Our own crew cleans gutters on Redding homes, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leftovers bagged and hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Redding customers book in the spring and fall, and we can give you a number for your house today.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
For every homeowner, the price depends on how many stories the house has, its size 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 per run, but we quote the whole house. What moves it on our jobs is a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with compacted leaf mat, and guards we have to lift and reseat before we can clear underneath. A clean trough that still backs up has a clog at the elbow, a leak at a seam, or a drainage problem at the outlet, and the flow test tells us which before we charge for anything. Flushing the downspouts, flow testing and haul-off are included and never billed as extras. If something we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
For cleaning services in Redding, CA, the quotes that run higher are almost always the ones with heavy tree cover, because the leaf and needle load comes back faster and the crew spends more time up top. A clean run keeps rainwater moving away from your home instead of over the edge, and that is what the visit is for. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see from it. Get your gutters quoted by phone before you book, so the number is settled before anyone climbs. Gutter maintenance is priced in the same visit, so any repair we would suggest is named on the quote, not added later. Gutter cleaning process details, from the first call to the photos, are covered in our crew's own words further down this page.
| 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 Redding customers book twice a year, in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, late November to December, after the leaves are down. Those two cleanings do most of the work here. In spring, clogged downspouts are the usual trouble: the elbows are packed with seeds, seed casings and pollen paste. In fall it is the wet leaf mat and the buildup it leaves in the trough, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find a rain gutter that has started to sag under ice by midwinter. Redding gets 41.4 inches of rain a year, and January, February and December are the wettest months. Freeze risk is real here, so the fall cleaning is the one that keeps ice from backing up under the eave. A clog at the elbow in late fall, or any blockage in the downspout, is how that backup starts. A run that is clean by late November is the one that makes it through the heavy rainfall. The gutter system takes the most stress in those months, and we see how much of the landscape has come down into it.
Under heavy tree cover we see customers every three to four months, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack every downspout between visits and the flush gets harder each time. With few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough for most houses. Guards need a clean less often, but the surface still needs clearing. Commercial properties on our schedule follow the same logic on a larger footprint. Left alone, leaves and debris push water the wrong way, and the fascia and soffit pay for it in structural damage and rot. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and whether the drainage at the outlet needs its own look.
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 crews have worked across Redding CA and the surrounding areas, and we serve Redding homeowners from our nearest base without listing every street here. We clean residential and commercial properties alike, and the same crew handles the gutter services on each one. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over it, plus a photo of the front of the house if that is easy to send. Debris removal is part of every quote. Lead time depends on the week, and the two busiest windows are spring and fall, when the calendar fills first. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. For regular gutter cleaning services the first slot is the one to hold, and after that the schedule settles into the tier that fits your lot. Most homeowners find it easier to clean your gutters on a set calendar than to wait for the first overflow, when the buildup is already in the trough. The calendar is mostly residential properties, and the commercial jobs run on the same schedule. Our cleaning and maintenance visits are priced as one job. Call (866) 435-6328 to hold the first slot, or text a photo of the front of the house and we will confirm a date.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details. The number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find sagging runs and ice-damaged eaves by midwinter. Keeping the runs clear in the fall is how you protect your home from water damage. Call (866) 435-6328 to set your month.
Same-day depends on the week we are in. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. We will not promise a day we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside on the gutters and downspouts, 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, every downspout is flushed and checked for drainage at the outlet. Clearing an underground line is a separate job, and we quote it before touching it.
Yes. Guards stop leaves but not needles, seeds or grit, and those build up on top of the guard and under it. We clear the surface and flush each downspout.
A clean gutter that still overflows has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning to keep your gutters flowing.
Not for the things we quoted. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
