instead of selling it. That is how we protect your home from water damage without adding work you did not ask for. Get your gutters on a schedule that fits the year: call (866) 435-6328.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Once we have those, the quote is the price you pay on the invoice, with downspout flushing and haul-off included.
On our Worthington jobs most customers book a spring visit, which across Minnesota falls in mid to late June, and a fall visit from October to early November in the usual year. Freeze risk is real here, so a skipped fall visit often shows up as runs pulled loose by March.
Our cleaning services in Worthington run on booked slots. Most come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the calendar fills in the busy windows.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, leaves the ground clean, and does not come inside. They send 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.
Yes. Our gutter cleaning process checks where the water exits, including underground lines, after every downspout is flushed and flow-tested. If a buried line needs clearing, that is quoted separately before any work starts.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and under it, so guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, on a longer interval than open ones.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not clogging. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. The quote covers what we see from the start, and anything that changes the job is raised and agreed before the crew begins, not added to the invoice afterward.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
