Santa Rosa gutter cleaning is done by our own crew, and that covers every gutter and downspout on the house. We flush every downspout and flow-test it, the debris is hauled away, and you get photos of every run before we leave. Every gutter comes out clean. 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 on the phone is the number on the invoice. We have been out to Santa Rosa homes across California on a spring and fall schedule, and most of our customers book right around those visits.
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 each gutter cleaning service over the phone or by text from those three things. The number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place for most houses, but we would rather you know the whole figure before we climb anything.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, which takes more time. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the eaves. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted leaf mat, and that adds time to every run. 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 something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
When a gutter still runs over after the first cleaning, it is usually a clog that sits deeper in the run, a leak at a joint, or a sag that holds water in one spot, and any of those slows the water flow enough to spill over the edge. Our crew checks for all three before anything else. For a home with leaves and debris coming off the trees, a twig jam or a few spots near the downspout outlets tend to be the first place a clog forms, and that is where we start. Whether you own a single house or a building with a rain gutter along every side, the crew reads the drainage the same way and tells you what it finds. If the home has structural damage from water that has been running for a while, we will point it out in the photos and in the report, and what you do about it is your call. We work on residential and commercial buildings, and for commercial properties in the area we price per building and quote from the same three things.
To get a number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house. We will tell you what the crew needs to see and give you a written estimate you can read before you book. Clogged downspouts that are not caught early are the most common reason water ends up running away from the foundation instead of away from your home, and the quote is the quickest way to find out which of those your house is facing.
| 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 Santa Rosa customers book on a spring and fall schedule. Across California, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs December to early January, after the last leaves come down. At the spring visit the blockage is usually seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that have sagged or pulled loose by midwinter. The wettest months here are December, January and February, and that is when heavy rainfall tests the gutters hardest. Houses that get a lot of rainwater through the winter need that fall clean-out more than most, since water that sits in a sagged run is what starts rot in the fascia board. Freezing is a real winter risk here, so the fall visit clears the leaf mat before the rain and before a cold snap can trap water in the run.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees overhead, our customers are on every three to four months. Twigs and grit create buildup in the downspouts between visits, and a house with a lot of overhanging branches fills faster than a clear one. A house with few or no trees usually does fine once a year in late fall. Near a busy road or active construction, the grit load is high enough that we also move those homes to the shorter schedule. Guards cut down how often the gutter itself needs clearing, but the surface still needs to be cleared on a regular schedule, so we still show up at the usual interval.
Here is how two of our Santa Rosa jobs compare. One home with no trees overhead is on the twice-a-year schedule, and the gutters stay clean with very little work between visits. The other sits under trees and is on the three-to-four-month schedule, because the leaves and grit come in faster than the gutters can handle. Both homes get the same crew, the same flush of every downspout and the same photos before we leave.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so you are not guessing. Set up regular gutter cleaning once we have seen the house, and treat it as gutter maintenance rather than a one-off job, so cleaning and maintenance run on one schedule and the calendar follows from what we find on site. Keep it simple: clean your gutters on a steady schedule and you avoid most of the surprises that come with a clog that has been building for a season.
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.
We clean gutters across Santa Rosa and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the crew covers the city as a whole. Our gutter services reach Santa Rosa CA homes on the same schedule, and the crew handles residential properties the same way it handles small commercial ones. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text from your stories, the size of the house and whether there is tree cover overhead. If it is easy, send a photo of the house front too, because it helps us see the layout before we arrive. Lead time is set by our calendar, and the two busiest windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when most homes are on their scheduled visit. Book early for those months and you get the slot you want. To book, call (866) 435-6328.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, which suits santa rosa homeowners who are at work all day. The crew works from the outside of the house and does not come inside, so the only thing we need is access to the side gate. The gutter cleaning process is a clean and simple one when the crew knows what the house looks like before they climb, and that is why the quote comes first. For a homeowner who wants a regular schedule, we can set the next visit at the end of each one, so the cleanings keep a steady rhythm through the year.
Our work keeps the water away from the foundation and the siding, and the gutters and downspouts get the same check on every visit, so it helps protect your home from water damage. We also check the full gutter system along the roofline and the landscape around the foundation where the water runs off, so the mess does not come back in the next storm. If you want to get your gutters on a schedule, and keep your gutters clear through the rainy months, book the next visit before the current one ends. We will get you on the schedule and tell you what to expect from the first visit onward.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text for every gutter cleaning service we book. We do not quote a range without those three things.
Most of our customers book in late spring and again in late fall. Waiting past those visits usually means more seed, pollen and leaf litter packed into the downspouts by the time we get there.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. Availability for cleaning services in santa rosa depends on what is already on the calendar, so we do not promise same-day service.
No. The crew works outside and does not come inside. For santa rosa homeowners, the only prep is leaving the side gate unlocked and keeping pets inside while the ladders are up. Each run gets a clean before the photos go out.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that water is leaving at the outlet. If the drain runs underground and needs clearing, that is a separate job and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Gutter guards keep the leaves out, but twigs, seed casings and grit still build up on top of them and under the edge, so the surface still needs clearing on a regular schedule as part of gutter maintenance.
A gutter that is clean and still spills water over the edge usually has a slope or capacity 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 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 the crew starts, and the number on the invoice matches the number we gave you.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
