Our own crew cleans gutters in Whitewater, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris 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. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we keep the same routine on every house 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, how big the roofline is 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. Every homeowner gets an estimate before anything is booked. We clean every run on the house, so the quote covers the whole roofline. Some companies price by the linear foot, but a home here is quoted as one whole gutter cleaning service.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted debris and clogged downspouts that take longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We flush every downspout, check the flow and handle the debris removal, all included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. A gutter that is clean on the day we leave is what you are paying for.
On our Whitewater jobs, the quotes that moved most were the ones with heavy tree cover and a packed gutter that had gone years without gutter maintenance. Those houses took longer, and the customers heard about it before we climbed up. If you want the number, the fastest way is a photo of the front of the house by text. Whitewater homeowners who book with us get the same crew and the same process every time, from the first call to the last photo, and that is how we keep water away from your home.
Our customers here usually call with a question about the price and leave with a plan for the year. Get your gutters on a schedule that fits how your lot actually sheds leaves and needles, and keep the cleanings regular so nothing sits long enough to cause a leak or a sag. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo, and we will tell you what the job is worth and what we will do on 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.
Most of our Whitewater customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across Wisconsin, the spring visit runs late May to June. The fall visit is October to early November. On our jobs in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, and the odd twig wedged in with them. In fall the buildup is the leaf load, and on the houses here that get a hard freeze, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave come next. A clean gutter going into fall gives the first ice nowhere to sit. The runs that skipped the fall visit are the ones that sag or pull loose by March, and that sag is where structural damage starts, with the board behind it beginning to rot.
Under heavy tree cover in a wooded landscape, we see customers every three to four months, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. A rain gutter system near a busy road or a construction site needs the same schedule for the same reason. Few or no trees around the house means once a year in late fall is enough to keep the gutter clean. Gutter guards cut down on cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still gets cleared, because leaves and debris sit on top of the guard and rainwater still has to get in.
On our Whitewater jobs, one customer with no trees over the roof is on a once-a-year schedule. Another customer under the canopy is on a three-to-four-month schedule, and each of those houses has a different gutter record in our files. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we keep your gutter cleaning services on that schedule from then on, so you can keep your gutters clean without thinking about it.
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 Whitewater WI from the nearest base and runs gutter cleaning service across Whitewater, out to the surrounding areas. Book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Tell us your stories, the rough size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. From there we give you a date and a window. Booking usually fills in the two busiest windows of the year, which are spring and fall, so call early if you want a particular week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home on the day.
Whitewater homes vary a lot, from older houses with deep valleys to newer ones with simple runs, and we set the schedule for each. Blockage, poor drainage and sagging runs are common findings, and we report them in the photos we send after the visit. If a gutter sags or a clog keeps coming back, especially after heavy rainfall, we tell you what we saw and what it looks like, and you decide what to do next. We keep the scheduling simple so clean your gutters is a booking you make once and forget.
Our crew handles residential and commercial properties, and we keep the same routine for both. Commercial properties get the same photo and flush routine as a house. On residential properties we clean the gutters, flush every downspout and haul it away, so that water flow is clear when the next storm comes. That is regular gutter cleaning, and it is what most Whitewater homeowners book with us, usually for spring and fall. Ask for a date and we will confirm the window, or ask about our gutter services for the rest of the year.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Whitewater are quoted by phone or text, and that is the number we charge.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If you wait past the fall leaf drop, the leaf mat sits wet over the winter, and on houses without a fall visit we find runs that sagged under ice by March. Clearing them on time is how you protect your home from water damage.
Most slots come up within the week. We confirm the date and window when you call, and we tell you how soon we can get there.
No. Our gutter cleaning process is simple: the crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. We clean every run before we go. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We clean the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout and check for flow at the outlet. If a downspout drains into an underground line and a blockage is holding the water back, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs we find seeds and leaf fragments threaded through the guard, seed casings on top, and grit underneath. The surface still needs clearing, and we check that water is getting in before we leave.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout problem, not a buildup problem. 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 cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number on the invoice matches the quote. Text a photo of the roofline if you want us to look at it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
