Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled off, and photos of every run on your phone 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 the spring and fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have done their damage.
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 sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a number per foot tells you less about your house than stories and size do.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the eave height, so the back run sits farther up than the front. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted muck. Clogged downspouts and a blockage at the elbow take longer to clear by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends, and the crew stays until every run is clean. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our local work shows how this plays out. On one of our local jobs, a two-story house with heavy tree cover, what we found was a buildup of seed casings and leaves packed into the downspout elbows, with the water flow barely moving at the outlet. That clog and the drainage problem behind it were the reason the crew spent extra time flushing every run, which is where the quote came from. Most River Falls homes we clean come in on the simpler end, but the same three things decide it every time: what the house is, what is in the gutter, and how many trips the job needs.
We price residential and commercial jobs the same way, and on commercial properties the building size and roof access set the number. The rain gutter on a flat roof behind a parapet is a different job than one on pitched residential properties, and we quote it that way. If you see sag or water coming over the edge, tell us when you call. Keeping water away from your home is the point of the whole job, and a clogged downspout that backs up under the eave is how structural damage starts.
| 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, most of our customers book twice a year, once in late May or June after the spring seed and pollen drop, and once in late October or early November after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in May, we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and across River Falls the houses that skipped the fall visit show runs by March that have sagged or pulled loose, and the wood behind them starts to rot, along with downspouts that never drained. Freeze risk is real in River Falls, so the rainwater that sits in a full gutter turns into the ice dams that form at the eave in winter.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on every three to four months, because the needles, grit and the odd twig pack the downspout between cleanings. Near a busy road, construction or new landscape work, the same schedule applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough, unless heavy rainfall in June, July and August fills the gutters faster. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the trough clean. Guards are cleaned less often, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the mat that forms on top of a guard is where the water stops going in.
A customer with no trees near the house on one side of town is on a once-a-year schedule, and a customer under trees on the other side is on every three to four months, both with the same kind of house and both booked through the same phone call. Their notes sit on their own job pages. Every visit follows the same steps, so you know what to expect when you book. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the gutter clog we find on that visit is what sets the next booking. Book the next visit before the leaves drop, and we will get your gutters cleaned on your schedule.
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 cleans gutters from the nearest base, and the calendar is the only thing that decides when we can get to you. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, built from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The two busiest stretches of our calendar are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit at once. Book early in those windows.
A homeowner who sees a leak or water coming over the edge of a rain gutter should not wait for the next scheduled visit. Call us, text a picture, and we will tell you whether it is a clean job or a slope problem. A gutter that still overflows after a clean is not something we sell extra cleanings for; we say so and tell you what the house needs. That is part of our cleaning and maintenance work, and it is how we protect your home from water damage in the long run.
We work the residential side of the city and the commercial side of it on separate schedules, and we book each building by itself. Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts on flat roofs as well as pitched ones, and we flush every downspout on every visit. Gutter maintenance is what protects your home from water damage, and our crew can keep your gutters running clean from one visit to the next across town and the surrounding areas. Gutter services are booked by the building, so tell us about the building when you call, and we will tell you when to clean your gutters next.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and square footage, and we will tell you the number on the call for your house in River Falls WI. That same number is what you pay on the invoice.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat and the first ice can build an ice dam at the eave, which is the reason we see sagging runs by March on the houses that skipped it. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see.
River Falls gutter cleaning slots most often come up within the week. When you call, we confirm the date for you and tell you what the crew will need on site, and we keep our cleaning services in River Falls on the same calendar as the rest of our work.
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, we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the outlet. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that the water is leaving, and we tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, gutter guards keep the leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and turn into a mat that stops the water from going in. Our gutter cleaning process lifts the panels, clears underneath and flushes the downspout.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge is a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video 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, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
