Our own crew cleans gutters in San Dimas, every drain pipe flushed and flow-tested, the leaves bagged and carried off, 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 the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book in the spring and the fall, and we will tell you which visit your lot needs when we come out.
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. We work it out by phone or text from those three things, and the number we name is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the full run of gutter is counted. San Dimas homeowners get that number before the crew arrives, and the same figure covers our cleaning services in San Dimas from the first flush to the last photo. It is one price for the whole gutter cleaning services visit, and the invoice matches it once the gutters are clean. Our cleanings in San Dimas are priced that way every time.
On our jobs, a few things move the price. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run far above the ground, so the boom or scissor lift has to be brought in. Gutters that have not been opened in years come out packed solid with old grime and the odd twig, and that takes longer than a routine clean. A clog, or a blockage at a bend in the drain pipe, takes longer still. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Flushing the drain pipes, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras. We flush every drain pipe and check that the water runs clear at the outlet, and the bags are carried away from your home. If a seam is dripping, that leak gets photographed and reported, not repaired on the spot. Clear drainage and steady water flow are part of the check, and if anything we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When we clean a home in San Dimas, the quote is built around what the crew sees along the eave and in the gutter itself. On one recent San Dimas job, the house had no trees over it but two stories and a clogged drain pipe that had been backing water toward the fascia for a season. We flushed it, flow-tested it, and photographed the run before leaving, and the gutter was left clean with the drain pipe carrying water away from the fascia. The quote matched the invoice. You can see the full job here, and we can do the same for your house by text once you send a photo of the front.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will get back to you with a number from your stories, size and tree cover. Every homeowner can ask for a written estimate before we book a date. If you want gutter maintenance on a schedule instead of one visit, say so on the call and we price the schedule.
| 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 San Dimas customers book twice a year: in the spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall, after the last leaves are down. Across California the timing shifts a little by region, but the two visits hold up almost everywhere we work. Across California, atmospheric rivers bring the heavy rainfall, and most of the year's rain arrives in a handful of days. When we open a gutter in the spring we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen packed into the elbows of the drain pipes, and that is where the first clog forms. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the trough, and leaves and debris left there hold rainwater against the fascia. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often find runs that sag or have pulled loose by winter, and a run that sags and stays flat through a wet season can lead to rot and structural damage.
On our jobs the tiers look like this. Twice a year covers most houses, and that is the regular gutter cleaning schedule we suggest first. Under heavy tree cover, or where the landscape runs right up to the eave, the gutter system needs cleaning every three to four months, because needles, grit and leaf litter pack the drain pipes between visits, and clogged downspouts are what turn a clean run into an overflow. With few or no trees over the roof, once a year in late fall is usually enough. Gutter guards do not keep a rain gutter clean on their own, so a guarded one goes on the same schedule as an open gutter, only less often.
We had one San Dimas customer with no trees over the house who books once a year, and the gutters came out clean every time. Another has heavy cover and books every three to four months, and the drain pipes stay clear between visits. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put it in the photos we send you, along with a note on whether the runs are still clean at the next visit.
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 works across San Dimas CA from the nearest base and covers the whole city, not just a few streets, so San Dimas homes get the same clean visit wherever they sit in town. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, built from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover is over the house. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. If you are ready to have us clean your gutters, start with the quote and the slot follows. Lead times are given when you call, and during the busiest windows of the year our calendar fills faster, so the earlier you call the better. Between spring and fall we keep slots open for residential and commercial work, so residential properties and commercial properties both get the same crew and the same photos. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a slot, and we call before we come so nobody has to be home.
We keep the same process whether it is a single family home or a larger building. Every gutter cleaning service starts with clean gutters, flushed downspouts and photos before we leave, and the quote we give you on the phone holds on the day we arrive. The gutter cleaning process does not change between jobs, and our goal is to get your gutters clean in one visit, with the photos to prove it. We also handle other gutter services, and cleaning and maintenance visits are booked the same way, with the same quote. Between visits, the photos help you keep your gutters in view, so you can see any buildup before it turns into a problem and know when to call. The crew also serves surrounding areas, so ask about the route when you call.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure from the website because every house has its own stories, its own gutter runs and its own debris load. San Dimas homeowners get the same number on the phone that shows on the invoice.
Our customers in San Dimas CA usually book in late spring and again in late fall. Across California the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late November to December. If the fall visit is skipped, we often find sagged or loose runs by the next winter.
Most slots come up within the week. When you call we confirm the date we can offer, and we do not promise a same-day visit we cannot keep.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run 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, since gutters and downspouts only work together. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it. A blockage that stays put after the flush gets its own look from the crew. Clearing the drain pipes is how we help protect your home from water damage.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep leaves out, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top of the guard and turn into a wet mat. We lift the panels, clear underneath, and reseat them.
A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge in rain has a slope or pipe-size problem along the roofline, not a clogging problem. 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 we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice, and you can keep your gutters clean with a booking that matches what we said.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
