Our own crew cleans gutters here and leaves them clean, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, house size and tree cover, and the estimate we give by phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 to book. Most of the homes we clean book in spring and fall, the easiest way to keep your gutters working through the rain.
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 price it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. We clean residential and commercial properties, and every estimate starts from those same three questions. Companies that price by the linear foot tend to land in a similar place, but on our jobs the house itself decides more than the length of the run.
What moves the price is what the crew finds when it gets up there. 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. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down heavy with compacted buildup of leaves and grit, and a clog that has sat for a long time takes more work than one that built up over a season. A rain gutter left full for seasons can sag, and a sagging run is how structural damage starts, because water that stays in the trough soaks the fascia board until it rots. Poor water flow at the outlet makes the same clog take longer to fix, and even a clean gutter can overflow if the outlet is blocked. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the price and are never billed as extras. Each downspout is checked to confirm it carries water away from the house. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our jobs, Rowland Heights homes vary a lot, and the price follows what we see. On one recent visit, the gutters on a two-story house with moderate tree cover had a long run of leaves and grit packed into the lower section, and the clogged downspouts had packed up at the elbows. The crew flushed every downspout, left the gutter clean, confirmed the water was moving through to the outlet, and hauled the whole load off the property. The estimate was set from the stories and the tree cover before we got there, and the number did not change. Most of our customers are on the phone with us before we arrive, so the price is settled before anyone climbs a ladder. Our gutter cleaning services work the same way for every house, and a clear price from the start beats a surprise on the invoice.
| 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 in this area book twice a year, once after the spring seed and pollen drop and once after the last leaves come down in the fall. Plan to clean your gutters before the first heavy rainfall, because a clog that forms in fall sits through the wettest months. Rowland Heights CA gets about 13 inches of rain a year, most of it in January, February and December, so the gutters can look fine until the first big storm shows what has built up. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat that causes the trouble, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the time the rains are heavy. Under heavy tree cover, regular gutter cleaning every three to four months is the schedule we see work, because needles and grit pack the downspout runs between visits. Rainwater that cannot leave the trough spills over the front edge, and that is the first sign a blockage has formed. On residential properties with few or no trees over the roof, one visit a year in late fall does the job. Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean, and we usually see them on a slightly longer interval.
After the first gutter cleaning service visit, we tell you which of those schedules your lot actually needs, based on what the crew found up there, and how clean the runs should stay between visits.
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 covers the area from the nearest base and works across Rowland Heights and the surrounding areas on the same schedule. Rowland Heights gutter cleaning starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, based on the number of stories, the size of the house and whether trees cover the roof. Our cleaning services in Rowland Heights run the same way for every homeowner. A clean, well-lit photo of the front of the house helps us see the roofline before the visit, and it takes a minute to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm the date when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when most of our cleanings get booked. If you want a slot in those months, it is worth calling early to get your gutters on the schedule. The crew shows up with what it needs to clean your gutters, lift the gutter guards where they are fitted, and flush every downspout. A twig jammed in a downspout elbow gets cleared before it can back the water up. Every one of our gutter services ends with photos on your phone, so you can see the job was done. Gutter maintenance follows the same routine on every visit, and the cleaning and maintenance steps are the ones we photograph. If the crew spots a leak at a seam, it photographs the spot and tells you. Gutters kept clean carry water away from your home, and that is how they protect your home from water damage. If you are already dealing with water damage from a clogged run, tell us when you call and we will work that into the schedule.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text before we come out. We do not give a range here because the house decides the price. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, after the seeds and pollen drop and after the last leaves come down. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that have sagged by the time the heavy rainfall arrives.
Lead time depends on the week, and most slots come up within the week. We confirm a date when you call, so you know exactly when the crew will be on your property.
No, homeowners here do not need to be home. 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, and the crew leaves the landscape as clean as it found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water is leaving at the outlet, since a clogged downspout can send water right back over the gutter. Gutters and downspouts get checked together on every visit. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line and the water is not getting through, we tell you and quote clearing the buried line separately. We do not start that work without your approval.
Yes, a guarded gutter system still needs cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find surface debris, needles and grit sitting on top of the guards, and the crew clears that and checks that water is getting into the trough.
If a gutter is clean and still spills over the front edge in rain, the problem is usually slope, capacity or downspout size rather than a clogged trough. 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. The gutter cleaning process starts with an estimate set from the stories, size and tree cover before the visit. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
