Our own crew cleans gutters on Republic homes, every run flushed and flow-tested, the leaves and debris hauled away and the yard left clean, with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Missouri, most homeowners book in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the last leaves have come down.
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 packed into the gutters. Our gutter services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on our jobs the stories and how much gunk is in the gutters matter more than the footage alone.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the eave, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years are packed with compacted buildup that has to be dug out by hand, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A run that is already clean and draining goes quickly, while one with a clog in the elbow takes far longer. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every cleaning and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, clogged downspouts drive the price more than anything, often with a twig jammed in the elbow, which is why we flush every downspout and not just the ones you can see from the drive. Where a run has a sag or a joint that has pulled loose, we photograph it and report it in the same visit, so you know where the drainage is failing and where the water flow stops before the wood starts to rot and turns into structural damage. Residential properties on the same street tend to share the same build, so the quote scales with the same three factors for every house. For residential and commercial work the logic is the same: building size and the number of runs set the number, not the address, and commercial properties get the same treatment.
| 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 book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs in May we find the downspout elbows packed with seed casings and pollen paste, and in November it is the wet leaf mat that blocks the rainwater from leaving the trough. A gutter that was left clean in the spring and then alone through the fall is the one we see with the sag and the blockage by winter. Keep your gutters and downspouts clean between visits and you protect your home from water damage.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning means a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits and the roofline never really stays clean. With few or no trees, the cleanings can drop to once a year in late fall, and that is enough for most houses. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but cleaning and maintenance still have to happen on the surface. After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot needs for gutter maintenance, and we write it down so the next booking is set without guessing.
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 Republic MO and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the first thing we do is quote by phone or text from the stories, the size and whether there is a lot of tree cover, with a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. The lead time is what our calendar shows that week, and we confirm the date when we call before we come. Nobody has to be home, the crew does not come inside, and the yard is left clean. Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, so a booking made in the weeks before late May or late October gets the earlier slot.
Most of our work here is a homeowner who has seen water pour over the front edge in a heavy rainfall, or who simply wants the job done before the next leak shows up on a ceiling. A quick photo of the front of the house is enough to tell us whether the rain gutter is clogged or sagging, and that tells us what kind of visit to book. Our Republic gutter cleaning process is the same at every stop, from the first run to the last, and every run gets its photo before the truck leaves. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo by text and we will get your gutters on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, not a flat rate. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for an estimate. Our cleaning services in Republic are quoted from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall, and the right time to clean your gutters is after the seed drop in spring and after the leaves come down in fall. What we find if the gutters wait is a clog of seed and pollen in the spring or a wet leaf mat in the fall, and by the first hard freeze the houses that skipped the fall visit show the sag.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call before we come.
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, and the gutters are clean when they go.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the outlet is carrying the water away from your home. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find needles threaded through the mesh, seed casings on top and roof grit underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge of the gutter system.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what is keeping the water away from your home, without selling a second cleaning.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never after. 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.
