Our own crew cleans gutters in Glendale, 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 is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Glendale customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing that work with the same crew 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 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. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the arithmetic. Glendale homes with the same footprint can still land in different places, so we look at the house before we give a number.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy, with compacted debris and a clog at every elbow. Guards we have to lift and reseat take extra time. Before we clean anything, we walk the whole run. Downspout flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. A sagging run that holds water blocks drainage no matter how clean the trough looks. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is how it looked on one of our Glendale jobs. The house had three stories on the back run and a heavy tree cover over the roof. The crew found packed seeds in the elbows and sag at two of the runs, both of which had been ignored for a couple of seasons. We cleared the buildup, left the trough clean, flushed every downspout, and photographed the sag for the homeowner to decide on. Gutter cleaning services like this are where we spend most of our time, and it is the reason we flush every downspout instead of just scooping the trough. A clog left alone turns into water damage at the fascia and rot in the board behind it, and the regular gutter cleaning schedule is what keeps that from happening.
Our cleaning services in Glendale cover residential properties and commercial properties alike. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same logic: the building decides the number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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.
On our Glendale WI jobs most customers book two cleanings a year: across Wisconsin the spring visit falls in late May to June, once the spring seeds and pollen have dropped, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and the rainwater has nowhere to go. Even a clean trough can hold seed paste in the elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs by March that have sagged under ice. Heavy tree cover means every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, and clogged downspouts are the first sign we see. A roofline with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall.
When a gutter sits full, the blockage moves water over the edge instead of down the downspout, and that is where the damage starts. The gutters and downspouts work as one system, so a blocked elbow stops drainage at the source and the water goes wherever it can find. You can clean your gutters between visits with a scoop, but a scoop never gets down into the elbows. Our estimate for each house comes from what we find on the first visit, not from a schedule printed on a brochure. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the first date and we will tell you which tier your lot needs. Protect your home from water damage: keep your gutters clean, flush every downspout each season, and let us handle the rest of our gutter services for the surrounding areas.
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 across Glendale from a nearby base, and we call before we come. A quote comes by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a clean photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Glendale gutter cleaning is quoted the same way on every street, and the cleanings are priced from stories and size, not from the street. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Houses with gutter guards are quoted as guarded systems, since the panels have to be lifted and reseated. Glendale homeowners who book early in those windows get the date they want.
This is a real leak and clog prevention job, and the gutter cleaning process we follow is the same on every house. Keep the water moving out of every outlet so it runs away from your home and clear of the landscape beds. Heavy rainfall is what exposes a neglected system, and a clean run gets through it. Clean your gutters every season, keep up the cleaning and maintenance between visits, and gutter maintenance stays a small job instead of a repair bill. A single twig in an elbow is enough to start the overflow, and gutter guards only hold back the big stuff, so we still clear the elbows first. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
The number for each gutter system comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Send us the house details and you will have a written figure before we schedule anything.
Across Wisconsin the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in late October to November, once the leaves and debris are down. If you wait past the fall visit, we find sagged runs by March on houses that have had ice on them.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and a clean driveway makes the visit faster. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed until the run is clean, including ones that run under landscape beds, and we check that the outlet is moving water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it. Debris removal is part of the same visit.
Yes. Under guards we find seed casings, needle litter and grit sitting on the mesh, so the surface still has to be clean before water can get through.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for it. Left alone, the overflow runs into rot and structural damage at the fascia.
Only if we find something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before work starts; otherwise the invoice matches the quote, clean and simple. The same rule holds on commercial properties. Call (866) 435-6328 with any questions before the crew arrives.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
