Our own crew cleans gutters here, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves and grit 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 your invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the gutters have had the most leaves and grit dropped into them.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. Our cleaning in Highland is quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and every homeowner gets the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but the stories and the access decide most of the difference on a house like this. Ask about commercial properties when you call, since the quote for those is built differently.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, grit and buildup, and they are slow to clean. Clogged downspouts take more time than a light clog. Guards are part of the gutter system, so a guard we have to lift and reseat adds time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and the crew checks drainage at the outlet before leaving. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On most highland homes, the same problems come up: leaves and debris that sit in the trough through the wet months, a clogged elbow where the downspout starts, and water flow that slows until it backs up and finds the fascia behind the run, where structural damage begins. When a rain gutter sags, we clean it out, flush the run and put the sag in the photo set. A gutter that still overflows after cleaning usually has a slope problem, and we tell you that rather than selling a second cleaning. Clean gutters carry water away from the fascia, and that is what the number pays for. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house, and we will book a date.
| 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 customers book twice a year, in the spring and fall, so we can clean your gutters before heavy rainfall and after the leaves are down. Highland CA gets about 12.9 inches of precipitation a year, and its wettest months are January, February and March. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have pulled loose and sagged by the time the rain comes back. A clog at a seam can leak before it ever overflows, and the rainwater that sits in the trough has nowhere to go. Clean gutters carry water away from the roofline and the foundation, which is the whole job.
Regular gutter cleaning under heavy tree cover means a visit every three to four months, because the landscape drops needles and grit into the gutters and they pack the outlets between visits. A blockage at the elbow is the usual result of a missed visit. Gutter maintenance on a lot with few or no trees is usually once a year in late fall. Residential and commercial roofs follow the same logic, and residential properties under heavy tree cover need the visit most. Debris removal goes with every visit. Guards mean fewer visits, but the surface still needs a clean. Ask for an estimate on the phone and, after the first visit, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 service runs out to the surrounding areas, and we fill the calendar in the order requests come in. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover there is, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Highland gutter cleaning is done by hand, one run at a time. The crew cleans gutters and downspouts, and will flush every downspout before leaving. Regular cleanings keep your gutters clear between storms, and they help protect your home from water damage. A homeowner with gutter guards still needs a visit, because a twig or a clump of leaves at the elbow can cause a leak at the seam that is slow to show up.
Our gutter services are built around residential properties. Ask us about residential and commercial work when you call, and we will tell you whether commercial properties fit our schedule before you book. If a gutter needs a clean before a busy window, say so and we will tell you what is open.
Our cleaning services in Highland are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing those two things.
Our customers book in the spring and in the fall. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat, and gutters left past the end of the season sag when heavy rainfall comes back. Booking early helps you get your gutters on the calendar before the busy weeks.
Most slots across highland come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask for the lead time at the time of the quote.
No. Our gutter cleaning process happens outside only: the crew does not come inside, and it 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 clean the trough and flush every downspout, then flow-test it at the outlet so water runs away from your home. If a buried line is not draining, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the trough, but needles, seed casings and grit from the landscape sit on top of the guard and the water stops getting in. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance, but they do not end cleaning and maintenance, so the gutter system still needs clearing, though less often.
Send us a photo or a short video of the overflow in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, and water can rot the fascia behind it, so we tell you what it is rather than sell a second cleaning.
Only if the job changes, and in that case you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
