Our own crew cleans gutters in Sun Prairie, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the trash bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run show you a clean trough before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Sun Prairie customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when our calendar fills.
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 in the gutters. Our gutter cleaning process starts on the phone or by text, where a homeowner gives us those three things and we quote from them, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our cleaning services in Sun Prairie price the same way every time, and our cleanings come with one quote for the whole house. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though we quote the house as a whole.
What moves the quote on our jobs: a third story or a steep pitch too hard to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted buildup, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can get at the trough. A clog or blockage at the elbow or a leak at the fascia is noted on the quote before we start, not found on the ladder. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-away are included in every cleaning and maintenance visit and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice, so the invoice you get back is a clean match to the quote.
On our Sun Prairie jobs the heaviest quotes come from houses with tree cover, where a single season of seeds, needles, a twig and grit packs the gutter and the elbows. Those gutters catch the heavy rainfall of June, July and August, so they show the problem first. One customer's house sat under a heavy canopy with the gutters packed to the elbow; on that job the crew had to flush every downspout until each one ran clear at the bottom, and the drainage problem is what moved the number. Our gutter maintenance for a house like that is on a shorter schedule, and it is quoted that way from the start. If you are not sure what your house will need, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see from it. To get your gutters cleaned properly, the access and the buildup matter most, and both show up in a photo before anyone climbs the ladder.
| 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 Sun Prairie homeowners book twice a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall 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, and a clean trough is the exception. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the autumn visit we find runs that sag under the first ice by the time March comes around.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months keeps a gutter system clean enough to flow, because needles and seed casings pack the downspout between visits, and leaves and debris removal is part of every visit. Sun Prairie homes with few or no trees overhead are fine once a year in late fall, since the load of leaves is light. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since the surface still has to be cleared, but they do not replace the visit.
Our customers across sun prairie see the same pattern on their landscape: the rain gutter that drains well through the summer is the one that was cleared before the summer severe storms across Wisconsin. Rainwater is heaviest in June, July and August, and a clog in the downspout is the usual first sign, often on the run nobody flushed. A flush from the top will show where the water stops. On a house in good shape the buildup is light and the crew is done quickly. Left alone, that same buildup can start to cause structural damage and rot at the fascia and the eave, and a clean system of gutters and downspouts keeps water away from your home, which is how you protect your home from water damage.
After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs. Whether you clean your gutters yourself or book our gutter cleaning services, that schedule goes in writing with the photos, and commercial properties get the same written 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 provides cleaning services in Sun Prairie and the surrounding areas, working from the nearest base to keep the calendar tight. Booking is simple. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, tell us the number of stories and roughly how much tree cover there is, and we give you the quote on the spot. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call rather than promising a slot we cannot keep, so the calendar stays clean.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and we check water flow at the bottom of each downspout before we leave. Nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you want to keep your gutters on track, we can set up a standing schedule for the year so you do not have to remember it.
Our gutter services cover residential and commercial work alike, and the same crew handles both, from residential properties to commercial buildings. For a homeowner, a regular gutter cleaning service is the simplest way to keep water moving away from your home, and most people set it up once and forget about it until the next visit comes around.
The estimate comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. We will not give you a figure without those details, because a two-story house with heavy tree cover and a two-story house with none can be very different jobs. Once we have the details, the number we quote is the number you pay.
Most Sun Prairie WI homes book in late spring and again in the fall. In spring we are clearing seeds and pollen, and in the fall we are clearing leaves before the first hard freeze. Waiting past the fall visit is where we see problems, including runs that bow under ice loaded into them by March.
We confirm a date when you call (866) 435-6328. Most slots come up within the week, and the lead time depends on the season, so we will tell you the earliest day we can get to your house.
No, you do not need to be home, and no homeowner has to wait around for us. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and uses ladder stand-offs to protect your home from scuffs and gutter damage. Photos go to your phone for every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. Our crew checks the gutters and each downspout together, and we flush every downspout and watch the water run out the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep most leaves out of the trough, but they let the needles, seed casings and grit settle on top along the roofline, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the guards, clear what is on them and underneath, and reseat them. The job is shorter than on an open gutter, but it is still needed.
If a gutter is clean and still spills rainwater over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size, not a clogged trough, and a leak at a seam is a separate fix. 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 visit for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts. The price we quote over the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
