Our own crew cleans gutters in Truckee, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, leaves hauled away, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from the number of 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. We have been booking spring and fall visits across California for years, and most of our customers book the same two windows.
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. A leak at a seam gets photographed and reported, not sold as an add-on. We quote it over the phone or by text 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 run, but the total on a house is what you pay, so ask for that. We do not give a price range here because the house decides the number, and a homeowner hears it before any date is booked. The gutter cleaning process starts with that quote and ends with photos on your phone.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story, or a roof too steep to walk, means a boom or scissor lift set up away from your home and more time on the ground. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than the front. Gutters nobody has opened in years hold compacted leaf mat and the odd twig that takes longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards we have to lift and reseat add labor before the gutter itself is touched. Downspout flushing, flow testing and haul-off are included in the quote and are never billed as extras. Our cleaning services work that way too, with the lift and the haul-off named before the crew books. If something changes the job once we are on site, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Homeowners get the same three questions on the phone: stories, size and tree cover. On our jobs, a house with no tree cover and two stories is a simple quote. A house under heavy tree cover with a third story costs more to clean, and the difference shows up in the lift time and the amount of material in the gutters, which we explain on the phone so the number makes sense before you book. Ongoing cleaning and maintenance is quoted the same way, from the same three things, and so are the repeat cleanings. Text us a photo of the front of the house and we can usually give you a firm number the same day. The fastest way to get your gutters cleaned is to call with the stories and the rough size.
| 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.
Across California, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit in late November to December, after the last leaves are down. In June the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and pollen paste. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs that have sagged or pulled loose by the next winter. January, February and December are the wettest months here, and Truckee gets about 30.6 inches of precipitation a year, which is why the fall visit matters more than the spring one. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, and heavy rainfall like that is when a clogged downspout pushes water over the edge.
Under heavy tree cover, we see needles and grit pack the downspout between visits, so those houses come back every three to four months. Houses with few or no trees can run on a once-a-year schedule in late fall. If you have guards, the visit comes less often, but the surface still needs clearing, because pollen and needles sit on top of the guard and the water never gets in. A rain gutter with a sag holds standing water until it spills over the front edge, and one clog in a single downspout can do the same. Left through a winter, that standing water can rot the fascia and cause structural damage. Across California the pattern is similar, but the month is set by your lot, your trees and the landscape around the house. After each visit the run should be clean from end to end, with no leaves and debris left in the trough, and the schedule exists to keep water away from the foundation.
Gutter maintenance is a schedule, and we set it from what we find on your gutter system, not from a general rule. A gutter can look clean from the driveway and still hold water at the back run, where clogged downspouts often hide, so we check the whole length and flush each run. Our services follow that schedule, and the same tiers apply to commercial properties on our route. If you want, text a photo of the roofline and we will say which schedule fits before you book.
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 works across Truckee from the nearest base, and we clean homes and small commercial buildings on the same route. Truckee homes are scheduled alongside commercial buildings, so one crew handles both. Each visit is one gutter cleaning service, done by our own crew. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we send a quote from the stories, the size and the tree cover. Customers in the surrounding areas book the same way. Lead time changes with the season, and we confirm the first open date when you call. Ask when to clean your gutters, and we will give you the first date that fits. The crew checks drainage and water flow at each outlet, and if a clog or buildup is holding water in the trough, say so when you call. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Two windows fill fastest on our calendar: the weeks after the spring seed drop and the weeks after the last leaves in the fall. If you want a spring and fall visit on the same schedule each year, book the second visit before the first one is finished, so the crew can hold the date. For residential and commercial jobs alike, we plan the route so nobody waits long between buildings. Residential properties get the same photo of every run as commercial jobs, and regular gutter cleaning on that schedule means each visit is a maintenance pass, not a rescue. Every visit includes debris removal, leaves the run clean, and ends with the photos on your phone.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. We do not give a range here, because a two-story house with little tree cover and one with heavy tree cover are not the same job. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and the rough square footage and we will give you an estimate on the spot.
Across California, the usual windows are late June and late November to December. Waiting past the fall visit means the leaf mat and snow load have already sat on the gutters through winter, which is when we find runs with a sag. Booking those two windows is the simplest way to keep your gutters clear.
Most slots for our gutter services in Truckee CA come up within the week, and we confirm the date when you call. If you need something sooner, say so on the phone and we will tell you what is open.
No, you do not need to be home. Our 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, which helps protect your home during the visit.
Yes, we flush every downspout, check that water leaves at the outlet, and do not leave until it runs clean. If a downspout feeds an underground drain line, we tell you whether water is getting through or where a blockage is holding it. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, guarded gutters still need attention. What we find under guards on our jobs is pollen, needles and grit sitting on top of the guard, and water that never gets in. We clear the surface, flush each downspout and reseat the guards, so the gutters and downspouts keep working under the guard.
Send us a photo or a short video of the roofline and the rainwater spilling over the edge during a storm. A gutter that is clean and still spills over the edge has a slope or downspout-size problem, or a sag in the run, not a buildup problem. We will tell you what it is and we will not sell a second cleaning for it. Keeping the system clear is how you protect the home from water damage.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. The number on the phone is the number we charge.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
