Our own crew cleans gutters in Sierra Madre, flushing every downspout and flow-testing each run before we leave. Debris is hauled away, not blown onto your lawn, and you get photos of every run before we pack up.
The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof. The number we give you on the phone is the number on your invoice.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, and we are glad to put you on the calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house.
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. Our gutter cleaning services are priced over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Sierra Madre homes differ more than a price list suggests, so one figure from the start beats a per-foot estimate that moves once the crew is on the ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the price more than anything else. A third story or a steep pitch takes longer and needs more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits farther up than it looks from the yard. A gutter system nobody has opened in years takes longer to clean, because it is packed with compacted debris. Guards we have to lift and reseat add labor. Downspout flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and leaves and debris haul-off are included and are never billed as extras. If something changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
Our Sierra Madre jobs show the pattern. Houses with heavy tree cover and gutters that had gone a long time without a clean are where the crew spends the most time on the leaves, and that shows up in the quote from the start. A single blockage at the bottom of the run is common, since that is where the water flow is weakest, so we check the gutters and downspouts end to end and clear the clogged downspouts we find. Rain then drains water away from the foundation instead of pooling against it. Where water has been sitting behind the gutter, we look for early signs of rot or structural damage and note them in the report with photos, and we flush every downspout before we leave.
Every gutter cleaning service starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the house front, and we give you a quote from the three things that matter. For a homeowner, that quote is the whole bill, and a clean invoice matches it. Ask for a written estimate if you want the details on paper before you book.
| 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 here book twice a year, in spring after the seed and pollen drop, and again in fall after the last leaves come down. The fall visit usually lands in late November to December. For most homes, two cleanings a year is enough regular gutter cleaning, and it is the core of sound gutter maintenance. Those two visits are when our calendar fills fastest.
In spring we usually find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and the wet mat it turns into, and a rain gutter packed with that mat sags under its own weight. A gutter that starts the wet months clean stays clean longer, and rainwater then drains through the downspouts instead of sitting in the trough. Freezing is a real risk here, so on houses that skipped the fall visit we still see runs that sag or pull loose by the wet months, because the buildup sat in the gutter all winter.
Under heavy tree cover, needles, twig pieces and grit pack the downspout outlets between visits, and those lots are on every three to four months. A home with few or no trees overhead usually needs one visit a year, in late fall, and that is enough for most of them. Gutter guards cut down how often the gutter fills, but the surface still needs clearing, so guarded gutters are on a longer schedule rather than no schedule. Cleaning and maintenance on the same visit catches a loose hanger before it becomes a sag.
Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days. Sierra Madre gets about 19.4 inches a year, mostly from January through March, so heavy rainfall is when a blocked run shows itself. Keep your gutters clean before that window, which is why the fall visit matters.
After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters rather than a general rule. If you want us to take a look, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house from the street, and we will give you an estimate for the next visit. If you want to clean your gutters yourself between visits, clear the surface by hand and flush the downspout with a hose, but call us for the full job.
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 Sierra Madre from the nearest base, and we clean gutters across Sierra Madre as a whole. Our gutter services cover residential properties, and we also clean commercial properties, so the crew runs the same flush and photo check on residential and commercial jobs alike. Booking is simple: you call or text, we ask for your stories, the approximate size of the house and whether trees hang over the house, and a photo of the front of the house helps us price it accurately.
Lead time changes with the season. The two busy windows, spring and fall, fill up first, so if you want a particular week it helps to call early. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit, so the calendar works around your schedule rather than the other way around. Debris removal is part of every visit, so the bags leave with the truck and the yard gets a clean finish.
Gutter cleaning is one part of the work we do. We also look over the fascia, the roofline and the landscape along the foundation, and note anything that needs attention. Clean gutters protect your home from water damage, so you hear about a small problem before it becomes a leak or a costly repair. If you are unsure whether your home needs a visit now or later, ask us and we will tell you what we see. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
Sierra Madre gutter cleaning is quoted from the stories, the size of the house and how much buildup is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. We do not quote a range without those three things. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers book in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and in late fall after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, we usually find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the wet months. Call (866) 435-6328 to get your gutters on the calendar.
Same-day slots for cleaning services in Sierra Madre depend on the week, and spring and fall fill first. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the exact date when you call.
No, you do not need to be home. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and it 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.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check that the water runs clean at the outlet, which carries it away from your home. If a line drains underground and the water is not getting out, we tell you, but clearing a buried line is a separate job and is priced before anyone touches it.
Yes. Guards keep out leaves, but needles, seeds and grit still sit on top of the guard and can block the water from getting in. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards. Guards stretch the time between visits, but they do not end gutter maintenance.
If a gutter that is clean still spills water over the edge in rain, the problem is usually slope or downspout size, not buildup. Send us a photo or 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.
You call or text, and we quote from the stories, size and buildup. The crew arrives in the window we gave you, works each run by hand, flushes every downspout and bags the leaves for the truck. If we find something that changes the job, we stop, tell you what it is and agree on the new price before the crew continues, and the gutters are left clean when the truck pulls away.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
