Our own crew cleans gutters around here, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, debris 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 sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work on houses like yours for years, and most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
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 give you the number by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. St. Charles homes differ mostly in roof pitch and tree cover, so those two swing the number more than anything else. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house.
What moves the number on our jobs is what the crew finds when the ladder goes up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run further up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time to every run.
Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Debris removal is part of the price, and the clean is priced once for the whole house, not by the run. The gutter cleaning process ends once the water flow and drainage at each outlet is checked, before the crew packs up. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs here, the number that surprises people is almost always a house with heavy tree cover where the gutters were not opened for a long time, so the clog has been building for years. We photograph the buildup, explain where the blockage sits, and then give you the number. Clogged downspouts are usually the cause, and clearing them is part of the same visit. Gutters that drain properly keep water away from your home, and clearing a clog that has been sitting for a season or two is a different job from a routine clean. Houses under the same canopy on a regular schedule are easier and cheaper to keep on track, which is why we push regular gutter cleaning instead of waiting for an overflow.
If you have a strip of commercial space next to a residential lot, or you are a homeowner who also manages a rental, we handle residential and commercial work on the same schedule rules, so one call covers both. Our residential properties are priced the same way, by phone or text, with no surprise line items. Our gutter cleaning services for commercial properties follow the same rules.
To get a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We will tell you what the price covers before the crew shows up.
| 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 here book twice a year. Across Missouri the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves. On our jobs that rhythm keeps the gutter clear through the worst of each season. Our gutter services follow that same pattern, and the pair of visits is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear all year.
In spring, when we open a gutter here in late May, we find seeds, seed casings and a fine pollen paste packed into the elbows at the bottom of every spout. A twig jammed in an elbow is enough to back up a whole run once heavy rainfall starts, and the gutter begins to leak at the joints before anyone sees the water. In fall the trough fills with leaves and debris faster than anyone can keep up with, and because freezes come to St. Charles in the winter months, the fall visit is the one that stops ice dams from forming at the eave. We see runs that sag or pull loose by February on houses that skipped the fall visit. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough, freezes, and pushes the gutter off the fascia line, and the wood behind it starts to rot. Rainwater that cannot leave the roofline finds its way into the fascia and works toward structural damage.
How often you need a clean depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see, because needles and grit pack the spouts between visits. Tree cover and the landscape around the house decide how fast debris drops into the trough. Near a busy road or active construction the same interval applies. Few or no trees on the lot is a once-a-year job in late fall, and gutters and downspouts take the heaviest load when the leaves come down. Two cleanings a year is the usual starting point for most lots here, and the tree cover tells us whether to go more often. A rain gutter full of needles has no room left for the first downpour. Guards reduce the work, and we still clear the surface on schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. On our St. Charles MO jobs we flush every downspout before the visit is marked done. A spring clean in May and a fall visit are the two cheapest ways to protect your home from water damage.
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 St. Charles and cleans from the nearest base, so the trip is short however far out the house sits. The gutter cleaning process is the same on every street we serve. Every St. Charles gutter cleaning booking starts with a number we give by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Each homeowner gets that same number every time. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work.
Lead times are short most of the year, but our calendar fills in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when most homes want the seed and leaf load cleared. Booking early in those months keeps the date you want. Each clean gets an estimate by phone before anything goes on the calendar. Cleaning and maintenance on a set schedule keeps repair bills small, and gutter maintenance booked now costs less than a repair later. The crew does the outside work only, and the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves.
If you are not sure how often your gutters need a clean, text us a photo of the gutters from the driveway and we will tell you what we see from it. Getting your gutters on a schedule now is cheaper than the water damage that comes from waiting. The quickest way to get your gutters booked is one call at (866) 435-6328, and if you live in surrounding areas and are not sure we cover your street, ask on that call.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. On a two-story house the gutter system is priced from those same inputs as every other job. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, and flushing and haul-off are included.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. On our jobs, houses that skip the fall visit show sagging runs by February after the first hard freeze.
Most slots come up within the week during busy months, and we confirm a date when you call. Our crew provides cleaning services in St. Charles for the gutters and their outlets only, which keeps the scope and the price simple. If you need something sooner, ask and we will check the calendar.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Every outlet is flushed and flow-tested, and the water is watched until it runs clear at the bottom. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes, less often. Gutter guards reduce how often you need to clean your gutters, but they do not remove the need. A clean under guards takes a little more time to set up, which is priced in. On our jobs under guards we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and grit underneath, so the surface still needs clearing.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or sizing problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it.
Only if something we find changes the job, and you hear about it and agree before work starts. The invoice matches the price you agreed to.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
