Our own crew cleans gutters in Selma, every downspout flushed and flow-tested until it runs clean, debris hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, the size of the house and how much tree cover hangs over the house, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Selma homes book in the spring and fall, and that is when we are busiest.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
A homeowner can get a number over the phone or by text: call (866) 435-6328, text a photo of the house, or book a date online. The price for Selma homes depends on how many stories the house has, its size and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house with a lot of buildup the length alone does not tell you much.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run far up from the ground. A gutter system that nobody has opened in years comes out packed with compacted buildup that takes more time to clear. Guards we have to lift, clean beneath and reseat add time as well. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are part of the job and are never billed as extras. If anything changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Selma crews have worked on many of the older homes that line the streets here, and what we find is that a clog in one run often means water is already moving where it should not. On a typical Selma job where the gutter has been left for years, the leaves had built a solid plug at the corner, and the downspout below was clogged with grit. We cleared the run, flushed the downspout until the water ran clean at the bottom, and photographed every step so the owner could see the drainage was working. That is the kind of job where the number depends on how long the gutter sat.
Standing water and poor water flow are what cause the damage we see most. When a gutter is full it overflows, and the water runs down the fascia and into the wall, which is where structural damage starts. A small leak at a seam is often the first sign, and a run that has started to sag holds even more water. Rot in the boards, stains on the siding and water that works its way toward the foundation all begin with a clogged run. Keeping the water away from your home is the reason we clean on a schedule, and regular gutter cleaning costs less than repairing the boards later.
We also provide gutter cleaning services for commercial properties, and the same rules apply. A building with a flat roof and internal drains can back up without a sound, so the scope and the frequency are set per building. Our crew works on residential and commercial properties alike, and the quote covers the whole job either way.
| 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 Selma CA customers book cleanings twice a year. Across California the spring visit window runs mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit window runs December to early January, after the leaves have come down. In spring we find seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and a paste of pollen sitting in the trough. In fall it is the leaf load, and Selma's wettest months are January, February and March, so a rain gutter left full going into winter is often holding water right when the storms arrive. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and a clog that holds back rainwater rarely clears itself. Pick a visit window and clean your gutters before the rain starts.
Under heavy tree cover, big trees hanging over the roofline, we see needles, a stray twig and grit build up in clogged downspouts between visits, so those homes are on a schedule of every three to four months. Gutter maintenance for homes with few or no trees usually means one clean a year, in the December to early January window. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, and we book those less often, but the guard does not stop the seeds and grit from sitting on top of it.
When we open a gutter here in spring we find seeds, and when we open one in the fall we find the leaf mat. Those two visits tell us most of what we need to know about the house. The blockage tends to show up first at the corners and the lowest runs, where the water slows down and grit settles. Once the gutter is clean, we walk the lot and check the estimate, and that is usually enough for us to set the schedule.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, so the schedule is based on what we found rather than a guess. If you want an estimate for your home, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will give you a number to schedule the 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.
We offer Selma gutter cleaning across Selma and the surrounding areas, and we have cleaned gutters on homes from one end of town to the other. When you call, we ask for the number of stories, the rough size of the house, whether trees hang over the eaves and whether you have gutter guards, and if it is easy for you, a photo of the front of the house by text helps us give you an accurate number. Lead time depends on the season, and we confirm a date when you call so you know exactly when the crew will arrive to clean.
We run two busy windows each year, in spring and in late fall, when most homeowners want the gutters done. Our gutter cleaning process starts with a call before we come, and booking early in those months gives you the most choice of date, so get your gutters on the schedule early. Outside those windows slots open up more easily. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, since the work is done from the outside of the house, and we clean up after ourselves.
Our goal is to keep your gutters and downspouts working and to protect your home from water damage, which is why we keep the schedule tight and the crew moving from job to job. Whether it is one house or a row of them, we aim to keep the gutter services consistent, and every gutter cleaning service we book gets the same check: flush every downspout on every visit, so the water leaves the roof the way it was built to. If you want a quote, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a time that works for you.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and how much debris is in the gutters. We give you that number by phone or text, and that is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book one visit in the spring and one in the fall. Across California the spring visit window runs mid to late June, and the fall visit window runs December to early January. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that have started to sag or pull loose by the time the rain comes.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call, so you know exactly when the crew will be there.
No. The crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends you photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, move any landscape items that block the downspouts, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, we flush every downspout and check that water runs clean at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep the leaves out, but cleaning and maintenance is still needed on our jobs, because we still find needles, seed casings and grit sitting on top of the guard, and the water cannot get in once that mat is wet. We clean the surface and check the drainage.
A gutter that is clean and still overflowing usually has a slope or capacity problem rather than a cleaning problem. Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we will tell you what it actually is. We will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. We quote from the stories, size and tree cover, and if something 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.
