Our own crew cleans gutters in Blackhawk, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, 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 is overhead, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book their cleanings in spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
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 in the gutters; we give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot and land in a similar place per foot of gutter, but the stories and the roof pitch change the work more than the length does.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the roofline, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can reach the trough. Our gutter cleaning services include debris removal, and we flush every downspout and check the water flow at the outlet. None of that is billed as an extra. A twig jammed in an elbow, or a seam that has started to leak, gets cleared out or noted on the spot, and the run is left clean. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across the Blackhawk homes we clean, the people who book us tell us the same three things: how many stories the house has, roughly how big it is, and whether there are trees over the house. Send a photo of the front of the house by text if that is easy and we can usually quote from it. Residential properties and commercial properties get the same approach: we look at the building, the drainage path and how clean the gutters have been kept, then give you one number.
What we tell every caller is that a clog left alone becomes a sag, then a pulled hanger, then water running behind the fascia and into wood that starts to rot. Usually it starts with a rain gutter that stays full, because a buildup of wet leaves blocks the gutter system at the outlet. A gutter that you clean on schedule costs less than the repair it prevents. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the water moving where it should, and that is the whole point of the visit.
| 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 Blackhawk jobs most 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 fall visits late November to December, so the calendar follows the seed drop and the leaf drop. When we open a gutter here in spring we rarely find a clean trough: seeds and seed casings packed into the elbow of each downspout, with pollen gone to paste on top of the leaf mat. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, leaves and debris together, that gives us trouble, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see clogged downspouts and runs that have started to sag before the rains come.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, we put customers on a visit every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings and a rainwater clog can form quickly. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and a gutter that is already full is the first to overflow in heavy rainfall. Blackhawk gets about 26 inches of rain a year, and January, February and December are the wettest months. Seed casings packed into a downspout can start a clog on any run. Near a busy road or a construction site the schedule is the same, since the surrounding areas shed dust and grit. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough to keep most lots clean. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, but the surface still needs a clean, so they do not remove the visit.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we note any blockage in the photos so you can see it yourself. Keeping the gutters and each downspout clear is what the calendar is for, and it is how you protect your home from water damage. The goal is to keep your gutters open between visits so water leaves the roofline the way it was built to, and carries water away from your home.
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.
The crew covers Blackhawk CA from the nearest base and works across Blackhawk, in the neighborhoods where our Blackhawk homeowners are, and steps around the landscape beds on the way to each run. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text, from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the week, and we confirm a date when you call. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so a slot booked early in those months is the easiest to hold.
We call before we come and nobody needs to be home. If you clean your gutters yourself, that is a ladder job we would rather not see on a steep roof, and this is the work our crew does instead. Gutter cleaning and maintenance go together here: ask for a cleaning and maintenance visit on the same day as your window cleaning, though the gutters always come first. For a homeowner who wants gutter maintenance on a fixed schedule, we can set the next date before the crew leaves, so you can get your gutters cleaned on time without thinking about it.
Our gutter services in Blackhawk start from the same quote for every home, whatever the street. Ready for Blackhawk gutter cleaning? Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we will book the first clean visit that suits you.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before anyone is on a ladder. Our cleaning services in Blackhawk are quoted that way for every home.
Most of our Blackhawk customers book late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and after the leaves. If you wait past that, we find the clogged downspout and the wet leaf mat already at the eave.
Same-day depends on the week, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date; most slots come up within the week.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves each run clean, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, every downspout is run with water and the outlet is checked so the water carries away from the house. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Under guards we find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the mesh, and we clean that surface so the water gets in.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Water left running over the edge can lead to structural damage at the fascia and the landscape below, so send us a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is.
Not for the work we quoted. If something changes the job, you hear it first and agree before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
