Our own crew leaves every trough clean, flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and how much tree cover is over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book a spring and fall visit. Call (866) 435-6328 and we set the dates with you.
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. Maywood homeowners get a price for our gutter cleaning services by phone or text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place, though we do not price that way.
On our jobs, a few things move the number. A third story or a pitch too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. Runs that have not had a clean in years are packed with compacted buildup, which is slower to remove. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time, and skipped gutter maintenance pushes time onto the next visit. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across California, the houses we see with heavy buildup are usually the ones where a clog has been sitting in a downspout through a full season, so the crew checks water flow and drainage at the bottom of every run and leaves each one clean before the truck leaves. On Maywood homes with tall eaves, the back runs take the most time, and that is where the price gets set. We price residential properties by the method above, and commercial properties get a separate estimate. Leaves and debris left in a rain gutter for a long season can sag the run, which is a structural damage problem as much as a cleaning one. Clogged downspouts are the most common reason a gutter stops moving water away from the wall, and clearing them is part of the number we quote.
Every property varies, and the crew measures each one on arrival before any work begins.
| 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 homeowners book spring and fall visits, once after seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves, to keep the gutters clean through the wet months. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs late November to December. The calendar on our end is set by how much your lot drops, not by a rule, and the time to clean your gutters is before the wet months start.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and it is the wet leaf mat on the roof that keeps the water from draining. Maywood gets about 14.2 inches of rain a year, most of it in January, February and December, and a gutter opened after a wet winter has had rainwater running over the top of the mess for weeks. A clog that sits through heavy rainfall turns into a blockage that backs water into the roofline.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles, twig pieces and grit pack the runs between visits. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule keeps the trough clean. On a lot with few or no trees, a once a year late fall visit is enough for most houses. Gutter guards mean less frequent cleaning and maintenance, but the surface still needs clearing, and keeping the trough clean is part of every visit. Every estimate we write includes the tier we think your lot needs.
Residential and commercial buildings both follow this schedule, and debris removal is part of every gutter cleaning service visit. Residential properties with big trees often run on the tighter tier. The maywood ca crew keeps a record of each visit so the next one is planned from what we found last time, not from a template. After the first visit we tell you 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.
Our cleaning services reach the surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking starts with a phone or text call covering stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we give you the date when you call. Two busy windows fill the calendar: the weeks after the spring seed drop and the weeks after the last leaves come down in the fall, so book early if you want those dates. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. Our crew works outside, leaves the site clean, and does not come inside. For a homeowner who has seen water come over the edge or find a leak after a storm, the fastest path to a clean trough is a single call and a date set the same week.
Clearing the gutters helps protect your home from water damage before the next rain, because the job keeps drainage moving and water away from your home. Our Maywood gutter cleaning crew covers gutters and downspouts from top to bottom, and the gutter services we provide include a full flow check, and we flush every downspout before the crew leaves. To keep your gutters working between cleanings, call us when you see water running over the edge, and we will tell you what the crew found.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not publish a range on the page because every house is different. Once we have those two things, the number we give you is the number we charge.
Across Maywood, most customers book in late spring and late fall. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs late November to December. If the gutters wait past the fall leaf drop, the wet leaf mat is what we find, and after heavy rainfall it holds water against the fascia and can start rot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We do not promise same-day service on the phone. If you want to get your gutters done before a storm, say so when you call and we will look at the calendar first.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and follows the same gutter cleaning process on every house. Photos of every run go to your phone before the truck leaves, and the yard is left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked, move cars off the landscape near the ladders, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every run in the gutter system and flow-test it at the bottom. Where a run feeds an underground line, we check that water moves away from your home at the outlet and tell you if it does not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves, but they do not stop needles, seeds and grit from building up on top of the guard. On our jobs we lift the panels, clear underneath, and leave the trough clean before we reseat them. Guards cut down on cleaning and maintenance, but they do not remove the need for gutter maintenance.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is a slope or capacity issue, not a blockage. 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.
Only if the crew finds something that changes the job, and you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
