Our own crew gives your gutters a clean, careful job in Fond du Lac, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and 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 hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Visits here usually land in the spring and fall, and we have been doing this across Wisconsin long enough to know what a clog in the gutter does to a house by the next storm.
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. Homeowners ask about cost first, so we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, whether the job is a clean run or a packed one. Our cleaning services in Fond du Lac WI are priced that way on every job, and repeat cleanings are quoted from the same three things. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is multiplied out, but we would rather you know the whole figure before the crew climbs.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run high off the ground, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mass, a seam that has started to leak, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before the cleaning can start. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house: clean the run by hand, flush each downspout, and check the drainage at the outlet before the ladder comes down. If something we find changes the job, the homeowner hears about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Heavy tree cover and gutters left for years change the job in a predictable way. The compacted leaf mass sits in the rear run, and any downspout that drains into a buried line gets flushed and checked at the outlet. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate before anyone gets on a ladder.
| 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.
Visits here fall into two windows: late May to June, after the spring seed and pollen drop finishes, and late October to November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. When we open a gutter here in May, the downspout elbows are often packed with seeds, pollen paste and the odd twig. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Heavy rainfall in May, June and July, and summer severe storms across Wisconsin, are the other reason to book early: a clog that is fine in April can overflow by the first storm, even on a run that came out clean.
Across Fond du Lac, the fall visit is the one that matters most for freeze-belt houses. Water that cannot drain in fall becomes ice at the eave, and the ice lifts what is above it, which is how a sagging run turns into structural damage by spring. Trapped water also rots the fascia along the roofline. Our crew clears the runs and flushes the clogged downspouts before the first hard freeze, so the water has somewhere to go over the winter. So clean your gutters in late October or November, and the gutter system can carry the water away from your home instead of back under the shingles. That is how we protect your home from water damage.
Homes under heavy tree cover are on a shorter schedule. Leaves and debris pack the rain gutter between visits, so houses with big trees over them are on a visit every three to four months, which is regular gutter cleaning for those lots. Homes with few or no trees, and a landscape that drains well, do well with once a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still needs a clean. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the schedule follows from that.
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 here and in the surrounding areas, and we get to the house from the nearest base without much waiting. Booking runs on a phone call or a text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the stories, a rough size, whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front if that is easy. We will quote the job from those and set a date. Lead time depends on the week; we confirm the date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring and late fall, the same months most homeowners think of when they clean. Booking early in those windows keeps the date you want, and gutter cleaning services fill fastest then. The work on residential and commercial buildings is the same job, but the numbers on this page are for residential properties only, and commercial properties are not priced here. Nobody needs to be home for the visit. We call before we come, and the crew works the exterior without going inside.
Fond du Lac homes range from older houses with deep eaves to newer subdivisions with a straight run of gutter, and the approach is the same: the eaves get checked, the gutters get cleared of buildup by hand, and the result is a clean run on every side of the house. Every downspout is flushed, and the photos go to your phone before we leave. Debris removal is part of the visit, so the bags leave with the truck. Our gutter services stay the same whether it is the first visit or the fifth. Think of it as gutter maintenance, not a one-time scoop: the same checks twice a year keep the water flow moving and water away from your home through the next storm. That is what keeps your gutters working, and it is the same checklist we use for every cleaning and maintenance visit.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before the crew is booked. We do not quote a range; the figure we give you is the figure on the invoice. Downspout flushing and haul-off are included.
Visits here usually fall in late May to June and late October to November. The spring visit clears seed and pollen, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze, which is when the ice dams start forming at the eave. The wettest months here are May, June and July, so rainwater runs hardest in the weeks when a late booking hurts most. Waiting past fall is when we start finding sagging runs by March.
Same-day depends on the week and on what is already on the calendar. A cleaning slot usually opens up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside only: our crew does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Every run is clean by then. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout, since the gutters and downspouts work as one system, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout feeds a buried drain line and water is not coming out, that points to a blockage further down, and we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards hold back leaves but let needles, seed casings and grit settle on top, and that mat eventually turns to paste. Guards cut the work, but they do not end gutter maintenance. Keep your gutters checked on the same schedule, though the visits are usually less frequent than for open gutters, and the surface still gets a clean.
If a clean gutter still sheets rainwater over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than leaves. Left alone, that overflow can rot the fascia along the roofline and turn into structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice, with no add-ons to clean up afterward. Get your gutters quoted on the phone first, and that is how we protect your home from water damage without surprises.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
