Our own crew cleans gutters in Susanville, and we flush every downspout and flow-test it before we leave, so the rain can run water away from the house. Everything pulled out is hauled away, and you get photos of every run before the truck pulls out. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and your tree cover, and the number we quote when you call (866) 435-6328 is the number on the invoice. We have cleaned in Susanville through spring and fall for seasons now, and the work is the same every time: clear it, flush it, show you.
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, how big it is and how much leaves and debris is sitting in the gutters. We give you an estimate over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Other companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the footage is worked out, but we would rather give you one number for the whole house. Susanville homes get the same three questions, and our gutter cleaning services are priced the same way whether the building is a home or one of our commercial properties.
On residential properties, a third story or a steep roof that can't be walked moves the quote more than anything else. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and that takes more time on the ladder. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes down packed with compacted muck and buildup, and that is slower work than a yearly clean. Guards on the gutter system take time when we have to lift and reseat them. Flushing, a water flow check 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, never on the invoice. Where a clog has already started to sag a run, we note it, because a sag left alone can turn into structural damage.
Here is how it looks on the houses we have cleaned in the area. A two-story home on a flat lot with a light tree canopy and clogged downspouts at one corner came in at the number we quoted on the phone, and the crew cleared it in under an hour. A larger home with heavy tree cover had the same quote structure but needed the leaves and grit pulled from the back run before the flush would move. The number stayed where it was quoted, because we measured the house before we gave it. That is the whole point of quoting from what we know, and it is why the figure on the phone matches the invoice.
| 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 Susanville CA jobs, most customers book twice a year to clean your gutters: once in late spring, after seed and pollen drop, and once in fall, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter here in late spring we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows at the bottom of the pipe and pollen paste sitting on the trough. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and where the first hard freeze has already come, we see ice dams at the eave. Houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show runs that have sagged, pulled loose or started to rot by March, which is a rough way to find out a gutter was full all winter. A gutter that was fine in the dry months will show its weak spots in heavy rainfall.
Under heavy tree cover, we see customers on a three to four month schedule, because needles, twig and grit pack the run between visits and cause a blockage. A home with few or no trees in the landscape usually does fine with one of these cleanings a year, done in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule a little, since less material gets in, but the surface still needs clearing, so guards are a reason to space out your regular gutter cleaning service, not a reason to skip gutter maintenance. After the first visit we tell you which of those tiers your lot actually needs, based on what we found in the gutters, not on a general rule.
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 Susanville CA and the surrounding areas, and our gutter services work from the nearest base to keep travel short. Booking is simple for any homeowner: you call (866) 435-6328 or text us, and we quote from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover there is. A photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open date when you call. The two busiest windows on our calendar are late spring, after seed drop, and late fall, before the freeze, so if you want a particular week, book early.
When the crew comes out, we call before we arrive, and nobody needs to be home. The crew works outside and does not come inside. If you have a side gate, leave it unlocked. We clean residential and commercial properties the same way, so the crew that comes to your house is the same crew that works the larger jobs. Ask us about your gutters and downspouts, and we will tell you what we find and what cleaning and maintenance it will take to keep your gutters working, protect your home from water damage, and catch a leak early.
Susanville gutter cleaning is priced from how many stories the house has and how big it is, and we quote it by phone or text. Tell us the stories, the size and whether there are trees over the roof, and we give you one number that is the number on the invoice.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after seed and pollen drop, and in fall, after the leaves are down. If you wait past the fall visit, we often find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by March, which is a harder fix than a clean. To get your gutters done before the freeze, book the fall visit in October to early November.
Same-day depends on our calendar for cleaning services in Susanville that week, so we tell you the first open date when you call. Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm the date with you before we come out.
No, Susanville homeowners do not need to be home. The crew works outside, does not come inside, 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, every run and drain pipe is flushed as part of our gutter cleaning process, and we watch the water run out the bottom. Where a pipe feeds an underground line, we check that drainage is working at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, though less often. On our jobs we find needles and seed casings sitting on top of the guard and roof grit underneath, and once that mat is wet, the water runs off the front edge. We clear the surface and check that water is getting in.
If a clean gutter still sheets rainwater over the edge, the problem is usually slope, capacity or a drain pipe that is too small, not a clog. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain, and we tell you what it is, including whether the water is running toward the wall instead of away from your home. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Only if something changes the job, and if it does you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts. The price on the phone is the price on the invoice, and the crew does not add charges after they are on the ladder.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
