Our own crew cleans gutters for Benicia homeowners, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. Each homeowner gets those photos on their phone, so the clean run is on record. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice. We have been doing this work for homes around the Bay Area, and most of our Benicia homes book in 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 stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Gutter cleaning services are quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the access are what actually move the number on our jobs.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up, gutters nobody has opened in years where the gutter is packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the run underneath. Clogged drains and slow water flow add time too. We flush every downspout until the water runs clear, and a clean outlet is the finish line on every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Every gutter system we open tells us how much buildup to expect, and heavy buildup can hide structural damage, such as a soft fascia board behind a sagging run. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Benicia homes we see the same pattern over and over. A two-story house with a clean gutter line and no tree cover is a quick job. A house with a clogged downspout, where water is backing up behind the fascia line and the gutter has started to sag, takes longer because the crew has to open the run and clear it in sections. Most of our customers here are homes with a lot of leaves and debris, not heavy tree canopy, so the quote is mostly about how much buildup we find when the first section comes off. Rain gutter runs that sit flat hold water, and the downspouts have to move the water away from the foundation. Once we see the lot we can tell you how the number breaks down and what we are looking for on the roofline. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you the rough shape of the job before you call.
| 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 Benicia jobs, most of our customers book a gutter cleaning service twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across California, the spring visit usually lands in mid to late June, and by then we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall, late November to December, we find a wet leaf mat that has been sitting in the trough since the last storm. A visit in either window leaves a clean trough behind.
Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps the gutter from clogging between visits, because needles and grit pack the outlets faster than a twice-a-year visit can keep up with. A house with few or no trees over the roof is usually fine with one clean each year, in late fall. Homes with gutter guards still need the surface cleared, and that is usually less often, but it still needs to happen. Plant beds and landscape edging below the eave collect whatever spills over, so they get checked on every visit. A clog in the rainwater path that sits through the winter is the usual reason a run sags or pulls loose by the wettest stretch of winter, so the fall visit matters more than the spring one for most houses. Heavy rainfall on top of a clog or blockage can push water behind the fascia, and a leak at a seam shows up as a stain on the soffit before the next storm.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the trough and the downspouts, not on a general rule. Gutter maintenance is priced the same way, and it is the easiest way to clean your gutters before the rain. Call (866) 435-6328 for an estimate and we will set up the first visit for a spring and fall schedule that keeps the trough clean, or text us a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which tier fits your lot.
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 Benicia and covers the city from the nearest base. We clean gutters on residential properties in the neighborhoods we have worked in, and we can tell you when a slot is open when you call. For commercial properties or a residential and commercial mix, ask when you call and we will say whether the crew takes the job. Booking is simple. Call or text, give us the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether there are trees over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to take. We will quote the job over the phone or by text from those three things.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows each year, late spring and late fall. Most people book then to protect your home from water damage before the rain or after the leaves drop. If you call in one of those windows, expect the first open date to be a few days out rather than the same day. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Cleanings can be a single visit or a regular schedule, and our gutter services cover gutters and downspouts from end to end, including any twig lodged at an elbow. A clean run before the rain is the goal of every visit.
We cover a lot of the surrounding areas near Benicia, and the crew is glad to talk through what a clean gutter run looks like on your lot. Our cleaning services in Benicia are the same whether you are booking one visit or setting up a regular schedule to keep your gutters clear. Homes with gutter guards get the same attention, and the tier depends on the house. If you want to get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date with you. Benicia gutter cleaning on a set schedule also helps keep your home from water damage.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text from those two things plus a look at what is in the gutters. We do not quote a fixed figure before we know the house.
Most of our Benicia customers book in late spring and again in late fall. Benicia gets about 19.4 inches of rain a year, with January, February and December the wettest months. If you wait past the fall visit on a house with heavy leaf load, a hard freeze can lock the debris in place and the runs can sag by the wettest stretch of winter. Regular gutter maintenance is the simplest way to clean your gutters before that happens.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an open slot 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, so you see a clean result without being there. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. We flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom, so the rain moves away from your home. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out leaves but not needles, seed casings or the grit that turns into paste on top of the guard, so a homeowner with guards still needs a visit. Guards change the cleaning and maintenance schedule, not whether it happens. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and check that water is getting into the gutter system.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Left alone, that water can cause rot in the fascia board behind the run. Send us a photo or 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. Our gutter cleaning process has a stop point: if we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is, and agree on the change before we continue. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
