Our own crew cleans gutters in Placerville, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, everything hauled away, 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 over the roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in spring and fall, and we can tell you which visit fits your lot when you call.
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 give an estimate for our gutter cleaning services over the phone or by text, built from those three things, for Placerville homes and commercial properties alike, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot once the house is measured, but we would rather give you one number for the whole job.
On our jobs the price moves for a handful of reasons. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out with buildup and compacted leaves and grit, and that takes more time to clean out. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to every run. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and anything that changes the job gets raised before work starts, never on the invoice. Clogged downspouts are a drainage problem, so we check water flow at the bottom before we call a run clean.
A blockage in a rear run can send water behind the fascia and cause a leak for a season or two before anyone sees a stain, so we open that section and flush it until the run carries water away again. Where we see a sag or a loose hanger we photograph it and put it in the report, because a sag left alone can lead to structural damage. We do not price repairs on the same visit, and a homeowner gets clean photos of every run either way. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through what the crew would look at from your stories and size.
| 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 late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down. In spring the seed casings, pollen paste and the odd twig pack the elbows of each downspout. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and when we open a gutter here in late November we find leaves compacted into the rain gutter that have started to rot. Houses that skipped the fall visit are the ones where we see a run sagging by the time the rains come back. Placerville averages about 40.5 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and December, when heavy rainfall tests a clogged trough and the rainwater has nowhere to go.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees over the roof, we see customers on every three to four months, because needles and grit fill the downspouts between visits and a clog can form in a single storm. With few or no trees, regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall is enough. Near a busy road, a construction site or a landscape that drops needles all season, the grit load is higher, so those lots get the shorter interval too. Guards change the job but not the schedule for most lots, because the surface still has to be clean before water can run.
After the first visit we tell you how many cleanings a year your lot actually needs, based on what the crew found in the gutters and at each downspout. Our schedule fills in the busy windows for residential properties and for residential and commercial accounts alike, so calling early gets you a date that works for the season. Most lots come out of the visit with clean runs and a short list of anything that needs a fix. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which visit comes first.
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.
The crew works across Placerville CA from the nearest base, and we book our gutter services by phone or text. Placerville gutter cleaning starts with a phone call, and we ask for stories, rough square footage, whether you have gutter guards and whether trees hang over the roof. A photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Booking is quick, and the lead time on a slot depends on the season, so the sooner you call in spring or fall, the more dates you will have to choose from.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the late spring seed season and the late fall leaf drop, and those are the times we see the most requests for gutter services from homeowners who want a clean system before the rains. Homeowners who want the first slot should ask for it early. We clean the surrounding areas on the same routes, so a booking here fits into a schedule that already has the crew nearby.
Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts across the full gutter system, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway, and the crew checks the downspouts to see that water is carried away from your home. If you want to keep your gutters working between visits, the crew can show you what to look for after a storm, as part of the cleaning and maintenance visit. A clean system helps protect your home from water damage, so if you want to clean your gutters before the next storm, call early. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the schedule.
Our cleaning services in Placerville are priced from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number to you by phone or text. We do not name a figure before we know those two things. Once you tell us, the number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book regular cleaning in late spring and again in late fall, ahead of heavy rainfall. If the fall visit is skipped, the wet leaf mat can sit in the trough through the rains and show up as sagging runs before the wettest months, January and February, are over. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will tell you which visit fits your lot.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call, so getting a clean date on the calendar takes one phone call. Same-day depends on the calendar in your area that week, so for gutter maintenance we would rather give you a real date than promise one we cannot keep.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, and the crew does not come inside the house. We send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves, so you can get your gutters checked without taking the day off. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The crew works to protect your home from anything that could blow onto the lawn, the deck or next door.
Yes. We flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, the crew checks that water leaves at the outlet and runs away from your home. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out of the gutter system but not needles, seed casings or grit, which sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat. On our jobs the surface still needs clearing, and the check confirms that water is actually getting into a clean gutter. Water that spills over the edge can rot the fascia.
A clean gutter that still spills over the edge in heavy rainfall usually has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a clog. Send us a photo or a 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. If the crew finds structural damage or anything else that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts. The number we give on the phone for our gutter services is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
