Our crew cleans gutters across St. Ann, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. 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 book in the spring and fall, and we have been running that schedule across Missouri for years.
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, and our gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things. The estimate we give you is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once you do the math on a real house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care on the ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted buildup, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and the goal is simple: get the water away from the house and keep the drainage moving. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On the jobs we see most, the quotes that climbed were on houses with clogged downspouts, where the buildup had settled into the elbows over several seasons, and a twig had wedged in at the bend. One customer on a two-story home with heavy tree cover had the crew find sag and water flow problems along the back run once the leaves came out, and we flagged possible structural damage before we touched the ladder. Our crew does the same thing for residential properties and commercial properties, because residential and commercial jobs both need the whole gutter system checked, along with the leaves and debris, not just the trough.
Send us a photo of the front of the house by text if you can, or call (866) 435-6328, along with the number of stories and a rough sense of the trees. That is enough for us to tell you what the clean will cost and what we expect to find in your leaves and buildup.
| 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.
Across Missouri, a gutter cleaning service visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and another in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. Most customers book both visits as regular gutter cleaning, and those cleanings are the ones we see the most of.
In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and a pollen paste that holds water. In fall the leaf load is the problem: a wet mat of leaves in the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose after a winter of rain, and the fascia behind them can rot. Under heavy tree cover, or in a stretch of heavy rainfall, every three to four months is what keeps a clog from forming, because needles and grit pack every downspout between visits. Near a busy road or in a yard with fresh landscape work, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the rainwater moving, and a clog left too long turns into a leak at the seam.
Gutter guards change the schedule a little. The guard stops the big leaves, but the surface still collects a mat of fine material, so a rain gutter with guards still gets a clean, just less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your roofline and every downspout. That is the honest answer, and it is more useful than a general schedule.
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 provides St. Ann gutter cleaning across the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we cover the whole city of St. Ann MO. Our gutter services start with a quote built on stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Every homeowner gets the same straight answer, and St. Ann homes get a date confirmed when they call rather than a promise we cannot keep. Lead time depends on the season, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring and late fall, the same months most homeowners think about when it is time to clean your gutters. If you want a date in those windows, call early at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house to ask for one. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Booking now is how you get your gutters on the schedule, and a clear date makes it easier to keep your gutters clear and protect your home from water damage through the year. We flush every downspout and check the gutters and downspouts before the truck leaves.
Our cleaning services in St. Ann are priced from stories and size, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because the same two-story house can take very different time depending on what is in the trough.
Across Missouri, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November, and most of our customers book one of those windows. If the fall visit gets skipped, we tend to find sagging runs and loose hangers once winter rain sets in. Under heavy tree cover the schedule is closer to every three to four months.
Most slots come up within the week for cleaning and maintenance visits, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, because a full calendar makes it a bad promise.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: our crew does not come inside, and sets every ladder away from your home and off the gutter lip. 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, every downspout is flushed and flow-tested, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, so we quote it separately and do not touch it without your approval.
Yes. On our jobs the guard holds back leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top and turn to paste, so debris removal still happens on the surface before we reseat the guard. The job is shorter than an open gutter, not gone, and it still counts as gutter maintenance.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over in rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a blockage problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it before the crew starts. We do not raise the number on the invoice after the work is done.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
