Our own crew cleans gutters in Mendota, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and 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 overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. 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.
Our gutter cleaning services are priced from stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, whether the runs are clean or packed. Whether you book a spring and fall schedule or a single visit, the quote comes from the same three things. For Mendota homes, ask about the last time the runs were cleared when you call, because it tells the crew what to expect. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted, but the total is what matters to you.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk adds time and equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits higher than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted buildup that takes longer to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. A regular schedule keeps each visit shorter, because a clean run has less to clear. If anything changes the job once we are on site, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our Mendota jobs, the calls we get most often come from a homeowner whose trough is already holding water, or from a house where buildup has started to pull a run out of level. A sag in a gutter line usually means a clog held water in one spot all season, and our crew finds it when we clear the runs and check the drainage and water flow at each outlet. If you are unsure which of those describes your house, text us a photo of the front of the house and the crew will tell you what we see. Our commercial work runs on the same method, so residential and commercial jobs get identical runs and downspout checks, and our residential properties are booked on one schedule with commercial ones for owners who manage both. Ask for a clear written breakdown when you call, or when you are ready to clean your gutters, and we will send it before any date is set.
Give us a call at (866) 435-6328 and we will walk the quote through with you.
| 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 Mendota CA book two visits a year. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit comes in late November to December, after the last leaves are down. Those are the two windows where we find the most blockage, and a regular schedule helps protect your home from water damage, because a clear rain gutter moves rainwater off the roofline before it can back up under the shingles.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and where freezes come, the first ice and the ice dams that form at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have opened runs by March that sagged under that weight. The clog is usually small when we start, and it is much larger by the time it is found, which is why we flush every downspout on each visit. Left alone, a sagging run that starts to leak can lead to rot at the fascia and structural damage. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a run that is already full has no room when heavy rainfall arrives.
Under heavy tree cover, or in surrounding areas where dust and grit blow in, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, a stray twig, grit and dust pack the downspouts between visits. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards change the job rather than ending it: they keep the larger leaves out, but the surface still needs a clean and the outlets still need checking, so they are on the less frequent schedule. Regular cleaning on that schedule keeps the gutters and downspouts open between visits. Keep your gutters on a schedule you can hold to, because a missed visit is usually the one that costs the most.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the runs.
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 run Mendota gutter cleaning from the nearest base, and our crews have worked the older blocks and the newer subdivisions alike. Booking starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, based on stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. Our cleanings are quoted from the same three things, so the number on the phone holds. Lead time changes with the season, and if you want to get your gutters on the calendar, we confirm the first open date when you call rather than promising one that may not hold.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: the spring visit, mid to late June across California, and the fall visit, late November to December. Booking early in either window is the simplest way to get the date you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. A clean gutter system takes less time on the ladder, so the same visit covers more runs.
If you are coming to us for the first time, the gutter cleaning process starts with the whole gutter system, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. That is the same cleaning and maintenance method we use on every job, whether it is a single-family house for Mendota homeowners or one of the mixed-use buildings that get our gutter services, and it is how we keep the gutter maintenance schedule honest from one visit to the next. Our guidance on how often to book comes from the runs we clear, so we will tell you what we see and what it means for your house.
Our cleaning services in Mendota are priced from stories and size, and we give you the number by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without knowing the house, so tell us the stories and the approximate square footage when you call.
Most of our customers book in late spring and late fall. Waiting past the fall visit lets leaves and debris, seeds and ice sit in the runs, and that is when we find sagging gutters on houses that skipped it.
Same-day depends on our schedule that week, and we confirm the first open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the quieter months.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. If there is landscape work or planters under the runs, move them before the crew arrives.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and checked for flow at the outlet, since clogged downspouts are one of the first things that make water back up in the trough, and if water is not leaving we tell you. Keeping water away from your home is why we check where it goes. Clearing an underground drain line is a separate job, and it is quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of guards and settling underneath, so the surface is kept clean and the outlets are checked even on guarded systems.
If a clean rain gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we stop and tell you before any work continues, and you agree to it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
