Our own crew cleans gutters in San Lorenzo, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our customers book a visit in spring and fall, and we work through those windows one house at a time.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are quoted from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the run is measured. Call (866) 435-6328 for a quote or an estimate, or text a photo of the house front and we will come back with a number.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline. A gutter system that nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted leaves and grit, and it takes longer to clear a clog that has set. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If anything we find changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Regular gutter cleaning on a schedule keeps every visit short, and steady gutter maintenance is the cheapest way to keep a clog from setting. If you clean your gutters yourself, a ladder and a hose reach the easy runs, but the back run and the downspout elbows are where the time goes. Our rates for residential and commercial work follow the same steps.
On a typical visit we flush every downspout and check the water flow all the way to the outlet, because a blocked elbow shows up there first. Where a drainage line runs underground, 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. What we pull out of the trough goes with the truck, so nothing gets blown onto the lawn or the deck. Most of our clients have a sense of what their house takes to clean, but the first visit tells us the real buildup, and that is where a fair quote starts.
Our San Lorenzo homes range from single-story houses with a short run of gutter to two-story homes with long back runs that drain toward a patio. We clean residential properties and commercial properties under the same pricing rules, and the notes go in the file either way. The houses with heavy tree cover tend to need the most frequent visits, because seeds and needles pack the downspouts between cleanings. We keep notes on what we find so the next visit starts from the same baseline.
| 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 twice a year, once in spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in fall after the last leaves come down. Across California the spring window runs mid to late June and the fall window late November to December, and the timing shifts with the local tree line.
In spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaves and debris, and the wet leaf mat that settles into the trough before the rainy season, which becomes a blockage at the outlet. Houses that skip the fall visit show the cost by late winter, with runs that sag or pull loose from the fascia once water has been sitting behind them for months, a seam that starts to leak, and fascia that begins to rot. That is where structural damage starts. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a gutter that is full when heavy rainfall arrives has very little room to carry rainwater away from your home.
The schedule depends on the lot. Under heavy tree cover, cleaning and maintenance every three to four months keeps the gutters running, because needles and grit pack the outlets between visits. With few or no trees, a once-a-year cleaning in late fall is usually enough. A rain gutter with guards is cleaned less often, but the surface still has to be clean, because a mat of pollen and grit on top of a guard turns into a clog. Near a busy road or active construction, the grit in the air shortens the interval.
San Lorenzo gets about 16 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and December. To protect your home from water damage, get your gutters clear before those months. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs.
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 covers the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the houses we clean range across San Lorenzo. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we quote from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover sits over the house. The photo also lets us see the roofline before we talk numbers. We work residential and commercial buildings across San Lorenzo, and lead time varies with the season, so we give you the next open date when you call rather than guessing at it.
The calendar fills twice a year, in late spring after the seed drop and again in late fall as the leaves come down. Homeowners who book early in those windows get a date that suits their schedule. Booking San Lorenzo gutter cleaning follows the same gutter cleaning process every time: quote, date, visit, photos. Our gutter services come from the same crew on every visit. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. The crew works from the outside, and the photos reach your phone before the truck leaves. If a storm leaves twig and branch debris in your gutters, tell us when you book and we will plan for it.
The number comes from your stories and your home's size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Tell us how many stories the house has and roughly how big it is, and we will give you the price before anything gets scheduled.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the seed and pollen drop, and again in late fall, after the leaves come down. If you wait past the fall window, we usually find a wet leaf mat that has started to break down inside the trough.
Same-day slots depend on the week, so we confirm a date when you call. Most open dates come up within the week during the busy windows.
No, you do not need to be home. A homeowner can leave us to it. 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. Move planters and other landscape items away from the wall before we arrive.
Yes, we clean gutters on every visit, and clogged downspouts get flushed while we watch the water run to the outlet. Where a line drains underground, we check that water is leaving at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and gets quoted before we start on it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find leaves, bark and grit sitting on top of the guard, with fine dust settling underneath. Once that mat is wet, rain runs over the front edge instead of into the trough. To keep your gutters clean between visits, lift the guard edge and check it after a windy week.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem rather than a debris problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain, and we will tell you what the problem actually is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
It should not. The quote is built from your stories, size and tree cover. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we tell you before work starts and you agree to it first.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
