Our crew cleans gutters in Storm Lake from the gutters down: every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit hauled off the property, 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 hangs over the house. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been doing this work across Iowa for many seasons, and most of our spring and fall visits are booked by homeowners who have seen water pour over the edge once and do not want it to happen again.
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. Our gutter cleaning services in Storm Lake cover residential and commercial properties, and Storm Lake homes get the same quote from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place once the length is worked out, but the number you hear from us will not change because the crew found more than expected.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same ones we see everywhere. A third story or a steep pitch takes a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher than the front, so the effective height of the roofline changes. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out heavy, with a compacted leaf mat packed into the gutter and the buildup sitting against the downspout. Most often a run takes longer because of a clogged downspout, and that shows once the crew is up the ladder. A clean run on a single-story job is the simplest one we do. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We tell you about any of these before work starts, never on the invoice.
Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. Debris removal is part of the price, and water flow is checked at the bottom of every downspout. We flush every downspout and watch it run clear, because a clean trough with a clogged elbow still sends water over the edge, and a downspout that does not carry water away from the house is a problem too. A run that sags gets photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before the first rung goes up.
Every house we clean gets the same check: the clog points, the drainage at the outlet, and a photo of the front of the house sent by text if that is easy for you. The same check applies to residential properties of any size. Water left standing at the foundation is how structural damage starts, so the outlet gets checked on every visit. Regular gutter cleaning is priced the way the first visit is priced, so a repeat job on a clean run does not come with a surprise. Customers on a spring and fall schedule get that same price on every visit. If you are not sure when to clean your gutters, ask on the call and we will tell you from the photo. If your gutters are fine and only need a standard pass, the quote says so, and you pay for the pass.
| 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 late May or June after seed and pollen drop, and again in October or early November after the last leaves. Across Iowa, our spring visit runs late May to June, and the fall visit runs October to early November. On our jobs, when we open a gutter here in May we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is leaves and twigs from the trees, and freeze risk is real here: the first hard freeze turns trapped water into ice dams at the eave. A blockage in the fall means rainwater stands in the trough, and a gutter system that holds water is where the first leak shows up along the roofline. Runs that skipped the fall visit sag, pull loose by March, and the fascia behind them can rot.
Under heavy tree cover, the landscape around the house sheds more into the gutters, so keep your gutters on a shorter cycle than the two visits above, because seed and grit pack the downspouts between them. Near a busy road or construction, the same shorter cycle applies. With few or no trees over the roof, the fall visit alone is usually enough. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but the surface still gets cleared, because mat on top of the guard is where the water stops getting in. Whatever the schedule, flush every downspout on each visit so the water leaves the house.
Keeping to the schedule is how you protect your home from water damage in the first place.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we write it down. The number of trees, the proximity to the road and whether the gutters have guards all change the schedule. Every estimate we write for gutters and downspouts names that schedule, and gutter maintenance is easier to plan once it is written down. We do not guess.
Our gutter services in Storm Lake IA follow this calendar, and the surrounding areas get the same schedule when the house sits under the same tree cover. Call (866) 435-6328 to book your spring slot. If a clog shows up between visits, text a photo of the gutter and we will say whether it can wait for the next scheduled cleaning. A clean gutter in late May is easier to keep than one left until June, and our cleanings in June catch the seeds before they set.
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 covers the surrounding areas, and every homeowner gets the same gutter cleaning process as anyone else. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roof and we will give you a quote from stories, size and tree cover. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the gutter run before we arrive, and it costs you nothing but a minute. If a rain gutter is already overflowing when you call, say so first so we can look at the photo before anything else. A leak you can see from the ground usually means a gutter that has been full too long.
Lead time depends on the season and the calendar. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the leaf and seed loads are heaviest and most homeowners want a slot at the same time. Most of what we book in these windows is cleaning and maintenance on a schedule, not emergency work, so booking early is how you get your gutters on the date you want. A twig or two in the trough is not a reason to wait, but a twig that catches leaves is a clog. We call before we come, and the crew works outside, away from your home, so nobody needs to be home for an outside job.
The storm lake gutter cleaning schedule fills fastest when heavy rainfall is forecast, because that is when homeowners notice an overflow and call. If you want a slot before the rain comes in, book early so you get the date you want. Gutter guards do not change the booking, since the surface still needs to be checked. A clean gutter stays clean longer when the mat on top is cleared at the same time.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. It is the same number on the invoice. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted the same way, and commercial properties are quoted the same way too.
Most of our customers book late May or June and again in October or early November. When we open a gutter in May we find seeds and pollen. In the fall we find the leaf mat, and when the first ice comes it is the ice dams at the eave. Leaves and grit left up in the gutters through winter let the fascia board rot before spring. Clean it in late May and again in the fall.
Call and we will give you the next open date across Storm Lake, which depends on the season. If a rain gutter is already overflowing, say so when you call so we can look at the photo first.
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. They leave the ground as clean as they found it.
We flush every downspout and check that water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Clogged downspouts that back up push water toward the foundation, and water sitting there for years is how structural damage starts. Keeping water away from the wall is the reason for the flush.
Yes. Under guards we still find leaves and debris on top of the mesh, seed casings and grit underneath. The surface still needs clearing, though less often than an open gutter. If your house sits under heavy landscape trees, ask for the shorter cycle.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is slope or downspout size, not a clogged trough. Send us a photo or 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.
Not without you hearing about it first. Anything that changes the job gets raised and agreed before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
