Martinez homeowners get the same crew on every gutter cleaning visit. Our own crew gives each gutter a clean job: we flush every downspout until it runs clear at the bottom, haul the debris away, and send photos of every gutter run so you can see it came out clean. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your gutters to book a date. Most of our customers book in spring and fall.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for Martinez gutter cleaning depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutter. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the stories and the roofline are what actually drive the time on a ladder.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to reach safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run. A gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with leaves and debris, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. A clog at the elbow adds more, and a buildup of grit at the bottom of the run is slow work. A gutter run that sits flat holds water, and that adds time too. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris haul-off are part of every gutter system job, and the yard is left clean. If something changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice. Commercial properties are quoted the same way, gutter by gutter and building by building.
On our Martinez jobs, one house with a heavy tree canopy had its gutter packed through the whole rear run, with a leaf mat that had sat wet through a rainy season and clogged downspouts feeding the side yard. The crew cleared the mat, flushed each downspout until it ran clear at the bottom, and checked the drainage at each outlet so each downspout carries the water away from your home. Once a run is clean, we check the flow before we move on. That is the kind of thing that moves a quote, and we see it again and again on the houses here. Where a rain gutter is full of seed and grit, the water flow is slow and the structural damage risk goes up, so we photograph each run before and after.
| 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 two cleanings a year. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit falls in late November to December, after the last leaves. Martinez CA gets about 19.4 inches of rain a year, and January, February and December are its wettest months, so the fall visit clears the leaves before the heavy rainfall. When we open a gutter at the spring visit, we find seeds and pollen paste packed at the elbows. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs sag or pull loose by the next rainy season. A clog at the elbow backs the rainwater up the whole run, so a clean flow there is the first job.
Martinez homes under heavy tree cover are on a schedule of every three to four months, because needles, a twig or two, and grit pack each downspout between visits. Houses with few or no trees do fine with one gutter cleaning a year in late fall, when a clean run goes into winter. Where gutter guards are fitted, we still clear the surface and check the gutter less often, but the surface still needs its visit. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps each debris removal job small and each run clean, and a look at the roofline on every visit catches a blockage before it turns into a leak. Residential properties and residential and commercial gutter cleaning jobs follow the same tiers, and each gutter cleaning service visit starts with an estimate by phone or text. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
Clean your gutters before the rains, not after the first overflow. A gutter cleaned in the fall still fills with rain by winter, so the schedule is the point.
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 cover Martinez and the surrounding areas from our own crew, and the quote comes by phone or text from your stories, size and landscape, with a photo of the front of the house if it is easy to send. Most calendars fill in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so it is worth booking early. Every homeowner gets a call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our crew works outside on the gutters and downspouts and sends photos of every gutter run to your phone, so you can see it came out clean. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the gutter, and we will book a date.
If your house has been through a wet season, we check the roofline first for signs of rot, a leak or a blockage, because a clean gutter does not help if the water is still getting behind it. Keep your gutters clear and the water flow steady, and that helps protect your home from water damage through the rains. We also handle commercial properties and residential and commercial gutter services, scheduled per building, but for a house on a residential lot the gutter crew comes out the same way.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Our cleaning services in Martinez are quoted by phone or text, so text a photo to get your gutters priced before anyone books.
Across California the spring visit falls in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December, and our Martinez customers book both. If you wait past that, the gutter is already packed with seed and leaf load, and heavy rainfall can find the runs already sagging.
Most slots come up within the week across Martinez, and we confirm the date for each gutter job when you call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check it at the outlet, so the water runs away from your home. If a buried gutter drain line needs clearing, that is quoted separately, and nothing is done before you approve it.
Yes. On our jobs the guards keep out the leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top and mat down, so the gutter system still gets its surface cleared and kept clean. Guards cut the work, but they do not end cleaning and maintenance, and how often you need a visit depends on your landscape and tree cover.
A clean gutter that still spills in the rain has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, and that is what real gutter maintenance looks like.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear it before work starts and agree to it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
