Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Lake St. Louis MO, flushes every run and flow-tests it, hauls the leaves and grit away, and takes photos before we leave. Homeowners here get a clean gutter line with no surprises. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, so the calendar tends to fill in those windows.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the state of the trough are what actually drive the total on our jobs.
What moves it on our crew's jobs: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
We clean Lake St. Louis homes with heavy tree cover and with few trees, and the difference is usually the buildup in the trough. On a house under big trees the gutters can hold a full season of leaf mat and the downspouts carry a clog below it. On a lot with little canopy the job is often a single pass. Either way the crew checks drainage and water flow at the outlet, not just the trough, because a gutter that looks empty and still sheets water over the edge has a flow problem we would rather name than hide. A leak at a seam is the easiest thing to miss from the ground, so we walk the joints too.
On a recent job the house had three stories on one side and a steep back slope. The crew needed a boom or scissor lift to reach the back run, and the quote reflected that before we started. Nothing on the invoice was a surprise, and the trough was clean when the lift came down.
Our gutter cleaning services here are priced the same way for residential and commercial properties: we walk the building, count what we have to reach, and quote it. Each job is priced on what the crew actually finds, whether the site is a home or a commercial property. If you want a number before you book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and ask for a written estimate.
| 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 customers here ask how often to clean your gutters, and the usual answer is two cleanings a year, one in spring and one in fall. Across Missouri, the spring visit falls in late May to June, when the downspout elbows are often packed with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall it is the wet leaves and debris, with the usual visit in late October to November across Missouri. On houses that skipped it, we have found runs that sagged or pulled loose by the following spring.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps the trough and the outlets clear, because needles and grit pack them between visits. Regular gutter cleaning is what stops that buildup. Clean gutters carry water away from your home, and a clean trough at each visit is usually enough for houses with few or no trees. Those houses do well once a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the mat on top of a guard is what stops the water from getting in.
A gutter system near a busy road or a construction site follows the heavy-tree schedule, since dust, grit and landscape litter build up the same way. A clog is the first thing we check on those lots. We walk the roofline, look at the blockage at each outlet, and flush every downspout before we decide whether the house needs a three-month visit or a yearly one. The goal is a clean trough at every visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the rainwater should be running clear at the bottom of each downspout when we leave. If it is not, we say so in the photos and explain why. A leak at a seam or a sagging run gets flagged the same way, and we check that the outlet is clean before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutters to book your spring or fall visit.
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 has cleaned gutters across Lake St. Louis neighborhoods, and a slot usually comes up within the week for a homeowner who calls. You can get a quote by phone or by text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so the earlier you book in those months the better your chance of getting the date you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our Lake St. Louis gutter cleaning process is the same one we use on every house: we clean out the leaves and any twig first, then the grit, then flush and flow-test each downspout, and we send photos before we leave. If a house has a homeowner who wants the work done while they are away, that works fine. For a gutter maintenance schedule that fits the rest of your year, text a photo of the house front and ask for a written estimate.
The crew also handles cleaning and maintenance for homes and buildings in the surrounding areas. Our gutter services include a clean pass after every visit, gutter guards cleaned too where the house has them, and we can keep your house on a schedule so you do not have to remember it. To get your gutters on that schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo. Regular cleaning helps protect your home from water damage, and heavy rainfall exposes a clogged gutter fast, so book before the next storm, not after the water is already over the edge.
We do not give a figure in writing. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. The quote is the price you pay, and anything that changes the job is raised before the crew starts.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Across Missouri the usual fall visit is late October to November, and if you wait past the leaf drop, the wet leaf mat is what we find. On houses that skipped the fall visit, the runs can sag and pull loose by the following spring.
Same-day depends on our calendar that week, so we confirm a date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the quiet months.
No. 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. The crew leaves the yard as clean as they found it.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find pollen and seed casings sitting on top of the guard, and the surface still has to be kept clean so water can get in.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or a downspout that is too small, not buildup. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia and cause structural damage, so send us a photo or a short video of it 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 the work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
