We quote each commercial building in Union City separately, priced from its footprint and height. Fall protection or a boom or scissor lift goes on every job, and you get a photo report of every run afterward. The crew is ours and it is scheduled, not a roofer's side job squeezed between re-roofs. Our Union City work covers office, retail and multifamily properties, booked for the spring and fall visits.
Quoted per building from footage, height and gutter type, in writing, before anyone is dispatched. Scheduled service costs less than a call-out.
We quote per building from linear footage, height and gutter type, in writing, from a site plan or a satellite measurement, before anyone is dispatched. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will send a written estimate for each building on the property.
Height is the biggest single factor on our jobs. Above three stories the building needs a boom or scissor lift and fall protection, and that setup is part of the quote. A clogged gutter that has been building for years takes longer to clear than a seasonal load, and a gutter guard or other gutter protection product that has to be lifted and reseated adds time to every run. Overflow that has already run down the siding gets photographed before the crew starts, so the report shows the damage and not the cleaning. Oversized or box gutters, roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs, and the number of buildings on one site all move the number up or down.
Downspout flushing and debris haul-off are included per building and are not billed as extras. Scheduled semi-annual or quarterly service is priced lower than a one-off call, because the crew already knows the building and the footage is measured.
Thorough gutter cleaning means every run cleared by hand or vacuum and every downspout flushed until it runs clear, so the photo report shows the whole building, not only the sections visible from the parking lot. The gutter cleaning service is priced to cover that full pass, and it is the same pass on every building in a portfolio.
Most of our Union City quotes start with a site plan and the number of stories. A property manager who sends the address, the roof type and the number of buildings usually has a written number the same week. For an example of how one commercial property was quoted, see the job linked on our commercial properties page, where the quote turned on stories, roof type and what the crew found in the drains.
| Per building | |
|---|---|
| Standard, one to two stories | from $150 |
| Oversized box or industrial gutters | from $340 |
| Three stories and up, with a lift | from $455 |
Your lease decides, not state law. Here is how the three common cases usually read.
On a commercial lease, responsibility for gutter and downspout cleaning is set by the lease itself, not by the habitability rules that apply to apartments.
Triple net (NNN). The tenant usually carries building maintenance and exterior upkeep, in full or as a pro-rata share, and that normally includes gutters and downspouts.
Gross lease. The landlord usually keeps the roof system and exterior upkeep, gutters included, inside the base rent.
Lease silent. When the lease says nothing, the obligation generally falls to the landlord, because gutters are treated as part of the building's roof and structure.
Whoever the lease names, tell us and the invoice goes to that party, so the property manager is not stuck in the middle.
This is general information, not legal advice. Read the maintenance clause of your lease or ask the attorney who drafted it.
At least twice a year for a standard building. Restaurants, flat roofs and anything under trees, quarterly.
On the Union City properties we service, most are on twice a year, spring and late fall, and the restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and buildings under heavy tree cover are on quarterly. Our cleaning services follow the property rather than a single rule, because what we pull out of a gutter depends on the building. A homeowner with one house usually lands on the twice-a-year plan, and the same logic holds for a residential and commercial portfolio. The fall visit usually lands in December to early January, and the wettest months here are December, January and February, in a year that averages 45.4 inches of rain.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and that is where we see the difference. The managers who call us after a storm usually find the same thing: leaves and grit packed at the elbows, a blockage that held water over the run, and downspouts that were running fine until the rain hit them all at once. A gutter guard that was never lifted for cleaning often holds debris over the run, so the crew pulls it and reseats it as part of the cleaning process. With freeze risk in the picture here, a downspout that stays blocked into winter can also crack when the water freezes.
On a flat roof the parapets, internal drains and scuppers back up silently, and a clogged drain can cause roof leaks long before anyone looks up. The first thing a tenant notices is a stained ceiling tile or a membrane blister, and by then the water has been running somewhere it should not for weeks, with the water damage already inside the building. That is why the monthly check between cleanings exists on those properties.
Restaurant gutters are a different job. What we pull out of a restaurant gutter every second month is grease-laden debris mixed with leaves, and it needs more than a single pass. A home or business with that load is better served on a shorter schedule, and a gutter system cleared on time carries the water where it should go. Our final inspection on each visit confirms that every downspout discharges clear onto the ground or into the storm drain.
The cleaning process on each visit is the same whether the building is standard or heavy-load: photo every run, flush every downspout, haul off the debris, and note anything else in the report. Other gutter cleaning companies often sell downspout flushing as an add-on, and ours is part of every visit. Our gutter cleaners do not sell repairs on the way out; what they find is written down and left with the property manager, and the cleaning solutions we offer are the ones that match the load on that roof.
| Property type | Baseline | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Standard office, retail, multifamily | Twice a year, spring and late fall | Seasonal debris before heavy rain and freeze |
| Restaurant and food service | Every two months | Grease and exhaust residue speed up clogs |
| Industrial and manufacturing | Quarterly to semi-annual | Airborne dust and soot |
| Heavy tree cover over the roof | Three to four times a year | Leaf and needle load |
| Flat roof with parapets and internal drains | Quarterly, monthly checks | Drains back up silently; membrane damage |
Tied off or working from a lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet.
