Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Alamo, CA, with every drain pipe flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have been keeping gutters clean across California for years, and most of our customers book in the spring and fall.
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, how much square footage it covers, and what is sitting in the gutters. Homeowners who book cleaning services in Alamo get the same gutter cleaning process every time: 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 land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but we would rather give you one clean number for the whole house.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is what moves the quote most. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, which means more time on a boom or scissor lift. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with a blockage of compacted leaves and grit, and that takes longer than a quick clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat also add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and bag haul-off are included in every gutter maintenance quote, and each bag is carried away from your home before the truck leaves. If anything changes the job once the crew is on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned gutters on many homes around here, and on one recent job the quote moved because the back run sat two stories up over a sloped yard with heavy leaf buildup from a seasonal canopy. We flagged it on the phone, the homeowner agreed before we set a ladder, and the job finished the same day with photos of every run. Most of our customers ask for the same thing: a clean gutter system that drains rainwater away from the foundation, and a straight answer on the price before anyone climbs up.
To get your gutters quoted, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and tell us your stories and roughly how big the home is. We will give you a written estimate you can hold us to.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
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.
On our jobs, most customers book two cleanings a year: once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. Across California, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, so you can plan to clean your gutters on that calendar. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and it is what keeps water moving toward the rain gutter instead of over the edge.
Under heavy tree cover, some customers are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspout elbows faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up with. Homes with few or no trees usually do well with one visit in late fall, since most of the year's leaves come off in that window. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but the surface still has to be kept clean, because a wet mat of leaves sitting on top of a guard can keep rain from getting in at all.
Across California the pattern is similar, though the timing shifts with local storms. Atmospheric rivers can bring heavy rainfall, and much of the year's rain can land in just a few days. A gutter system already full of leaves and grit has very little room left for drainage, and a run that has begun to sag holds water right where it sits. Our gutter cleaning services are timed to the wettest stretch of the year, and a clean system going into that window is what makes the difference.
Our customers know that a clog and the standing water behind it are how small problems turn into structural damage: rot in the fascia board, a leak behind the siding, and water pooling against the foundation or in the landscape beds. A regular visit keeps water away from those spots. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in writing so you can plan around it.
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 has worked on Alamo homes both large and small, and we cover the surrounding areas from the nearest base without needing to name every street. If you are looking for gutter cleaning, booking is simple. Call or text to book the gutter cleaning service, give us your stories and an idea of the home's size, and tell us how much tree cover is over the roof. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We confirm a date when you call and give you a written estimate for the visit.
The busiest windows are spring and fall, so those are the weeks when slots fill first. If you want a particular date, booking early helps. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works from the outside, so you can keep going about your day while we clean.
We do residential and commercial work. For commercial properties we handle scheduled cleaning per building, and for homes we clean on a per-home basis. Either way the goal is the same: cleaning and maintenance on a schedule that keeps water flow moving, debris removal done properly, and a crew you can reach by phone if something looks wrong afterward.
The number comes from how many stories the house has, its size and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure outside of that conversation, so call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through it with you.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. When people wait past those windows, we tend to find packed downspout elbows and more leaves and debris than a single visit should have to handle.
Most slots come up within the week for our gutter services, and we confirm the exact date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we actually have an opening that day.
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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a line runs underground and water is not coming out the far end, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it. Checking the outlet is how you protect your home from water damage.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out large leaves, but needles, a stray twig, seed casings and grit settle on top, and once that mat gets wet it runs over the front edge. We clear the surface, leave the guard clean underneath, and check that water is still getting in, which is the only way to keep your gutters draining.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in the rain, the clog is gone, which usually means a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is, and agree on the new price before we continue, so the number on the invoice matches the number we gave you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
