Our own crew cleans gutters in Los Banos, flushing every downspout, testing the flow, hauling the material away, and sending 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. We have run this work across California for years, and most of our customers book in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf fall are at their peak. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote today.
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 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 quote is the number we charge. Other companies that price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but the per-foot math hides the things that actually move the job.
On our jobs, 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, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted muck, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear about it before the crew starts to clean, never on the invoice.
Most Los Banos homes we work on are single-family houses with a clog problem that builds up over a season, not a rot problem that has been ignored for a decade. When a gutter has a sag or pulls loose from the fascia, the first sign is usually water running behind the rain gutter instead of out of it, and that is a drainage failure we can see from the ground. The usual cause is clogged downspouts: leaves and debris pressed into the elbows, and once it backs up, the water flow stops and water away from your home disappears. We clean the runs, flush every downspout and check where the water is actually going, so the house is protected from structural damage at the foundation and the sill.
Two-story houses under heavy tree cover cost more to clean than a single story, because the second story adds time and the buildup at the downspout outlets adds material to haul away. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
| 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 Los Banos book twice a year. Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and here the fall visit lands in December to early January, once the last leaves are down. When we clean out a gutter here in spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf mat, and on the houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged or pulled loose by the time the rain came back. Those are the clog, blockage and drainage problems that show up as stains on the roofline, a leak at the seam, and standing water in the trough.
Los Banos gets about 9.5 inches of rain a year, with January, February and December the wettest months. Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or a construction site, our customers are on every three to four months, because the needles, grit and dust pack the downspouts between visits, and one twig wedged in an elbow can turn a single heavy rainfall into a clogged downspout. A house with few or no trees in the landscape usually does fine on one visit a year in late fall. Gutter guards mean less often, but the surface still has to be cleared, because the leaf mat sits on top of the guard and rainwater runs right over it.
We keep the calendar simple. Our Los Banos gutter cleaning service runs on one schedule for residential and commercial properties where the building type allows it, and residential properties under heavy tree cover get the tighter plan. The plan is regular gutter cleaning, and most customers pick two cleanings a year, booked with a phone call a few days ahead. Our crews clean the whole gutter system on every visit and treat each run as a separate estimate, so if the first visit shows a heavier load than the schedule assumed, we say so. After that first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters and 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 homes and buildings across Los Banos CA and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and our crews work the whole city rather than a few streets. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we quote from the number of stories, the square footage and how much tree cover is over the roof. A homeowner who sends a photo of the front of the house by text gets a faster quote, though it is not required. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the work, so the visit does not depend on your schedule.
The calendar fills in two busy windows each year, once in late spring and again in late fall, when homeowners who got a few seasons of buildup decide to act at the same time. Booking outside those windows is usually easier, and lead time depends on the week, so we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in Los Banos follow one gutter cleaning process on every visit: we clean the gutters and downspouts, flush every downspout and check the drainage, which is how we protect your home from water damage. You can keep your gutters working between visits by sending us a photo whenever the trough looks full, and get your gutters back on schedule with one call. We report anything else we see on the roof without selling it to you, and our gutter services stay the same whether you book in spring or fall.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. The quote is the price, a clean number with no add-ons after the crew is on the roof.
Regular gutter maintenance across Los Banos follows two windows, late spring and late fall, after the seed and pollen drop and after the leaves are down. If you skip the fall visit, freezing weather can turn trapped water into ice dams at the eave, and that is the damage we find on houses that skipped the fall visit.
Most of the time we can get a crew out within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Visits for cleaning and maintenance are booked the same way, and if a same-day visit is possible in your case we tell you on the phone.
Yes. The crew will clean the gutters, flush every downspout, flow test it, and check where the water drains, including underground lines. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before we touch it.
If your gutters have guards, they still need cleaning. Leaves and grit sit on top of the guard, and that surface is where the water stops running into the gutter, so we clean it off and check the flow.
If the gutters still overflow after we leave, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A gutter that is clean and still overflowing usually has a slope or capacity problem, and we tell you what it is rather than selling a second cleaning.
No, the price does not change once the crew is on the roof. If something does change the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
