Our own crew will clean every gutter run on the house, flush each downspout and haul the mess away, then send photos before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the figure you pay. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and tell us if you are a first-time homeowner in Pewaukee.
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, how big it is and how much buildup is sitting in the gutters. Pewaukee gutter cleaning is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, but on our jobs the whole house is what gets priced.
What moves the quote most often is what the crew finds when we get on the ladder. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall. Gutters nobody has opened in years are packed with compacted debris, and that takes time to clean out by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Clearing the downspout runs, checking the flow and debris removal are all included in the price, never billed as an extra. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts.
On the Pewaukee homes we work on, the same pattern repeats. A house with a clean gutter line and short runs is quick, while a house with clogged downspouts and a sag in the back run takes longer, because the water flow has to be checked end to end. Pewaukee homeowners with heavy trees bring in more leaves, seed pods and the odd twig than the rest, and that is where most of the time goes. Sag and buildup show up on the back runs first, and that is where we spend the extra minutes. We clean residential properties and commercial properties alike, and our gutter cleaning service covers residential and commercial jobs, with commercial work quoted per building. Gutter cleaning services of this kind are only as good as the drainage they leave behind, so we check the drainage that carries water away from the house before we pack up.
When the gutters are clean, rainwater runs away from the house instead of spilling over the edge and into the soil. A rain gutter that holds standing water is the first thing to check, and leaves and debris left in a gutter hold water and make the next storm worse. A sagging run left alone can end in structural damage to the fascia. We would rather tell you what your house needs than sell you a visit it does not, so the quote covers exactly the work we see when we arrive. Ask for a written estimate before you book if you want the numbers in hand.
| 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 Pewaukee customers book twice a year, in spring and fall: late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again once the last leaves come down. Across Wisconsin, the spring window runs late May to June, and the fall visit lands October to early November. In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and a house that skipped the fall visit can show a sagging run once the ice arrives. Freeze and thaw cycles in Pewaukee make that sag worse, so the fall visit matters more here than it does in milder places.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house, customers should clean their gutters more often, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A gutter line with few or no trees along the roofline stays clean with one visit a year in late fall. Where a house has gutter guards, visits come less often, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the whole line each time.
When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds and grit in the elbows, and in November the leaves that were not cleared in the spring. A small leak at a joint, or a blockage left alone, grows into a clog that backs water up under the shingles. Landscape beds below a blocked gutter take the overflow and can wash out. That is the real reason to clean your gutters on a steady rhythm, rather than waiting until heavy rainfall starts spilling over the edge. Keeping up with regular gutter cleaning keeps the visits short. The estimate for the season comes from what we see at the first visit, not from a general rule, and after that visit we tell you which schedule your lot needs.
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 will clean gutters across Pewaukee WI and the surrounding areas, working from one route to keep travel short. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call or a text: send the number of stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over it. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the layout before we arrive, and it lets us give you a firm number on the phone.
Lead time depends on the season. The two busiest windows run late May to June and October to early November, so book early in those windows to get the slot you want. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you have had a leak inside the house before, tell us when you call so we can look at the drainage first.
Keep your gutters and downspouts working and you protect your home from water damage at the foundation and the eaves, keeping the water away from your home. Each of these cleanings leaves you with a clean gutter line and a plain account of what we found. Our gutter services stop at cleaning and inspection, and any gutter maintenance beyond that is photographed and reported to you.
Cleaning services in Pewaukee are priced from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with heavy tree cover can take much longer than one without. Once you give us the details, you get the number, and that number is the one on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book for late May to June and for October to early November. If they wait past the fall visit, a sagging run can show up by March, and wood rot can start behind it once the freeze and thaw cycles have had time to work on the gutter line. Heavy rainfall in the wettest months, May, June and August, is when a blocked run shows first, so houses under heavy trees need visits more often and the timing depends on your lot.
We confirm a date when you call, and the lead time changes with the season, so the sooner you call in the busy windows, the sooner we can get to you. We do not promise same-day service on this page.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, cleans the runs and does not come inside, and the photos reach your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout as part of a clean visit, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line that is blocked, clearing that line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top of the guard and can block the water from getting in. A gutter system with guards still needs cleaning and maintenance, and on our jobs we lift the panels, clean underneath and check the flow before we reseat them.
If a gutter that is clean still overflows in the rain, the cause is usually slope or downspout size, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video of it 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. The quote covers what we see when we arrive, and if we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number on the invoice matches the quote unless you approve a change first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
