Our own crew cleans gutters here, every run flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and photos of each run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been booked here most in spring and fall, which is when most of our Dixon customers call us.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
Most people who call to clean gutters ask about price first. The price depends on stories, square footage and what is 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 sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but the length alone does not tell you how long the job takes.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes more time on the boom or scissor lift and more care at the edge. A walk-out basement puts the back run far above grade, so that side needs more set-up. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and that takes longer to clean out and haul away. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on every run. We flush every downspout and run a flow test, and debris removal is included and never billed as an extra. Anything that changes the job, from the condition of the gutters and downspouts to anything growing on the fascia, is raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs we have seen a clog that started at the elbow of a run and backed water behind the fascia, which is a drainage problem before it is a cleaning problem. Our gutter cleaning process starts there: we clean the clog out, flush the run, and then check whether water is leaving at the outlet. Most Dixon homes come down to the same few things: leaves and debris in the trough, and sag where the hangers have loosened. Residential properties and commercial properties follow the same method, and residential and commercial jobs are priced the same way, except that commercial buildings are quoted per building. If you clean your gutters on a schedule, the job stays predictable, which is what regular gutter cleaning and gutter maintenance are for.
| 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 twice a year, in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down, so the gutters are clean before the rain starts. In spring the elbows of the pipes are packed with seed casings and pollen paste, and a blockage there sends rainwater over the edge. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged along the roofline or pulled loose by winter. Keep your gutters on that schedule and you protect your home from water damage, which is the whole point of the visit.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the house, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the gutters and outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the eave line clear. Guards reduce how often you need us, but a clog can still form on the surface and cut the water flow, so the surface still has to be clean when we leave. After the first visit we tell you which of those your lot actually needs, and the estimate for the next visit comes from what we found in the last one.
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 run Dixon gutter cleaning from one base that covers the surrounding areas, and our calendar is busiest in the two windows of the year when homeowners want their gutters clear before the rains and after the leaves. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for it.
If your home has had leak or overflow trouble, tell us when you call so the crew can look at the run closest to the problem first. We clean gutter guards along with the rest of the gutter system, and we are glad to report what we find under them. Regular visits keep the cleanings short, and a heavy rainfall is the easiest way to find out whether the system is moving water the way it should. A twig or a clog in the elbow shows up fast in a storm, and we clean it out on the same visit. Our cleaning and maintenance visit covers the whole run, so you can get your gutters back in working order in one trip.
The number for our gutter services comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with a steep pitch and one with a low pitch take very different amounts of time to clean.
Our customers across Dixon usually book in spring and fall, and the windows we see most are late spring and late fall. Leave the runs past those windows and we tend to find more packed leaf mat and more sag, which takes longer to clear than a seasonal buildup. Book before the first heavy rainfall if you can, so the gutters are clean when it starts.
Lead time for cleaning services in Dixon depends on the season, so call (866) 435-6328 and we confirm the date. We will tell you the earliest open slot rather than promise a day before we have checked the calendar.
No. Our crew works outside, away from your home's interior, and does not come inside. The crew leaves the yard clean and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run is flushed, and clogged downspouts get worked from the top until water runs clear. We check that the outlet carries water away from the foundation. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, so we quote it before anyone touches it, and it is never added to the invoice without your agreement.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seeds and grit from the landscape still settle on top and reduce flow. On our jobs we find a mat of grit and seed under the guard that water cannot get through, and if that mat stays wet, the fascia behind it can rot. The surface is left clean as part of the visit.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. If a rain gutter is clean and still overflows, the cause is usually slope, capacity or pipe size, not what is in the trough, and we tell you that plainly rather than selling a second cleaning. A run that has pulled away from the fascia can be structural damage, and we say so when we see it.
It should not. Every homeowner gets the same rule: if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, not after. Residential customers are the same as commercial ones on this point: the number we quote is the number we charge, and the commercial lease decides who pays for work on the building.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
