Our crew handles gutters in Onalaska, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
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 set the number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the amount packed in the trough move the number far more than the length does.
On Onalaska homes the things that move the price are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with buildup and compacted sludge, and that is slower work than a yearly run. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A sagging run can hide structural damage or fascia rot, and we point it out in the photos instead of folding it into the price. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and every run is left clean. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Picture a two-story home in Onalaska with heavy tree cover, where the rear run is full of compacted leaf mat and two clogged downspouts at the elbow. We flush both, confirm drainage at the outlet so water away from the foundation can flow, and haul the leaf mat off the lawn. The price was set by stories and tree cover before we got on the ladder, and it did not change. On a house this size, a clogged downspout or a sag in the run is usually what we check first.
We also service commercial properties, and the pricing for those is per building. Residential properties and commercial jobs both start with a phone call and a photo of the house front or the building, and we tell you the number before anything gets scheduled.
| 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 jobs in Onalaska WI most customers book regular gutter cleaning twice a year: once in spring, which across Wisconsin usually falls in late May to June, and again in late October or November. The spring visit comes after seed and pollen drop, when we find the elbows packed with seeds and pollen paste. The fall visit comes after the last leaves, and on houses that skipped it we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by late winter. Freeze and ice are real here, so the fall visit is the one most people should not skip.
For gutter maintenance under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see work, and those cleanings catch the debris before it packs in. Needles, twig pieces and grit pack the elbows between visits, and a gutter that looked clean in May can clog by midsummer. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Near a busy road or construction, the grit load is higher, so we shorten the interval the same way.
A rain gutter that looks clean from the ground can still hide a clog. When we open a gutter here in May, the trough is usually clear and the downspout is the problem. When we open one in November, the leaves and debris are the problem, and the water behind them has nowhere to go. A clog at the elbow, a blockage near the outlet or a small leak at a seam looks minor until the first heavy rainfall, when rainwater starts running over the edge. Our crew checks the outlet on every downspout for water flow, which is the step most people miss on their own.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, whether twice a year, every three to four months or once a year. Book the date by calling (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the schedule on the phone before we arrive. Summer severe storms hit across Wisconsin, so if you want to clean your gutters before they arrive, ask for the first open date. A fixed calendar of cleaning and maintenance is how you keep your gutters working through the year.
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 Onalaska and the surrounding areas, and we have worked on gutters across Onalaska. Every homeowner gets the same steps, and residential and commercial jobs run the same way, whether the property is new to us or a repeat job. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and whether trees hang over the gutters and downspouts. A photo of the house front helps us confirm the quote, and it takes a minute to send.
Lead times change with the season, and Onalaska gutter cleaning slots fill fastest in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall. Each gutter cleaning service we book is confirmed by phone first. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get your gutters on the calendar. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit to go ahead.
If you are not sure whether your home needs a clean now, a photo and the three details are enough for us to say. Most people who book us do it to keep water away from your home, to protect your home from water damage and to keep your gutters working, and a regular schedule is the simplest way to do that.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure on the page because the house decides it. Once we have those details the number is set and the invoice matches it.
Across Wisconsin, the spring visit usually falls in late May to June, and most of our customers here book the fall visit in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find sagging runs by late winter where ice has built up at the eave.
Most slots come up within the week across Onalaska, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so ask us when you book.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs outside, and our crew does not come inside. Photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. If you have landscape beds under the downspouts, tell us and we will set the ladder clear of them.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check water flow to the outlet. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line that will not clear, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is a separate job priced before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs gutter guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit, which sit on top and mat when they get wet. We clean the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter system still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Our gutter services are quoted before the crew climbs, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
