Our own crew cleans gutters across Cedar Falls IA, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the leaves and grit away, and photographing every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Spring and fall are the busy seasons, when the seed drop and the leaf load are at their heaviest, and we can get you on the calendar for either.
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 size and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the condition of the gutters decide more than the footage does.
What moves the price on our jobs is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked changes how we work it. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the working height, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed solid, and getting them clean takes longer than a routine clog. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before any work starts.
On most Cedar Falls homes the price usually comes down to a few details: a house with a dense tree canopy over the back run, where clogged downspouts fill with leaves and needles between visits, takes longer than an open lot with the same square footage. We write down what we find, and that note stays with the job so the next visit starts from the same facts. If you are not sure how many stories your house has, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see.
Rain gutters pack up in different ways here. The leaf mat in fall, the buildup of seed and pollen paste in spring, the sag in a run that has been holding water all winter, and a seam that has begun to leak: each one changes the time on the ladder. A run that sags has usually been carrying the weight of standing water for a season, and that is worth a look while we are up there. Water that cannot get out of the gutter sits in the trough, finds the fascia and starts to rot, which is where structural damage begins on houses that wait too long. The goal is drainage, and moving water away from your home, not just an empty trough. Commercial properties with long gutter runs get the same check.
If you want a price for your house, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will come back with the number from there.
| 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.
The usual pattern is two visits a year. Across Iowa the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs October to early November, after the last leaves are down. Those two visits clear what each season leaves behind, and they line up with the times we actually find the most trouble in a gutter run.
In spring the downspout elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste, and a single twig in the elbow can finish the job. In fall it is leaves and debris, wet and matted in the trough, and on houses that skip the fall visit a run can sag under ice by March, with the first clog at the eave and rainwater spilling behind the trough. The wettest months are May, June and July, so heavy rainfall lands on a gutter that is already full. On freezing winters the trapped water can become an ice dam at the eave, and that is the blockage that lifts shingles from underneath. The fall visit is the one that keeps that from starting.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, regular gutter cleanings mean a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits and the water flow slows down. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Homes with guards are on a longer interval, but the surface still needs clearing, since the mess sits on top of the guard rather than going through it.
Two houses on the same route can need different schedules, because the one under a full canopy fills faster than the one on an open lot.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to set up your first gutter cleaning service date, or text us a photo of the house so we can estimate how often you should clean your gutters on your lot.
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 cleaning services in Cedar Falls run on routes, so the calendar fills by street rather than by neighborhood. Booking starts with a call or text from the homeowner: the stories, the size of the house, how much tree cover sits overhead, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. With those we can usually tell you the date and the number on the same call.
Cedar Falls homeowners book in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seed and leaf loads are heaviest. If you want a slot in either window, call early to get your gutters on the calendar, because those dates go first. Outside those windows there is more room, and our lead time is in the booking note when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so the day can stay on schedule without you having to be on the driveway.
Once the visit is booked we keep your address on the route so the next visit comes around without a reminder from you. Gutter maintenance on that schedule is most of what keeps a house from going back into the gutter problems it had before. A clean run, with gutters and downspouts flowing, is the first thing to protect your home from water damage, and the schedule is what keeps our cleaning and maintenance on track from one season to the next.
If your home is near a busy road, a construction site or in the surrounding areas, grit and dust from the landscape settle in the trough faster, and the gutters need a closer look each time we clean them. Tell us that on the phone and we will set the interval to match, so the gutter services you pay for fit what the lot actually gets. Until the next visit, keep your gutters clear of obvious leaves, and call us if water starts going over the edge.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front to book a Cedar Falls gutter cleaning visit, and we will confirm the date and the number before anything goes on the calendar. Residential and commercial jobs are booked the same way, and residential properties get the same quote by phone or text.
The price for a two-story house comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not work from a fixed figure, and the number we give you is the one we charge.
Across Iowa the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in October to early November. Cedar Falls winters freeze, so a sagging run that goes into winter full has no room to drain before the cold sets in, which is why the fall date is worth keeping.
Same-day service is not something we promise. Our lead time is given when you call, and we confirm the exact date then, so you know what to expect before we arrive.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, our crew does not come inside, and the photos of every run and downspout reach your phone before we pull out. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and that is the whole list.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check where it drains, including the underground lines when we can see the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it, so there are no surprise charges on the invoice.
Gutter guards still need cleaning, though less often. Needles and seed casings sit on top of the guard and mat there until the water runs over the front edge instead of going through. On our jobs we lift the guard panels, clear underneath, and check that water is actually getting in.
If the gutter system still overflows after we leave, send us a photo or a short video of it during heavy rainfall. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a leaf problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
The price should not change once the crew is on the roof. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, so the number on the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
