Our own crew comes out to clean gutters across Coralville IA, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, every bit of it hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our homeowners book a spring and fall visit, and we have been doing this work on the same streets for years. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Every homeowner gets the same quote process for gutter cleanings. The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. Our cleaning services in Coralville are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but on our gutter cleaning services the three things above are what decide it.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds when it gets on the ladder. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises how high the gutter line sits, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed solid, with twig and compacted leaf mat, and a clog at an elbow means the crew has to clean that run by hand before it can flow test. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add their own minutes. Gutter maintenance on a whole gutter system is quoted before the crew climbs, not after. A seam that has started to leak is photographed and reported, not patched on the ladder. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent job the house had two stories, a moderate tree canopy over the back run and a gutter that had been skipped for two seasons, with compacted leaf mat sitting in the elbows. We cleared the gutters and each downspout until they were clean to the elbow, flushed each downspout until the water ran clear at the bottom, and sent the before and after photos to the owner. For your own quote, the most useful thing you can do is text us a photo of the front of the house, and tell us how many stories and whether trees hang over the house. Our gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: stories and tree cover first, then the ladder, then the photos.
| 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 book twice a year: once in late May or June, after the spring seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in late October or November, after the last leaves and debris come down and before the ground freezes. Across Iowa the pattern is the same, though the timing shifts a little with the weather from one year to the next.
In spring, when we open a gutter here we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and where freezing weather arrives early, the first ice and the ice dams at the eave. May, June and August are the wettest months here, so the rainwater from heavy rainfall has to move fast. Clogged downspouts slow the drainage and the water flow, and a single clog or buildup at the elbow is enough to back water up. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often see runs that sag or have pulled loose from the fascia by March, because the water had nowhere to go all winter. A gutter left full through a freeze can leak at the seams, and it tends to rot at the back edge first. That is how the structural damage starts, which is why we clean before the freeze, not after it.
On a landscape with heavy tree cover and big trees over the house, our customers run on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. A rain gutter with guards still needs the surface cleared, though less often. After the first visit we tell you which schedule your lot actually needs, and then we can keep your gutters on the calendar so the gutter maintenance is never guessed at.
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.
We clean gutters across Coralville IA from our local crews, and the work covers most neighborhoods in town. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone or text, using stories, house size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. If you live in surrounding areas, call and we will tell you whether the crew can reach your street. Typical lead time is shown in the booking calendar, and we give you the date when you call.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when most customers book their visits. If you call during one of those windows, a slot may be a few days out rather than the same week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, because the crew works from the outside of the house only. When you are ready to clean your gutters, call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the next date on the calendar.
Residential and commercial jobs are booked the same way, though commercial properties are scheduled per building on a fixed calendar, while residential properties are booked by the visit. Homes that want regular gutter cleaning can set a schedule once, and the crew comes out on the dates you agree to.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give you an estimate by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because two houses on the same street can need very different amounts of time on the ladder.
On our jobs most customers book in late May or June, and again in late October or November. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find sagging runs and ice damage by March. The fall visit is the one we push hardest, because it helps protect your home from water damage before the freeze.
Same-day slots are not something we promise. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call (866) 435-6328 so you know exactly when the crew will be out to clean.
No. Our crew works from the outside of the house, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can see the clean runs for yourself. Everything pulled from the roofline goes into bags and leaves with the truck, away from your home. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom, and a clean downspout is what carries water away from the foundation. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain, we check that water leaves at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit still sit on top and can cause a blockage at the lip. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, which usually makes the visit shorter. The cleaning and maintenance on a guarded house is a different job, and it is quoted that way.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not a clogged run. Send us a photo or a short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price we quote is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
