Our own crew handles cleaning services in Auburn, flushes every downspout, flow-tests the run, hauls the debris away from your home and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us and we will quote yours.
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 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. Some companies price a gutter system by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot once the house is measured.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
For Auburn homeowners, the first thing we check is the gutter itself: whether a clog or blockage has built up at the elbows, whether the gutter is pulling away at the roofline, whether there is a leak at a seam, whether the run has a sag that holds water, and how much buildup has collected since the last visit. Once the run is clean and the drainage is moving, we check water flow at every downspout. Most of the homeowners we see have kept up regular gutter cleaning for years, and their gutters tell us that on the first visit. Residential and commercial customers both get the same check, and that holds for residential properties and commercial properties alike. The photos come to your phone either way.
Our cases here show what the numbers look like in practice. On one Auburn job the house had no trees overhead, two stories and a clean run, and the quote came in on the phone from those three facts. On another, the house sat under heavy canopy and the crew found a buildup of needles at every downspout, which is why that customer is on a shorter schedule. We do not put a price inside a case; we tell you what we found and what it meant for the work. That is how we keep gutter cleaning services honest on every call.
For homeowners who want to clean your gutters on a schedule, the simplest step is a text of the front of the house. That photo, plus the stories and the tree cover, is enough for us to quote the job. Ask for a written estimate before the crew books, and you will have it the same day.
| 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.
Most of our Auburn customers book twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across California, our spring visits run mid to late June, and a run that looks clean from the ground still has seeds packed at the elbows and pollen paste clinging to the inside. Our Auburn fall visits run December to early January, when the leaves and debris are the job, and any run that has gone without a clean since the spring visit is already holding a wet mat that can sag by the rainy season.
Under heavy tree cover, we see clogged downspouts packed with needles and grit between visits, so those houses move to cleanings every three to four months. Houses with few or no trees overhead usually do fine with one visit a year in late fall. Rainwater in this area comes in heavy bursts, and a rain gutter that is already clogged when the heavy rainfall arrives is the one that spills over the edge and onto the flower beds below. Protect your home from water damage: keep your gutters open before the rain starts.
On a house with gutter guards, even a clean gutter still needs the surface cleared and a check that the water is entering the gutter, which means the schedule is set less often than an open gutter but is never zero. Our crew walks each run with a flashlight at the first visit, checking the gutters and downspouts, and we tell you what we find at the gutter line and at the downspout outlets. We flush every downspout, and if a twig or needle has lodged at the outlet we clear it before we leave. Where one feeds an underground line, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and carrying water away from the house, and say so if it is not.
One case shows the pattern clearly. A customer with no trees on a once-a-year schedule in the flat part of town had a clean run each fall. A second customer under heavy tree cover in a neighborhood near the older streets needed a visit every three to four months, because the clog at the downspouts came back faster than the gutter itself filled. We tell you which pattern your lot is, and after the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 works across Auburn CA and the surrounding areas, and we know the neighborhoods where the trees, the steep pitches and the rain patterns vary most. The calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most people notice their gutters and call. Booking our gutter services starts with a quote by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the stories, the square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, plus a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Lead time for Auburn gutter cleaning depends on the week and on the season, and we confirm a date when you call rather than guessing at one on the web. If you need a clean run before a storm, tell us when you call and we will check the calendar with you right away. The gutter cleaning process starts with that first visit, which gives you the full picture of what the run needs, so the next booking is set by what we find and not by a guess.
If your house sits at the edge of town or on a lot that is harder to reach, let us know the access in the first call. A driveway blocked by a parked car, a gate that needs a code, or a backyard run that needs a lift changes the schedule a little, and we would rather plan for it than arrive and find it. A homeowner who books early in the year tends to have an easier time getting the date they want, and that is good for the gutters too.
Our goal is simple: get your gutters open before the rain, keep them clean between visits, and confirm that the crew who shows up is the one you talked to. That is how we run cleaning and maintenance across Auburn, and it is how we keep the schedule for every customer we serve.
The number depends on the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text from those three things. We do not quote a range here, because the stories, the square footage and the debris change the number from one home to the next.
Most of our customers book late spring and late fall. In spring we find seeds and pollen at the elbows, and in fall we find the leaf mat and, on houses that skipped the visit, runs that sag under the first freeze. Beds and landscape plantings near the eaves feed that leaf mat too.
Our lead time depends on the week, so we check the calendar with you when you call and confirm a date then. Most slots come up within the week.
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 flow-test it, so you know the run is clean and draining, and we check the outlet where it drains. If a buried line needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, gutter guards still need attention, less often, but the surface still needs clearing. Under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit that wet down into a mat and stop the water from getting in. We clean off the top, check the flow and reseat the guards.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that water can rot the fascia and turn into structural damage. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
