Our crew cleans gutters across San Jose, and every run gets flushed and flow-tested before we leave. Every homeowner gets the same care on the gutters and downspouts, and the crew leaves each run clean. Material pulled from the trough is hauled away, not blown onto the lawn, and you get photos of every run on your phone. The price comes from the number of 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. Most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and we can give you a firm slot when you call (866) 435-6328.
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 give you a number over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give is the number we charge. Some gutter cleaning services price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but on our jobs the stories and the leaves and debris load are what move it most. No price on this page is a rate card for your house; it is a starting point, and the quote is what you actually pay.
What moves the number is what the crew finds on the roof and at the eave. A third story or a steep roof we cannot walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. Gutters that have not been opened in years come down packed, and that compacted buildup is slower to clear, and water left sitting in it can rot the fascia behind. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time. We flush the runs, check the flow and haul the material away, and that is included and never billed as an extra. If anything changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Gutters left for several seasons are the heaviest job we see. The buildup turns into a mat that holds a clog at the elbow, and water runs over the front edge in rain. The crew gets every run clean, flushes each run and checks that the drainage path is clear at the outlet. A sagging run gets photographed and reported instead of sold as a repair, because a sag is a structural damage question for the homeowner and a contractor, not a cleaning job.
Commercial properties follow the same logic per building, and residential and commercial jobs are priced the same way. Heavy buildup, clogged downspouts and rain gutter overflow are what cost the most time on residential properties, so we ask about them first. The goal is water away from your home, and a clean system is what gets it there.
| 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 book two cleanings a year, in the spring and fall. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late November to December. In the fall it is the leaf load, and the wet leaf mat is what we clear first. The wettest stretch here falls in January, February and December, and the city gets about 16.1 inches of rain a year, so a gutter left through a wet winter is harder to clean and the runs start to sag. Once heavy rainfall starts, rainwater has nowhere to go through a blockage in the run, and the seams begin to leak. Every visit ends with a photo of each run, so you can see the gutter clog we found and what we did about it.
On a San Jose CA home under heavy tree cover, the gutters need regular gutter cleaning, because needles and grit pack the runs between visits. With few or no trees, one visit a year, in the late November to December window, is enough. Gutter guards mean the crew can clean the surface less often, but it still has to be cleared, and gutter maintenance does not stop once the guards are on. A single twig wedged at an elbow is enough to back water up the run. Plan to clean your gutters before the rainy season, not after the first storm. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, and we put that in the estimate so you can plan the calendar and keep the gutters clean 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 works across San Jose and covers the city from the nearest base. Our gutter cleaning service is booked for homeowners and for residential and commercial buildings alike, and it starts with an estimate by phone or text from stories, size and tree cover, plus a photo of the house front if that is easy for you to send. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date. Lead time changes with the season, and when your slot is confirmed you know the date. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, so an early call helps. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a look at the roofline and the landscape below the eave. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for an exterior visit. If you have a question about the job before booking, text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you what we see. Our gutter services are built around one aim: keep your gutters clean so water runs away from the foundation and out of the way. That is how we protect your home from water damage, and it is the work we do every visit across the surrounding areas we serve. We flush every downspout before we leave, check the water flow at each outlet, and finish with debris removal and the yard left clean.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our gutter cleaning services give you an estimate by phone or text. We do not guess on the phone, and the number we give is the number we charge.
Our customers here book in the spring and the fall. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit in late November to December. If the gutters wait past the fall visit, we find sagging runs once heavy rainfall starts, because the wet leaf mat is still sitting in the trough.
We confirm a date when you call, and most slots come up within the week. Ask about the current opening for cleaning services in San Jose when you book, and call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves. The crew carries the material away from your home before leaving, and the yard is left clean. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every run gets flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet, so the drain runs clean at the bottom. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seed casings and grit sit on top, and once that mat is wet it runs over the front edge. Guarded gutters still need cleaning and maintenance, but less often than open ones, and we clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
A clean gutter system that still sheets water over the edge in rain usually has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Send us 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 the crew finds something that changes the job, such as a leak at a seam or a problem under the landscape, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, not after the invoice arrives.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
