We are the crew that does the work, not a roofer's side job between re-roofs. We quote commercial gutter and downspout cleaning per building in St. Joseph, priced from footprint and height, with fall protection or a boom or scissor lift on every job and a photo report after. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, and the crew works spring and fall visits around your calendar.
Quoted per building from footage, height and gutter type, in writing, before anyone is dispatched. Scheduled service costs less than a call-out.
We quote our gutter cleaning service per building from linear footage, height and gutter type, in writing, from a site plan or a satellite measurement, before anyone is dispatched. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Several things move a quote on our jobs. A building over three stories needs a boom or scissor lift and fall protection set up before the crew climbs, and that setup is a line item. A clog that has built up for years packs down into a dense mass that takes longer to clear by hand. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time. When a run starts to overflow, the water runs down the siding and the crew has to check the wall as well as the gutter. Oversized, box or industrial gutters carry more debris per foot. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs need clearing as well as the gutter runs. And the number of buildings on one site changes how we set up and stage the crew.
Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included per building and are not billed as extras. If the building has gutter protection on it, lifting and reseating those panels is part of the same quote. Thorough gutter cleaning means every run is cleared by hand or vacuum, not just the sections visible from the lot, and a thorough cleaning of each downspout comes with it. Keeping the runs clear is what helps protect your home or building from water damage. Scheduled semi-annual or quarterly service is priced lower than a one-off call, because the crew already knows the building and the footage is already measured.
On a recent commercial job, the quote came down to property type, stories, roof type and the number of buildings on the site. What we found in the gutters, in the words we wrote on the report, set the scope: compacted debris and a downspout discharging onto a walkway. For a quote on your St. Joseph property, we need the address or a site plan, the number of stories, the roof type, how many buildings are on the site, and who the invoice goes to.
| Per building | |
|---|---|
| Standard, one to two stories | from $150 |
| Oversized box or industrial gutters | from $295 |
| Three stories and up, with a lift | from $395 |
Your lease decides, not state law. Here is how the three common cases usually read.
On a commercial lease, responsibility for gutter and downspout cleaning is set by the lease itself, not by the habitability rules that apply to apartments.
Triple net (NNN). The tenant usually carries building maintenance and exterior upkeep, in full or as a pro-rata share, and that normally includes gutters and downspouts.
Gross lease. The landlord usually keeps the roof system and exterior upkeep, gutters included, inside the base rent.
Lease silent. When the lease says nothing, the obligation generally falls to the landlord, because gutters are treated as part of the building's roof and structure.
Whoever the lease names, tell us and the invoice goes to that party, so the property manager is not stuck in the middle.
This is general information, not legal advice. Read the maintenance clause of your lease or ask the attorney who drafted it.
At least twice a year for a standard building. Restaurants, flat roofs and anything under trees, quarterly.
Most St. Joseph properties we service are on twice a year, spring and late fall. Restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and buildings under heavy tree cover are on quarterly. On the St. Joseph properties we service, the schedule follows what the gutters actually hold. A homeowner's gutters follow the same rule, so our cleaning services for residential and commercial buildings are set by the run, not the calendar. Whether it is a home or business, we check the gutter system before we set the date.
What we find after storms is what shapes the calendar. The managers who call us after a storm usually have debris packed into the runs that the wind pushed off the trees, and our post-storm inspections turn up the same thing each season. Leaves and pollen load the gutters on a predictable cycle, and a gutter guard slows that down without replacing the cleaning. The freeze risk through the winter means a run left full in fall is a run that sags, and a sagging gutter system is harder to clear than one cleaned on time. Gutter cleaners who only come once a year miss what builds up between visits, and each visit ends with a final inspection of the runs.
Flat roofs are the ones we watch most closely. Parapets, internal drains and scuppers back up silently, without any sound or sign at the edge. The first thing a tenant notices is a stained ceiling tile or a membrane blister, which is why the monthly check between cleanings exists on these buildings. A restaurant gutter fills faster than an office gutter, because of what gets into the air above it, and what we pull out of a restaurant gutter every second month is the reason it sits on the quarterly list.
Many gutter cleaning companies only quote one visit at a time, and that is how a building ends up full again before the next call. Cleaning solutions for a run that keeps refilling are a scheduling question, and we talk them through at the walk-through. The cleaning process on those buildings is the same as on any other, just on a shorter clock.
| Property type | Baseline | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Standard office, retail, multifamily | Twice a year, spring and late fall | Seasonal debris before heavy rain and freeze |
| Restaurant and food service | Every two months | Grease and exhaust residue speed up clogs |
| Industrial and manufacturing | Quarterly to semi-annual | Airborne dust and soot |
| Heavy tree cover over the roof | Three to four times a year | Leaf and needle load |
| Flat roof with parapets and internal drains | Quarterly, monthly checks | Drains back up silently; membrane damage |
Tied off or working from a lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet.
