Our crew cleans gutters in Lakewood, and we flow-test each run before we leave. We haul the leaves off and send you photos of each run once we are done. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Lakewood customers book in the spring and fall, when seed drop and leaf fall have left the gutters full and the outlets need clearing.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on stories, square footage and what is in the gutters. We quote our cleaning services in Lakewood over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Our gutter services are priced that way every time. Companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place, but on a house this size the stories and the access matter more than the footage.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a pitch 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, so the back run is further up than it looks from the driveway. A gutter system nobody has opened in years comes out with a buildup of compacted leaf mat, which takes more time to clean out by hand. A sag in the run holds water and takes longer to clear, so it adds time. Guards we have to lift, clean under and reseat add to the visit. Clogged downspouts are flushed as part of the job, and clearing the gutters, checking the water flow and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our crew has cleaned Lakewood homes where the gutter was packed with leaves and debris from a single tree over the front of the house. The clog had pulled the elbow loose and water was running behind the fascia. We cleared the run, flushed the outlet and reseated the elbow, and the photos showed the water flowing clean to the splash block. The job was quoted from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and it cost what we said on the phone.
If you are not sure what your gutters need, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how big it is. We will tell you what we see from the photo and give you a number. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the eaves and ask for a written estimate.
| 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.
On our Lakewood CA jobs, most customers book twice a year: in spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in fall, after the last leaves are down. Across California, the spring visit window is mid to late June, and the fall one is late November to December. When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows, with pollen paste on top. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and it is the first thing to clog the drainage before the rainy season. The right time to clean your gutters is before the first heavy rainfall, because a blockage leaves a rain gutter full and the rainwater has nowhere to go.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so one storm can fill a gutter that was clear a week earlier. Under heavy tree cover, in a landscape thick with needles, seed and twig, every three to four months is the right schedule, because clogs build up between visits and a single season builds more than the gutter can carry. With few or no trees over the house, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Keeping up with regular gutter cleaning and maintenance keeps the water moving, and gutter maintenance on a guarded roof follows its own schedule. Gutters with guards get cleaned less often, but the surface still needs to be cleared, because wet debris that sits on top of a guard stops the water from getting in at all. A gutter that cannot carry water away from your home can leak at the seams, rot the fascia and lead to structural damage, so a clean run helps protect your home from water damage.
Our crew has a Lakewood customer with no trees over the house, on a once-a-year late fall schedule, and a second customer on a three-to-four-month schedule under mature trees. Both are on the same street, and the difference in what we found at their visits is the reason for the two schedules. Sticking to the right tier is what keeps the run clean between seasons, 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.
We clean gutters across Lakewood and the surrounding areas, and the crew covers the whole city from our nearest base. Lakewood gutter cleaning is easy to book: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, tell us the stories and roughly how big the house is, and send a photo of the front if that is easy. If you want to get your gutters done before the next storm, say so when you book. We will give you a quote from those details and book a visit date. Lead times change with the season, so we confirm the date when you call rather than promising it in advance. Our gutter cleaning service is built for residential properties, and residential and commercial jobs are quoted by phone, with commercial properties getting a separate estimate.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: late spring, when the seed drop is heaviest, and late fall, after the leaves are down. If you are booking in one of those windows, call early. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so the day is set around your schedule, not ours. Once the crew is up top, we flush every downspout and check that the gutters and downspouts drain before the ladder comes down. A Lakewood homeowner who books the spring and fall cleanings comes back because we keep your gutters clear between visits. Homes with gutter guards get the same treatment: the crew lifts them, clears under them and reseats them, and the quote says so up front.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo and we will quote it before anyone climbs a ladder to get your gutters clean.
Most of our Lakewood customers book in late spring and late fall. If you wait past the leaf fall, the wet leaves are heavy and take longer to clear, and a clog at the downspout backs the drainage up at the first heavy rainfall.
We confirm the date when you call, because slots change with the season. Most of the time we can come out within the week.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and 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. Our gutter cleaning process is to flush every downspout and flow-test it, and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, on our jobs a guarded gutter system still collects needles, seed casings and roof grit, and that mat on top stops the water from getting in. The job is shorter than an open gutter, but it is still part of routine cleaning and maintenance, and the surface still needs to be cleared.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem, and a leak at a seam or a sag in the run can do the same thing. Send us a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
