Our own crew cleans gutters in Oregon, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booking this work across Wisconsin for years, and most of our customers come to us in 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 depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Oregon WI are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the house is measured, but a per-foot figure hides the height and the access, and those are what drive the cost on our jobs.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once they are up there. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means the lift has to be set up and worked from the outside. A walk-out basement puts the back run much higher than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and grit that takes longer to clean out. A small twig or a clog at the elbow takes minutes to clear, while one packed for years takes the crew much longer. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Regular gutter maintenance keeps all of this smaller. Flushing and flow testing check the water flow on every run, which is how we know the water gets away from your home, not just out of the trough. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off of everything we pull out are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the quotes that come in highest are often the houses with heavy tree cover and the gutters that have gone the longest without a visit. We see the same thing with a leak that has been left alone: it looks minor from the ground and turns into rot and structural damage if it is not caught. Regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps that number down, and a gutter kept clean between visits is quicker to finish. Keeping the gutters clear is how you protect your home from water damage. Text us a photo of the front of the house when you call and we can tell you a lot before anyone climbs a ladder. Every homeowner who asks us for a quote gets a clear answer in a single call, and the crew confirms the date once you have the number in hand. Call early if you want to get your gutters done before the fall rain.
| 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 our gutter cleaning services twice a year. Across Wisconsin the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and in Oregon the fall visit usually lands in October or early November, after the leaves are down. A rain gutter that looks clean from the driveway can still have seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows across most of the run. In the fall it is the wet mat of leaves and debris, and on houses that skipped that visit we have found sagging runs by the time the snow settled in. A clog at the elbow is the first thing we look for.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. The wettest months here are May, June and July, and heavy rainfall in those months finds any packed run quickly, so rainwater spills over the edge instead of draining. A house in an open landscape, with few trees near the roof, needs a visit once a year in late fall. Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean, though less often, and the gutter system underneath still needs checking. After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, and we put the photos of every run in front of you so you can see it yourself.
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.
The crew works across Oregon from the nearest base and covers the surrounding areas too. Our service starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Booking runs on a calendar that fills in two busy windows each year, spring and fall, so calling early in those months gets you a better date. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will check the next open day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time depends on the week and the weather, and we confirm the date when you call instead of promising one ahead of time. We handle residential and commercial work for Oregon homes and buildings from the same crew, so tell us which it is when you call. Residential properties and commercial properties both get their own quote, and the crew does a clean job on each. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every house. Regular cleanings on a set schedule keep the calendar predictable for both of us, and debris removal stays light when the buildup of grit has not had a full season to form. If you are not sure how often to clean your gutters, ask us on the call. Keep your gutters on a schedule and both of us know what the next visit looks like.
For homeowners here, the number comes from the stories and the square footage of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give an estimate without those details, because a two-story with a walk-out basement can cost more than a two-story on flat ground. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number we will charge.
Our customers book in late spring and again in the fall, once the seed drop and the leaves are finished. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can freeze in place and the runs may sag by March. Text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we would expect to find.
Most slots in Oregon WI come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service ahead of time because the calendar depends on the weather and the crews already booked.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter services are exterior work, so the crew works outside 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 ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout until the water comes out clean at the outlet, and we check the drainage on the gutters as they run. If a drainpipe feeds an underground line, we tell you whether water is getting out at the far end. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still get under and on top of them, and wet grit can run off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the gutters and downspouts and reseat the guards. A guarded gutter system still needs a check on the surface, though less often than an open one.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in the rain usually has a slope or capacity problem, not a blockage the crew missed. Send us a photo or short video taken during the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The number on the phone is the number you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
