Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, waste hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will quote your house from a few quick answers or a photo of the front by text.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Companies that price per linear foot land in a similar place once the stories and the walk are counted, though we price the whole job rather than the foot. East Niles homes are priced the same way, and our gutter cleaning service is priced once for the whole job. Commercial properties get gutter cleaning services priced after a look at the roofline.
On our jobs, a few things move the price. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder and more care at the edge. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with leaves and debris that has compacted into a solid mass, and that takes longer than a light clean. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. A rain gutter left full for a season can turn into structural damage at the fascia, which costs far more than a cleaning. Downspout flushing, water flow checks at the outlet and haul-off of all waste are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen on our local work. On one house in the older part of town, the front gutter was clean but the back run was packed with leaves and the downspout elbow had a blockage of grit, so the job took a second pass to flush every downspout until the water ran clear at the bottom. That is the kind of find that changes a quote, and it is why we flush every downspout instead of checking only what is visible from the ground, since clogged downspouts hide behind a clean-looking front run. Water away from your home is the point of the whole visit, and we measure drainage at the outlet, not by eye.
| 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 East Niles customers book twice a year. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and our fall visits run from December to early January, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in June we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and that is what starts a clog in the downspout. Landscape clippings, like mulch, blossoms and the odd twig from the beds, wash into the trough with the first heavy rain. The wettest months here are January, February and March, and heavy rainfall in those months finds any gutter that was not cleared in December. On houses that skipped the December visit, we see runs that sag and pull loose by winter.
Under heavy tree cover, we see houses clog faster, so those customers are on every three to four months. Needles and grit pack the elbows between visits, and a rain gutter that backs up and spills rainwater over the roofline is a sign the next visit came too late. With few or no trees, a once-a-year clean in late fall is usually enough. Guards slow the buildup, but they do not end it, so guarded gutters still get the surface cleared on the same schedule. Debris removal is part of every visit, so nothing is left on the lawn or the deck. Residential properties in East Niles follow the same tiers. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. If you want a written estimate for regular gutter cleaning on a set schedule, ask us when you call.
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 East Niles gutter cleaning crew covers every neighborhood from the nearest base and works across East Niles, and we keep a list of streets where we have cleaned most often. Our crew provides cleaning services in East Niles and serves surrounding areas on the same terms. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a quote from your stories, your size and your tree cover. The lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm the date when we talk to you. Our calendar fills in the busy spring and fall windows, so booking early keeps the slot you want.
Homeowners get the same photos and the same invoice whether they are home or not. We call before we come, and a homeowner does not need to be home for the visit. A clean gutter helps protect your home from water damage, and a small leak at a seam is usually the first sign of a bigger problem, so our gutter cleaning process treats the whole gutter system as one job rather than a quick scoop of the trough. Every one of our cleanings covers gutters and downspouts, plus gutter guards when you have them, and our gutter services follow that same plan. If you have a commercial building or a second property nearby, we handle it on its own schedule, since we serve residential and commercial buildings alike. We aim to keep your gutters working through every storm, and we are happy to flush every downspout on the first visit so you know where the water is going.
In East Niles CA the number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text. Tell us those three things and we give you the price we will charge.
Across California, spring visits land in mid to late June, after the seed drop. Fall visits run from December to early January, once the last leaves are down, and that window is the one to clean your gutters before the winter rain. Wait past these windows and we tend to find sagging runs and fascia rot by late winter.
Lead time depends on the calendar that week, so we confirm a date when you call, and booking early helps you get your gutters done before the busy windows fill. Most slots come up within the week during those windows.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, 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, we flush every downspout and check that the water runs clear at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, which we price before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of them and turn into a paste that stops water from getting in. Gutter maintenance on a guarded system is lighter, but the surface still needs clearing on a schedule, so cleaning and maintenance stay on the calendar.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in the rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what we found and agree on the change before work continues.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
