Lakefront properties collect debris from directions an inland house never sees, and they usually have more roofs than just the main house. We clear all of it and flush every downspout.
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On a Wayzata property, our crew works along every gutter emptying it by hand, then connects to your outdoor spigot and sends water through each downspout until we watch it drain at the ground. The debris leaves in bags, unless you’d rather save with a blowout. Whether you’re home or away, we can do the whole job. Afterward you receive photos of the work and anything we noticed, followed by the invoice.
On the lake, wind drives grit and debris into gutters even where few trees grow, and it packs down hard. Left in place, it sends water over the edge and down toward terraces, retaining walls and the foundation. Keeping the gutters clear on the house and the outbuildings gives that water a controlled way down.
Inland, a gutter mostly catches what drops from the trees above it. Along Ferndale, Bushaway and Breezy Point, wind crosses a long open stretch of the bay before it reaches the house, and it carries leaves, needles, grit, shingle granules and fine sediment with it. Even homes with hardly a tree on the lake side see those gutters fill.
That mix packs down tighter than plain leaves. Once it sets, water backs up and spills over, running down siding, soaking fascia and washing toward terraces and the foundation on a lot that already slopes to the water. Gutters left full going into a freeze also help ice dams form at the roof edge.
Hand scooping handles that packed material best, so our crew digs it out and bags it, then flushes every downspout to confirm it drains. We work through the house and the smaller roofs you book, and we send photos of any loose hanger, leaky seam or worn roof edge we find.
Most homes need two visits a year. Spring comes once seeds and catkins are down. Fall lands after the leaves finish dropping but before the first hard freeze sets in. Wooded parts of the property may call for a third visit, and the exposed lake side sometimes needs more attention than the street side. If you’d like, we can book the whole property on a repeating spring and fall schedule.
ReviewsWe send photos of your gutters and downspouts when we finish, so you can see the work without a ladder. Here is what Wayzata homeowners say. If the next rain shows a spot we should have cleared, tell us within 72 hours and we come back free.
We follow these steps on the house and on every outbuilding you add. The one decision left to you is bagging or a blowout.
Most of our cleaning happens from a ladder fitted with standoffs, set up with extra care on the steep lake side. We walk the roof when the home’s structure allows, then clear each gutter by hand.
We connect to your outdoor spigot and run water down every downspout, clearing packed grit until the water flows out at the bottom.
We bag the debris by default, which keeps it off your lawn, terraces and beds. For a lower price we can blow the gutters out, and in that case the debris ends up on the ground.
Before we leave each roof, we look at the hangers, the fall toward each downspout, every seam and the shingle line above, on the boathouse or guest house as well as the main house.
Before-and-after shots, plus close-ups of anything we flagged, reach you when we wrap up, whether you were home for the visit or not.
Our crew doesn’t stop at emptying the gutters. On each roof we clean, including a boathouse, guest house or garage, we look at how the gutters hang, drain and seal, and at the roof edge above them. We send photos of what we find, explain it plainly, and you decide what to do about it.
Packed grit is heavy. We look for gutters sagging or pulling off the fascia, and for soft wood behind them.
Water should run toward each downspout. We check for flat or backward spots where it sits and spills.
After flushing, we make sure water leaves the bottom of every downspout, including the long drops on the lake side.
Wind-driven rain finds weak joints. We look for failing sealant and drips at corners and seams.
Wind can lift shingles and wear off granules. We note what we can see from the gutter line.
Your price comes from how large and how tall each building is, plus the amount of debris sitting in its gutters. A lake side packed with grit takes longer than a street side that isn’t, and a steep elevation needs slower ladder setup, so we build that time into the quote. We clean up to three stories and look in person at anything taller.
Adding the boathouse, guest house or garage to the same visit is usually the better value, because getting our crew and equipment onto your property only happens once. Bagging or blowout: bagging is standard, and a blowout costs less. Guards: screwed-on guards come off for cleaning, which always raises the price. For hoods, our power washer drives the debris out through the gutter.
We quote at no charge and lock in your price ahead of the work. The invoice follows the job, and Klarna financing at 0% interest is available. Pair gutters with any pressure washing job and the gutter cleaning is free ($400 Value).
A few of the homes where we have cleaned the gutters.
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We cleaned the whole run above the garage from the ladder, bagging the debris as we went.
Our crew cleared the gutters along a shaded side yard, working around the garden beds below.
Most lakefront properties in Wayzata have more roofs than the main house: a boathouse, guest quarters, a detached garage, sometimes a covered dock. Each one has gutters, and they tend to go years between cleanings because nobody thinks of them as part of the house.
We clean them on the same trip as the house. Bringing our crew and ladders onto the property once costs you less than separate visits, and every roof gets the same hand cleaning, downspout flush and photos.
The ground is the other thing we plan for. Lots here often fall steeply toward the water, leaving narrow footing on the lake side, sometimes on a retaining wall or a terraced bed. We set up slowly and carefully there, and we’ll walk you through how we plan to work that side before we begin.
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Look over the property once we’ve gone, boathouse included. If anything about our work disappoints you, tell us within 72 hours and the fix is on us.
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Your price comes from the size and height of the house and how much debris sits in the gutters. A lake side packed with grit takes us longer than a clean street side. A steep elevation also means a slower ladder setup, and we build that into the quote. Bagging is standard, and a blowout costs less. Screwed-on guards raise the price.
The wind fills them. Along Ferndale, Bushaway and Breezy Point, it crosses open water before it reaches your house. It carries leaves, needles, grit and shingle granules with it. That mix packs down tighter than plain leaves, so water backs up and spills over.
Slowly. Lots here often drop toward the lake, and the footing on that side can be a retaining wall or a terraced bed. We set the ladder with standoffs so it stays off the gutter. Before we begin, we walk you through how we plan to work that side.
Most homes need two visits: spring after the seeds and catkins are down, and fall before the first hard freeze. Wooded parts of the lot may call for a third. The exposed lake side sometimes needs more attention than the street side, and we tell you if yours does.
For packed lake grit, hand cleaning wins. Our crew digs the material out and bags it. A blowout costs less, and on dry leaves it does fine. You pick the option when you get your quote.
On every home. We run water from your outdoor spigot down each downspout and confirm it drains at the ground. Grit likes to settle in the bends, so we work it loose until the water flows.
No. We only need access to the property and your outdoor spigot. We send photos of the job and anything we spot, and the invoice comes after.
We carry general liability insurance and a $10,000 bond. Ask and we send the certificate before we set foot on your property.
Then we make it right, free of charge. Walk the property after we are done, and if anything falls short, call us at (612) 216-7894 within 72 hours. We come back and fix it at no cost to you. No invoice, no argument, no fine print. That is the Wally's Worry-Free Guarantee.