Our own crew provides gutter cleaning service for homes in and around Chino, with every outlet flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and hauled away, the ground left clean, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over it, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. On our jobs across California, most customers book a visit in spring and fall, and we call before we come.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. Chino homes differ on all three, so we quote it over the phone or by text, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for most homes. We price residential and commercial jobs the same way, from the house in front of us.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs more equipment, so the quote rises. A walk-out basement or sloped landscape raises the effective height of the gutter line, and that changes the setup. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaves and sediment, which is slower work than a gutter cleaned every year. A run that has held that weight for a long time can sag, and we say so. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing the outlets, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice. A clean run is quicker to check, but we still check the whole run.
When we open a gutter that has sat for a long time, the run is often full of leaves and debris, and water barely moves through the drainage path. A clog like that can back water over the edge and leave the fascia wet for months. Clogged downspouts do the same thing from the other end, and a rain gutter that cannot carry water away from the house is working against you. Our crew clears the run and then flushes each outlet until water flow comes out clean at the bottom. Homes like these see the same pattern, and it is why we check every line rather than only the section you can see from the driveway.
Our gutter work covers residential properties and commercial properties, and the gutters on both behave the same way. Where buildup is heavy we tell you what we found and what is left to watch. Fixing structural damage is not part of this service; if we see it we photograph it and report it to you so you can decide what to do.
To get your number, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. Tell us the stories, roughly how big the house is, and whether trees hang over the roof. We will give you the price on the spot and send the written estimate to your phone.
| 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 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 the fall visit runs late November into December. Spring and fall are the two windows when most homeowners think about the roofline and the trough, and the right number of times to clean your gutters depends on the lot.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the pipe elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, a wet mat sitting in the trough and the first grit settling into the drainage path before the rainy months. That mat becomes a blockage the first storm pushes against, and a clog at the roofline shows up fast. Starting the rainy months with a clean trough is the simplest way to keep water moving. Chino CA gets about 10 inches of rain a year, and most of it falls in January, February and December. Rainwater sitting in a gutter has nowhere to go, and when heavy rainfall arrives it runs over the edge and soaks the eave. Homes that skip the fall visit tend to show a sag in the run by early spring, and that is usually a gutter that held too much weight for too long.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road or construction, the same schedule holds because dust and grit collect faster. Homes with few or no trees in the landscape are fine with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards still need attention, but less often, and we still clear the surface buildup on top of them, so the run stays clean. For most houses the answer is twice a year, and it changes once we have seen the lot. The goal is simple: keep your gutters moving water away from your home.
Our crew works through the calendar on a schedule, so the date you book is the date we arrive. Spring and fall are the busy windows, so call early if you want a particular week. If you call for an estimate, we give you the window on the phone. Residential and commercial jobs follow the same calendar, and residential properties get the same photos and the same debris removal. Between visits, regular gutter cleaning and basic cleaning and maintenance keep the system working, and once we have been out, we tell you exactly which schedule your lot 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 covers the area from the nearest base, so most jobs are a short drive away. We have worked on homes across Chino and the surrounding areas, from older one-story ranches to larger two-story houses with long gutter runs. Chino gutter cleaning starts with a quote by phone or text, using your stories, the size of the house and whether trees overhang the gutters. If you want gutter services that start with a real number, one call or one text gets the quote started. A photo of the front of the house helps us see the gutter line before we arrive, and it is easy to send from your phone. Every homeowner gets the same written estimate, whether it is a first booking or a repeat one.
Lead time depends on the season. Spring and fall are our two busy windows, when most homeowners and commercial customers book at the same time. If you want to get your gutters cleaned before the rain, call outside those months and you will usually find an open slot sooner. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the cleaning, so you can keep your day as it is. Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts on the house, not only the front run. Keeping the run clean from one visit to the next is the point, and we do the same check every time.
Our gutter cleaning service also covers homes that have had water damage, and the cleaning is often the first step in finding out where the water got in. Water damage on a house usually shows up in the gutters first, so the visit helps protect your home from water damage going further. We will not tell you a leak is fine if it is not, and we will not sell you a repair we are not set up to do. What we can do is clean the run, flush every downspout and show you what we found. Between cleanings, a twig or a clump of needles can settle in a run even with gutter guards, so the visit is worth keeping on the calendar. The point is simple: keep your gutters clear, and water stays off the fascia.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range here because each house is different. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall after the leaves are down, which is good gutter maintenance for a home here. Once heavy rainfall starts, a leaf mat left in the trough can hold water through January and February, the wettest months here, and cause a sag by spring. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule and clean your gutters before the rain.
Most slots come up within the week across Chino, and we confirm the date when you call. Spring and fall fill quickly, so the earlier you call, the more options you have.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Every homeowner gets the same photos whether they are home or not. Leave the side gate unlocked so we can get your gutters done, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush the outlets and check that water flow comes out at the bottom. That is part of our gutter cleaning process from start to finish. If a drop pipe runs into an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you what we see. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we quote it before we touch it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seeds and grit still sit on top, and a wet mat can hold water against the fascia until it starts to rot. If your landscape drops a lot of debris, the guards need a look too. We clear the surface debris and check the flow through the whole gutter system, and we tell you how often your guarded system needs a visit. Regular cleaning and maintenance keeps the guards seated and the flow moving.
If the gutter is clean and still overflows in the rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size rather than a gutter that needs more cleaning. Water that spills over the edge instead of heading away from your home points to the setup, not the leaves. Send us a photo or a 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, and the invoice stays clean and matches the quote. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
