Our own crew cleans gutters in Sioux Falls, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled off, and 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. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been out across South Dakota every spring and fall, and most local customers book one of those two visits each year.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote Sioux Falls gutter cleaning over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the total is worked out, but we give you one number for the whole house. Our gutter cleaning services are priced that way for every house we visit.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked raises the time on the ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters that nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit, and that takes longer to clear than a normal fall. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of the homeowners we work for have a clog or buildup in a run that they could not see from the driveway, and a sag or a loose hanger that showed up after a season of standing water. We clear the full length of every run, flush each downspout until water runs clear at the bottom, and tell you what we saw. When the drainage is working and the gutters are clean, the water flow goes where it should, away from your home. Sioux Falls homes get a lot of rain in May, June and August, and a gutter that is clean for the spring storms is the one that keeps the water away from the foundation. We clean gutters on residential and commercial buildings, so the crew knows how to handle a long run as well as a short one. If you have a question about the job, call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate before anyone is scheduled.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $185 | from $240 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $165 | from $215 | from $280 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $190 | from $250 | from $325 |
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 regular gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Across South Dakota the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and in Sioux Falls the fall visit runs October to early November. On our jobs the spring visit comes after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves. When we open a gutter in the spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, with pollen paste holding them there, and one blockage at an elbow is enough to back the water up the whole run. In the fall it is leaves and debris, and on houses that skip the fall visit we have seen the first ice in November and the ice dams that form at the eave. Runs that were sagging or pulling loose by March had skipped that visit.
Heavy tree cover changes the schedule. Under big trees over the house, needles, twig pieces and grit clog the runs between visits, and a landscape bed of bark or rock against the wall washes grit into the same runs. Our customers in those yards add a visit between the spring and fall cleanings. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit is finer and the schedule tightens for the same reason. If the lot has few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough for a gutter to drain properly through the winter. Guarded gutters need less frequent gutter maintenance, but the surface still has to be kept clean and the water checked at the downspout.
A rain gutter that is clean for the spring storms keeps the water moving away from the foundation, which helps protect your home from water damage. A run that backs up can turn into a leak at the fascia before anyone sees it, and the fall visit does the same job before the freeze. Keep your gutters and downspouts working through the season, and the rainwater goes where it should. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the observations in the photo report so you can see what we saw. Call (866) 435-6328 to book the visit, or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which schedule fits the house.
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 Sioux Falls on residential properties and commercial properties alike, and it runs out of the nearest base so the trip time stays short and the visit stays on schedule. The gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text. A homeowner tells us the number of stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the house. A photo of the front of the house is helpful if it is easy to send. We confirm the date when you call, and the lead time depends on how full the calendar is that week. The process ends when the gutters are clean and the photos are on your phone.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. If you want a slot in those windows, call early. Homes in the surrounding areas follow the same spring and fall schedule. Repeat visits book the same way, with cleaning and maintenance on the same calendar, and any gutter guards get checked on every visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. For a quick reply, text a photo of the roofline and we will say what we see. To get your gutters on the schedule this season, ask for a slot when you call, and we will hold it until the date is confirmed.
Our gutter services are priced from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters when we open them. We quote it over the phone or by text, and that quote is what you pay.
Most of our customers book a fall visit in October to early November, and across South Dakota the spring visit falls in mid to late June. If you clean your gutters only once, book the fall visit, because a skipped fall visit lets the first hard freeze lock a leaf mat into the runs, and by March the fascia can rot while ice dams cause structural damage.
Our cleaning services in Sioux Falls run on a booking calendar, so most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, and the crew shows up at the time we give you.
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, we flush every downspout and check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clogged downspouts get cleared from the top where they can be reached. Clearing an underground line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard and underneath it, and once they are wet the water runs over the front edge. We clear the surface and check the flow at the downspout.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video taken during heavy rainfall and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it first. The number 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.
