Our crew cleans gutters here, and every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Everything pulled from the trough is hauled off the property, not blown onto the lawn, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from your stories, roof size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book with us in the spring and fall, when the seeds, pollen and leaves have finished falling.
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. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the gutters are measured. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you a written estimate.
On our jobs, a few things push the price up. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far off the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy, with compacted muck packed into the trough, and some runs sag under the weight. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our work here runs on regular gutter cleaning, booked for spring and fall, and most owners find it easier to clean your gutters on a set schedule than to wait for water to spill over the edge. Norwalk homes on our route tend to have heavy leaf load in the fall and seed and pollen paste in the spring, and the crew sees both. The gutters, the clog points and the drainage at the downspout outlets all get checked on each visit, and the crew leaves them clean so the water flow stays steady and carries water away from your home. We do residential and commercial work on the same route, and residential properties and commercial properties both get a quote from the same kind of measure.
| 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.
Across Iowa, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in May, the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste, a blockage that holds water at the top of the run. In November it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have found runs sagging under ice by March. Keep your gutters clean and working through both seasons, and the rainwater leaves the roofline where it should.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is what our customers here settle on, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the gutter runs between visits and leave clogged downspouts that are hard to see from the ground. Few or no trees around the house, once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road, a construction site or a heavy landscape bed we see the same buildup, so those lots are on the shorter schedule too. Flush every downspout on each visit so the water exits cleanly.
Cleaning the rain gutter is only part of it. A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem rather than a clog, and we say so in the report. Gutter services like this protect your home from water damage at the foundation, and they keep the gutters and downspouts on the lot moving water on schedule. The gutter estimate stays tied to what the lot actually needs, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot belongs in. To book a date for the spring or fall visit, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the property.
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 residential gutters for homeowners, and the crew covers Norwalk IA and surrounding areas from its nearest base. Booking Norwalk gutter cleaning is simple: call (866) 435-6328, or text a photo of the house front so we can see the stories and the trees before we give a price. We confirm a date when you call, and we call before we come, so nobody needs to be home. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, so if you want a slot in those months, book early. Our gutter cleaning process runs the same way for every house, and it is done so the gutters, the outlets and the ground all come out clean.
We do not start work on a roof without a clear quote, and we do not add a charge once the crew is up. Heavy rainfall in May, June and August is the real test, so after a visit check that water is leaving at the outlets, even on a clean gutter. If you see overflow after a storm, text us a short video and we will tell you what it is. Gutter maintenance between cleanings is simple to keep up: clear the surface debris and any twig or leaves off your gutter guards, watch each downspout after heavy rain, and get your gutters checked before the next season. Good cleaning and maintenance is mostly that, and it keeps the water moving away from your home.
The number comes from stories and size, so we give it by phone or text rather than from a price sheet. On our jobs the two-story houses are the most common, and the estimate is in writing before we come out.
Across Norwalk, our customers book cleanings in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the leaves and debris turn into a wet mat that is harder to clear, and we have seen sagging runs by March on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Same-day slots depend on the week, and most slots come up within a few days. Our cleaning services in Norwalk run on booked dates, and we confirm a date when you call, with photos of a clean run on your phone.
No. As a homeowner you do not have to be there, and the same goes for commercial properties on our route. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed, and we check that the gutter system is draining at the outlet, since clogged downspouts are the usual reason water backs up. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or grit from the landscape, and those settle on top of the guard and into the trough. We keep the surface clean and flush each downspout on guarded systems too.
Send us a photo or a short video of the leak in the rain so we can see whether the gutter is moving water away from the house. A clean gutter that still spills water has a slope or capacity problem, and we tell you what it is in the report rather than selling a second cleaning. Left alone, that overflow can lead to rot in the fascia and structural damage over time.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and you agree to it before work starts. The number 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.
