Our own crew does gutter cleaning in Windsor, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled away, and 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. Across California, spring visits land in mid to late June, and our fall visits run late November to December, once the last leaves are down.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price of our gutter cleaning services depends on stories, square footage and what is sitting 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. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot, but on a house the total still comes down to the same three inputs.
On our jobs the things that move a quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer to work safely. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits well above the ground. A rain gutter nobody has opened in years comes out with a heavy buildup of leaves and debris, and a clog that old takes more time than a run cleaned last season. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time on both ends of the visit.
Downspout flushing, water flow testing, drainage checks and debris removal are included and never billed as extras. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before work starts, never on the invoice. We leave the yard clean.
Most Windsor homes we work on have a clog problem, usually clogged downspouts that show up as a sag or a leak at the eave. On a typical Windsor house the back run is full of leaves and the downspout elbows are blocked, and any change to the quote gets agreed in writing first. Our residential and commercial properties are priced the same way, by the building and the scope, and we flag any structural damage we see rather than fixing it under the cleaning quote. Keeping water away from your home is the reason we do the flush at all, and a clogged gutter left alone can run water into the fascia board for months before anyone sees 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 book twice a year, in spring and fall. Across California, spring visits land in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop. Fall visits in Windsor run late November to December, after the last leaves are down. When we open a gutter in June we find seeds and seed casings packed into the elbows and a pollen paste sitting along the back run. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and a house that skips the fall visit carries that full trough straight into the wettest months, which in our data are January, February and December.
Freezing is a real risk here, and a gutter cleaning service in late fall is what keeps the first freeze from building ice dams at the eave. On houses that skipped that visit, the rainwater backs up behind the ice and the run pulls loose from the fascia.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the roof and a landscape of shrubs against the walls, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack each downspout between visits. A rain gutter under those trees fills faster than one in the open, and a blockage or clog at the elbow can start an overflow in a single storm. Near a busy road or active construction it is the same schedule, since the dust settles into the trough faster than leaves do. Houses and residential properties with few or no trees need one of these cleanings a year in late fall, and that is usually enough. Guards cut the frequency down, but regular gutter cleaning and maintenance still means clearing the surface, checking the flow and debris removal every visit.
Whether you clean your gutters twice a year or once, the first visit in Windsor CA is where we set the estimate and find out which tier your lot needs, and you can change it at any point. Across California, atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days, so a trough that is only partly clear can overflow in one heavy rainfall. Booking is one call or text to (866) 435-6328, so you can get your gutters on the calendar, and we set the next date while we are on the ladder.
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.
The crew covers Windsor from our nearest base, with the same process on every street. Booking for Windsor gutter cleaning runs in the same order each time: you call or text (866) 435-6328 with your stories, approximate size and whether trees hang over the roof, and a photo of the house front helps if it is easy to send. We quote from those details, and the quote is the number on the invoice.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, so book early in those months. Outside them, a slot usually opens within a week or two, and we confirm the exact day when you call. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the work, and each visit ends with photos of a clean finish on your phone. A twig or a seed head lodged in the elbow is enough to start an overflow, so we check every run.
Our crew also provides gutter services and window cleaning in the surrounding areas, and homeowners who book us for one visit often keep us on a schedule after that. Gutter guards need the same care, so we clear them as part of the visit. The goal is to keep your gutters working and protect your home from water damage, so you are not paying for it later. We flush every downspout on every visit, and the gutters and downspouts get cleared before the flush, so the water leaves the house clean.
Our gutter cleaning process quotes across Windsor from the stories and the size of the house, plus what is in the gutters. Call or text us with those details and we quote it on the spot, and that quote is what you pay.
Across California, spring visits land in mid to late June, and fall visits in Windsor run late November to December. The fall visit matters most, because a trough left full goes into the wettest months, January, February and December, with freeze risk on top. Call or text to get your gutters on the calendar before then.
Our cleaning services in Windsor run on a booked calendar, and most slots come up within a week or two across Windsor. We confirm the day when you call, so ask what is open, since the busy windows fill quickly.
No. A homeowner does not need to be there, since 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, clear the beds under the eaves so the landscape is not trampled, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes, every downspout is flushed, and we check the drainage at the outlet to see that the water is leaving. Clearing a buried drain line is a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs guards keep out the leaves but not the needles, seeds and grit, which mat on top and stop the water from getting in. Guards cut down on gutter maintenance but do not end it, and a full trough left alone leads to rot in the fascia board. We still clear the surface and check the flow under the guard every visit, so the trough stays clean.
A gutter that is clean and still overflows in heavy rainfall has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem. Send us a photo or short video in the rain and we tell you what it is, without selling a second cleaning. Keeping water away from your home is the goal, so we treat a slope problem as its own job.
It should not. If the crew finds something that changes the job, we raise it with you before work starts, and the number you agreed to 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.
