Our own crew cleans gutters here, flushes every downspout, flow-tests the run, hauls the waste away and sends photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and the tree cover over the house, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers here book in the spring and fall, and we can give you a firm date once we know your house. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your price.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how big it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We price our gutter cleaning services 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 per foot of run, but on our jobs the stories and the access matter more than the footage.
On our jobs the things that move the price are a third story or a pitch too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far above the ground, a rain gutter nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted buildup, with a run that has started to sag, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. Flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On North Auburn homes with heavy tree cover, the gutter fills with seed casings and leaf mat fast, and the first visit often turns up clogged downspouts that have been slowing the water flow for a season. On one of our jobs the house had two stories, a steep front pitch and a heavy canopy over the back run; the gutter was packed with leaves and debris and the drop pipe was clogged halfway down, so the crew had to flush it from the top and clear the elbow before the drainage came back. Those are the things that set the number, and each is in the estimate before we climb.
Commercial properties and residential properties get the same method, and the number is set the same way, by what the building has and what the crew finds. Structural damage from a gutter that has been overflowing for years is a separate question, and we photograph it and report it rather than selling a repair. The point of cleaning and maintenance is to get the water away from your home and the foundation, and that is what the price covers.
| 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 twice a year, in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and in the fall after the last leaves come down. In spring we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows at the outlet. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on the houses that skipped that visit we see runs that have sagged, pulled loose, or let the fascia rot by March. Here the first freeze is what makes a missed fall visit expensive, because the trapped water turns into ice at the eave.
Under heavy tree cover, we see the gutter fill between visits, and our customers under big trees are on a schedule of every three to four months, since the needles and grit pack the drop pipes before the next visit. A house with few or no trees is fine once a year in late fall, but a heavy rainfall will still show you a clog the next morning. A gutter guard does not end the job; the surface still needs a clean, though less often. Near a busy road or a construction site the grit gets into the run faster, so those houses also go on the shorter schedule.
Gutter cleaning service for a house in North Auburn CA usually comes down to these tiers, and after the first visit we tell you which one your lot actually needs. Ask us for the service that fits your gutter system and roofline, and we will mark the next visit on the calendar before we leave. Regular gutter cleaning is the simplest way to avoid a clog that would otherwise send water over the edge, and it keeps the rainwater moving where it should.
When we open a gutter in late spring or in late fall, the question is always the same: is the water moving freely from the eave to the outlet, or is it sitting in a mat of leaves? Our crew answers that before anything else, and debris removal is part of the same visit. Residential and commercial buildings both follow this pattern. Clean your gutters on this schedule and the gutter maintenance stays predictable, with a clear picture of the house every time.
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 works around North Auburn and the surrounding areas, and we have cleaned the older and newer blocks alike for homeowners here. To book, you tell us the stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the house front by text if that is easy. We give you a quote by phone or text, and you can then pick a date. On our calendar the two busiest windows are late spring and late fall, so the earlier you book the better your chance of the slot you want.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works from outside on the gutters and downspouts, and the gate just needs to be open. The lead time depends on the week, and we tell you the first open date when you call rather than promising a day we cannot keep. A North Auburn gutter cleaning slot booked before the rains gives a homeowner a clean read on the house, and the earlier you book the better your chance of it.
Our cleaning services in North Auburn cover the gutter services that keep water off the house, including the cleanings that stop a blockage from becoming water damage, and we keep the whole job in one visit where we can. If you want to protect your home from water damage this season, book the visit now and we will flush every downspout and send you the photos. Our crew also covers the gutters on a commercial site on the same route when that suits the owner. Once you get your gutters clear of twig and leaf debris, keep your gutters clean with regular visits, and you avoid the costly surprise of a leak that started behind the fascia.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. The number is set per house, because two houses with two stories can still differ on the pitch and the tree cover. Call (866) 435-6328 for the quote, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the first freeze, the trapped water can become an ice dam at the eave. We can hold a date for you once we know the house, and we book across North Auburn on the same terms.
We tell you the first open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date once we have your stories and tree cover in hand.
No. The gutter cleaning process runs entirely outside, and the crew does not come inside. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we send photos of every run and drop pipe to your phone before the truck leaves.
Yes, we flush every drop pipe and check that the water is leaving at the outlet. If a drop pipe drains into an underground line, we tell you whether it is flowing, and clearing a buried line is a separate job that we price before we touch it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs the leaves sit on top of the gutter guards, and needles and grit pack the run underneath, so we lift the guards, clean the run and flush it.
If the gutter is clean and still spills water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually the slope, the drop pipe size or how the landscape drains, rather than leaves. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The price is built from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and if we find something that changes the job we raise it with you and agree on it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
