Our own crew cleans gutters in Waupun WI, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave so you can see it is clean. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and we have been on the ladders in this town long enough to know why those two visits do the most good.
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 quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is worked out. Our gutter cleaning process is priced the same way, from those three things.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds once it is up the ladder. A third story or a steep roofline that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift and more time. A walk-out basement or sloped lot puts the back run further above the ground than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck and the odd twig, which takes longer to clean by hand. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice. Keeping water away from your home is the point of the flush, and a clog at the outlet gets worked loose before we leave.
On our jobs here the quote is set by the same few things. We have cleaned houses here where a single back run that sat under a heavy canopy took most of the visit, while a one-story house with nothing overhead came out clean and was done in under an hour. The homeowner gets the photo of every run either way, and the cleaning and maintenance on the house comes to as many cleanings as the lot calls for. If you want a number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will tell you what the job is. Ask us to get your gutters priced and we will give you one number on the call.
| 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 customers here book twice a year. Across Wisconsin the spring window is late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop. Here the fall window runs October to early November, after the last of the leaves and debris come down. On our jobs here, when we open a gutter in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the outlet elbows. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and in a freeze-belt town like this one, a clean fall visit is what keeps the runs that skipped it from sagging or pulling loose by March under the weight of ice, which is structural damage waiting to happen.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what the gutter system needs, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits and the landscape keeps dropping leaves into the trough. A rain gutter under a canopy fills fast, and a buildup usually forms at the bottom, so clogged downspouts are where the water backs up first. A house with few or no trees is fine to clean once a year in late fall. Houses near a busy road or construction get the same every three to four months schedule, because the grit does not wait for the leaves. Guards cut the frequency, but we still clear the surface and check the flow. A leak at a seam or a run that has started to sag is a repair, not a cleaning, and we say so.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put the schedule in writing. Regular cleaning is how you protect your home from water damage, and it keeps the rot away from the fascia instead of waiting until someone notices the overflow. Clean your gutters on that schedule and the gutter maintenance stays small.
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 across Waupun WI and covers the whole town from the nearest base. The crew reaches Waupun homes on the far side of town on the same routine as the ones down the street, and our gutter services run on one calendar. Booking is simple: you get the quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the eaves, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The busiest windows of the year are spring and fall, when our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the sooner a slot is confirmed.
We do residential work for Waupun homeowners here and in the surrounding areas. Residential properties and commercial buildings both go on the same calendar, since residential and commercial work follows one schedule. Booking early in the season is the simplest way to get a date that works for you. Every gutter cleaning service visit runs the same process, so once the date is set the crew follows the same routine on every house.
The estimate comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the page; we quote your house. Text us a photo of the front and the stories and we will give you the number on the spot.
Across Wisconsin the spring window is late May to June, after the seed drop. Here the fall window is October to early November, after the leaves are down. The fall visit does the most good, because if you wait past the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat and any ice at the eave become the job, so keep your gutters on that schedule and the freeze has less to work with.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day work because the calendar depends on the crew's route that day.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 flow-test it, and we check the drainage at the outlet across the gutters and downspouts we clean. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of the guard and packed underneath, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. The guard lowers how often you need us, but the surface still gets cleared.
A gutter that is clean and still lets rainwater sheet over the edge in heavy rainfall, with no blockage in the trough, has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
