Our own crew cleans gutters in New Richmond WI, leaves each run clean, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it, haul it all away, and send photos of every run before we leave. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs 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 for the same two windows, spring and fall, because that is when the seed, the pollen and the leaves do the most damage.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, how large it is and what is sitting in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. A homeowner can ask for that number in writing before booking. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot, but on a house the stories and the condition of the trough matter more than the length of the run.
What moves the quote in our gutter cleaning process is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked changes the rig we bring. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eave line, and a landscape packed tight against the walls makes the ladder work harder. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted leaf mat, which takes more time per run, and a gutter system we have to clean out from end to end takes a longer visit. A clog found early in the trough is a quick job, and the same clog left until spring is not. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen drive a quote on New Richmond homes. Where a house has two stories, mature trees along the roofline and gutters that have not been opened in years, the crew spends most of a visit clearing packed buildup and getting water moving through the run until the drainage is right. That is the kind of job where the sag and the rot start showing up later if nobody looks. Most homes are simpler than that, and most of our customers book regular gutter cleaning twice a year to keep the water flow where it belongs, which protects the fascia and the foundation from water damage.
Our service runs the same way for residential and commercial work. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same crew and the same photo set, and the first call is always the same: tell us the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the eaves, and we will tell you where the number lands. If you want gutter maintenance booked on a schedule, say so on the first call. Ask for a written estimate if you want one, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will look at it the same day.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, in late May or June after the spring seed and pollen drop, and again in October or early November after the leaves are down. In spring the elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March under the weight of ice. Snow here falls from November through April, and in a freeze-belt town the fall cleaning is the one that keeps ice dams from forming at the eave, which is how you protect your home from water damage in the thaw.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roofline, our customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the elbows between visits, a clog can start in weeks, and clogged downspouts back water up over the edge. With few or no trees, one clean a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut the work, but they do not end it; the surface still needs clearing, and we check it at each visit. Keep your gutters on that schedule through May, June and July, the wettest months here, and through the summer severe storms across Wisconsin, when heavy rainfall tests every run.
The whole point of cleaning and maintenance is to move the water away from your home, so the schedule comes down to keeping the gutters and downspouts clear and the outlets open. We look at the rainwater behavior at the first visit, the blockage at the elbows and the drainage at the outlet, and tell you which tier your lot actually needs. A clean run and a clear outlet are what we are checking. Ask us for that first visit and we will set the rest of the year from what we find.
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 cleaning services in New Richmond come from our own crew, and we clean gutters across New Richmond and the surrounding areas, working neighborhood by neighborhood so the travel stays short and the schedule stays tight. On our jobs we have cleaned on the older streets near the center of town and out toward the newer subdivisions on the edge, and we know which lots carry the heavy canopy and which ones take the sun. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328, tell us the stories, the rough size and whether trees overhang the roof, or text a photo of the house front if that is easier. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call so you know when we are coming.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when most homeowners want the same visit. If you can book outside those windows you will usually get an earlier slot, which is the easiest way to get your gutters done before the rain. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, because the crew stays outside and the photos arrive on your phone before the truck leaves. Our crew works out of the nearest base, and we keep the same people on the same routes so the visit goes quickly and the notes from past cleanings carry over from year to year. Our gutter services stay the same from one New Richmond gutter cleaning to the next.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, so we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because the same two-story house can be quick or slow depending on the buildup. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late May or June and again in October or early November, which covers the spring seed drop and the fall leaves and debris before the freeze. If you wait until winter, the ice in January through March tends to pull runs loose and sag the gutter. Under heavy tree cover we are back every three to four months, and with few trees, you can clean your gutters once a year in late fall.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless the calendar has a gap, and we will tell you straight if it does.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and that is the whole list.
Yes, every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a run feeds an underground drain line that needs clearing, that is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards hold back the leaves but not the needles, seed casings and grit, and that mat sits on top and turns to paste when it gets wet. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the runs and reseat the guards.
A gutter system that is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain has a slope, capacity or outlet-size problem rather than debris, and a leak at the fascia can be the first sign. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem. Left alone, a slope problem can turn into structural damage at the fascia and soffit.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before the work starts. The price you were given by phone or text is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
