Our own crew does a clean job on gutters in Modesto, flushes every drain pipe and flow-tests it, hauls the debris away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, spring visits land in mid to late June. Most of our customers book the fall visit for December to early January, once spring and fall have finished dropping what they drop.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting in the gutters, whether that is leaves and debris, grit or a clog. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge, with no surprises on a clean invoice. Some companies price by the linear foot, and that gets to a similar place, but it hides the things that actually change the job on a house.
On Modesto homes we clean, a third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the gutter, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with a buildup of wet leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Cleaning, flushing, flow testing and haul-away are all included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is what we have seen drive a quote on a recent job. A two-story house under a lot of mature cover had a blockage at the second-story run and a sag in the back rain gutter that had been pulling away from the fascia for a season. The cleaning itself was the easy part. The crew cleared the runs and the clogged downspouts, flushed each one until the water ran clear at the outlet, and checked the water flow and drainage so water away from the foundation was not backing up. Left alone, that sag would have started to cause structural damage to the fascia. Nothing on that house was quoted as a surprise, because the phone call covered the stories and the tree cover first.
If your house has tall sections, heavy cover, or a gutter that has been left alone for a long time, tell us when you call and we will say what it will take. A gutter that has gone untouched can start to sag at the seams, and that is easier to fix before the next storm. Text a photo of the front of the house and we can usually tell you the rest from there.
| 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 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. Regular gutter cleaning on that schedule is what keeps the trough clean. In the spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the bends of the pipes, which is where a clog starts, and a pollen paste sitting in the trough with grit washed in under the roofline. In the fall it is the leaf load, and in cold months rainwater that cannot drain freezes at the eave, which is where ice dams start. Each visit includes debris removal. On houses that skipped the fall visit we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by the next winter, because the trapped water froze and kept the weight on the hangers.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because needles and grit pack the pipes between visits faster than a twice-a-year cleaning can keep up. That is how you keep your gutters moving under big trees. A house with few or no trees usually does fine once a year in late fall, unless a storm brings heavy rainfall that washes more debris into the trough. Guarded gutters need less frequent work, but gutter maintenance does not stop at the guards, so the surface still needs a clean, and guards do not take a house off the calendar.
We have worked both ends of that range. One customer with no trees on the lot books once a year, and the fall visit finds a wet leaf mat and little else, so the trough is clean again after one pass. Another, under big trees on the lot, is on the three to four month schedule, because every visit finds needles and grit in the pipe bends. Which tier your lot actually needs is something we can confirm after the first visit, when we have seen what your gutters collect. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the gutters and we will tell you which schedule fits.
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 Modesto gutter cleaning crew covers every part of town from the nearest base, so a slot is not tied to one neighborhood. Gutters and downspouts get a full clean, we flush every downspout on the way out, and a twig stuck at the outlet is cleared on the spot. If you have gutter guards, tell us on the call, because they change the work.
Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with an estimate by phone or text: call (866) 435-6328 or send a text. We ask for the stories, the approximate square footage and whether big trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. If you already see a leak at a joint or a sag, say so on the call. Each of our cleanings starts with that same call, and keeping water off the fascia is how you protect your home from water damage. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, when our calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. If you want a specific date, tell us when you call and we will check the calendar. For a homeowner who wants the job handled from one call, the gutter cleaning process is simple: quote, date, visit, photos, invoice that matches the quote. We handle residential and commercial gutter services, and most of our work is on residential properties, but the same crew takes commercial properties when the job is the same kind of work. Our crew is also glad to clean gutters for neighbors in surrounding areas, so if you know someone who needs the same work, we can plan the route.
Homeowners get the number from stories and size, by phone or text, and we do not guess from the street. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether big trees hang over the house, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers book in late spring after the seed drop, and again in late fall after the leaves are down, so you clean your gutters before the trough fills. If the fall visit gets skipped, we find runs that sagged by the next winter. Houses with a dense landscape of trees usually need a visit every three to four months, since needles and grit build up faster than that.
Most slots come up within the week across Modesto, and we confirm a date when you call (866) 435-6328. Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so ask us when you book and we will tell you how to get your gutters on the schedule.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, and sends photos of every run and every pipe to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, our cleaning services in Modesto flush the pipes and check that the water is leaving at the outlet, which is how you keep your gutters draining. Where a pipe feeds an underground line, we tell you if water is not getting through. Clearing a buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone starts.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the gutter system, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn to paste. On our jobs we lift the panels, clear underneath and check that water is actually getting in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or pipe size, not what is sitting in the trough. Standing water left alone can rot the fascia, so the water still needs a route away from your home. Send us a photo or short video 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 you agree to it first. The number on the phone covers the cleaning and maintenance we quoted, and it is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
