Our crew cleans gutters in Clearlake, clearing every run, flow-testing each one and hauling the leaves away. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most customers book in the spring and fall, and we photograph every run before we leave so you can see the work and the clean runs for yourself.
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. 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 by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but we give every homeowner one number for the whole house. Our gutter cleaning process runs the same on every job, so the quote follows one order: stories, footage, then what the crew expects to find before the runs are clean.
What moves the quote on our jobs 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 leaves, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear the run. A clog at an elbow adds time, and so does a twig jammed in a bend or a small leak at a joint that has to be sealed. Once a run is clean, the crew checks the water flow at the outlet so you know it is leaving. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off of the debris are included and never billed as extras. Clean runs carry water away from your home, and a run left full through heavy rainfall can cause structural damage to the fascia, so we would rather you hear about it early. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, the biggest swing has been a two-story house with heavy tree cover where the gutters had not been cleaned in several years. The compacted leaf mat took far longer to clear than a yearly visit would have, and the crew found the elbows blocked, which is how a clog starts. Text us a photo of the front of your house and tell us roughly how many stories it is, and we can give you a quote that accounts for that. Homeowners with heavy tree cover often book a visit as part of their cleaning and maintenance, and shaded houses need more cleanings than most since needles and grit keep packing the runs. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set up cleaning services in Clearlake on a schedule that fits your trees, so you can get your gutters clean before the next heavy rainfall. Our gutter maintenance is built around your trees, not a calendar.
| 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 Clearlake customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall, usually November to early December, after the last leaves come down. In the spring the elbows pack with seeds and pollen paste, which is how clogged downspouts start. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time winter ends, with the fascia behind them starting to rot. A clean spring visit is the one that keeps the sag from starting.
Under heavy tree cover, or in a landscape with a lot of mature trees, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, a single visit in late fall clears the leaves and debris before they pack, and that is usually enough to keep water away from your home. A rain gutter with guards still needs the surface cleared, though less often than open gutters, and the outlets still need a flush. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and that is the load a clogged run cannot take. Clearlake gets about 29.9 inches of rain a year, mostly in December, January and February, so rainwater has the most to move in those months.
We can see the difference across the gutter system from the first visit. A clean run after the first visit is the baseline, and the photos show it. After that first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, and we keep the photos so the next visit starts from what we found before. Commercial properties book our gutter cleaning services on the same routine, with one schedule per lot and the photos kept on file, and that is the core of how we work across Clearlake.
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.
We clean gutters from our nearest base on residential properties, and our residential and commercial work runs to one crew standard. Our gutter cleaning service is the same on a rental duplex as on a single-family home, and the crew works the surrounding areas of the lot without extra fuss. Clearlake homes get booked the same way, from the first call to the last photo. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, from your stories, your square footage and whether trees overhang the roof, and a photo of the house front if that is easy to send. Once we have those, we give you a date window and call before we arrive, and the crew leaves the lot clean. Nobody needs to be home, and we work from the outside of the house. Bagged debris removal is included, so the bags leave with the truck.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows, slots open up more often, and if you want to clean your gutters before a storm, say so when you call. If you see buildup in the runs, a clog at the outlet, a sag or any drainage problem, mention it when you book so the crew checks the water flow on arrival. Regular gutter cleaning keeps each visit short, because the buildup never gets a chance to set. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will confirm the date.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you an estimate by phone or text before we book. The number we quote is the number on the invoice. Flushing and debris haul-off are already in it.
Most of our Clearlake customers book in the spring after the seed drop and again in the fall after the last leaves. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat can sag the runs before winter, and a clog at the elbow lets the water back up. Booking before the wet months keeps rainwater moving, which helps protect your home from water damage. Where freezes happen, that trapped water is what builds ice dams at the eave.
Same-day slots depend on the week, and most open up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, and we will tell you straight if we cannot come sooner. If you need to get your gutters done before the next rain, say so on the call.
No, you do not need to be home. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew also keeps an eye on the surrounding areas below the eave, so you hear about any trouble near the foundation. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, our crew will flush every downspout and flow-test it so we can see the water leave the bottom. Where a pipe runs underground, we check the outlet, and a blockage deeper in the line is quoted separately. Our gutter services include the flush, the flow test and the photos, so the flush and the photos are never an add-on.
Yes, guards keep out leaves but not the seeds, needles and grit that build on top of them. On our jobs we lift the panels, clear underneath, and reseat them, and the run is clean before the guards go back. That usually takes less time than an open gutter.
If a clean gutter still spills over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not debris. Send us a short video of the gutters and downspouts in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not, and that is how we keep your gutters on budget. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before the crew starts, and the invoice matches the quote. If the crew cannot reach a run safely, we tell you before the work begins, and the yard is left clean when they go.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
