Our own crew cleans gutters in Folsom, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Folsom customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the slots for them each year. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a slot.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Folsom gutter cleaning depends on stories, 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, but on a real house the height and the access matter more than the length.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run twenty-four feet up, and gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with compacted leaves and grit. Gutter guards that we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Gutters and downspouts get the full job, left clean with good water flow at every outlet; downspout flushing, drainage checks and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Folsom jobs, the houses with the most leaves and debris are the ones near the older tree-lined streets, where the gutter fills faster than it drains. We see a clog every time a twig or a wad of leaves wedges into a downspout, and a sag where the rain gutter has been holding water for a season. Those are the jobs where the quote goes up a little, and we tell you why before we climb. Clogged downspouts that have sat for a while can also take longer to flush, and we say so at the estimate. We have seen the fascia rot and structural damage start behind a run that held water for a season, which is why we would rather clean early than repair late. Folsom homes that we clean regularly come out with less buildup each visit, and the quote on the next visit is usually lower for that reason. Our crew asks where the water goes once the downspout is clear, so the job ends with the water flowing away from your home, not pooling beside it.
| 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 Folsom customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across California, our spring visits run mid to late June and fall visits run late November to December. In spring we find seeds packed in the elbows and pollen paste over the rain gutter; in the fall it is a wet leaf mat along the roofline that blocks the gutter outlet and holds water against the house. Left alone through a rainy season, that blockage turns into a clog, then an overflow, then a leak at the fascia. Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the rule on our jobs, because needles and grit pack the downspout between visits. Few or no trees, one clean each year in late fall is enough.
Our crew checks the gutter estimate on every visit, and the calendar tells you when to clean your gutters for your house. The rainwater off a Folsom house runs fast in a storm, and a gutter that held water through heavy rainfall will sag by the next. That is the point of the calendar: the clean out comes before the rain, not after. Keep the schedule and your gutters carry the water away from the foundation, not down the wall. A regular gutter cleaning on the same dates each year is cheaper over time than one emergency visit after an overflow, and cleanings on that schedule keep the bill predictable. When our crew comes out, we also write down the condition of each run so the next visit starts from facts, not guesses.
Residential properties and commercial properties both follow the same schedule logic, but the commercial buildings we see are flatter and their drains clog faster, so they run on a tighter calendar. For a house on a regular schedule, cleaning and maintenance is simple: spring and fall, with a third visit only when the trees say so. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Our residential and commercial calendars use the same tiers.
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.
Folsom gutter cleaning runs across Folsom from the nearest base, so a call to book does not wait on a route plan. To book, tell us the stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the front of the house by text if it is easy. We quote from that, and you can confirm a date when you call. Most Folsom homeowners get a slot within a week in the busy seasons, and the spring and fall windows fill first, so the earlier you call the better.
Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work. The crew stays outside and sends you photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Our busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit at once, and that is when the calendar fills. If you want the slot, keep your gutters clean all year without waiting in line: book the spring or fall visit the moment the quote is in hand, and get your gutters done before the rain.
We cover the gutter services a homeowner actually needs, and our gutter cleaning services include the downspout flush, the flow test, the debris removal, and the photo report. Gutter and window cleaning is one visit, and we clean the exterior glass only after the gutters are clear, so the glass stays clean. Keep your gutter system in working order and you protect your home from water damage at the fascia, the wall, the foundation and the landscape below it. We also serve the surrounding areas on the same schedule, so a neighbor on the same street can book on the same day.
Our cleaning services in Folsom are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you that number by phone or text before anything is booked. Call (866) 435-6328 for it.
Most of our customers book the spring and fall visits. Across California, spring visits run mid to late June and fall visits run late November to December. In spring we find seeds and pollen in the elbows, and in the fall we find the wet leaf mat. Waiting past the rainy season is how a clog turns into an overflow.
Most slots come up within the week in the busy seasons, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day unless we have an open crew that morning.
No. Our crew works outside, leaves the yard clean, and does not come inside. Photos of every run go to your phone. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that the water leaves at the outlet. Clearing a buried underground line is a separate job and is quoted before we touch it.
Yes. A guard on the gutter system keeps out the leaves, but the needles, seed casings and grit still build up on top and reach the downspouts. Guards do not end gutter maintenance, so we still clean the surface off and check the flow.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. A gutter that is clean and still overflowing usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, and we will say so rather than sell you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
