Our own crew does every clean in West Allis: every run flushed and flow-tested, the waste hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Homeowners get a price built from their stories, home size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are the busiest windows, when seeds, leaves and grit pile into the runs.
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. We quote gutter cleaning services 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 tend to land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the condition of the trough usually decide the final figure more than the footage does.
On a typical house, a third story or a roof too steep to walk changes the setup of the clean, and so does a walk-out basement or a sloped lot that raises the effective height of the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed solid and take longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing and checking the water flow are included, and debris removal is never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
West Allis homes with trees over the roof tend to collect a steady load of leaves and debris, and that load is what fills the trough. Take a rain gutter with clogged downspouts and a sag where the buildup has settled. The fix is to find the clog, flush it until the water runs clear, and check for structural damage before the ladder comes down. A clean on a run like that takes longer than a routine one. A run left clogged can cause drainage problems that show up later, when water stops moving away from your home, so we check the whole gutter system, including the downspout that carries water away from the foundation, while we are up there.
Our crew cleans residential properties across West Allis, and our gutter cleaning process is the same on each one: we look at the gutter, the drainage path and each outlet before we call the job done. Every clean ends with a photo of the run, so you can check the work yourself. If you have a question about your house specifically, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a number from what we know about it.
| 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 window runs late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall window runs late October to November, after the leaves are off the trees. West Allis gets 39.4 inches of precipitation a year, and May, June and August are its wettest months, so that heavy rainfall, and the rainwater it sends through the runs, is what tests a run hardest. Snow months run from January through April and again in November and December, and the freeze that follows can turn a clog left through winter into a roofline problem.
Homes with heavy tree cover need a check between the two main visits, because needles and grit can pack the outlets faster than a twice-a-year schedule catches it, and a single twig can start a blockage. Homes with few or no trees over the roof can usually wait for the fall clean. Guards mean fewer trips, but the surface still has to be cleared and the run checked underneath, so tell us about your gutter guards when you book. Ask us to clean your gutters before the heavy rainfall months, not after the first overflow.
If you want to get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and we will set a date. Regular gutter cleaning and gutter maintenance are built from what we find on the first visit, not from a guess about the neighborhood. A gutter cleaning service keeps the run clean between visits, so there is less chance of a leak forming.
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 covers West Allis WI and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we serve the city as a whole rather than one part of it. A homeowner books the same way: a quote by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, plus 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 for the visit.
Lead time changes with the season. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit at once, and West Allis gutter cleaning dates fill fastest then. Outside those windows you usually get a date sooner. Ask us for cleaning services in West Allis on the day that works for you, and we confirm the day when you call.
Every visit is a chance to clean the trough, flush every downspout and check the roofline, which is how we protect your home from water damage before summer severe storms arrive across Wisconsin. Whether you need gutter services once or on a regular schedule, and whether you have gutter guards or not, the goal is the same: keep your gutters and downspouts clear so water runs away from the foundation. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to book your date.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Cleanings are quoted only after we know those two things. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Late May into June and late October into November are the windows we work to. Across Wisconsin, those are the two times the runs fill with seeds and wet leaves. If you wait past the fall leaves, the wet mat can rot the fascia and sag the runs before spring, which is how a run ends up sagging before the thaw.
Same-day is not something we promise. Ask us what is open for a clean when you call, and we will confirm a date then.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Nobody needs to be home for a clean, but leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every outlet and check that the water is leaving at the drain end. We also check the landscape around each outlet so the water runs away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of the guard and under it, and that mat is what stops the water getting in. Cleaning and maintenance on a guarded gutter means a clean of the surface, a flush of the outlets and a reseat of the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If something we find changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is and agree on the change before we continue. Quotes on this page are for houses, so for commercial properties or a residential and commercial job, ask when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 if you want the details before you book.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
