Our own crew cleans gutters in Merced CA, flushes every outlet and flow-tests it, everything hauled away from your home, and 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 your invoice.
Most Merced homeowners book in the spring and fall, and we keep those slots filled with the same crew each visit. Every homeowner gets photos on the phone, and each visit ends with a clean gutter line. To get a number, call (866) 435-6328.
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. 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 by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a steep pitch to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement puts the back run far up the wall, and a landscape bed piled against the foundation hides the outlet. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaf mat and the odd twig, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote and never billed as extras. We flow test every run once it is clean, so you know the water is moving. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Gutter cleaning services in Merced homes usually come down to the same handful of issues: a clog at the elbow, a sag in a rain gutter that has held water for a season, buildup that has slowed the water flow to a trickle, and slow drainage at the outlet. We see the same on residential properties and commercial properties, and the work is the same on both. Our regular gutter cleaning schedule is set once we see the lot, and most customers book it to keep their gutters clean between visits, with debris removal included each time. We are glad to give you a written estimate before the crew comes out, so you know the number going in.
| 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 Merced customers book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the last leaves come down. On our jobs, a spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows, and often a clog that started at the back run. Most visits leave the run clean and the water moving. A fall visit finds the wet leaf mat, and the rainwater that has nowhere to go once that mat sets.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, our customers come back every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, once a year, in late November to December, is enough to clean your gutters. Houses near a busy road or construction often land on the shorter schedule too, because dust settles in the troughs faster than on a quiet lot.
When we open a gutter here in the spring, we usually find the roofline blockage has already started at the back run. Left a full season, that blockage turns into water pouring over the front edge in every heavy rainfall, and a leak at the fascia is where the expensive part starts, with rot in the fascia board and structural damage to the frame and the soffit behind it. The job of a gutter is to carry water away from the house, and a full run stops doing that. Most of our customers call us to protect your home from water damage before the rainy season, and we are happy to keep your gutters and downspouts on a schedule that matches your lot. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and that is the schedule we keep for gutter services going forward.
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 done gutter cleanings across Merced on a regular schedule, and the crew covers Merced and surrounding areas from the nearest base. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text at (866) 435-6328, which we build from stories, size and tree cover. A photo of the house front helps us see the gutter run before we arrive, though it is not required.
Lead times depend on the season. Merced gutter cleaning books up fastest in late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills, so calling early in those months gets you a better date. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The run is left clean, and the photos come to your phone before the truck leaves.
Gutter guards do not replace the cleaning, and a gutter system with guards still needs the surface cleared once or twice a year. Our crew can speak to any gutter maintenance question on the phone, and we are glad to walk you through the gutter cleaning process before we book. Get your gutters on the schedule that suits the lot, and we will handle the rest of the cleaning and maintenance from there.
The number comes from stories and square footage, so we quote it by phone or text from those. Tell us the stories, the approximate size and whether big trees hang over the roof, and you will have a number before the crew is scheduled.
Most of our customers book in late spring and in late fall. If you wait past the fall visit, we see sagging runs and ice-damaged runs by late winter on houses that skipped it, so the timing matters more than the month.
Same-day depends on our calendar at the time you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call so there is no guessing.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets indoors while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run to your phone before we leave.
Yes. We flush every downspout, clear the clogged downspouts that will not run, and check that water is leaving at the outlet until it runs clean at the bottom. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, so we quote it separately and nothing gets touched without your approval.
Yes. Guards stop leaves and debris, but needles, seed casings and grit settle on top of them and wash through the mat, so we still clear the surface and check the flow underneath.
A gutter system that is clean and still overflows has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is, without selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it before work starts and agree to it then, not on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
