Our own crew cleans Manhattan Beach gutters. Each run is flushed and flow-tested, the mess is hauled off, and you get photos showing every run clean before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover there is, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Manhattan Beach customers book in the spring and fall, and we keep the calendar open for both.
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 quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services price per linear foot, which lands in a similar place. Checking water flow, flushing and haul-off are included in the number and never billed as extras.
On our jobs, a third story or a steep pitch that cannot be walked moves the quote, and so does a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far up. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down heavy, with years of buildup packed into the trough and the drainage holes. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Among Manhattan Beach homes we visit, the houses with the most work have been the ones with tree cover over the roof, where leaves and debris build up quickly, along with twig litter and needles, and the clogged downspouts need flushing from the top before the run looks clean. We have also seen structural damage and rot that started with a sag in a run nobody noticed for a season. The first visit tells you what your lot and landscape need, and the photo of the front of the house by text is usually enough for us to start the quote.
| 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.
Across California most of our customers book twice a year, once in mid to late June after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late November to December after the last leaves. In spring we find seeds and pollen paste packed into the elbows of a run that looks clean from the ground. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we see a rain gutter pulling loose before the rainy season is over. Heavy tree cover means every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the trough between visits. Few or no trees is enough for once a year in late November. Starting the year with clean gutters is simpler than starting with a low run.
Rainwater has to leave the roofline fast and carry water away from your home, and in heavy rainfall a blockage anywhere in the gutter system sends it over the edge instead. Our estimate for a house in Manhattan Beach CA comes after the first look at the gutters, not from a chart. Most of the time the clog is in the same two or three spots, and those cleanings are how we learn what schedule a house needs. Whether you run residential and commercial accounts, the logic is the same.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and you can clean your gutters on that schedule from then on. Regular gutter cleaning on the right interval is cheaper than the water damage it prevents, and debris removal is part of every visit. For most houses this is routine gutter maintenance, not an emergency, and it fits into one cleaning and maintenance plan with the rest of the house. Keeping the trough clean between visits is the part most homeowners skip. To lock in a spring or fall date, call (866) 435-6328.
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 covers Manhattan Beach from the nearest base. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house. We give the quote from your stories, your size and your tree cover, and we confirm a date when you call. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, we call before we come, and the job ends with clean gutters. The two busiest windows on our calendar are mid to late June and late November to December, so booking early in those months keeps your options open.
Manhattan Beach homeowners call about the same things: an overflow after the last storm, a run that dipped over the winter, a leak at a seam, or a run that backs up when it rains. We handle each one with the same gutter cleaning process: the run gets cleaned first, then we tell you what the photos show. This keeps the gutter services we provide straightforward, with no upsell on the ladder.
We work with homeowners across Manhattan Beach and the surrounding areas, serving residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the same crew handles every visit so you know who is on the ladder. Whether you are a homeowner or manage a building, we will keep your gutters and downspouts working and protect your home from water damage.
For this gutter cleaning service, the number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. Flushing and haul-off are already in the number.
Most of our customers here book in mid to late June and late November to December. If you wait past the leaf drop, we find a wet mat that is harder to clean and sometimes a run that has started to dip.
Most of our cleaning services in Manhattan Beach book up within the week. We confirm the date when you call, and we will tell you if a faster slot is open.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run, clean and checked, to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch the water run clean out the bottom. If a line drains underground and the water is not leaving, we tell you. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs, gutter guards keep the leaves out, but needles and seed casings from nearby trees settle on top and grit collects underneath. We lift the panels, clean underneath and reseat them.
If a clean gutter still spills in the rain, the problem is usually slope or outlet size, not debris. 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. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts and agreed to first, so the number you were quoted is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
