Our own crew cleans gutters in Brookfield, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf load are at their heaviest.
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 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. Call (866) 435-6328 for that number and we will also ask about drainage, since a slow run changes the work. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a typical house the stories and the roofline do more to the total than the footage does.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk changes the setup, and a walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, which takes longer to clear and sometimes needs the elbow opened up. Clogged runs are the first thing the crew checks, and we flush every downspout before the job closes. A clean run takes little time, and a packed one can take the rest of the visit. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Once the gutter system is clean, the crew tests each run with water and checks the water flow at the outlet. A homeowner who spots a leak at a seam gets it photographed and reported, not sealed on the spot, and the photo report arrives before the truck leaves. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our Brookfield homes vary, but the pattern is consistent: the clog usually starts at the elbow, and the sag shows up in the runs that were never cleared. A quick photo of the front of the house by text helps us give a number that holds. Our crew handles gutter cleaning services for residential and commercial properties, and the same scope applies to residential properties as to any other job we quote. Gutter services on a commercial building follow the same steps. For many households the regular gutter cleaning schedule matters more than any single visit. A clean gutter system in spring keeps water moving through the wettest months, and that is what protects the fascia and foundation. If you want to clean your gutters on a set schedule, tell us when you call and we will set the interval with you. Whether you book in spring and fall or once a year, we will tell you what your lot needs after the first visit.
| 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 book gutter services twice a year: across Wisconsin the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs from October to early November, after the last leaves. Freeze risk is real in Brookfield WI, so the fall visit matters. In spring the seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. That is the single clearest case for keeping the fall appointment.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rhythm we see, since needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits. Heavy rainfall in May, June and August carries seed and leaves into the runs faster than a dry spell does. A clog that starts in one season becomes a rainwater overflow the next. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, and we still flush every downspout on that visit. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs clearing. Gutter maintenance on a wooded lot is a season-by-season job, not a yearly one. In the surrounding areas, near a busy road or active construction, plan on more frequent visits than the tree line alone would suggest.
After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs. Until then, the most useful thing you can do is send a photo of the roofline from the driveway, so we can see the blockage and give you an estimate before we arrive. A clean run in late May carries less seed into the summer rains, and the first cleaning on a neglected house is the slowest, while a clean run every visit after that is quicker. A full run that pulls off the fascia in a storm can cause structural damage to the soffit below. Two visits a year help keep your gutters moving. Gutters exist to carry water away from your home, and each visit is a chance to protect your home from water damage before the next storm season.
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 from the nearest base, and the jobs we book most often are the ones where a gutter has already started to fail. When you call, we ask for stories, approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and we take a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. A clean quote starts with those three answers. We give a quote before we set the date. A homeowner with gutter guards gets the same quote, since guards change the setup but not the calendar. Booking runs on the typical lead time we post for the area, and the calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the more choice you have. Heavy rainfall often brings in calls in the week after, when an overflow shows up. The Brookfield gutter cleaning calendar also covers the surrounding areas on the same booking window. Every job goes on one calendar, and the quickest way to get your gutters on it is to call early in the week. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will take those details over the phone.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from the outside of the house and leaves the photo report on your phone. Every rain gutter on the house gets the same walk-through, outlets included, since a twig can sit there unseen. If the visit reveals something outside cleaning, a loose hanger or a seam that leaks, we photograph it and report it; we do not sell repairs from the ladder. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house, so you know what to expect before the truck arrives, and any question you have can go to the same office that books the visit. Our crew handles cleaning and maintenance on the same visit, and the photo report covers both. Ask us about gutter maintenance between cleanings, since a twig or seed mat can build up in a single season. We bag what comes out and carry it away from your home before the crew leaves. Every clean job ends with photos on your phone, and a clean run with water leaving the outlet is the first thing we photograph.
The number comes from stories and size, and homeowners get it by phone or text before the visit. What you hear on the phone is what you pay on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Start with a clean run in late spring, and the summer severe storms across Wisconsin have less to push through. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaf load is already frozen into the runs and the work takes longer.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Our cleaning services in Brookfield run on the same calendar, so ask when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone. The crew can clean every rain gutter from the ladder without anyone inside, so leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the outlet and check that water is leaving at the bottom. A clogged run is the usual reason drainage stops, so the crew checks those first. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it, and clearing that run keeps water away from the foundation.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep the leaves out but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, so we clear the surface and check that water is getting in. Leaves and debris still collect on the guard, so a guarded gutter system needs the same check. Guards mean fewer cleanings, not none, and they keep landscape mulch and litter out of the trough.
Send us a short video in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still overflows usually has a slope or drain-size issue, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning. Left alone, that overflow can lead to rot in the fascia and soffit, or to structural damage, so we want to see it early.
Only if something changes the job, and then you hear it and agree before work starts. The number we quote is the number we charge. The same rule applies on commercial properties.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
