Our own crew cleans gutters in Poplar Bluff, clears and flushes every run, flow-tests it, hauls the material away, and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your 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. Across Missouri, most of the homes we clean are booked in spring and fall, when seed, pollen and leaves have finished falling. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a clean run that helps protect your home from water damage.
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. Poplar Bluff homeowners get one figure, not a menu of add-ons. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we would rather give you one figure you can check against the house. Our gutter cleaning services are priced by the house, not by the foot.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer on the ladder and the lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and more rainwater pools in one run. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and that takes more time to clean out. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to the job, and the whole gutter system gets checked before we leave. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On our Poplar Bluff jobs we see the same things in the same places: a clog at the elbow, a sag in a run that has been holding water, buildup along the back edge where the drainage runs slowest. When a gutter sags or water flow stops at one end, we clean it, flush it, and show you the result before we leave. Most Poplar Bluff homes are not hard to price once we have seen the house. We do the regular gutter cleaning on residential properties and on the homes that have been out of cycle, and the number stays the same from the phone call to the driveway. If the building is residential and commercial, say so on the call, because the quote has to match the whole building. Ask us for a quote on the spring and fall visits, and we will tell you what is in the gutters before we start.
| 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 customers in Poplar Bluff book twice a year, and the fall visit usually lands in November after the last leaves are down. Across Missouri, spring visits run from late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Waiting until the first hard freeze is the common mistake we see, because that is when a blockage that has been building all fall starts to sag. Clean your gutters before the freeze, not after the ice has built up. Keep your gutters clear through April, May and November, the wettest months here, when heavy rainfall loads every run.
In May, the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In November, it is a wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs by March that have pulled loose under the weight of the ice. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months, because needles, twig bits and grit pack the outlets and start a clog between visits. With few or no trees, a clean run once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road or construction, grit gets into the run faster, and a landscape bed right against the eave sheds mulch the same way, so both call for the shorter interval. Homes in the surrounding areas with heavy tree cover fall under the same interval.
Gutter guards change the work but not the schedule. A guarded rain gutter still collects what sits on top of the guard, and the surface still needs clearing. When rainwater cannot get past the mat, it runs off the front edge instead. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the next date in your calendar before we leave. Once the first visit leaves the gutters clean, we set the interval to match what we saw. Gutters and downspouts are checked together on every visit, and we flush every downspout before the crew leaves.
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 Poplar Bluff and covers the whole city from the nearest base, so the neighborhood you live in is not a factor in whether we come. Our gutter services start with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the house. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, and if it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house with the phone call and we can often confirm the job faster. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, so book ahead of those if you can.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. If you want to be there, you are welcome, but the work happens outside and the photos come to your phone either way. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every visit, and it is built to keep water away from your home before a leak has a chance to start. Each of our cleanings is booked as a single job, and the crew does the cleaning and maintenance on the gutters without moving on to the windows unless you have asked for it. Think of it as gutter maintenance, not a one-time fix.
If you have a gutter that keeps filling between visits, tell us when you book. Our Poplar Bluff gutter cleaning crew schedules the next visit around what we find, and we tell you when the next clean is due. Tell us early so we can get your gutters on the right interval, and we will tell you what to expect before the crew gets on the ladder.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. The price we quote is the price on your invoice, with downspout flushing and haul-off already included. For commercial properties, tell us on the call what the building is, and we will say whether it is a job we take.
Most of our Poplar Bluff MO customers book the fall visit in November, and across Missouri spring visits run from late May to June. If you wait past the first freeze, the leaf load has usually set and we find runs that have already started to sag. A clean run before the freeze is the simpler job.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If the calendar has an opening sooner, we will tell you on the phone.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, so a homeowner can keep working. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every run and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clogged downspouts are the usual reason rain sits instead of running water away from the foundation. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards are part of the whole gutter system, and they still get checked. On our jobs, guards keep out the leaves but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge has a slope or drain-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what it is instead of selling a second cleaning. A spill left alone can lead to rot in the fascia and structural damage.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we 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.
