Our crew cleans gutters in Spearfish SD. We flush every downspout and test the flow before we pack up. Everything we pull out gets hauled off, not blown into the yard, and you get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over it. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across South Dakota, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the calendar early.
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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but the stories and the tree cover are what change the job.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked pushes the quote up, because the crew has to set up a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises how high the back run sits compared with the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down with a thick buildup of compacted muck, and a clog at the elbow takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and leaf and twig haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our cleaning services in Spearfish come down to the same three things a homeowner can tell us on the phone: the stories, the size and how much tree cover sits over the house. A photo of the front of the house by text helps us plan the ladder work before we arrive. Gutter maintenance is cheaper over the long run when it is done on schedule, because a leak that waits a season turns into a larger job. Scheduled cleanings, paired with cleaning and maintenance checks, also keep visits predictable. Leaves, seeds and needles build up quickly, and a clean system keeps the water flowing away from your home. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front and we will give you a written quote before we book a date. That is the start of the cleaning process on our end, and it is how most of our customers get their gutters on the calendar.
| 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 Spearfish homeowners book twice a year, once in spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs, the spring visit clears seed casings and pollen paste from the downspout elbows, and the fall visit clears the wet leaf mat that sits in the trough. Houses that skipped the fall visit show us runs that sag and loose hangers by March, after the first ice has built up.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles and grit pack clogged downspouts between visits. Cleaning services on those lots are a shorter, more frequent job rather than a bigger one. Few or no trees over the roof, and a simple landscape around the house, means once a year in late fall is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but the surface still gets cleared so leaves do not sit on the guard and turn into a wet mat. Gutter guards change how often the crew is up there, not whether a clean is needed.
When our crew opens a gutter here in late spring, we usually find the leaves and twigs from the previous fall still in the back run, along with rot starting at the joints where water has been sitting. That is structural damage waiting to happen, and it is cheaper to catch on a routine visit than after a board has softened. Water away from the foundation is the whole point of the rain gutter, and good drainage keeps it there, especially when heavy rainfall hits in April, May and June. A blocked gutter system sends it over the edge instead, so keeping it clear is how you protect your home from water damage. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 cover Spearfish SD and the surrounding areas from our own crews, and we clean gutters across Spearfish, including older Spearfish homes near the center and newer builds on the edges. Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seeds drop and the leaves come down. Booking early in those windows gets you a slot when you want one.
Here is how it works with us. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and tell us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof. We send a written quote from those details, then book a date that fits. Every booking we confirm starts with that quote. Lead time depends on the season, so we confirm the date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. We handle residential properties and commercial properties on the same schedule, and the crew runs the same checks on either one.
A regular cleaning schedule keeps the system clear between the bigger seasonal jobs. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left on the ground or the lawn. If you want to clean your gutters on your own between visits, we are happy to talk through what to watch for, but the full clean is the crew's job.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text for every one of our gutter services. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and we send a written quote before we book.
Our customers here usually book in late spring after the seeds and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find sagging runs and loose hangers by March on those houses. Keep your gutters on that schedule and the wet months have less to work with. Across South Dakota the same two windows hold.
Same-day slots are not something we promise, because the calendar fills in the busy windows. Most slots come up within the week, so call early if you want to get your gutters done before the next storm.
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. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We clear the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout and flow test it, and the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and flags any clog. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and roof grit settling under it along the roofline. The surface still gets cleared, and the trough runs clean once the guard is reseated so water can get in.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a blockage in the trough. Film the rainwater spilling over and send it to us, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. 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.
