Our own crew cleans gutters in Urbandale, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our Iowa jobs most customers book in the spring and fall, and we tell you on the call which visit your house needs first.
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. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. The same goes for all of our gutter cleaning services. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but we would rather give a homeowner one number for the whole house.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter line, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy, packed with matted leaves and a clog that has been building for seasons. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the job. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included, along with the leaves and debris pulled from the trough, and none of it is billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
When we open a gutter in Urbandale homes we are usually looking at seeds, leaves, a twig and grit that have turned into paste, which is where the water flow stops and the rain gutter starts to overflow. Our crew clears the clogged downspouts and the runs above them first, then checks that the drainage is carrying water away from the foundation, because a run that looks clean can still send water back toward the house. On the jobs where the gutter was sagging or pulling from the fascia, we photograph the sag and report it instead of selling a repair. Where the gutter system has been left too long, the buildup can cause structural damage and a leak at the fascia board behind it, and that is the cost we most want to head off. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate 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.
Across Iowa most of our customers book twice a year, once in late May to June after seed and pollen drop and once in late October to November after the last leaves come down. When we open a gutter here in May we usually find seed casings and pollen packed into the elbows, and when we return in late fall we find the wet leaf mat packed along the roofline and, on houses that skipped the fall visit, runs that have started to sag under ice by March. Winters here carry real freeze risk, so a gutter that is full of rainwater when the cold arrives is the one that fails first. May, June and August are our wettest months, and heavy rainfall in those months will overwhelm a gutter nobody has cleaned, which is why we tell people to clean your gutters before May.
Under heavy tree cover we see the gutter fill between visits, so those houses need regular gutter cleaning every three to four months, since needles and grit build up faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up. If your house has few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough for a clean gutter. Gutter guards cut the work down, but the surface still gets cleared, because leaves and needles sit on top of the guard and feed the blockage underneath. Our crew books the date for these cleanings and gives you a written estimate for the year. Residential properties on our schedule get the same written estimate, and the gutter maintenance plan is set on the first visit.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, and we will walk through the tree cover and the steepness of the house with you on the phone so the first estimate is accurate and the first clean lands in the right month. Booking early is how you get your gutters on the calendar before the busy windows, and the regular visits are how you keep your gutters running clear all year. Keeping cleaning and maintenance on one schedule is the easiest way to stop rot from reaching the fascia board.
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 Urbandale from the nearest base and works the surrounding areas on the same routes. We serve Urbandale homeowners across Urbandale IA from that same route list, so a booking here is not a special trip. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Most of our Urbandale gutter cleaning slots come up within the lead time we list on the call, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months and you keep your slot.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside, stays off the interior, will flush every downspout, and sends photos of every run to your phone when the job is done. Water left in a full trough sits against the fascia, so the goal is a clean run that moves water away from your home. If you have a question about a clog in one run or a gutter that is not clearing, tell us on the call and we will look at it on the visit and report back.
Gutter services are one piece of keeping the house dry, and a clean gutter is the simplest way to protect your home from water damage at the eaves. Our crew does the cleaning and the photos; anything else we find is photographed and reported to you, not sold. Our process is the same for residential and commercial properties: photos, a flush, and a written note on anything else. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the eaves to get on the schedule.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range on the website because the tree cover and what is in the gutters change the job. Once we have those three things, the number we give you for our cleaning services in Urbandale is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here usually book in late spring and late fall, after the seeds and pollen drop and after the last leaves come down. If you wait until the first hard freeze, the wet leaf mat can already be under ice, and on Iowa winters that is when runs start to sag. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which month fits your house.
Same-day is not something we promise. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call so there is no guessing on arrival.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside only: our crew works around your landscape, 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.
Yes, every downspout gets flushed, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet and running clean. If a downspout drains into an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you if water is not moving, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and feed the blockage underneath. Our crew lifts the panels, clears the surface, flushes the gutters and downspouts, and reseats the guards.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in the rain, it is usually a slope or downspout-size problem rather than a clogged run. 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.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is, and agree on the change before we continue. The price you hear on the phone is the price you pay.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
