Our own crew gives your gutters a full clean, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. The spring and fall visits are what most of our customers book, and we give every house the same care.
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 figure it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some outfits price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather you know the whole number before the crew pulls up.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the wall. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and the landscape around the back run often hides how far up it sits. Gutters that have gone years without a clean carry compacted buildup and a real clog that takes longer to open, and a run that has begun to sag takes longer again. A twig lodged at an elbow can hold back a whole run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too, and we tell you that before we start.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are up there, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice. Howard homes with heavy tree cover tend to fill up faster, and the leaves and debris from those lots are the reason the job takes longer than the outside of the house suggests.
Take a steep-pitch house with a full season of leaves packed into the back rain gutter run. The price moves there because the crew has to lift and reseat guards before the trough can be reached, and clogged downspouts jammed at the elbows add more time. We do not price from a case study. We price the house in front of us when you call.
We do residential and commercial work, and our gutter cleaning services run the same way on both: the number comes from the building, not from a rate card. Residential properties and commercial properties both rely on carrying water away from the foundation and out of the drain lines, which is why we flush every downspout, because a clogged run is how structural damage starts.
| 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 falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves. In spring the seeds, seed casings and pollen paste pack the elbows, and that is what slows a rainwater run down. The wettest months here are May, June and July, so a clean run going into the heavy rain matters. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and Howard winters freeze, so water left in a full trough can turn to ice at the eave. The roofline gets a clog on the back run first, and a leak at the seam usually follows once heavy rainfall arrives, which is why the fall visit matters on every house.
Under heavy tree cover, needles and grit fill the runs faster than a twice-a-year schedule can keep up with, so regular gutter cleaning matters more than the calendar date. A house with few or no trees can usually go once a year in late fall. Our crew also checks the blockage at the outlet of each run, and the water flow where it leaves the house, so you know whether the drainage is doing its job between visits.
Guards change the schedule, though not to zero. When we find a guarded system we clear the material that sits on top of the guard and check the run underneath, and that visit is usually spaced a little further apart. Every estimate in Howard WI starts from the same questions: how many stories, how much tree cover, and what the gutters looked like last time. After the first visit we tell you which of these your lot actually needs, and how often it needs a clean.
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 does Howard gutter cleaning on homes across town, and we quote from stories, house size and tree cover. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy, and we can usually give you a number on the same call. Booking works the same way for a homeowner in the older neighborhoods as for one on a newer street: a phone call, a date, and a crew that calls before it comes out. If you are comparing cleaning services in Howard, ask what each one includes before you agree to a number.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows we already named, late spring and late fall, so the earlier you call the better your choice of date. We keep an arrival window and text when the crew is on the way. Protect your home from water damage by getting the gutters and downspouts cleared before the rainy months, and tell us if the gutters are clogged now so we can plan the visit around it. Between cleanings, take a look from the ground after the summer severe storms that hit across Wisconsin. If you want to get your gutters on the schedule before the busy weeks, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a date. A good schedule is how you keep your gutters clear between visits, and our gutter services follow the same plan. We clean residential properties the same way across Howard and the surrounding areas we serve, and we keep the work the same from one city to the next.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before the crew books the date. We do not name a figure here because a two-story house on a flat lot and one on a sloped lot with heavy tree cover are different jobs. Call (866) 435-6328 with the square footage and we will give you the number.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall, and the late fall visit is the one we push hardest on houses that have gone a year without cleaning. Snow falls here from November into April, so water left in the trough can rot the board behind it before spring. Pick the date that suits you and clean your gutters on a schedule that fits the house.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Same-day is not something we promise in advance, because the crew books by stories and tree cover, and a same-day visit depends on the calendar that day.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is outside only: the crew works from the ground and the lifts, 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 lifts are up.
Yes, every downspout gets a clean flush and a flow test, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet and moving away from your home. If a run feeds an underground drain line that needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before touching it.
Yes, though less often. Guards keep out most of the leaves, but whatever sits on top of them still has to come off, and the cleaning and maintenance schedule depends on your tree cover. Our crew lifts the panels, clears the surface and checks the run underneath, so a guarded gutter system still gets the full gutter maintenance visit.
A clean run that still spills in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not buildup, and that calls for a different fix than another cleaning. We will look at what is happening before we price anything.
Only if something changes the job, and if it does you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts. Your number holds unless the crew finds something new, and the photos of the work come to your phone before we leave.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
