Our own crew cleans gutters in Hazelwood, flushes every outlet and flow-tests it, hauls the debris away and sends you 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. Across Missouri, most of our customers book spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we work to here as well.
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 give is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the roof pitch do more of the work than the footage does. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you the number before anyone climbs.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and the odd twig, and a gutter with a clog at the elbow needs more time than one that only has leaves on top, while a clean gutter is the quick job. Guards on a gutter system we have to lift and reseat add minutes to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Hazelwood homeowners see the biggest quote swings on lots with heavy tree cover and a third story. What moves a job most is the buildup in the gutter. Once the leaves rot into a mat, the water has nowhere to go but over the edge, and a run that has sagged for a while can hide structural damage that is easy to miss from the driveway. In that case the rain gutter is packed with leaves and debris, the clog sits at the elbow, and the flush takes longer than the quote assumed, so we say so before the crew goes up. That is why we clean the full run and do not price from the ground. Clogs and full runs send water back toward the fascia, and the job is to get the water away from your home before it does more 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.
Most of our Hazelwood MO customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and in the fall we find the wet leaf mat and the first freeze working on whatever was left behind. Under heavy tree cover, or on a landscape with mature trees, every three to four months is the rhythm on our jobs, because the needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough, and any blockage or clog that builds up in the gutter is the signal to schedule the next visit. Guards mean less frequent cleaning, but the surface still needs clearing, and a clean run is quicker to flush, so the visit stays short. Cleaning and maintenance on a set calendar catches the sag at the roofline before the fascia does. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the next estimate is built from that visit, not from a guess. Commercial properties and residential properties follow the same logic: the more debris that falls through the season, the sooner the gutter needs a visit before the rainwater backs up. Ask us for a gutter maintenance schedule, and if you want to clean your gutters on a fixed calendar, say so when you call and we will set the dates around what the gutters are collecting.
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.
Across Hazelwood we book the gutter cleaning service by phone or text, and the crew covers the surrounding areas too. Give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a clean photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We will give you the number on the spot. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, fill fastest, so call early if you want a slot in those weeks. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior job. We clean the gutters and check every outlet, and we keep your gutters working through the year so a small problem does not turn into a leak. Our crew handles a homeowner's whole exterior, and the Hazelwood gutter cleaning visit covers the gutter services in one trip, scheduled to protect your home from water damage. We flush every downspout on every run before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will help you get your gutters on the schedule.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with the quote. The price for cleaning services in Hazelwood comes from stories and square footage, which we take by phone or text before we come out. We do not give a range because those two things decide it, and the number we give you is the number you pay.
Across Missouri, spring visits run late May to June, and fall visits in Hazelwood run November to early December. When we open a gutter in the spring we find seeds and pollen, and in the fall we find the leaf mat and, on freeze-prone lots, ice that has started to build at the eave. Waiting past the fall visit is how the runs start to sag by March.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because it depends on the calendar 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.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, and we check the water flow at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards stop leaves, but on our jobs the needles, seeds and grit still settle on top of the guard and turn into a paste that stops the water from getting in. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a clogging problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it during heavy rainfall 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 the change before they start. The quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
