Our own crew cleans gutters in Dardenne Prairie, MO, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. Across Missouri, most of the homes we clean book in spring and fall, when seed and leaf loads are heaviest.
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 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 land in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the load in the trough decide it. A rain gutter that overflowed during the last heavy rainfall is usually packed to the brim, and we price it that way on the call.
What moves the quote on Dardenne Prairie homes is usually the same handful of things. 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 that have not been opened in years come down packed with a compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A blockage at an elbow takes longer than a clear run, and a twig wedged in the outlet can mean a leak at the seam if it is missed. Flushing the gutters and downspouts, flow testing and haul-away are included and every run is left clean. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
One of our cleanings for a homeowner had almost no tree cover and a two-story front, and the quote was driven almost entirely by stories and square footage. A second job under heavy canopy needed the outlets flushed twice because the elbows were packed. Get your gutters quoted by phone or send a text photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you what we see from there. Keep your gutters on a schedule, and the cleaning and maintenance cost stays predictable over the year. Regular gutter cleaning helps protect your home from water damage.
| 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 Missouri, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and pollen paste over the trough, and a clog at the first elbow is the usual reason water runs over the front. We leave the trough clean before we go. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March, which is structural damage and not a cleaning anymore.
Under heavy tree cover the gutter system fills faster and needs a visit more often than the spring and fall rounds, because needles and grit cause buildup between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep drainage running and water away from your home. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but a clean surface still needs clearing, and the landscape around the house is what decides how much of the leaf and seed load reaches the gutter in the first place.
Our cleaning services in Dardenne Prairie are priced to the visit, and the gutter cleaning process is the same whether it is your first or your fifth. Leaves and debris should come out before the rain, not after, because that is when clogged runs start to show up as ceiling stains and rot. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Gutter services follow that schedule, and it is set from what we find on the house. Each visit starts with a clean trough, so the next one has something to measure against. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the house, or book a date and we will set the first round.
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 works across Dardenne Prairie from the nearest base, and we work the whole city rather than a single section of it. Booking runs by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text: give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will give you a date when you call. The two busiest windows are the spring and fall rounds, when the calendar fills fastest.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We leave the yard clean when we go. We follow the same booking steps for residential properties and commercial properties, and commercial buildings are scheduled per building. If you already know your gutter maintenance schedule, we can hold a repeat date for the next round.
Our gutter cleaning service is the same one our crew runs across the surrounding areas, and the photos of every run come with each visit. Clean your gutters on a schedule rather than waiting for water to pour over the edge, and drainage stays open between visits. We can handle the debris removal in one pass.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. We do not quote a range without those details. We quote every Dardenne Prairie MO job from those details, and the figure you hear is the figure on the invoice.
Spring visits across Missouri land in late May to June, right after the seed and pollen drop, and fall visits land in late October to November, after the last leaves. If you wait past the spring seed drop, the elbows are packed by the time we open them. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, you risk a clogged gutter that sends rainwater over the edge going into winter.
Most slots come up within the week in Dardenne Prairie, MO, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless the calendar has an opening that day.
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. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. We leave the yard clean when we go.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where water leaves through an underground drain line, we check that it is flowing at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guarded gutters still need cleaning, just less often. Leaves, seeds and needles thread through the guard, and seed casings mat on top, so the surface still needs clearing and the water still needs a clear path in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or outlet size, not debris. 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 it and agree to it before they start. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice, and that holds for all of our Dardenne Prairie homeowners.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
