Our own crew cleans gutters in Pleasant Prairie, flushing every downspout, checking flow, hauling everything away, and sending photos of every run before we leave. Our gutter services cover the gutters and downspouts on the house, and the price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most Pleasant Prairie homeowners book in the spring and fall, when seed, pollen and leaves are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule.
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 what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it 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, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather give you one number from what we can see. Commercial properties are quoted case by case, so ask when you call.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from the house itself, not by the foot. On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch takes more time and more care on the ladder, so it moves the quote. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and that changes what we need to set up. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup that takes longer to clear, and a sag in a run often means the trough is holding more than it should. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. We check drainage at every outlet, and downspout flushing, a water flow check and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. Every run is left clean and flowing before we leave.
Pleasant Prairie homes with clogged downspouts can look simple from the driveway, but the leaves and debris behind the first run often tell a different story once the crew is up. Water left sitting in a clogged run can rot the fascia board and lead to structural damage, so we photograph what we find and tell you what it is before we charge for anything. Once the run is clean, we flush the downspout and check the outlet and the rain gutter pitch. Clear gutters carry water away from your home, and that is what the quote pays for. If water is overshooting the trough, or a run is sagging, text us. If you are not sure what your house needs, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we expect to see.
| 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, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. The fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves. For a home in Pleasant Prairie WI, those are the two windows to think about when you clean your gutters, since a gutter is most likely to clog then and rainwater has the hardest time getting away from the roofline. The timing shifts a little with the weather each year.
In spring we clean out seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout and at the elbows, and heavy rainfall tests a clogged downspout hard. Pleasant Prairie gets about 37.6 inches of precipitation a year, with April, May and June the wettest months. In fall it is the leaf load, and because freeze risk is real here, we also look for the first ice at the eave and for runs that have started to sag. Snow months here are January, February, March, November and December, about 36 inches a year, so we want a clean run before the first freeze. A homeowner who skipped the fall visit can find runs pulled loose by March, which is a costly thing to find when you could have caught the blockage in November. A proper estimate for the season comes from what we see at the house, not from a calendar.
Heavy tree cover is the main reason a home needs more frequent cleaning, and regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to keep up with it. Under big trees over the roof, needles, a twig or two, and grit pack the downspouts between visits, so those customers book cleanings every three to four months. Homes with few or no trees usually do well with one visit a year in late fall. Guarded gutters still need gutter maintenance, though less often, and we still clear the surface debris. After the first clean visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing about your gutter cleaning service. Call (866) 435-6328, text a photo, or book a date and we will tell you what the house 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 works on residential properties in Pleasant Prairie and surrounding areas, and we confirm the address when you call. Pleasant Prairie gutter cleaning starts with one call to (866) 435-6328 or a text. Tell us the number of stories and the approximate size, and let us know if there are trees over the roof, if you have gutter guards, or a clog you have already spotted. A photo of the front of the house helps us give you a faster answer, and it takes less than a minute to send. Our gutter cleaning process starts on the phone, before anyone climbs a ladder. Tell us if the building is residential and commercial so the quote covers both buildings.
Lead time changes with the season, and the busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Clean gutters help protect your home from water damage, and that is why we keep the schedule full in those windows. If you want to keep your gutters working through the year, scheduling early in those windows is the easiest way to get a date that fits your plans. A homeowner who books early gets the date they want, and we lock it in on the call, with a reminder before we arrive. We look at the whole gutter system while we are up there. Every run is left clean, and if we see a leak at a seam, we photograph it and tell you. The landscape around the house gets the same care, so ladder feet stay off the beds and lawn, and the ground is left clean. Cleaning and maintenance are both part of the visit, and the photos show you what we found.
The number comes from how many stories the house has and how big it is, along with what is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Pleasant Prairie are quoted by phone or text, and that number is the number on your invoice.
Most of our cleanings here land in late spring and late fall. If you wait past those windows, the seeds, pollen and leaves have a chance to pack a downspout before we get there. April, May and June are the wettest months here, so late spring is the time to get your gutters ready for heavy rainfall. A clean gutter in late spring is much easier to keep that way through summer.
We confirm a date when you call, and if a same-day slot is open, we will say so on that call.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside, the crew does not come inside, and photos go to your phone before the truck leaves. We leave the yard clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and check flow at the outlet, and we keep going until the water runs clean. Drainage at the outlet is part of that check. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. A drain that works carries water away from your home, which is the whole point.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seeds and grit sit on top of them and turn into a paste that stops the water from getting in. Gutter maintenance on a guarded system runs less often than on an open one, but it is still needed. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat the guards, and leave the gutters clean.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we will tell you what it is. Water that keeps spilling over the edge can lead to structural damage, so we would rather find it early.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the price is confirmed before we begin.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
