Our own crew handles the cleaning on your house, flushing each run, flow-testing the gutters, hauling the debris away, and sending photos before we leave. The price comes from how many stories the house has, how big it is, and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Allouez homeowners usually book a spring and a fall visit, and that keeps the gutters clean through the seasons that matter.
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, how big it is, 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. If you have a per-foot quote from one of the gutter cleaning services you called, ask what it includes, since the length alone does not set the price.
What moves a quote on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters on Allouez homes that nobody has opened in years come down heavy with packed leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Once the trough is clean, the flush goes faster. Flushing, flow testing and hauling the debris away are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Picture a clog at the bottom of the lowest run, the kind that backs water toward the foundation. Left alone, it can cause structural damage. Where a run starts to sag, water pools and stays. We clear the blockage, flush it, trace the line, and send photos of each run before we leave. Heavy buildup usually forms where leaves and debris have gone longest uncleared, and a rain gutter in that state is the first place water finds its way back toward the house. We see the same thing around the commercial properties we service, though the scale is different. Where clogged downspouts block the water flow at one spot, we clear that spot so the drainage keeps working and moves water away from the house. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us how many stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. We will give you the number on the spot.
| 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.
The usual plan is two visits a year, on a spring and fall schedule, and the right time to clean your gutters depends on the trees around the house. Across Wisconsin, spring visits usually land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. For gutters in Allouez WI, the fall visit falls in October to early November, after the last leaves come down. In spring we usually find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is a wet leaf mat, and on homes that skip that visit, runs can sag, leak at the seams or pull loose under the weight of ice, since the area has real freeze risk.
Under heavy tree cover the visits come sooner, because a clog builds faster and the troughs fill up with grit. June, July and September are the wettest months here, and heavy rainfall in those months pushes rainwater through any blockage in the trough. Where the land slopes toward the house, grit and runoff reach the gutters faster still. With few or no trees, a fall visit alone is usually enough to keep the rainwater moving. Residential and commercial buildings both follow this plan, and most residential properties need the same two visits. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left in the grass. Guarded gutters need a clean less often, but we still clean the surface on each visit. After the first visit, a clean gutter makes it easy to tell which schedule your lot actually needs. A regular gutter cleaning service is simple to set up: text a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate for your 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 cleans homes around Allouez, and every job gets a clean, careful finish. Booking an Allouez gutter cleaning takes one call or text. You tell us the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and we quote from those. If it is easy to send one, a photo of the house front helps us plan the visit. Cleanings are booked around the season, and we confirm your date when you call. Booking early helps, since spring and fall are the busy visits. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. Every homeowner gets photos of each run before the truck leaves.
Keep your gutters clear and you protect your home from water damage that starts at the eave and works its way inward. A leak at a seam is often the first sign, and a single twig lodged in an elbow can start one. Regular gutter maintenance keeps rain moving along the trough instead of spilling over the edge, and drainage is the first thing to check when a run starts to spill. Our crew handles gutters and downspouts with the same care. Houses with gutter guards get the same visit, with the panels lifted so the debris underneath gets cleared. We offer gutter services for residential and commercial properties alike. Whether you are in town or in the surrounding areas, the process is the same: we clean, we flush every downspout, and we send you photos before we leave.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the details and we will give you a price for the gutter maintenance visit before anything is booked.
Plan to clean your gutters in late spring and again in the fall. Across Wisconsin, spring visits usually land in late May to June, and across Allouez the fall visit lands in October to early November. If you wait longer than that, the clog gets heavier and water stops moving away from your home.
We confirm a date when you call, and same-day availability depends on the week's calendar. To get your gutters on the schedule faster, ask about open slots when you call. Our cleaning services in Allouez fill fastest in late spring and late fall.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run go 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 run and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, and on our jobs we find needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape sitting on top of the guards and packed into the gutter underneath, so we clear the surface and check the flow on each visit.
If a clean gutter system still spills water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually the slope or the outlet size, not buildup. Left running, that water can rot the trim and the wood beneath it. Text us a picture or a short clip taken during a storm and we will tell you what it is before anyone quotes a second visit.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, and the number we quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
