Our own crew cleans gutters in Ukiah, every outlet flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, 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 roof, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Across California, most of our calls come in during spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop have left the gutters full.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price for our gutter cleaning services depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We give an estimate by phone or text from those three things, and the number a homeowner hears is the number we charge. Some companies price by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place per foot of run, but we would rather you know the whole number before we clean a single run. The easiest way to clean your gutters without surprises is to ask for that number first.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and needs a boom or scissor lift. A walk-out basement or sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, and a leak up there is harder to reach from the ground. Gutters nobody has opened in years come out with years of buildup and compacted debris, and any run with a sag in it takes extra time to reset. Guards we have to lift and reseat add a step to the whole gutter system. Flushing, flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If something changes the job, you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Here is how it looks on our Ukiah homes. Most of our customers have a two-story house with a tree or two over the back run, and the gutters fill in spring and fall with seeds and wet leaves. On one of our Ukiah jobs, the house had a steep back roof and a heavy canopy, and what moved the quote was the time it took to clear the valley and a clog at the outlets; the crew flushed every run until the water came out clean at the bottom. We do this kind of work for residential and commercial properties alike, and our gutter cleaning process is the same. For residential properties, the ask is simple: send a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has. We will quote the regular gutter cleaning on the spot, and we will show you the water flow at the bottom of each run before we leave.
| 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, most of our customers book our gutter services twice a year: once in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late November to December, after the last leaves and debris are down. For Ukiah CA homes the calendar is the same. In June the gutters and downspouts are packed with seeds and pollen paste, and the elbows are the worst of it. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we find runs with a sag in them under the weight of water by January.
Under heavy tree cover, or near a busy road or construction, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the drains between visits, and clogged runs back up fast. Few or no trees, and one full clean each year in late fall is enough. Guards cut the frequency, but the surface still needs clearing. A clog that goes unchecked means a rain gutter that cannot take heavy rainfall, and water spills over the edge, which is how the damage starts behind the gutter. Keeping the gutters clean helps protect your home from water damage. Rainwater that reaches the roofline should land in the trough and leave through the outlet, and a blockage at the elbow sends it over the edge instead. We clean out the blockage, flush every downspout and watch the water run clear at the outlet, so the gutter carries water away from the house through the next storm. The first visit gives you an estimate of which tier your lot needs, and after that we tell you how often to keep your gutters clear across the surrounding areas.
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 Ukiah CA and the surrounding areas, and gets to most addresses from the nearest base without much drive time. Ukiah gutter cleaning starts with a phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with a photo of the house front, and we ask about stories, size and tree cover before we give you a number. A clean booking is confirmed by date when you call, and that is how you get your gutters on the schedule before the calendar fills. Most of our cleaning services in Ukiah fill in the busiest windows of the year, which are late spring and mid fall, so if you know you want a visit in those months, book early. Gutter guards get the same treatment, so tell us if your home has them, because gutter guards change the gutter cleaning process and the time it takes.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home. We work from the outside, and we send you the photos when we are done, with a note on any leak we see. We also clean every run on the way in, so nothing gets missed. Each Ukiah homeowner who sets up gutter maintenance with us gets the same crew each visit, so the crew knows the house, the trees, the lot and the runs that need extra attention. A twig jammed in an elbow is one of the things the crew checks for and clears before moving on. Whether you book cleanings twice a year or every quarter, every visit ends with a clean run and a photo, and we treat cleaning and maintenance as one job so a gutter can hold up through heavy rainfall. We keep the runoff moving away from your home.
The number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. It is the number we charge.
Across California, most of our customers book in mid to late June and again in late November to December. If you wait past the first hard rains, the runs fill with wet leaves and debris and sag before spring.
We confirm a date when you call at (866) 435-6328, and we do not promise same-day unless we can actually make it happen.
No. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, leaves the yard as clean as it found it, and sends you photos of every run and every spout before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every spout is flushed and we check that water leaves at the outlet. If an underground line needs clearing, that is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
On our jobs, guarded gutters still collect needles, seed casings and grit on top of the guard. We clean the surface, lift the panels where we have to, and check that water is getting into the gutter system.
A rain gutter that is clean and still spilling in the rain has a slope or pipe-size problem, not a debris problem, and we check for clogged downspouts before we say so. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. If the spill has gone on long enough, the fascia can rot and it becomes structural damage, and that is a separate conversation. Keeping water away from the house is the goal, so we will tell you where it is going wrong. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope issue.
Only if something changes the job, and you hear about it and agree to it before work starts. The price on the phone is the price on the invoice.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
