Our own crew handles gutters in Cudahy and leaves them clean, with every outlet flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest on this side of town. Every homeowner gets the same crew and the same photos on every run.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Pricing on Cudahy homes depends on how many stories the house has, how large it is 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place once the length is worked out, but the height and the state of the gutter matter more than the footage on most houses.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped landscape raises the effective height of the eaves, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, with the clog and the buildup needing hand work before the job can start. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and the gutters are not clean until the downspouts run. Outlet flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
The clog and the drainage problem usually show up together. Water backs up when a rain gutter is full, and the sag that follows is what we see on the houses that waited. Leaves and debris in the lower runs are the most common cause of the overflow we are called to fix, and a gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, which we say plainly instead of selling a second visit. A gutter system on an older home often has clogged downspouts at the elbows, and flushing them every visit is what keeps water away from your home.
The rest of the price comes from what we find once the crew is up. On some jobs the water flow is fine and the gutter needs only a clean. On others we find structural damage to the fascia behind a run that has been full too long, sometimes with a leak at the seam, and we photograph it and put it in the report, because the repair is not something we do. Gutter cleaning services for commercial properties in the area get the same treatment, billed per building, and the number on the phone still holds.
To get a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and whether trees hang over the house. We will give you the number on the call and send the written estimate when you ask for it.
| 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 in Cudahy CA book in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the drain pipes. In fall it is the leaf load, a mat that goes wet and holds water against the rainwater path. Those are the two visits that keep a gutter draining the way it should, so if you only clean your gutters once a year, make it the fall one.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles, twigs and grit pack the drain pipes between visits and the blockage builds faster than the seasons alone would suggest. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit does the same thing. On a lot with few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning usually means one visit in late fall, and that is enough to get the gutters through the winter. Gutter guards need less frequent work, but the surface still gets debris removal and a clean, because a wet mat of grit sitting on top of a guard stops the water getting in at all.
On the houses we work on, the fall visit is the one customers tend to put off, and it is the one that prevents the most damage. Water that sits behind a clog finds the fascia, the soffit and the roofline, and by spring we see runs that have pulled loose from the wall. A house that skipped the fall visit is the one where the rot shows up first. We would rather see you in late November than after the winter rains have already settled in.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the year goes in writing. Residential and commercial jobs both start with the same walk of the property. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will look at the house with you on the phone and set the gutter cleaning service schedule from what we find up top.
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 Cudahy gutter cleaning runs out of the nearest base, and the crew works neighborhoods across Cudahy CA on a regular route. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring after pollen season and the fall before the heavy rainfall, so if you want a particular week it helps to call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior job.
To get your gutters on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house. We will ask for the stories, the rough size and whether trees hang over the house, then give you a number and a date. Lead time changes with the season, and we say what it is when you call instead of guessing.
We clean residential properties and commercial buildings in the area, and we keep a service history on each property so the homeowner starts each visit from what we found last time. The work covers the gutters and downspouts, the eaves, gutter guards where fitted, and a check for the signs of trouble behind the fascia. We flush every downspout and pull out any twig or leaf litter, and anything else we find, including a leak, is photographed and reported to you. Our goal is to protect your home from water damage before it starts, and to keep your gutters draining so the surrounding areas around the foundation stay dry.
If your building has been on a schedule with us before, we can pick up your cleanings and gutter services where we left off. If it has not, the first visit is the one where we learn the lot and leave the gutters clean, and that is when we give you the recommendation that sets the cleaning and maintenance plan for the rest of the year.
Our service starts from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those three things, because a two-story house with a steep back roof on a sloped landscape can cost more than one with a flat top. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most homeowners book in late spring and in late fall, after the seeds and the last leaves are down. Good gutter maintenance is booked before the runs fill, not after. If you wait through a run of heavy rainfall on a house with trees, the runs can sag before we get there. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which month fits your lot for the first clean.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service because the crew runs a set route and the boom or scissor lift has to be placed for each house.
No, you do not need to be home. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside: the crew works from ladders and a lift, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and each outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every outlet is flushed and flow-tested so we can see the water leave at the bottom. Where a line runs underground we check that water is coming out 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, a gutter system with guards still collects leaves on top of the guard and grit underneath it. We clear the surface, flush the downspouts and reseat the panels. Guarded systems usually run on a longer interval than open ones, but they still need periodic clearing.
If a gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in rain, it has a slope or capacity problem rather than a clog problem. Water that keeps spilling past the edge is what starts rot in the fascia, so 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 visit for a slope problem.
It should not. The price you were quoted is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about 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.
