Our own crew cleans gutters, flushes every drainpipe, flow-tests the run, hauls the leaves away and sends photos of every run before we leave. 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 customers book in spring and fall, and we have been clearing those runs across California for years.
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. Every homeowner gets quoted over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per run, but the total on your house is what matters.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that raises the roofline, a rain gutter nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaves and the odd twig, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Drainpipe flushing, a water flow test for drainage, and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs the heaviest buildup usually shows up in the back runs, where leaves and grit sit against a gutter clog for months, forming a blockage that backs water up. Where the drainpipes feed an underground line, we check the outlet and tell you what we see, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately before anyone touches it. A gutter that has gone a long time without a clean is the one that tends to sag, leak and throw rainwater over the edge, which is the case we see most often on the older Lynwood homes in the area.
For a phone quote, tell us the stories, the rough square footage and whether big trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you the number before anyone is on a ladder. The quote covers the gutters and downspouts on the whole house, front to back, and every run is left clean. Most homes need a regular gutter cleaning schedule, and we set that up at the first visit.
| 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 two cleanings a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across California the spring visit window runs mid to late June and the fall window late November to December. When we open a gutter at the spring visit we find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the drainpipe elbows. In the fall it is a wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged, pulled loose or started to leak by winter.
Under heavy tree cover or a dense landscape, gutter maintenance every three to four months keeps the whole gutter system clear, because needles and grit pack the drainpipes between visits. Houses with few or no trees do fine with one visit a year in late fall, as long as we flush every downspout and no storm leaves a clog behind. Gutters with guards need less frequent cleaning, but the surface still has to be kept clean, because a wet mat sitting on the guard sends water over the front edge, and that water is what leads to structural damage over time.
When we clean a home near a busy road or a construction site, clogged downspouts fill faster and we schedule the visits closer together. Water that stays in the gutter behind the roofline does the most damage when the rainy season starts, so the timing of the visit matters as much as the frequency. Lynwood ca sees most of its heavy rainfall in the winter months, and rainwater that finds a clear drainage path in fall is far less likely to back up. Keep your gutters clear before that season starts to protect your home from water damage.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we note it on the photo report so you have it on file.
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 has worked across Lynwood and the surrounding areas on houses with every kind of roof and tree line, and we cover the city as a whole from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from the stories, the size and the tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. The Lynwood gutter cleaning process starts with that call, and we will tell you plainly how far out the next open slot is.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so if you want a particular week, call (866) 435-6328 early and get your gutters on the calendar in that window. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Debris is bagged and carried away from your home before the crew leaves, and the gutters are left clean. Booking a date is the last step in our gutter services, and a small booking fee may hold the slot on a busy week; you hear about it before you pay anything.
We do residential and commercial work in the same city, and the process is the same from the first call to the photo report. If you manage commercial properties with several runs, tell us how many and we will quote the whole job. Ask for a written estimate if you want one before the crew is booked, and ask about our cleaning and maintenance plan if you want the visits on a regular schedule.
Homeowners ask this first. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give you one price by phone or text. That price is what you pay when the job is done.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, and the time to clean your gutters is before the first heavy rain. If you wait past that rain, the leaf mat and the seeds are already packed into the drainpipes, and that is when we start to see runs pull loose, leak and rot at the fascia. The two visits a year work for most houses.
Same-day depends on our schedule that week. When you call we tell you the next open slot for cleaning services in Lynwood, and we confirm the date with you before we come out.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and drainpipe to your phone before the truck leaves, and the yard is left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run clean out the bottom. Where a drainpipe feeds an underground line, we check that the water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is quoted separately, and that is included in the price only when we can see the outlet from the surface.
Yes. Gutter guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and fine grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat. On our jobs we lift the panels, clear underneath and flush the drainpipes, and we price a guarded system on that basis, which keeps the water away from the fascia. Guards are not something we install.
A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or drainpipe-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
No, unless we find something that changes the job, such as a roof too steep to walk. If that happens you hear it before work starts and you agree to it, and the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