Federal OSHA requires fall protection for construction-type work at six feet and above (29 CFR 1926.501) and for general industry at four feet (29 CFR 1910.28). Commercial gutter lines sit well above both. Our crew works tied off or from an aerial lift, never free-standing on a ladder against a parapet. Above three stories the job is done from a boom or scissor lift, which is why height is the biggest single factor in a commercial quote. The lift is matched to the building: we bring whatever boom or scissor lift the roofline needs. Where a state runs its own OSHA plan with stricter triggers, the crew follows the stricter rule.
Gutters, downspouts, drains and scuppers, hauled debris, and a photo report per building. Nothing on this list is an extra.
Per building. Every gutter run cleared by hand or vacuum, not just the sections visible from the parking lot. Every downspout flushed until it runs clear; a blocked downspout cleared from above where reachable. Below-grade drain lines are cleared on request and quoted separately. Roof drains and scuppers on flat roofs cleared of debris and the strainer domes reseated. Debris bagged and removed from site, including from parking areas and walkways under the work. Downspout outlets and splash blocks checked.
Report. Before-and-after photos of each run and each drain, per building, with anything found (a pulled hanger, a separated seam, standing water that points to slope, a cracked scupper) noted and photographed, not repaired without authorization. Invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so a board or an owner can check it.
Not included. Gutter repair or replacement, guard installation, roof repair, pressure washing of the building. Where a problem is found, you get the photo and a plain description; what to do about it is your call.
The same crew on a fixed calendar, a lower per-visit rate, and a storm call-out when you need one.
A one-off cleaning is priced as a one-off: dispatch, setup, lift if needed. Put the property on a schedule and the plan is priced for that building, because the crew knows it, the footage is already measured and the dates are booked a season ahead. Semi-annual (spring and late fall) suits most standard buildings; quarterly suits restaurants, flat roofs with internal drains and anything under heavy trees. Plans and their pricing are set building by building: call or email us to set one up.
A scheduled property also gets one contact for every building in the portfolio, across city lines where we cover the neighboring towns.
One contact for every building, a date in writing, and the crew checks in with your on-site person before a lift goes up.
Our commercial crew works across Union City, and the commercial buildings we have serviced include office, retail and multifamily properties with flat or low-slope roofs. Union City is the center of our service area, and buildings in the surrounding areas are scheduled on the same account. A portfolio of several buildings on one or more sites is the normal case for us, and we handle it as one account rather than a stack of separate calls.
Scheduling runs through one contact. You name the buildings, we confirm a date in writing for each, and the crew checks in with the on-site contact on arrival. Work can be timed around tenant hours where that is asked for, and we plan the lift and fall-protection setup for the whole site before the first truck leaves.
We also do residential gutter cleaning, and the same crew serves homeowners and businesses, so a manager with a mixed portfolio of homes and business buildings can keep one vendor. Keeping a gutter clean helps protect your home from water damage and roof leaks, whether it is a house or an office building. For a single property with a gutter that has a leak or a clog, the call goes to the same dispatch line.
Our professional gutter cleaning services cover multi-story work, including buildings where a landscape crew or a roofer would have to set up separately. We provide gutter cleaning and maintenance on a recurring basis, and the gutter cleaning needs of a multi-site account are scheduled as one calendar. To get started, call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the roofline, or book a date, and we confirm it in writing.
We quote per building, and the number depends on the linear footage, the height and the gutter type. Some outfits quote per linear foot, and we can show how that works out against the per-building figure. The number comes in writing for each building before we are dispatched.
The lease decides, not state law, so the answer depends on the maintenance clause of your lease. The lease cases are laid out in the section above, and this is not legal advice; read the clause or ask the attorney who drafted it. On the invoices we write, the party named in the lease is the party we bill.
On the restaurants and flat-roof buildings we service, quarterly is the schedule that holds. Grease and debris in a restaurant gutter build up faster than in a standard building, and a flat roof backs up silently between visits. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which schedule fits the building.
Yes. As a gutter company we offer gutter cleaning from a boom or scissor lift with fall protection on the crew, and commercial buildings over three stories are a regular part of that work. The setup is priced into the quote for the building. Send the number of stories and the roof type and we will confirm the setup in writing before the date is booked.
Yes. We time the work around tenant hours where that is asked for, and we check in with the on-site contact on arrival. Tell us the access rules when you request the quote and we will plan the lift and the crew around them.
We clear roof drains and scuppers as part of the visit on flat roofs, along with the gutter runs and downspouts. That is part of the gutter cleaning process, and the photo report covers it. Anything else on the roof that needs work is photographed and reported, not repaired by us.
After a storm the post-storm call-outs usually turn up leaves and grit packed at the elbows, and downspouts blocked just enough to overflow or start a leak under heavy rain. Standing water on a flat roof can cause roof leaks too. The crew photographs each run and reports what it finds. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule for the next available date.
Yes. We invoice per building with the linear footage shown, so an owner or a board can check it, and we set up a recurring schedule across several properties under one account. The account works the same way for commercial and residential properties. Ask for a written estimate and we will send the schedule with the dates for each building.
Footage, height and the address by phone or email. The quote comes in writing, per building.
