Our own crew cleans gutters across San Carlos, flushing every downspout, flow-testing each run and hauling away what comes out. You get 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 sits over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits, and that schedule holds for San Carlos homes too.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters, and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will price it and book a date.
On our jobs, a few things move the price. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the street. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted muck, and that adds time. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Downspout flushing, a flow test that confirms drainage, and haul-off of everything that comes out are included and never billed as extras. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a sloped lot, the back run can hold rainwater for a season without anyone noticing, and the first elbow is where a blockage usually turns into a leaf mat. When the back run needs a second pass, the price moves, and we say so on the phone before the crew arrives. On our jobs, the common finds are sag, buildup and water flow problems that were getting worse for months, and clog points that come from leaves and debris, not from the gutters and downspouts themselves. Clogged downspouts cause more structural damage than most owners expect, and a clean gutter runs water away from your home. A blocked run can push water into a seam and start a leak. We quote those jobs the same way we price any other house.
| 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.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in December to early January, after the last leaves are down. In June we find seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In December it is the wet leaf mat that causes trouble, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sagged over the winter. The fall visit matters most here, because December, January and February are the wettest months in San Carlos CA, and a full gutter going into those months overflows at the eave during heavy rainfall.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that holds, because needles, grit and the odd twig pack the gutter runs between visits, so plan to clean your gutters on that rhythm. Near a busy road or a landscape with heavy planting, the same tier applies. Few or no trees, once a year in late fall is enough. Gutter guards cut the schedule back, but gutter maintenance still means clearing the surface. Freeze risk matters on this lot in the fall: the first ice can form at the eave and lift the first course of shingles from underneath, and that is where a leak starts. When we open a gutter here in spring we find what the winter left behind, and we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Get your gutters on a regular gutter cleaning schedule with a crew that shows you what came out of the run, or call (866) 435-6328 to ask for a written estimate and book a date.
Residential properties and commercial properties here follow the same logic, though commercial roofs with internal drains need a tighter schedule. Our crew tracks debris removal per building and sends the photos to the property manager.
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 San Carlos from the nearest base, clean gutters across the city and work the surrounding areas too. The gutter cleaning process starts with one phone call, and booking works the same way for every house. You book by calling or texting: give us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees sit over the roof, and send a photo of the house front if that is easy. We quote from those, and you get a written estimate before a date is set. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home.
The two busy windows are late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months to keep your slot, and text a photo of the roofline if you are not sure which tier fits. Our commercial and residential crews work on separate schedules, so a homeowner on a Tuesday is not waiting behind a building manager. Whether you own a single-family home or a small multi-unit property, our gutter services keep water moving away from the foundation, and that helps protect your home from water damage. Regular cleaning and maintenance go on one calendar, so the schedule stays honest.
Every homeowner who books with us gets the same crew and the same photos. Repeat cleanings go on the calendar before the crew leaves, and we keep your gutters clean so you do not have to check them after every storm.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how clean or packed the gutters are, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without seeing those three things. The number we give you is the number on the invoice.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit in December to early January. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find runs that sagged under the winter rain by spring. Under heavy tree cover, the schedule moves to every three to four months.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. Ask about the next opening when you book, since our cleaning services in San Carlos fill fastest in late spring and late fall.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside. We send 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 check that water leaves at the outlet of the gutter system, and we leave the run clean behind us. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and the paste they turn into can stop water from getting in. We keep the surface clean and check that water is still reaching the run.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, the problem is usually slope or capacity, not a clog, and water running down the fascia can rot the board behind it. Send us a photo or 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.
Only if something changes the job, and in that case you hear about it before work starts and agree to it. We do not change the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
