Our own crew cleans gutters in Salem Lakes, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, 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 on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book for spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clogged runs on the houses we clean.
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 gutter cleaning process starts with a phone or text quote built from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Every homeowner asks about the price first, and so does anyone booking cleaning services in Salem Lakes. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the whole job is counted, and our cleanings follow the same three things.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run well up in the air, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before anything can be cleared. After the trough is clean, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and debris removal is included, with leaves hauled away from your home and never billed as an extra. A clog at a downspout elbow, even a twig jammed in the bend, is part of that flush, not an add-on. Heavy rainfall is when a slow run shows its leak first, and if something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the quote that moved most was a two-story home under heavy tree cover, where the crew found a leaf mat two inches deep in the back run and a downspout blocked at the elbow. Its link is in the cases list. We send a photo of the house front by text if that is easy, and that helps us give you an accurate number on the first call. Gutter maintenance on a home like this comes down to whether the crew can reach the roofline safely, and we tell you that before we book. Cleaning and maintenance on one visit go on one invoice, and it is the number we quoted.
| 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 customers book twice a year, once in late May or June after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late October or November after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here in May we find seeds packed into the downspout elbows and pollen paste across the trough. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag under ice by March. Get your gutters clean before the spring rains, because a sagging rain gutter is where structural damage starts.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what we see working, because seeds and grit pack the downspout between visits. Heavy rainfall in the wettest months, April through June, is when a clog shows up first. Tree cover drops leaves and debris onto the roof and the landscape across Salem Lakes, so the schedule follows the trees. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road or a construction site, plan on the shorter interval as well. Guards go less often, but the surface still gets cleared every visit. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps clogged downspouts from pushing water back toward the fascia, where rot starts, and our gutter cleaning services run to it.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you will know exactly when to clean your gutters next. A clean gutter system still has to drain, so we flush and check the pitch before we leave. A gutter's whole job is to carry water away from the roofline, so a run that holds water is the one we open first.
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 covers Salem Lakes WI from our nearest base and works the same way at every address, and the surrounding areas get the same quote process. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Debris removal is part of every quote, so nothing extra shows up on the invoice. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring and late fall, so booking early in those months keeps your slot open. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Plan on a clean gutter system only when the runs are clear and every downspout drains; if a run still overflows after we leave, that is a slope problem and we say so. Before we pack up, we check for buildup, watch the water flow, and confirm drainage at the outlet of every run, so no gutter is left holding water. Residential properties are quoted on stories, size and tree cover, as above. Ask on the call how residential and commercial work is quoted; commercial properties are not priced on this page. Salem Lakes homes get the same photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Your estimate comes from your stories and your square footage, and we give it by phone or text. Our gutter services are priced from those two things, not from a guess. We do not quote a figure without those, because the same two-story house can land very differently depending on what is in the gutters. The number we quote is the number on your invoice.
Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book late May or June, and again in late October or November. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see the most trouble, with runs that sag under ice by March. Keep your gutters clean on that schedule, and the quote call is the place to find your exact timing.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. If you need cleaning this week, ask on the phone and we will tell you the earliest opening we have on the schedule.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and 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, every downspout is flushed and we check that it drains at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it. A clean outlet with steady water flow tells us there is no blockage, and we tell you what we find on the way.
Yes. Under guards we still find seed casings, leaf fragments and grit packed on top, and that is what keeps rainwater out of the gutters and downspouts. The surface gets cleared on every visit, and we reseat the guards when we finish.
Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A clean gutter that still sheets rainwater over the edge usually has a slope, capacity or downspout problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that is how a leak starts at the fascia, and our job is to protect your home from water damage, not to sell you a second cleaning. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at it with you.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it before work starts. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are in the number already, so the number on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
