Our own crew cleans gutters in Burlington, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Every run comes out clean. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Burlington customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have filled 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 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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we would rather you see one number before the crew shows up.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually what the crew finds once the ladder is up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more gear. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves and muck, and the buildup can pull a run into sag, which adds time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add more. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Commercial properties with long runs follow the same stories-and-size basis. If anything changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Clogged downspouts that get missed can lead to structural damage and rot at the fascia, which costs far more than the visit.
On our Burlington jobs, a clog that looked minor from the driveway often turned out to be a full blockage at the elbow, and the crew cleared it by hand from the top. Burlington homes with more mature trees, where leaves and debris build up faster, tend to need more time per visit. When the gutter system backs up, a rain gutter that is full or sagging cannot carry rainwater away, so the job is to get the water away from the house, and a clean run is only half of it, so the crew checks the water flow before the ladder comes down. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a firm number before we book the date.
| 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 Burlington customers book twice a year, in late May or June after seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in late October or November after the last leaves come down. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by March under the weight of ice. Burlington IA sees about 38 inches of precipitation a year, with May, June and July the wettest months, and about 22 inches of snow, most of it from November through March, so a clean gutter going into winter matters.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is usually what keeps the rainwater moving, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Near a busy road, on a sloped landscape, or beside active construction the same applies. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most lots. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs clearing, and we check the drainage under them on every visit. If you clean your gutters only once a year, a clog often waits at the elbow by spring, so the regular gutter cleaning schedule is set up on the first call. It covers residential properties and residential and commercial sites alike, and each gutter cleaning service visit includes debris removal from the roofline, so the blockage never gets a chance to build up.
When we open a gutter here in May, we often find a clog that started forming the previous autumn. The fix is a short visit, not a repair, and the goal is a clean run every time. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can book the next date right then. Call (866) 435-6328 to set the schedule, or ask for a written estimate for a full season.
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 Burlington and the surrounding areas, covering the city from the nearest base without needing a special trip. Burlington gutter cleaning is simple to book: you give us the stories, the approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and we quote by phone or text. A photo of the house front helps us see the job before we arrive. If the house has gutter guards, tell us that too. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call so nothing is promised that we cannot keep. Gutters and downspouts get a clean finish on every visit, and a loose seam or a leak shows up once the run is clear.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when most homeowners think about their gutters at the same time. Burlington homeowners who book outside those windows usually get an earlier slot. Our cleanings are scheduled around the weather, and a twig jammed in an elbow gets pulled out before the next rain. We flush every downspout and check the outlet. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, so the visit fits around your day. To keep your gutters clean and running, get your gutters looked at after a big storm, and we will tell you what the crew sees.
A clean gutter keeps the rainwater moving away from the foundation and the fascia, which is how you protect your home from water damage. Our crew handles residential work for each homeowner and keeps the job tidy from the first run to the last downspout. Our gutter services stay focused on that one goal, and nothing on the roof gets left behind.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before the date is set. Our cleaning services in Burlington are quoted that way, so nothing is added after the crew arrives unless you agree to it first.
Most of our customers here book in late May or June and again in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find runs sagging under ice by March, and a heavy rainfall in May, June or July will find any clog you skipped.
Slots depend on the week. Most come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. The gutter cleaning process begins with a photo of the front of the house, so we see the job before the crew arrives.
No. 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 where water drains into an underground line we check that it is leaving at the outlet. A gutter system is only as good as its outlets, so a clean gutter with a clear outlet is the goal. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it. Flushing is part of our gutter maintenance, so it is never billed as an extra.
Yes, less often. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of the guard and under it, so the surface still gets cleared and the drainage checked. Guards cut the work, but cleaning and maintenance still matter.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. If the landscape slopes toward the house, or the downspout does not carry water away from your home, the fix is grading or an extension, and we will say so. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Water left on the fascia can rot the wood, which is why we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes in a way you agree to first. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
