Our own crew keeps your gutters clean, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Missouri, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the gutters have taken the most leaves for the season.
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 by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge, whether the gutter is clean or packed. If you are comparing cleaning services in Liberty, you will see companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though the per-foot method leaves the height and the leaf load out of the figure. Call (866) 435-6328 for a number built from your house.
On our jobs, a few things move the price. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A homeowner with a walk-out basement or a sloped lot should expect the effective height of the roofline to go up. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold packed leaves and grit that take time before the run is clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away of everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a look at the whole gutter system, not just the runs you can see from the driveway. A clog at a downspout elbow cuts drainage, and in heavy rainfall that water goes over the edge, so we flush every downspout and watch the water run out the bottom. Standing water left in a clogged run can cause structural damage and rot in the fascia, and the whole point of the visit is to protect your home from water damage. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the quote small, since a run cleaned each season has less to clear. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Trees matter more than anything else in the quote. A full canopy over the back run means a downspout takes more seed, needles, twig and wet leaves each season, and we tell you that on the phone before the price is set. Liberty homes with heavy tree cover need more attention than open ones, and homeowners who send a photo of the front get a faster answer. If your house has no trees overhead, the price usually stays closer to the base, and a clean gutter can stay clean longer between visits.
| 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.
On our Liberty jobs, most customers book twice a year, once after the spring seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down in fall. In Liberty, MO, the fall visit usually lands in late October to November, and across Missouri the spring visits run late May to June. When we open a rain gutter in May we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged by March.
Liberty averages about 41.1 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and July are the wettest months, so heavy rainfall tests a clogged run hardest right after the spring visit. It also gets about 19.4 inches of snow a year, mostly from December through March, and freeze risk is real, so water trapped in a run can turn to ice at the eave and lift the shingles. A leak can start under the shingles once the thaw comes. Across Missouri, storm season brings supercells with large hail and tornadoes, plus summer downbursts, and each storm drops more leaves into the gutter.
The schedule depends on your lot. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is common on our jobs, because needles and grit pack a downspout between visits. Near a busy road or active construction, the same tighter schedule applies, and commercial properties with tall trees usually follow it too. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Lots in surrounding areas with mixed cover fall somewhere between the two. Gutter guards slow the buildup, but we still clean the surface on every visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot and landscape actually need, and how to keep water away from your home between visits. The first visit is also the easiest way to get your gutters on the right schedule, so the next time we come we are only there to clean your gutters, not to rescue them.
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 Liberty and covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Our gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to start. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Our calendar fills in spring and fall, so those are the busiest windows. Homeowners looking for gutter cleaning services get the same visit whether they book once or on a set schedule.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Outside work is the whole job, so the crew does not come inside. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left in the trough. If you book a regular gutter cleaning schedule, we keep the next visit on the calendar so the gutters stay clear and clean between cleanings.
Residential properties and residential and commercial clients both get the same flushed-and-photographed process. Our gutter services leave every run clean and every downspout with clear water flow, and cleaning and maintenance visits on a set schedule are priced the same way as a one-off job.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it by phone or text. Ask for an estimate and we will build it from your house, not from a flat figure.
Most of our customers here book in late spring after the seeds drop and again in late fall after the leaves are down. If you wait past that, the buildup packs the downspout, a clog forms at the elbow, rainwater backs up, and the runs start to sag. A blockage that size is what sends water over the front edge.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the crew's route that day.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and keeps every ladder away from your home. Photos of every run of gutters and downspouts reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check the outlet, and water should run clean at the bottom. Clogged downspouts are one of the first things we check when a run overflows. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards cut the gutter maintenance you need, but they do not end it. Needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and turn to paste. We clean the surface and check that water is still getting in.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall, the cause is slope, capacity or downspout size, not buildup. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
Not unless something changes the job, and if it does, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Keep your gutters on the schedule we set, and the job stays the same size.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
