Our own crew provides cleaning services in Lomita CA, leaves every run clean, flushes each outlet and flow-tests it, bags what it pulls out, and takes 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. Across California, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep those slots filling early.
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 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. A homeowner who asks for cleaning services in Lomita CA gets the same three questions, and every answer goes into the price. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the stories and the buildup are what actually set the crew's time on a job.
On our jobs, a few things move the price. A third story or a pitch that cannot be walked safely takes longer to reach. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat, and they take the longest to clean by hand. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on the ladder. Flushing, flow testing and haul-away are part of every gutter service we price, and none of them is billed as an extra. A clean gutter carries water away from your home, and that is what the price pays for. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
When tree cover is heavy over the roof, the gutter can fill with wet leaf mat right up to the elbow. A run that has been left to clog for a long stretch can need several passes with the hose before the water runs clear and the run is clean. That kind of buildup is what we check for on the phone, and it is why we ask about your trees. To get your gutters priced, text us a photo of the roofline and the crew will tell you what we see. The next step is simple: call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, or ask for a written estimate, and we will tell you exactly how the number is built. Gutter maintenance for a home is the same kind of job whether you book once or on a regular schedule, and it is easier to keep your gutters on a set calendar.
| 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 here book a visit twice a year: across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop finishes, and the fall visit in late November to December, after the last leaves come down. In spring, the elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig. In fall, it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that sag and fascia boards starting to rot before the rainy months arrive. Across California the heavy rainfall tends to arrive in a handful of storms, so a gutter that is clogged going into those storms overflows fast.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the roof, our customers keep to regular cleanings every three to four months, because needles and grit clog the drains between visits. Where there are few or no trees, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Near a busy road, a construction site or a dusty landscape, the grit alone can justify a shorter gap. The gutter system is simple to maintain once it is on a schedule, and a clean rain gutter moves rainwater away from the house through every storm.
Here is how one visit runs on a typical Lomita house with a clear roof. We open the gutters, clean out the leaves and debris, flush every downspout, and check that the water is leaving at the outlet with no blockage left in the run. If we find a hanger pulled loose or a leak at a seam, we photograph it and put it in the report rather than selling a repair. Our crew checks the clogged downspouts and the joints for structural damage that could let water away from the wall. Catching that early helps protect your home from water damage. After the first clean we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can set the calendar from there.
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 works across Lomita and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we keep a list of the neighborhoods where we have already done the work. The quote comes by phone or text from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time is posted on the booking page, and the busy windows are the spring and fall stretches when the calendar fills fastest. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Visits for cleaning and maintenance are booked the same way for Lomita homeowners.
Our Lomita homes cleaning runs on the same process whether the house is a single-story or a steep two-story, and our gutter cleaning service handles the residential and commercial properties we take on with the same crew. Both residential properties and commercial properties get the same crew and the same checklist. The gutter cleaning process ends with photos of each run, so you can see whether the gutter is clean at each step. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar, or ask for a written estimate to compare against what you already have. If you would rather clean your gutters on a schedule, we can set that up, and the debris removal is in the quote every time.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range here because the same two-story house can run quite differently depending on how packed the gutters are. The price you get is the number on the invoice.
Most of our Lomita customers book in late spring and late fall, after the seed drop and again after the leaves fall, so the gutters start the rainy months clean. If the gutters wait past the fall, we often find runs that have started to sag before the rainy months arrive. Across California, that timing protects the house before the heavy storms.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call. If we can fit you sooner, we will tell you on the phone.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. On every job we flush the gutters and downspouts and check the drainage at the outlet. If a line drains underground and needs clearing beyond the outlet, that is priced separately before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still collect leaves and grit on top of the guard and can still clog. On our jobs we clean the surface, check the water flow under the guard, and reseat the panels, and that is priced as a guarded system.
If a gutter is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain, it usually has a slope or outlet-size problem rather than a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The price is built from stories, size and buildup, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you and agree on it before work starts, never on the invoice. That goes for every one of our gutter services.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
