Our own crew cleans gutters in Platteville, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. 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 the invoice. Across Wisconsin we have the most bookings for spring and fall, so the calendar fills early.
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 much square footage sits under the roof, and what is packed in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Some crews price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run count is added up.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more care. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits much higher than it looks from the yard. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years holds compacted buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Platteville homeowners come in every size, and the cases below show what moved the quote on one of our Platteville homes. Our crew found the gutter run on a corner lot packed solid, with the clog sitting where two runs met, and the drop below it had almost no water flow at all. Once we cleared it and flushed the line, the outlet carried water away from your home again, as it was designed to. Every job we do includes that check, because a gutter that looks clean from the ground can still hold water behind it. Leaves and debris on the surface are the easy part; a clogged elbow and the buildup behind it are where the real work is.
We know a clogged gutter can lead to structural damage in the fascia and soffit if water keeps running back against the house. Keeping the water moving is the reason we flush every run, not just the stretch you can see. A phone call is a quick way to find out what your house needs. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number before you commit to anything.
| 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 Platteville customers book twice a year to clean your gutters, once in spring and once in fall. Across Wisconsin, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows where the runs turn down. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March after the ice set in.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the rhythm we see work, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and can cause a blockage that is hard to spot from the ground. A clean roofline in a landscape with few or no trees does fine with a single visit in late fall. Guards change the picture too: they cut down on the work, but the surface still needs clearing and the rainwater still needs a clear path, so a guarded system is serviced less often, not left alone.
An estimate for gutter maintenance should cover the frequency your lot actually needs, which is why we do not give a single answer for every address. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot needs, and the schedule follows from what we find. Our crew books residential and commercial accounts the same way, and the rhythm is set once for residential properties and commercial properties alike in Platteville WI.
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 handles Platteville gutter services across the neighborhoods, and the surrounding areas are covered from the nearest base without a separate trip charge. Booking is simple: a homeowner calls or texts, we ask about stories, size and tree cover, and a clean photo of the house front helps us size it right. Every visit we book gets the same flush and photo check. We confirm the visit window the day before and call before we arrive, so nobody has to be home. Repeat cleanings get booked off the same photos, so the second visit starts where the first one ended. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills, so booking early keeps the slot. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will help you get your gutters on the calendar.
We aim to keep your gutters and downspouts clean and to protect your home from water damage, which is what the work is for. A clean gutter run carries rainwater away from the foundation, and that is the whole point of the visit. Our crew will flush every outlet and check where each one drains, so the drainage is what it should be. A twig jammed in an elbow makes a clog just as well as a wad of leaves does, and we pull it out before the flush. A sagging run that holds water is where a leak starts at the seam. Ask us about the gutter services we offer across Platteville and we will walk you through the options for your house.
Our cleaning services in Platteville are priced from stories and size, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not give a figure here because every two-story house has a different roofline and different buildup in the gutters. Once we have those details, the number we give you is the number we charge.
Across Wisconsin, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November. If you wait past the first hard freeze, we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose under the ice, and sometimes fascia that has started to rot behind them.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service, so plan a little ahead for the busy spring and fall windows.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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. Our gutter cleaning process flushes every outlet and checks that the water runs clean where it leaves the house. If a line running underground needs clearing, we tell you and price it separately before touching it.
Yes. Guards keep the big leaves out, but seed casings, pollen, grit and needles still settle on top and can turn into a wet mat that blocks the water. Guarded gutters need cleaning and maintenance, just less often, and on our jobs a clean gutter under the guard is the goal on every visit.
If a gutter system that is clean still sheets water over the edge in heavy rainfall, the problem is usually slope or pipe size, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If the crew finds 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.
