Our own crew cleans gutters and downspouts in Emeryville CA, flushing every run, testing the flow and hauling the debris away. You get photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the stories, the size of the house and the tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Emeryville customers book in spring and fall, and that is when we see the most clogged runs in a season. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We price Emeryville gutter cleaning by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, and that lands in a similar place for most houses. What moves the price on our jobs is a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the crew can reach the trough.
On a lot of Emeryville homes the trouble is the same: the gutter system has filled with leaves and debris, a clog at the elbow stops the water flow, and clogged downspouts send the water over the edge and down the wall. Where the trough has sagged, the water pools in the low spot, the seams leak, and the sag gets worse each season. We clean the trough by hand, flush the downspout with water, and watch until the water runs clear at the bottom. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the number from the start, never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, we tell you before work starts, not on the invoice.
Our crew has worked through heavy leaf and seed loads on Emeryville homes where the drainage had backed up against the foundation. In those cases the buildup had been there through a full season, and the crew found structural damage and early rot at the fascia from water that had been running behind the gutter. We photograph that and report it, and we do not sell the repair. Clean gutters move water away from your home; a clogged run does the opposite, and it is the reason we start with a quote on the phone.
Commercial properties and residential properties follow the same logic, priced per building and set by roofline size and the number of internal drains. Residential and commercial work both come down to the same question: how much water is coming off the roof, and where is it going.
| 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 Emeryville homeowners book two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows, which is the first place a clog forms. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that builds up over the rainy months, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag or pull loose by the next season. A gutter cleaning service that comes once a year misses the spring load, and the roofline takes the hit.
Under heavy tree cover and dense landscape planting, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months keeps up, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the outlets between visits. Near a busy road or active construction the grit load is heavier and the same interval applies. Lots with few or no trees can run once a year in late fall. Gutters with guards still need a clean on the surface. Keep your gutters on the schedule above, and we check them less often.
Every visit is gutter maintenance as much as a cleaning, and a rainwater check besides. We look at the blockage in each run, the water flow out of each downspout and the overall condition of the trough. If a gutter has a rain gutter problem that a cleaning cannot fix, we photograph it and say so. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Ask for an estimate by phone or text, and we will set the schedule from the answers.
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 offers gutter services across Emeryville and serves the surrounding areas from the nearest base, which keeps the drive short and the calendar honest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. You can text a photo of the front of the house with the quote request if that is easy, and the answers to three questions are usually enough to set a price: how many stories, roughly how big, and whether trees hang over the roof.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, one in late spring and one in late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit at once. Book early in those months and you get your gutters on the slot you want. Outside them, a date opens up sooner. We will tell you the lead time when you call, and we do not promise a date we cannot keep. To get on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328.
A homeowner who books with us gets a clean roofline, cleaning and maintenance notes on every run, and a written record of the condition of the gutters, which helps you protect your home from water damage through the wet months. Ask for a written estimate and we will put the scope, the schedule and the photos plan in writing before the first visit.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those answers. Once we have them, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall after the last leaves. To clean your gutters before the season turns, book then. If you wait past the first heavy rainfall, the runs are already packed and the wet mat is harder to clear. Under heavy trees, plan a visit every three to four months.
We offer cleaning services in Emeryville and confirm the lead time when you call, and most slots come up within the week. We do not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. The gutter cleaning process is outside only: our crew 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch the flow at the bottom, and that is included. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and we price it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, gutter guards keep the leaves out, but bark, leaf litter, seed pods, needles and grit still settle on top of the guard and under it. We clean the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, that is a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. 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 cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear it and agree to it before the crew starts. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
