Our own crew cleans gutters on local homes, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave. Leaves are hauled away, not blown onto your lawn, and you get photos of every run. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our homeowners book for spring and fall.
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. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the state of the trough matter more than the footage on most of our jobs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Chippewa Falls homes with gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris that has to be dug, not scooped. A run with only light buildup from last season is quicker to clear. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and hauling the leaves away are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew cleans gutters on homes like yours, and the clog is almost always the same thing: seeds and leaf mat settled in the trough, then a blockage at the elbow of a downspout that keeps water away from your home. A downspout blocked for a season or two is where the sag starts, because the run fills and pulls down under the weight. Where a rain gutter is still pulling water off the roof, water flow is the thing we check first. Clogged downspouts and structural damage tend to show up together, and a leak at the fascia is often the first sign. We photograph both so you can see them. The number we give you on the phone already covers this work.
| 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 twice a year. Across Wisconsin the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seeds and pollen have dropped, and the fall visit lands in late October or early November, after the last leaves are down. Clean your gutters in spring and again in fall, because the first clean of the year finds seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses in Chippewa Falls WI that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged by March under the weight of the ice.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings every three to four months are the schedule we see work, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and a clog forms before the next cleaning. Regular gutter cleaning on residential properties is part of routine gutter maintenance, and debris removal happens on the same visit. Few or no trees around the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road or a construction site, the trough collects more grit and a blockage can form within weeks, so we move the customer to the shorter interval. June, August and September are the wettest months here, so we check the run before heavy rainfall, because rainwater that cannot get past a clog ends up on the fascia. The roofline on a freeze-belt home takes the most abuse in the cold months, so the fall visit is the one we protect most.
After the first visit we give you an estimate for the 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.
Our crew serves the surrounding areas and the city too. We handle residential and commercial jobs, and commercial properties get quoted the same way. The booking for Chippewa Falls gutter cleaning is simple: you call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote from your stories, size and tree cover. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills, so booking early gives you a clean on the date you want.
Our crew can help protect your home from water damage, and a clean trough is how we keep your gutters moving before heavy rainfall arrives. Gutter services are only part of the job: the crew also checks the gutters and downspouts, and the drainage at the bottom of each run, so water runs away from the foundation and not onto the landscape beside it. Hauling away the twig and leaf mat is part of every cleaning visit. The gutter cleaning process is the same each time: we flush every downspout, check the outlet, photograph every run, then leave. Where you have gutter guards, we lift them, clear underneath and reseat them. If you are comparing cleaning services in Chippewa Falls, ask each one whether every downspout is flushed and the leaves hauled away. A homeowner with a question about the lot can ask on the call, and we will tell you what we see.
Quotes across Chippewa Falls come from the stories and the size of your house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front, and we give you the quote by phone. The quote we give is the price we charge.
Across Wisconsin the spring visit runs late May to June, after the seeds drop, and the fall visit lands in late October or early November, after the leaves are down. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we find ice-heavy runs by March, and fascia rot starts behind them.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 and ask what is open.
No. Our gutter cleaning service 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 in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet. If the drain line underground is blocked, we tell you and quote that work separately before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and turn to paste, so the cleaning and maintenance still falls to us: we clear the surface and check that water is still getting in. That is routine gutter maintenance, not a one-time fix.
A clean gutter system that still spills in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and you hear about it before work starts, never after. 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.
