Our own crew cleans gutters, flushes and flow-tests every line, hauls the leaves away, and takes photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most customers book in the spring and fall, and we start from there.
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 in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. A homeowner comparing gutter cleaning services should ask every company how the price is set. Companies that price by linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the stories and the roof shape decide the time on the ladder, which is what our quote follows.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds. A third story or a pitch we cannot walk means the work is done from a boom or scissor lift, and that changes the setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline at the back run. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted gunk, and that takes longer than a clog we clear in one pass. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the job. A gutter system with a sagging run adds time to check the slope, and a loose seam that drips is a leak we photograph and report.
Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. Anything that changes the job is raised before work starts, never on the invoice. We run water through each one and watch it run clear at the bottom, because a rain gutter that looks clean from the ladder can still hold a clog at the elbow, and it will still overflow in rain. Drainage at the outlet gets checked too, so the water is carried away from the foundation even when the top of the run looks clear. Once every outlet runs clear, the yard is left clean.
On our jobs the pattern repeats: the house with the most stories and the most tree cover is the one that moves the number, and the quote is the number on the phone. Our crew keeps the rule simple. We look at the gutter line, the sag, the buildup and the water flow at each run, then we tell you the price before anyone goes up. Homeowners get the same treatment as residential properties and sonoma homes. Commercial properties get the same look, and so do the residential and commercial buildings we clean on a per-building schedule. Whether you want to clean your gutters once or on a standing schedule, the quote starts from the same look at the house. Want regular gutter cleaning on a set calendar? Ask for the repeat price. Text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate before we call back.
| 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.
On our jobs most customers book twice a year, in the spring after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall after the last leaves come down. Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June. Our fall visit runs late November to December. Sonoma CA averages 28.4 inches of rain a year, and the wettest months are January, February and December. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a gutter has to carry a lot of water at once. In the spring we find seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the gutter line and down the elbows. In the fall it is the leaf load and the twig litter. Where freezing weather arrives, the first ice dams at the eave and the runs that sag show up by January and February on houses that skipped the fall visit. Fascia that sits wet all winter starts to rot.
Under heavy tree cover, cleanings come sooner, because needles, twig and grit pack the outlets between visits. Homes in the surrounding areas with a busy road or construction nearby follow the same schedule. With few or no trees, one clean in late fall is usually enough. Gutters with guards get cleaned less often, but the leaves sit on top of the guard and the water never gets in, so the surface still needs clearing.
When we open a gutter here after the wet months, the first thing we check is the blockage at the outlet, then the rainwater path to the drain. A clog that started in the spring is the cause of most overflow calls we get in the wet season, and the water spills into the landscape beds at the foundation. Each visit is a chance to protect your home from water damage before the first heavy rain. On every visit we flush every downspout and confirm the gutters and downspouts drain the way they should. A clean gutter with a blocked outlet is still a problem.
After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. Text a photo of the roofline and we send an estimate with the schedule for the gutters on your house. Our gutter services follow the tree cover, and we will keep your gutters clean on the right cycle from there.
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 across Sonoma from our crew's base, and our cleaning services in sonoma are booked by phone or text. Give us the stories, the approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the gutters, and we quote it on the spot. A homeowner who wants a Sonoma gutter cleaning booked this week can call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home to get the gutters clean. Tell us about any leak on the call so the crew knows what to photograph.
Booking fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seeds and then the leaves come down, so ask early if your house is on that calendar. Lead time is confirmed when you call. We give you the date in writing once it is booked. Ready to get your gutters on the calendar? Our cleaning and maintenance visits are booked the same way, and a standing gutter maintenance visit keeps the schedule from slipping. A clean schedule over the year is easier to hold than one rush call. The bags are carried away from your home, not left on the lawn.
Every gutter cleaning process starts the same way, with a look at the roof and the gutter line before the ladder goes up. That keeps the job short and the price honest, and it tells the crew which gutters need a clean first. If a house has heavy rainfall exposure, we bring the crew out sooner in the season rather than later. Guards get the same look: a house with gutter guards under a tree that drops twig litter still needs its surface cleared, so the crew checks before it quotes.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text before the crew books the day. Our cleaning services are quoted the same way, and the number we give is the number we charge, with flushing and haul-away included.
Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after seed and pollen drop, and our fall visit runs late November to December, ahead of the wet months. The leaves and debris from fall are why the late November visit matters. Wait past that and the sagging runs and ice dams show up after the wettest months of January, February and December.
We do not promise same-day work, but we confirm the date when you call (866) 435-6328.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and sends photos of every run and outlet to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. The same outside-only work applies to commercial properties, and the yard is left clean when the truck pulls out.
Yes. We flush every run and check the flow at the outlet, which keeps water away from the foundation and out of the soil. A buried drain line is a separate job, quoted before we touch it.
Yes. A guarded gutter system still collects grit and seed on top of the guard. Once that mats, rain runs over the front and the gutter stays empty while the water never goes in, which is how clogged downspouts start even with guards. We clear the surface and check the flow under the guard.
A rain gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge has a slope or capacity problem, not a buildup problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem. Left alone, that kind of problem can lead to rot and structural damage at the fascia and soffit.
Only if the job changes, and you hear it before work starts, never after. That is the whole point of quoting from stories, size and tree cover up front.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
