Our own crew cleans gutters in Danville, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave. Debris gets hauled off the property, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls away.
The price comes from stories, roof size and tree cover. The number we give on the phone is the number on your invoice, with nothing added after the ladders come down.
Across California, most of our customers book twice a year, in spring and fall, and the schedule is set after our first visit.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Danville homes depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it by phone or text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the house is what decides it, not the length of the run.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk means more time on a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, and a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted debris that takes longer to clean out, and guards we have to lift and reseat add their own minutes. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Here is what a typical Danville visit looks like from our side. We start by checking drainage at every downspout and whether water is leaving it cleanly. A gutter with a sag or one that runs behind the fascia gets photographed and reported, and we tell you what we see. The clog is usually at the elbow, where leaves and grit collect. Clearing that buildup and confirming water flow is the core of the job, and the goal is a clean outflow at every downspout, which is why we flush every one rather than only the run you can see from the driveway.
Residential and commercial work is priced differently, since commercial properties are quoted per building and on a schedule. For a homeowner, the quote is one number for one house. We keep residential properties and commercial jobs on separate schedules so each gets the attention it needs.
Regular gutter cleaning costs far less than the repairs it prevents, so clean your gutters on a set schedule to keep the repair bill small and help protect your home from water damage. Our crew can tell you during the first visit whether your lot needs the spring and fall schedule or something more frequent. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house for a quote this week.
| 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 Danville customers book twice a year, in mid to late June after the spring seed and pollen drop finishes, and again in late November to December after the last leaves have come down. In June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. By late fall the wet leaf mat is the usual clog, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs pulling loose once the winter rain sets in.
Across California, rainwater arrives in a handful of heavy storms, so a blockage that starts small becomes a leak, then an overflow, in one wet week, and that overflow can cause structural damage. A clean gutter before the storm season gives water a clear path off the roof, and that keeps water away from your home. Our crew checks each downspout for a clean outflow, so the water leaves the roofline and not the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a schedule of cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. Homes with few or no trees usually do well with one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards, when they are on the house, still need the surface cleared, though less often than an open system, which is how you keep your gutters flowing between visits.
For the first visit in Danville CA, we inspect the whole gutter system, check that it runs clean, and tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Ask for a written estimate on the phone at (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date in your calendar.
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 Danville and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, cleaning gutters and downspouts on lots from small flat roofs to multi-story homes with tall eaves. The first step is a quote by phone or text, based on stories, roof size and tree cover. A clean photo of the house front helps us plan access, and it takes a minute to send.
Lead time for Danville gutter cleaning depends on the season. The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop bring most homeowners to book at once. Outside those windows, slots open up faster. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for a visit.
Danville homeowners who book with us are usually looking for one provider for gutter services and gutter maintenance, and our crew handles the full cleaning and maintenance visit from the first photo to the last downspout. If you have been putting off a clean and your rain gutter is already overflowing, call us and we will tell you what the visit involves. Text a photo of the roofline, with any twig or leaf pile stuck at a downspout circled, and we will reply with a time window. Get your gutters back on schedule before the next heavy rainfall, and let the crew handle the rest of the gutter cleaning process with you.
The number comes from stories and size. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it from those details.
Our customers here book in mid to late June and again in late November to December. If you wait past the leaf drop, a wet leaf mat can clog the system before the first heavy rain. Book ahead of the leaf drop so the gutters are clean when the rain starts.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day depends on the calendar that week. A clean photo of the house front speeds up the quote.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Clear the driveway so the crew can set ladder stand-offs and keep the siding clean.
We flush every downspout and check that water leaves the outlet and runs away from the foundation and the landscape. Clogged downspouts get worked from the top when a flush will not move them. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. Needles and seed casings sit on top of the guard, and roof grit and the leaves and debris that get through settle underneath. We clear the surface, check that water is still getting in, and leave the gutters clean.
A clean gutter that still spills water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and water left running down the fascia onto the landscape is how rot starts. 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.
Not unless something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts. 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.
