Our own crew cleans your gutters, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the mess bagged and hauled off, 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 hangs over it, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, when seed drop and the last leaves have finished coming down. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote and the first open date, and ask us what a clean gutter looks like when we leave.
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 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot of run, but a house is rarely a simple run of gutter, so we price the whole house. Homeowners get the same gutter cleaning process on every job, and the quote covers cleaning services in Sacramento from the first clean run to the last downspout.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roofline too steep to walk takes more time and more setup. A walk-out basement puts the back run well above the ground, which changes the equipment we bring. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out packed with compacted leaves, grit and a twig or two, all of it cleared by hand. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder away from your home and off the gutter lip. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. Book now to get your gutters cleaned before the December to February rains, and we price cleaning and maintenance on the same visit. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Across California, we see the same pattern on most homeowner calls: the house that has not been cleaned in a long time costs more in the first visit than the house on a regular schedule, and the difference shows up in the gutter, not in the price list. A rain gutter left full through heavy rainfall is how structural damage starts. Our crew would rather you book regular cleanings than wait until the water is pouring over the edge, and it costs less to clean your gutters on a schedule than to pay for what the water does. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what we see.
The jobs that get the most attention are the older houses with heavy canopy overhead and the ones where the gutter system has been left alone through several rain seasons. Those are the homes where a leak has usually started behind the fascia before anyone noticed. Gutter maintenance on a schedule costs less than rot in the fascia, so we catch it early on the visit, photograph it and report it, and we do not sell a repair on the spot. A clean gutter can still hide a rotted fascia, so the report covers the board behind it. For the homeowner who wants the whole picture, that report is the most useful thing we bring up the ladder.
| 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 customers across Sacramento book twice a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in the fall after the leaves have come down. The landscape around the house tells us a lot about the schedule before we climb. On our jobs here, the spring visit finds seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed in the downspout elbows. Pollen paste packed in an elbow is a clog waiting for the first storm. The fall visit finds the leaf load and clears the leaves and debris before the rain arrives, and on the houses that skipped that visit we see clogged downspouts and runs that sag or pull loose by the time the rain sets in.
Under heavy tree cover along the roofline, we see customers come back more often, because needles and grit pack the drain between visits. Near a busy road or a construction site the schedule tightens for the same reason. Commercial properties with the same tree cover follow the same logic, and their schedule is set per building. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough to keep the gutter system clear, the rain gutter flowing, and the water away from the foundation. Guards change the schedule a little, less often, but the surface still needs clearing. Heavy rainfall usually arrives December through February, and a run that is clogged by then shows itself fast, usually as a trough that starts to sag.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. That is based on what we find in the gutter, not on a calendar. Our gutter cleaning services follow the same tiers across the year. Every visit ends with a flush check and the gutter photographed. The first visit is the one that sets the baseline, and the notes we write on it are what keep the next visit on track. A clean first visit makes every later one quicker, because the crew already knows where the clogs form.
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 covers Sacramento CA and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and we work the Sacramento homes we are booked into on a regular rotation. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the schedule. Lead time depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we will tell you the first open date when you ring. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit.
Two windows of the year fill up fastest on our calendar: the weeks after the spring seed drop and the weeks after the fall leaves come down. If you can book a little ahead of those windows, you get the date you want. Outside of them, a slot usually comes up within the week, and each house gets a clean on the same visit. Residential properties usually book a spring and fall visit, and the schedule follows the house. A clog caught in spring is cheaper to clear than one found after a storm. For residential and commercial customers in the same area, the booking process is the same, though commercial buildings are scheduled per building and the schedule is set on the site visit.
If you want to know whether a regular gutter cleaning service makes sense for your house, call us or text the photo and we will say so plainly. Some houses need a clean once and then a yearly visit; others need the fuller schedule. We check drainage and water flow at the outlet on every visit and tell you if water is not leaving. Either way, debris removal is included in every visit, and it is simple to clean your gutters on a schedule without arranging haul-off yourself.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, plus how much leaf and grit buildup is in the gutters. We give an estimate by phone or text, and that is the number we charge on the invoice. Gutters and downspouts get flushed, and haul-off is already in the number.
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 the fall visit gets skipped, a clog builds at the downspout elbow and we see runs that have pulled loose by the time the rain sets in. The right month depends on what is over your roofline. Keeping the trough clear is how you protect your home through the wet months.
Most slots come up within the week. When you call, we confirm the first open date and tell you what the crew will bring. If a same-day window is open we will say so, but we do not promise it.
No, you 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 yard clean.
Yes, we flush every downspout with water and watch it until it runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check that water is leaving at the outlet and tell you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often. On our jobs under heavy tree cover we find seed balls and leaf litter on top of the guard, and grit underneath. Once that mat is wet, rainwater runs off the front edge. We clear the surface, flush the outlets and reseat the guards, which is how we keep your gutters working between visits.
A clean gutter that still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope or downspout-size problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. Keeping your home from water damage is the reason we check for a blockage at the outlet and the slope, not just the trough. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never after. Our gutter services are quoted once, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice, clean and simple.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
