Our own crew cleans gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover it sits under, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have run spring and fall visits across Wisconsin for years, and most of our customers book in those two windows.
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, its size and how much has to come out to leave the gutters clean. 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, but on a house with a lot of corners and bends that math rarely matches what the crew finds once it is up top. The same three-part quote covers commercial properties.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back of the house. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, and that clog is the most common reason a visit runs long. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. A rain gutter that looks fine from the ground can still hide a leak at a joint, and the crew checks the drainage on every run before it calls the job clean. We check the whole gutter system the same way. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts, never on the invoice.
On local homes we have cleaned, the quote usually turns on the same few things. One recent job on a two-story house had a long run of gutter sitting under two mature trees, with leaves and debris packed into the bends. The crew cleared the buildup and left the run clean, flushed every downspout and confirmed water flow at the outlets before leaving, carrying water away from the fascia. The customer had seen water coming over the edge in heavy rainfall and was worried about structural damage to the fascia; the run was checked for sag and the clogged downspouts were the real culprit. You can see the job here.
The point is simple: send us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how big it is, and we will tell you what the visit will cost before we book it. When we are up top we will tell you if a clog or a loose hanger means something else needs looking at, and we photograph it instead of selling it to you.
| 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.
Across Wisconsin, the spring visit runs late May to June and the fall visit runs October to early November. Most of our customers book spring and fall, the first after the seeds and pollen drop and the second after the last leaves come down. Starting the year with a clean run is cheaper than fixing a sagging one. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbow of each downspout. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Freeze risk here is real, and the fall visit is the one that protects the house through winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is usually the right rhythm, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits and a single blockage can back rainwater up into the eave at the roofline. Houses with a bare landscape and few or no trees overhead stay clean on one visit a year in late fall. Homes near a busy road or active construction often land on the shorter schedule for the same reason: dust and grit settle faster than leaves do. Gutter guards change the work but not the need; we still clear what sits on top and check that water is getting in.
Every gutter service provider has its own idea of how often to come out, and the regular cleaning schedule is the part that varies most. Our estimate is based on what we actually find when we open a gutter here in May or November, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. If you only clean your gutters once a year, make it the fall visit.
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 Fitchburg crew works across Fitchburg and the surrounding areas, and each day starts from the nearest base, so the neighborhoods we reach most often depend on the week. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover it sits under. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, across Wisconsin late May to June and October to early November, so those are the weeks to book early. Outside those windows, a slot usually opens faster. Our gutter services keep your gutters and downspouts clear for the homeowner who wants to protect your home from water damage. We flush every downspout, check for a leak at each joint on the way out, and a twig jammed in an elbow gets cleared out and the elbow left clean. We are happy to fit a single visit in around a busy schedule, and if you have a question before you book, we answer it on the phone.
Our crew books residential properties and residential and commercial jobs on one calendar, so one call covers both. Our cleanings book up in the two busy windows, so ask for a clean slot when you call and we will tell you the earliest opening. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the next storm, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Fitchburg are quoted from those three things, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo and we will give you a price before we book. The number we quote is the number on your invoice.
Across Wisconsin the usual windows are late May to June and October to early November. The fall visit matters most for homeowners here, since the last leaves and the wet mat settle into the gutter by then. If you wait past that visit, we often find runs that have sagged under ice by March, and sometimes a fascia board that has started to rot.
Most slots come up within the week across Fitchburg, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day availability depends on the calendar, so ask us when you book, and if you want to get your gutters done sooner, say so on the call.
No, you do not. 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, we flush every downspout and confirm water is leaving at the outlet and running away from your home. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need attention. Needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a mat once they are wet. We clear what sits on top, flush each downspout and check that water is actually getting in, so the run is clean underneath as well. Guards do not replace gutter maintenance, and the gutter system underneath still needs cleaning and maintenance.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout capacity, not debris. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what we found and agree on it before the work continues. Nothing gets added to the invoice without your say. The cleaning process has one stop point built in, and it comes before any extra work.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
