Our own crew cleans gutters in Manitowoc, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling everything away, leaving each run clean, and taking photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked for this work across Wisconsin for years, and most of our Manitowoc homeowners schedule it in the spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, and we are happy to walk through either method if you ask. We also quote commercial properties the same way, from the stories, the roof area and what is in the trough.
On our jobs, the quote moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out with a heavy buildup of compacted leaf mat and grit, and that takes more crew time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in the price and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Older Manitowoc homes have a lot of the same demands: older gutter runs, leaves and debris coming off mature trees, and rain that loads the system hard in summer. When we open clogged downspouts, the blockage is usually a grit and seed clog that has turned into a dense plug, and flushing it through shows us whether the water flow is actually reaching the drainage line. Where a rain gutter run has begun to sag or pull loose, we photograph it and report it rather than repair it, because we do not do gutter repair ourselves. A clear run is what moves water away from your home, so a sag or a blocked outlet matters. Any structural damage we see gets written up with photos so you know what you are dealing with.
Ask for a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number on the spot.
| 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 Manitowoc customers book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and that is the visit that stops ice from forming at the eave later in the year. When we open a gutter here in May we find the clog that built up over the winter, and when we open one in November we find the rainwater backing up behind the leaf mat. The same two visits work for residential and commercial buildings in Manitowoc WI.
Under heavy tree cover, we see residential properties on a three to four month schedule, because needles and grit pack the downspout runs between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps every outlet open, and each visit includes debris removal so nothing is left at the foot of the house. Houses with few or no trees usually do fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutters under guards still need a clean top surface, just less often. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
If you want to clean your gutters on a regular schedule, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the first visit on the calendar. Our gutter cleaning service handles the spring and fall visits the same way, and the crew sends photos of each one.
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.
We clean gutters across Manitowoc and surrounding areas from the nearest crew base, and the neighborhoods we visit most are the older blocks where mature trees line the streets. Booking works the same way for every Manitowoc gutter cleaning job. Every one of our gutter services starts with a call or text: you send a photo of the house front, we ask about stories, size, tree cover and the state of the gutters and downspouts, and we give you the number on the phone. Lead times depend on the week, and we confirm a date when you call. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months keeps the slot.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works outside and sends photos of every run to your phone before we leave. Before the truck leaves, we flush every downspout and check the flow. To keep your gutters and downspouts clear between visits, pull out any twig that lodges in a downspout elbow. If you are a homeowner noticing water flow problems, a leak after rain, or fascia that has begun to rot, that is a good reason to get on the schedule sooner. Most homes need two cleanings a year, and more under heavy trees. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo, and we will help you protect your home from water damage before the next storm.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not publish a flat range because each house sets its own price. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the figure on the spot.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. Heavy rainfall from May through July is the other reason to get your gutters checked before summer ends. Waiting past the first hard freeze means we find the sag and the ice that formed on the runs. Under heavy trees, plan for a visit every three to four months.
Same-day slots depend on the week. Our cleaning services in Manitowoc run on the same calendar, and most openings come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water flow at the outlet until it runs clean. Clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seeds and grit sit on top and turn into a mat that water runs over. Cleaning and maintenance on a guarded gutter system is less frequent, but it is not gone. Mulch and landscape beds near the eave shed the same seeds, so we clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
If the gutters are clean and still overflow in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not blockage. Gutter maintenance covers the cleaning, and a slope problem needs a different fix. Send us 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.
It should not. Our gutter cleaning process stops at any finding that changes the job: we show you the photos and agree on the change before we continue. Nothing gets added to the invoice without your say.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
