Our own crew cleans gutters in Muscatine, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across Iowa, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to put 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 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. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place per foot, but a per-foot rate hides the things that actually change the job on a real house. Commercial properties get the same method, quoted from the stories, the size of the building and the gutter runs, since gutter cleaning services for businesses are priced one property at a time.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more care. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther off the ground than the front. A rain gutter that has not been opened in years arrives packed with compacted buildup, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, water flow testing and haul-away are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on a typical visit. A two-story home with a clean gutter system and modest tree cover is a straightforward visit. A clog at the far end of a run, a sag where the hangers have loosened, and a few clogged downspouts that have to be cleared from the top is the same house with more hours in it. Every one of those gets photographed and explained to you, so the number stays honest. Our crew has seen the same pattern across Muscatine homes: a little buildup on every run, and a few blocked outlets that do not show from the ground.
On the jobs we have cleaned here, what drove the quote was the stories and the leaves and debris, nothing exotic. Structural damage is rare when a gutter is cleaned on schedule, but a sag or a rotted fascia behind a clogged run is what we see when the schedule slips. Those get photographed and reported, and whether you fix them is your decision. We would rather you know early than find water away from the wrong wall.
Send us a photo of the front of the house by text, tell us the stories, and give us a rough sense of the tree cover. That is enough for us to quote the job over the phone at (866) 435-6328, and the quote we give is the one you pay.
| 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, in spring and fall: once after the seed and pollen drop, and once after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. When rainwater cannot get through those, it spills over the front edge. In fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skip the fall visit we have seen runs that pull loose or sag under the weight of wet leaves by the time winter is over.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, twig tips and grit pack the outlets between visits, and a gutter that looks clean from the ground can hide a blockage at the elbow. In heavy rainfall, a full run overflows before anyone checks it. On that schedule, regular gutter cleaning costs less than a rotted fascia board. Homes with few or no trees do well with one of our cleanings a year in late fall. Guard systems need less frequent attention, but the surface still needs debris removal, since leaves sit on top of the guard and do not always drop through.
After the first visit, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and when to clean your gutters next, based on what we found in the gutters and the drops, not on a generic schedule. Residential properties get the same approach. Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline for a rough estimate, and we will set the first date.
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 cover Muscatine from our local crews and work across Muscatine, from the older blocks to the newer subdivisions on the edges of town. We do residential and commercial jobs, and the same crew handles both. Booking our cleaning services in Muscatine starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the approximate size and the tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Most homeowners have the quote in hand before a date is booked, and every homeowner gets the same confirmation when the date is set. Booking Muscatine gutter cleaning by phone is the quickest route, and our lead time follows the calendar, so we confirm the date when you call. We also serve surrounding areas, so ask if your street sits just outside the city limits.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, which are the same windows most homeowners think about. Booking earlier in those months gets you a better slot. May, June and July are the wettest months here, so the gutters get tested hardest then. Outside those windows, we can usually fit a visit in sooner. The easiest way to keep your gutters working is to book before the rain peaks. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, so your schedule stays yours. Our gutter services run on the same calendar, and we get your gutters on the schedule either way.
If you have a gutter that gets missed, or a second property nearby that needs the same attention, mention it when you book and we will plan the route. Our crew cleans gutters and downspouts on the route, and we flush every downspout, so the water runs away from your home. We keep the city clean, one house at a time, and we want the work to protect your home from water damage before a leak shows up inside.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. For a house in Muscatine IA we quote by phone or text, and the figure we give is the figure on the invoice. A clean gutter system and a packed one are not the same job, and you hear the difference before work starts.
Across Iowa, spring visits run late May to June. Here, fall visits run late October to November, and most of our customers book both. Waiting until winter means wet leaves have had longer to pack the outlets, and snow falls here from December through March, which can freeze a packed run solid.
Same-day slots depend on the calendar that week. Most open slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call at (866) 435-6328.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside only: the crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and outlet reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every outlet is flushed and flow-tested, and the drainage at the outlet is checked before the crew leaves. Clearing a buried line is a separate job that we quote before anyone touches it, so you know the cost first.
Yes, usually less often. On our jobs we find leaves sitting on top of the guard, needles threaded through and grit underneath, so the surface still gets cleared and the outlets still get checked. Cleaning and maintenance continue on a lighter schedule with guards, but they do not stop, so gutter maintenance stays on the calendar.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over in rain usually has a slope, drain-size or landscape grading problem rather than a clog. Send us a short video 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. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, so the invoice matches the quote you accepted.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
