Our crew cleans gutters for Irvine homeowners, and we flush every downspout and check that it runs clear before we leave. Leaves and grit are hauled off the property, not blown onto the lawn, and you get photos of every run. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Irvine customers book in the spring and fall, and the calendar fills up in those windows. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar, and the number comes from stories and size.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the gutter length is known.
On our jobs, a third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup, and clogged downspouts often need to be worked from both ends. A clean run on the front and a packed run on the back is common, and the price covers the whole house. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Weak water flow at the bottom of a run is often the first sign of a clog higher up, and a small leak at a seam is another. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most Irvine homes we clean show the same pattern. The front run looks fine, but the back run has a clog that has been pushing water over the edge in every rain. When we open a rain gutter like that we find sag from the weight of the wet material, and in some cases the fascia behind it is starting to rot. Clearing it early keeps a clog from turning into structural damage. We also clean commercial properties in the area, but for a home the crew does the same work: clear the leaves and grit, flow-test the outlets, leave the gutter clean, and carry the water away from your home. The number comes from the three things above, and nothing gets added at the top of the house.
| 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 in Irvine CA book twice a year, in the spring and the fall. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands in late November to December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in early summer we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. Later in the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and that is what starts a rainwater backup when the first heavy rainfall arrives.
Under heavy tree cover, needles, twig and grit pack the drains faster, so those customers are on a schedule of every three to four months. A roofline with few or no trees usually does fine with one visit a year in late fall. Even a clean gutter with gutter guards fitted needs a look once a year. Guards cut down how often the gutter itself fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded systems get fewer cleanings, not none. A blockage that goes unnoticed can cause an overflow at the first real storm, so keeping to the schedule matters more than hitting one date.
Your estimate comes by phone or text, and the tier depends on the trees over your roof and how the water is moving now. Most houses on our schedule book the same visit each year, so the calendar stays steady. For a homeowner who wants to clean your gutters on their own schedule, our gutter cleaning service can set the next date when the crew is booked. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. This is regular gutter cleaning, so the second visit is usually easier to schedule than the first.
Residential and commercial buildings both follow this pattern for cleaning and maintenance, though commercial sites tend to need a tighter schedule because more water hits the same gutters. For residential properties the rule is simple: keeping them clean twice a year covers most houses, and heavy cover moves you to every three to four months.
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.
We offer cleaning services in Irvine from our own crew, and the crew leaves a clean yard behind every job. The work covers the houses and buildings the crew can reach, along with the surrounding areas. Booking starts with a quote from your stories, your approximate size and whether trees sit over the roof. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us for it, and if it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house too. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring and late fall, when most homeowners think about gutters. Booking outside those windows usually gets a faster slot, and it is the easiest way to keep your gutters on schedule. The lead time is confirmed on the phone, and we will tell you the date we can actually reach.
Irvine gutter cleaning is one part of our gutter services. If the trees or the roofline on your property need a second visit, we say so up front and set it on the calendar, so you are not calling back in a month. Our homeowner clients tell the crew the most common issue is a clog they did not know about until the first storm, and this is the reason we tell every caller to protect your home from water damage before the rains start.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. Two stories is a standard house for us, and the quote is the number we charge, with no add-ons up top.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall. Across California the fall visit lands in late November to December, and a gutter left uncleaned through the rainy season is the one that sags, so keep the fall visit on the calendar.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call.
No. Our gutter cleaning process keeps the crew outside, and nobody comes inside. Photos of every run reach your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets in while the ladders are up, and the job runs clean from start to finish.
Yes. We flush every run and flow-test each one, and the gutters and downspouts get checked together. If a drain line runs underground, we check that water leaves at the outlet out in the landscape and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but small needles and grit get through and mat on top, and wet mat sends water over the edge. The surface still gets cleared, just less often, because guards are not a substitute for gutter maintenance.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. Otherwise the invoice comes out clean and matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
