Our own crew cleans gutters in Affton, and every run gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Everything we pull out is hauled off the property, not blown into the beds, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Affton customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we see the most work come through our crew.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but on our jobs the height and the amount of material matter more than the length. Every gutter system we open is priced around one job: getting water away from the house, not just emptying the trough. A rain gutter packed for years takes more time than one that has been clean since last fall.
Several things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the job. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that takes longer to clean out than a seasonal load. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, water flow checks, drainage checks and haul-off 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.
On Affton homes with the most tree cover, the gutters tend to carry the most buildup. The leaves and debris pile into the troughs, the seeds and grit work into the elbows, and by the time we open a run the clog is usually well down the line. Those are the houses where a single missed season shows up as clogged downspouts, a sag or water running behind the fascia, and in the worst cases rot and structural damage to the soffit and fascia. We can usually tell from a photo of the front of the house whether that is the case, and we say so on the phone.
Commercial properties in the area follow the same logic, scaled up. A flat-topped building with internal drains backs up without warning, so the quote there is built around the number of buildings, the drains and how often the site gets serviced, not around a single house. Residential and commercial work is priced the same way: from what we see, not from a rate card.
| 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 Affton customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seeds and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find the downspout elbows packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by the next March. A gutter cleaning service that only rinses the trough misses the outlets where the water leaves, and that is where the trouble starts. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left in the beds.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up with it, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the outlets open, and gutter maintenance is easier than fixing a sag. A roofline with few or no trees does well with one visit a year in late fall. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and that visit is on a longer schedule than an open gutter.
The rainwater that comes through this part of the state in spring and early summer is what makes a clog show up as a leak. A run that drains fine in March can overflow after heavy rainfall in May if a blockage has formed at the outlet, and a missed rainwater check is how that happens. Waiting until a clog shows up as a leak is the wrong time to clean your gutters. A clean run sends water away from your home. Once a season is the minimum we would plan around if you want to keep your gutters clear, and the second visit is the one most homeowners skip.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a straight estimate on how often to book.
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 clean gutters across Affton from our own crews, and the work is booked directly with us rather than passed along to a referral network. Affton homeowners book by phone or text: we will ask for the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the house front is helpful if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, because a regular visit is how you protect your home. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time varies with the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Affton gutter cleaning slots fill first in those windows, so if you want one, book early. We will tell you the earliest date we have when you call. The gutter cleaning process starts with that phone quote and ends with photos on your phone. Clear gutters and downspouts help protect the home from water damage, and we flush every downspout before the truck leaves, so nothing gets dumped into the landscape on the way out.
Our crews cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base, so you can get a quote without waiting on a visit to look at the house first. We work on residential properties, and the gutter services are priced the same way for each one. Cleaning and maintenance get one quote, and the number we give you is the number on the invoice. A homeowner needs a phone quote, a photo and a date, and that is usually all it takes to get on the schedule.
The number 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 range without those three things. The number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, and it pays to book early to get your gutters on the calendar. Wait too long in spring and the seeds and pollen have packed the elbows. Wait too long in fall and the leaf mat is wet and heavy by the time freezing weather arrives.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. We send photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every run and check the water at the outlet. If water is not leaving through an underground line, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, usually fewer cleanings than open gutters, but under heavy tree cover the surface still needs clearing, or the mat on top keeps water out of a trough that looks clean. On our jobs we find leaves, seeds, needles and grit sitting on top of the gutter guards, and a twig wedged under a guard can hold the whole mat in place. Once that mat gets wet, water runs over the front instead of going into the gutter.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a cleaning problem, and the water is not getting away from your home. Send us a photo or a short video 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 they start. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