Federal OSHA requires fall protection for construction-type work at six feet and above (29 CFR 1926.501) and for general industry at four feet (29 CFR 1910.28). Commercial gutter lines sit well above both. Our crew works tied off or from an aerial lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift, which is why height is the biggest single factor in a commercial quote. The lift is matched to the building: we bring whatever boom or scissor lift the roofline needs. Where a state runs its own OSHA plan with stricter triggers, the crew follows the stricter rule.
Gutters, downspouts, drains and scuppers, hauled debris, and a photo report per building. Nothing on this list is an extra.
Per building. Every gutter run cleared by hand or vacuum, not just the sections visible from the parking lot. Every downspout flushed until it runs clear; a blocked downspout cleared from above where reachable. Below-grade drain lines are cleared on request and quoted separately. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs cleared of debris and the strainer domes reseated. Debris bagged and removed from site, including from parking areas and walkways under the work. Downspout outlets and splash blocks checked.
Report. Before-and-after photos of each run and each drain, per building, with anything found (a pulled hanger, a separated seam, standing water that points to slope, a cracked scupper) noted and photographed, not repaired without authorization. Invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so a board or an owner can check it.
Not included. Gutter repair or replacement, guard installation, roof repair, pressure washing of the building. Where a problem is found, you get the photo and a plain description; what to do about it is your call.
The same crew on a fixed calendar, a lower per-visit rate, and a storm call-out when you need one.
A one-off cleaning is priced as a one-off: dispatch, setup, lift if needed. Put the property on a schedule and the plan is priced for that building, because the crew knows it, the footage is already measured and the dates are booked a season ahead. Semi-annual (spring and late fall) suits most standard buildings; quarterly suits restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and anything under heavy trees. Plans and their pricing are set building by building: call or email us to set one up.
A scheduled property also gets one contact for every building in the portfolio, across city lines where we cover the neighboring towns.
One contact for every building, a date in writing, and the crew checks in with your on-site person before a lift goes up.
We work across the commercial districts of St. Joseph, including the business districts and corridors where we have serviced properties. Our service area is St. Joseph and the surrounding areas, and we schedule work at multi-building sites under one contact. A property manager with a portfolio gets one point of contact for every building, and a date confirmed in writing for each visit. Our crew checks in with the on-site contact on arrival so access, keys and any tenant notices are sorted before the first ladder goes up. Where tenant hours matter, we time the work around them, and we keep the crew and ladders off the landscape beds along the building.
We run professional gutter cleaning services for commercial properties and treat the portfolio as one job with several sites. Our crew handles the residential gutter cleaning side of the business separately, so a property manager with both kinds of property deals with one company. We also provide gutter cleaning for homeowners and businesses across the city, and we offer gutter cleaning and maintenance on the same schedule as the commercial work when a site needs both. A blockage left in place is how water damage usually starts, so anything we find in the runs goes in the report.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline, and tell us the buildings, the stories and the gutter cleaning needs. We will write the scope back in one message so the work is clear before you book a date.
We quote per building, and the number depends on the linear footage, the height and the gutter type. Some companies price by length, and that lands in a similar place per linear foot, but we write the quote for the whole building so you see one number. The gutter cleaning process starts there, with the quote in writing before anyone is dispatched.
The lease decides, not us, and it is worth reading the maintenance clause before the first invoice goes out. The section above sets out how each lease type usually reads. This is not legal advice; the attorney who drafted the lease is the one to ask. We write the invoice to whichever party the lease names.
On the restaurants and flat-roof buildings we service in St. Joseph, quarterly is the schedule that keeps the runs clear. A clogged gutter or drain on a flat roof is a leak waiting to happen, and blocked internal drains can cause roof leaks that show up as a stained ceiling tile. Flat roofs with internal drains back up without warning, so the monthly check between cleanings matters on those. Twice a year is enough for most standard office and retail buildings.
Yes. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift, with fall protection in place before anyone climbs. The lift is matched to the building, and the setup is priced into the quote, so the height is never a surprise on the invoice. Ask any gutter company for their fall protection plan in writing before the crew arrives, and we will send ours with the quote.
Yes. We time the work around tenant hours where asked, and our crew checks in with the on-site contact on arrival so access, keys and any building rules are handled first. Give us the access rules when you book and we will plan the visit around them.
Both. On flat roofs we clear the roof drains and scuppers along with the gutter runs, and we reseat the strainer domes as part of routine gutter maintenance. Anything else we find on the roof is photographed and written into the report, not repaired without your authorization.
After a severe storm the post-storm call-outs usually turn up debris packed into the runs, branch fragments caught at the downspout outlets and standing water where a slope has settled. We photograph each run and each drain and note anything structural in the report, so you know exactly what the storm left behind.
Yes. We invoice per building, with the linear footage shown, so an owner or a board can check it line by line. For several properties we set up one recurring schedule covering all of them, with one point of contact and a date confirmed in writing for each visit. The same setup works for commercial and residential properties, so one owner can run both kinds on one schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 or ask for a written estimate and we will set it up.
Footage, height and the address by phone or email. The quote comes in writing, per building.
