Our own crew cleans your gutters start to finish, flushing each run and flow-testing it, hauling the leaves away and sending photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from your stories, your square footage and how much tree cover hangs 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 in the spring and fall, when seed and pollen drop and the last leaves come down.
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. Call (866) 435-6328 and we quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Gutter cleaning services for South Whittier homes are priced from those same three things, and homeowners get the figure in writing. Companies that price per linear foot tend to land in a similar place, but on our jobs the quote follows the house, not the length of the run.
What moves it on our crew's jobs: a third story or a pitch too steep to walk safely, a walk-out basement that puts the back run far up the wall, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed solid, and guards we have to lift and reseat before the gutter can be cleared. Flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in the quote and never billed as extras. If something changes the job once we are looking at it, you hear about it before work starts, not on the invoice.
On a neglected run the first thing we find is a blocked elbow, where water stops moving and the trough backs up. The usual cause is a packed outlet, and a rain gutter that sags from the weight of the buildup has a clog behind it. Fixing the drainage means clearing the whole path so it pulls the water away from your home. We clean your gutters to the outlet and check the water flow at the bottom.
The work is the same from one house to the next: clear the valleys and the area above the gutter line so the next rain does not refill what we emptied, clean each run by hand, flush each line until the water comes out clear, and haul the bagged waste off the property. Quotes for residential properties follow stories and square footage, and residential and commercial jobs run the same sequence, though a commercial building is quoted per building and scheduled to its own calendar. Regular gutter cleaning in the spring and fall keeps the quote lower over time, because the buildup never has a chance to compact.
Describing the work is more useful than quoting a number here. Ask us for your figure by phone or text, send a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a written estimate the same day we look at it.
| 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 the spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in the fall, after the last leaves are down. Across California the spring visit lands in mid to late June, and the fall visit in late November to December. On our jobs the spring visit finds seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a pollen paste sitting in the trough, so we flush every downspout and clear the elbows before we leave. The fall visit finds the wet leaf mat that builds up before the rainy season, and once that mat starts to clog the run, that is where a gutter starts to sag.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees over the house and a dense landscape around it, our customers come back on a shorter cycle than most, because needles and grit pack the elbows between visits and the blockage builds fast. Houses with few or no trees need only a single visit a year, in late fall, to clear the leaves and debris before the rain. Gutters with guards still need the surface cleared, but less often. Regular visits are how you keep your gutters running clear. Between visits the gutters and downspouts take the beating from needles and grit, and on every visit a guarded run gets lifted, the grit beneath is cleared and the guard is reseated.
When we open a gutter in the spring we find the seed casings. When we open one in the fall we find the leaves along the roofline. Houses that skip the fall visit are the ones where runs have pulled loose by the following year and a seam starts to leak, and the rainwater comes off the front edge instead of into the outlet. Once that happens, heavy rainfall makes it worse fast, so keeping the gutters clean helps protect your home from water damage.
Our gutter services start with a first visit. After it we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on what the gutters look like when we open them and how clean the runs are, and we send the estimate in writing before the next visit is booked.
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 South Whittier gutter cleaning is booked by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. Give us your stories, your approximate square footage and whether trees hang over the house, and send a photo of the house front if it is easy. A homeowner who sends that photo gets the fastest answer. We confirm the lead time when you call, and during the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, the calendar fills first, so book early if you want to get your gutters done in a specific week.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the job. We clean every run by hand, clear out any twig stuck at the outlet, and make sure the water runs away from your home. The crew works outside and does not come inside. If you do want to watch the work, you are welcome to, and we will walk you through what we find in each run as we go.
Our cleanings are booked one at a time, and the gutter cleaning process is the same on every job. If your house has gutter guards, tell us on the call, because the panels come off before the run can be cleared. We treat cleaning and maintenance as one visit. If the flow or the drainage at the outlet is also due for a check, tell us on the call and we will write it up as part of the gutter maintenance visit, with photos of each run before we leave.
The number comes from stories and square footage, and we give it to you by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the size and how much tree cover and landscape hangs over the house, and the figure we quote is the figure we charge. Commercial properties are quoted per building, and every house is priced one at a time.
Most of our customers across South Whittier book in the spring and in the fall. If you wait past the fall visit, the wet leaf mat is what we find on the next visit, and runs that skipped it are the ones that sag. Houses under heavy trees are on a shorter cycle, and a storm of heavy rainfall finds the gaps fast.
We offer cleaning services in South Whittier, and we confirm the lead time when you call and set the date with you on that call.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard clean, 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.
Yes, we flush each run and flow-test it until the water runs clear at the outlet. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. The guard is part of the gutter system, and it keeps the leaves out but not the needles, seed casings or grit, which mat on top and turn into a paste that stops the water. We lift the panels, clean the surface, flush the run and reseat the guards.
A clean rain gutter that still spills water over the edge usually has a slope or outlet-size problem, not a cleaning problem. Left alone, that spill can rot the fascia board and lead to structural damage. Clogged downspouts get cleared at the visit, but a slope problem does not. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We will not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
