Our own crew cleans gutters here and leaves them clean: we clear each run, check the water flow, haul the leaves and grit away, and send photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of stories, the size of the house and how much landscape trees hang over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we have been doing this work across California long enough to know why.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on the number of stories, the square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other gutter cleaning services that price by the linear foot end up in a similar place per foot, but the stories and the buildup in the trough are what actually drive the number on a house.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a walk-out basement or sloped lot that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with compacted leaves and grit, and guards we have to lift and reseat. Flushing, water flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras, and every run is left clean. If something changes the job once we see it, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
On our San Jacinto homes, the quotes that move most are the houses with heavy leaf and needle load in the gutter, where the crew finds clogged downspouts, a full clog in the trough, and a sag in the run that the homeowner had not noticed from the driveway. A low spot in the run can send water over the front edge, and a sag that holds water can lead to structural damage at the fascia. When a gutter has been left too long, the buildup holds rainwater against the fascia, and the crew sees the drainage problem before the homeowner does. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we can tell you more from the start.
| 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.
For San Jacinto CA homes, most customers book twice a year, in spring and fall, once after the seed and pollen drop and again after the last leaves and debris come down. Across California, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit here lands in December to early January. When we open a gutter here at that point we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the outlet elbows, which is why the spring visit is a full visit and not a quick look. On houses that skipped the fall visit we often find a rain gutter that has pulled loose by winter.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule we see most, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits, and a single twig can start a clog that backs water over the roofline. Trees that drop needles or seed pods change the schedule more than the calendar does. With few or no trees overhead, the two cleanings a year can drop to one, and the fall visit is usually the one to keep. Gutter guards still need the surface cleared, but less often, and a gutter that is clean at the start of the rainy season stays that way longer. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and a full gutter is what gets tested first.
Here the average is about 12.2 inches of rain a year, with the wettest months in December, January and February, and freeze risk is real, so standing water in a run can freeze overnight. Regular gutter cleaning keeps the schedule short, and regular gutter maintenance is what keeps the schedule from slipping. We check every run at each visit, clear any blockage we find, and catch a small leak at a joint before it reaches the ceiling. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs and when to clean your gutters next, and we keep the same schedule from there.
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.
Plenty of homeowners here book in the two busy windows of the year, spring and late fall, when our calendar fills up. Our crew works across San Jacinto and the surrounding areas. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, and a photo of the house front if it is easy to send. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo to book a date and get your gutters on the schedule.
If you want to keep your gutters clean without thinking about them, we set up regular cleaning on a fixed calendar, the same San Jacinto gutter cleaning service each time, and send the photos of every run to your phone after each visit. Keep your gutters on a steady schedule of cleaning and maintenance, and you avoid the water damage that comes from a missed season. We handle residential and commercial work with the same method, and on both we flush every downspout and check the gutters and downspouts before we leave. The commercial properties nearby get the same gutter services, but the residential properties are where most of our crew time goes. The goal is always the same: protect your home from water damage and keep water away from your home before the next storm.
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 range here because the buildup and the access decide the final number, and the number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, with the fall visit landing in December to early January. If the fall cleaning is skipped, we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by winter.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Our cleaning services in San Jacinto follow the calendar, and we do not promise same-day service because the calendar depends on the season.
No, you do not need to be home. The gutter cleaning process happens outside only, so our crew does not come inside, and we send 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 outlet with water and watch it until it runs clean at the bottom. Where a run feeds an underground line we check that water is leaving at the outlet, and we check the whole gutter system while we are up there. If the water is not leaving, we tell you, and clearing a buried line is quoted separately.
Yes, guarded gutters still need the surface cleared and the water flow checked. Guards cut the gutter maintenance, but they do not remove it. On our jobs we find needles, seed casings and roof grit sitting on top of the guard and blocking the water from getting in, and left alone that wet mat can rot the fascia behind it.
If the gutter is clean and still sends water over the edge during heavy rainfall, it is a slope or outlet size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it is. 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 it and agree to it before work starts, never after, and the invoice matches the quote.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
