Our own crew cleans gutters in La Crosse, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book spring and fall, and that is when we see clogs and buildup most clearly. Use the estimator above or call (866) 435-6328 to get started.
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, so you get a clean invoice that matches the quote. Some gutter cleaning service providers price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of gutter, but we would rather you get one number that already includes the work.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or a sloped landscape that raises the effective height of the back run, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On La Crosse homes, the gutters that take the longest are the ones where the drainage has been slow for a while. Leaves and debris settle into the elbows, the flow slows, and water starts running behind the fascia, where it can rot the board, instead of away from the house. Commercial properties in town see the same thing on a bigger scale, and so do older residential homes with heavy tree cover. We clean the blockage out, check the water flow at the outlet, and photograph the result so you can see it yourself. Our gutter cleaning process is built to keep water away from your home, and a rain gutter that holds standing water is the first thing we check. Structural damage is the reason to act early, and clogged downspouts are the most common cause we find.
| 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 usually falls late May to June, after seed and pollen drop, and most of our customers in la crosse wi book two cleanings a year, with the second in October to early November, after the last leaves. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag by late winter. May, June and August are the wettest months here, so heavy rainfall is when a gutter with a slow spot shows it first. Even one twig wedged in an elbow can start a clog, so we check each elbow even when the gutter looks clean. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and we clean them out each time. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and that is what gets booked.
Gutter cleaning services are a simple calendar decision once you know your tree cover and the landscape around the house. Regular gutter maintenance keeps the whole gutter system clear, and each visit we clean the troughs and check the downspouts, so rainwater moves off the house instead of sitting in a blockage. If you are not sure whether the gutters are clogged, text us a photo of the roofline and we will give you an estimate on what the next visit should cover. Residential and commercial buildings both run on this kind of schedule, and we set it up for residential properties the same way we do for offices. Ask us to get your gutters on the calendar before the leaves drop, and we will book regular gutter cleaning to match.
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 covers La Crosse from the nearest base, works across la crosse as the calendar allows, and we clean the neighborhoods where we have already done work when a slot opens up. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our La Crosse gutter cleaning calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, so la crosse homeowners who call early in those months are the most likely to get the day they want.
Every visit is built to protect your home from water damage, and we flush every downspout so you can see the water running clear at the bottom. A homeowner in surrounding areas wants the same thing: gutters and downspouts that work through the next storm. Keep your gutters clean with a regular schedule, and our gutter services cover the cleaning and maintenance on the same visit. If you have gutter guards, we lift them, clear underneath, and reseat them. Clean gutters are the cheapest insurance against a leak that gets into the walls. If you want us to clean your gutters on a set schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will book a date.
The number comes from your home's size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without seeing the house.
Across Wisconsin, the spring visit usually falls late May to June. Our La Crosse fall visit runs October to early November, and if the gutters wait past the fall leaf drop, the wet mat is harder to clear and the runs can sag by winter.
We confirm the earliest open slot when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked for flow, and we clean the debris out of the elbows first. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and grit on top, so the crew clears it and checks that water is getting in.
If a clean gutter still spills in the rain, that points to a slope problem, not debris. 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.
Not without you hearing about it first. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
