Our own crew cleans gutters and runs across Appleton WI, each one flushed and flow-tested, with photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule, and tell us whether you want to clean your gutters once a year or keep the gutter system clear all season. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and the crew has been doing this work on local roofs for years.
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 per foot, but on our jobs the height of the roofline and the amount of leaves and debris matter more than the length of the run.
Here is what moves a quote when our crew gets on a ladder. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the job. A walk-out basement, a sloped lot or a landscape that drops away from the back wall raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and the buildup takes longer to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Our gutter cleaning services include flushing, a drainage check at the outlet and debris removal, and none of it is billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent local job the crew found a two-story house under heavy canopy where the back run had a clog at the first elbow and the water was running over the front edge in rain. The price was set from stories and tree cover, and the clog was cleared and the run left clean before the invoice was written. Clogged downspouts are the most common reason water stops draining away from your home on our jobs, and a clog caught early avoids a leak and the structural damage that follows at the fascia and soffit below.
Homes here range from older houses to newer builds, and the calls we take from appleton homes often come after a sag or rot shows up at the edge. Homeowners here do not need to measure anything first. Tell us the stories, the size and whether trees hang over the roof, and we will give you the number on the phone.
| 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 customers in Appleton WI book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we usually find seeds and pollen packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Plan to clean your gutters before the fall rains start, so you are not scraping that mat off in the cold.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule that keeps a blockage from forming, because grit and seeds pack the pipes between visits. A house with few or no trees is fine on one clean a year in late fall. Guards reduce how often the gutter fills, but the surface still needs clearing, and the gutter cleaning service is still needed as part of gutter maintenance. After the first visit, when the runs are clean, we give you an estimate for which tier your lot actually needs.
Freezing is a real risk here, so winter ice is the reason the fall visit matters most. Water that cannot drain behind a clogged run freezes into an ice dam at the eave, and the ice lifts the shingles from underneath. Heavy rainfall in May, June and July, the wettest months here, fills a clogged run fast, and once the water flow backs up it spills over the edge. A rain gutter that is clean before the first freeze gives the melt a path away from the roofline and good drainage at the eave, so a leak has less chance to start there.
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 has cleaned gutters in several neighborhoods around town, and we work the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking our Appleton gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from end to end, and each of our cleanings leaves the whole run clear. We will tell you when we can come out when you call (866) 435-6328. If you want to get your gutters clean before summer severe storms across Wisconsin arrive, book early in the window, because those storms bring heavy rainfall that a clogged run cannot handle. Our crew works on residential and commercial properties, and the same flush every downspout routine applies. Debris removal is part of each visit, and nothing is left in the trough. A homeowner usually notices a problem only after the water is already over the edge, and clearing the run early keeps water moving away from your home and helps protect it from water damage that starts at the edge and works inward.
The number comes from stories and size, and we quote it over the phone or by text. It is the number on your invoice, with flushing and debris removal already in it.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, so the late fall visit matters most.
Most slots come up within the week. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call to confirm a date, and we do not promise same-day service.
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 run is flushed and checked to see that water is leaving the outlet. Flushing and outlet checks are part of our cleaning services in Appleton. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the big leaves out, but seed casings, a twig and grit still pack on top of the guard and stop the water from getting in. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them as part of gutter maintenance.
A clean gutter that still spills in rain usually has a slope or downspout size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or 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.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it before work starts, not after. The number we quote on the phone is the number we charge. Cleaning and maintenance visits are priced the same way, from stories, size and tree cover.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
