Our own crew cleans gutters in Wildwood, flushes every downspout, flow-tests each run and hauls the debris away. You get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Wildwood customers book in spring and fall, and we have been on these roofs through both seasons.
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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, but we price the whole house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, and gutters nobody has opened in years. We see buildup and the odd clog that has to come out by hand before water flow returns. Gutter guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat also add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included, never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Wildwood homes, the quote is shaped by the landscape as much as the house. A home with heavy tree cover and a sag in the run will cost more than the same footprint with clear gutters, because the crew spends longer on the blockage and the drain path. Good drainage keeps water away from your home, and every run has to be checked for structural damage before we leave. Commercial properties with flat roofs and interior drains follow the same logic, priced per building.
Here is one example from a Wildwood job: the gutters were packed, a rain gutter run had pulled slightly from the fascia, and the clogged downspouts sat full at the elbow. The crew cleared the run and left it clean, flushed every downspout and reseated the hanger, and the quote held because we had scoped it from the photo on the phone. That is the gutter cleaning process we follow on every gutter cleaning service call.
| 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 Wildwood MO customers book two cleanings a year: the spring visit, which lands in late May or June across Missouri after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late October or November after the last leaves and debris come down. When we open a gutter here 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 sagging under ice by March.
Under heavy tree cover, needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between visits, so those homes go on a schedule every three to four months. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep them clean. Guards need less frequent visits, but the surface still gets cleared. Clean your gutters before the first hard freeze, since a freeze traps water in the trough. A rainwater backup or a leak at the eave that starts at the blockage is the first sign something is off, and a clog caught early is a shorter visit. Some properties also need debris removal between visits.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Residential properties and commercial buildings both get the same check, though commercial sites tend to run on a fixed calendar. If you want a regular gutter cleaning schedule, text a photo of the roofline or call (866) 435-6328 and we will say which tier fits. Our gutter cleaning service books a date with you directly, and we call before we come.
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.
We clean gutters across Wildwood from the nearest base, and the crew covers the whole city rather than a single block. Booking for Wildwood gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills and slots come up fastest. Lead time is confirmed when you call. Outside those windows there is usually room, and we will tell you the first open date. Our gutter services are built around the house, so a homeowner with a clogged downspout gets the same careful pass as a commercial property with a flat roof.
Wildwood homeowners, book before the first heavy rainfall. That is the simplest way to get your gutters ready for the rainy months. Flush every downspout and clean the gutter run while the crew is on the roof, and you protect your home from water damage at the foundation and from fascia rot. We also serve surrounding areas, and the crew can clean more than one building on the same route. Ask about gutters and downspouts together, since they make up one gutter system.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the roofline and we will tell you the figure on the call.
Across Missouri, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. When we wait past the first hard freeze, we find ice dams at the eave and sagging runs.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout 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. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top and the gutter fills from above. We clean the surface and check water flow through the guard. Guards cut the work, but they do not replace gutter maintenance, and the cleaning and maintenance visit still happens on schedule.
If a clean gutter still spills in the rain, that is a slope or downspout-size problem, not debris. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for that.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, and you agree to it first. Our gutter cleaning process is built to keep the invoice matching the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
