Our own crew cleans gutters in North Tustin, flushing every downspout, testing the flow and hauling the debris away, with 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 the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book spring and fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have finished.
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, and every homeowner gets the same three questions before a number is named. We quote North Tustin homes over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that sell gutter cleaning services by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on most houses the stories and roof access do more of the work than the length of the run.
On our jobs, a third story or a roof too steep to walk is the biggest mover. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed with leaves, debris and buildup, which takes longer than a light fall load. Guards we have to lift and reseat also add time. A gutter system that has sat for years often shows a leak at a seam or a sag before it overflows, and the crew checks both while it works. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Drainage at the outlet is checked on every run, and a clean downspout is the first thing we confirm. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. This quote is written for residential properties, and if you are asking about commercial properties or a residential and commercial mix, call first so we can tell you whether the same three questions apply.
Here is what we have seen drive a quote on a recent job. A North Tustin home had a clog at the lower corner that had been holding water against the wall for a season, with clogged downspouts packed solid and a sag in one run. The landscape beneath the drip line was taking the overflow, so the yard was soaking along with the wall. On this job we had to flush every downspout until each one ran clean at the bottom, cleared the rain gutter back to the roofline, and photographed the sag and the water flow at the bottom so the owner could see it. Moving water away from your home is the goal on every job, and the quote reflected the time the blockage took to clear. Left alone, a clog like that turns into rot at the fascia and structural damage at the foundation.
| 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 North Tustin customers book twice a year, in spring after seed and pollen drop and again in fall after the last leaves. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, when seed and pollen paste has packed the downspout elbows and rain has turned it into a clog. The fall visit, late November to December, catches the wet leaf mat, and that is what backs water over the edge when the rain arrives. Most of the year's rain falls in a handful of days across California, and a rain gutter that is clean for those days carries the water away.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, regular gutter cleaning runs every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the outlets between visits. Few or no trees, and one late fall visit keeps most lots clean. Gutter guards change the schedule, not the need: cleaning and maintenance on a guarded system are separate jobs, and the surface still gets cleared, just less often.
When to clean your gutters follows the rainwater more than the calendar. After heavy rainfall we want the crew back to check the outlets, and that is the moment a cleaning pays off. A gutter cleaning service that stops at the surface misses the outlets, which is where the water actually stops. Each visit leaves the gutters clean and ready for the next one, and the next one is priced from what we found.
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 across North Tustin and the surrounding areas, and we clean on the homes where we have been before as well as new ones. Most North Tustin homeowners book two cleanings a year, and the North Tustin gutter cleaning calendar fills in the busy windows. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, so we give you the date we can actually hold when you call at (866) 435-6328.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop arrive. Book early in those windows, since the slot goes first. Our gutter services in North Tustin follow the same steps every time: the gutter cleaning process runs quote, date, visit, then photos on your phone. We call before we come and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Our goal is to keep your gutters clean and protect your home from water damage before the next storm rather than after it. The crew checks gutters and downspouts together, because a clear run with a blocked outlet still overflows. If you want to get your gutters on the calendar before the rains arrive, call early.
For a North Tustin CA home, the number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Tell us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the roof, and the figure you get is the one on the invoice.
Across California, the rhythm follows the seed drop in spring and the leaf load in fall, and our North Tustin customers book around both. Waiting past those windows is when we see sags and overflow. Gutter maintenance works on the same idea at any time of year: clean, check, and flush.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so when you call we confirm the earliest date we can hold. Most slots come up within the week during the busy windows.
No. 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.
Yes, we flush every downspout and flow-test it at the outlet until it runs clean, and we tell you if water is not leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs under guards we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of the mesh, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge. We lift the panels, clear underneath, reseat them, and leave the gutter clean.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if the job changes, and then you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The quote on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
