Our own crew cleans gutters in Granite Bay, flushing every downspout, flow-testing each run, hauling the debris away and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size 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 Granite Bay customers book in the spring and fall, and we are glad to quote you whenever it suits you.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for a home in granite bay ca depends on how many stories it has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you a firm estimate over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter maintenance by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once you do the math, but we would rather you know the whole figure before we arrive to clean.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is what raises the quote most, because it takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted muck and leaves that take real time to clear. Gutter guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add a step to every run, and that goes into the cleaning and maintenance figure before you hear it. A clog that is already backing water up, say a twig jammed in a downspout elbow, is a blockage, and clearing it stretches the clean, and in heavy rainfall it is the run that overflows first. Downspout flushing, a water flow check and debris haul-off are included, with the waste bagged and carried away from your home, and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised with you before work starts, never on the invoice. A leak at a seam is photographed and reported, not sold on the spot, and any drainage problem below the outlet is quoted before a crew touches it.
Every homeowner gets the same number up front, built from stories, tree cover and any guards, with nothing added later. Most Granite Bay homeowners who call us have seen water pour over the edge in a storm and want it handled before the next one. A long back run packed to the brim is priced the same way as any other run, on stories and tree cover. If you are not sure what your home needs, text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see from there, or call (866) 435-6328. Once you are comfortable with the number, we get the crew on the schedule and get your gutters cleaned before the next storm.
| 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 Granite Bay customers book twice a year, once after the spring seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves are down in the fall. When we open a gutter here in late spring we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall it is the leaf load, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next spring. Plan the fall visit for December to early January, once the leaves and needles have come down, and a clean run at that point gives the winter rain nothing to back up behind. Booking twice a year is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear, and rainwater leaves the roof faster when the trough is empty.
Under heavy tree cover, we see clogged downspouts before the gutter trough fills, because needles and grit wash down and pack the bends between visits. Those customers are on a schedule of every three to four months to keep the trough clean, and a trough that stays wet is how fascia starts to rot. Homes with few or no trees do well with one visit a year in late fall, and houses with guards still need the surface cleared, just less often than an open rain gutter. The wet mat of leaves and debris that builds up before the rainy season is the thing to watch across Granite Bay. We flush every downspout, which moves water away from the foundation, and that is how we protect your home from water damage.
After the first visit we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what we found in your gutter system and not on a generic rule. A lot under heavy tree cover and a busy landscape gets the tighter schedule, and a home with a clean run and a clear roofline may only need the fall visit. Our gutter cleaning services are planned around the lot, so a rain gutter that is holding up does not get more cleanings than it needs, and a run that is already sagging gets flagged before it turns into structural damage.
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 Granite Bay homes and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the cleaning services in granite bay reach the whole city. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy. If you are ready to clean your gutters, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date, and we will tell you the first date we can hold. Lead time depends on the week. The two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you are weighing a regular gutter cleaning plan against a one-time visit, tell us what you are seeing on the roofline, and a clog, sag or buildup you can spot from the driveway tells us a lot. Residential and commercial work in Granite Bay gets the same care, so residential properties and commercial properties are cleaned to one standard. Once the crew finishes, the gutters and downspouts are checked as one system, every run is clean, and our gutter services include the flush, the debris removal and the photos. We will say which plan fits once we have seen the gutters ourselves.
The number comes from stories and size, so we give it to you by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text once we know those two things. Tell us whether there are trees over the roof and we will include that too. A homeowner gets the number before anyone climbs a ladder, and it is the number on the invoice.
Our customers here book in late spring and late fall, and the fall visit lands in December to early January, once the wet leaf mat has built up ahead of the rain. Waiting past the first hard freeze can mean sagging runs by the wet months of January and February, and a clog at that point sends rainwater over the edge. To keep your gutters working through the season, book the fall visit and the spring one.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call (866) 435-6328 for our cleaning services in Granite Bay.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout, clean and clear, to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the stand-offs keep each ladder off the gutter lip to protect your home from damage to the siding.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving the outlet, since the gutters and downspouts work as one system. Haul-off is included in the price. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it, so any drainage problem gets a number before it gets a crew.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep the leaves out but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard, and once that mat is wet the water runs off the front edge. We lift the panels, clean underneath, flush the downspouts and reseat them, so the rain gutter drains the way it should.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning. We take the same approach in the surrounding areas, so a home that still spills gets a diagnosis, not a second visit.
It should not. Anything that changes the job is raised with you before work starts, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. A clean, clear run is how you protect your home from water damage.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
