Our own crew cleans gutters in El Dorado Hills. Every downspout gets flushed and flow-tested, the debris is hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave.
The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we have cleaned gutters on houses across California for years.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The gutter cleaning process starts with the phone call. The price depends on how many stories the house has, its 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.
Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, though that method rarely matches what the crew actually finds on the roof when it is up to clean the gutters.
On our jobs, the factors that move the quote are a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the effective height of the roofline, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted grit, and gutter guards we have to lift and reseat. Downspout flushing, water flow checks and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
A homeowner whose gutters had gone unopened for years needed the leak traced before we could finish the clean, and that is the kind of find that changes a quote. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text and we can tell you what to expect before the crew comes out.
Gutters left unattended collect twig and grit that compact over time, so a clean that looks simple from the driveway can take longer once the crew is up the ladder. Heavy rainfall in the wet months only makes the buildup worse, and that is part of why we ask about tree cover on the phone.
Our crew offers cleaning services in El Dorado Hills and handles the cleaning and maintenance work on every job, and we stand behind the number we give you. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters quoted, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate.
| 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.
On El Dorado Hills homes, most customers book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in late fall after the last leaves come down.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is leaves and debris, and the wet leaf mat that builds up before the rainy season. Across California the storm pattern puts most of the year's rain into a handful of wet days, and a gutter that is full or has a clog going into those days cannot carry the rainwater away, so it overflows.
Houses under heavy tree cover in a mature landscape are on a three to four month schedule, because needles and grit leave clogged downspouts between visits. Houses with few or no trees are fine on regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall. Guarded gutters need less frequent visits, but each one still ends with a clean of the surface.
A gutter system that stays clean on schedule ages more slowly, and a rain gutter that stays clear is less likely to rot the fascia behind it, which keeps your home from water damage. When a run starts to sag or pulls away from the house, that is structural damage we report to you, not something we attempt to fix.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, which is how to keep your gutters working, and from there we keep the water away from your home.
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 covers El Dorado Hills CA from the nearest base and works across El Dorado Hills and the surrounding areas, booking homes on a schedule we confirm when you call. The phone call is how most people start, and we ask for stories, the size of the house, whether trees sit over the house, and when you want to clean your gutters.
Lead time depends on how full the calendar is that week. Most of our busy weeks come in the two windows of the year when homeowners want the gutters cleared, spring and fall, so book early if you want a particular day.
We call before we come and nobody needs to be home. A photo of the house front sent by text lets us quote our gutter services accurately without a site visit.
Our gutter cleaning services run on the same calendar for residential properties and commercial properties, and we handle both. Every visit includes debris removal, and the haul-off leaves with the truck. Gutter maintenance for El Dorado Hills homeowners is the bulk of what we do here, so if your house has a backlog, call us and we will get you on the schedule.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we quote it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 with those details and we will give you a number on the spot.
Our El Dorado Hills fall visit runs December to early January, which lines up with the wettest months of the year, January, February and December. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June. If you wait past the first hard rain, a full gutter is harder to clear, and a clog or blockage at the downspout can overflow onto the foundation, so book before that happens to protect your home.
Most slots come up within the week, and our gutter cleaning service confirms the exact date when you call. Ask about the first open day and we will tell you when we can clean your gutters.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and does the clean with nobody home, then sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we clean gutters and downspouts, and we flush every downspout and watch the water until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground drainage line we check that water is leaving at the outlet, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a paste that stops the water. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clogging problem. Send us a photo or short video taken in the rain and we will tell you what it is.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
