Our own crew cleans gutters in Yuba City, every downspout flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled off, and photos of every run before we leave. The price comes from stories, size and tree cover, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Yuba City customers book in the spring and fall, after the seed drop and again after 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 for a gutter cleaning service depends on how many stories the house has, its square footage and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, so a homeowner knows the number before the crew arrives, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place once the length is counted.
What moves the quote on our jobs is usually the same handful of things. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more setup. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot puts the back run higher off the ground than the front. A rain gutter nobody has been up to clean in years comes out packed with compacted debris and a heavy buildup of wet leaves, and guards we have to lift and reseat add time. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included and are never billed as extras, and we do not leave until every run is clean. If anything changes the job, we raise it before work starts, not on the invoice.
Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a figure from there. Most Yuba City homes we clean are single-family, and the most common problem is clogged downspouts, with leaves and debris packed into the elbows, which is why the flush is part of every visit. Where a run is sagging or the water flow looks wrong, we photograph it and tell you what we see, and we do not sell a repair on the spot, because a sag left alone can turn into structural damage. We clean residential and commercial properties, and commercial work runs on a per-building schedule with the same rule: the quote is 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.
Most of our Yuba City customers book two cleanings a year, once in the spring after the seed and pollen drop and once in the fall after the last leaves. When we open a gutter here after the spring seed drop, a gutter that looks clean from the ground is often full of seeds and seed casings packed into the downspout elbows and a pollen paste sitting in the trough. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the late November to December visit we have seen runs sag and pull loose by the wettest months, January and February, under the weight of ice.
Under heavy tree cover, every three to four months is the schedule that keeps up, because needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between visits, and a clog that starts small slows the drainage, holds back the rainwater and turns into a blockage that backs up the run by the next heavy rainfall. Houses with few or no trees need one visit a year in late fall, which is a simple form of gutter maintenance. Gutters with guards still need the surface kept clean, so they tend to come out on the less frequent schedule. A clog that is caught early is a flush; the same clog left a full season is a rot problem at the fascia.
After the first visit, when the runs are clean, we tell you which tier your lot actually needs. To get your gutters on the calendar before the rainy season arrives, book a date with the number above, or ask for a written estimate for the whole year so the spring and fall visits are set. If you want to clean your gutters on a steady rhythm, regular cleaning and maintenance is the cheapest way we know to keep water away from the roofline and to protect your home from water damage.
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 residential properties across Yuba City CA and the surrounding areas, and send the crew out from the nearest base to the job. Booking works the same way everywhere: we quote by phone or text from the number of stories, the size of the house and whether the roof has tree cover, and a photo of the front of the house helps if it is easy to send. The landscape from one lot to the next decides how fast the gutters fill, so we ask about trees before we give a number. Lead time depends on the calendar that week, and we confirm the date when you call so nobody waits on a guess.
The calendar fills in two busy windows, late spring and late fall, when the seed drop and the leaf drop hit the same gutters across town. Booking a Yuba City gutter cleaning ahead of those windows is the way to get the date you want. The gutter cleaning process is simple: we call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the visit. If you are checking whether a slot is open, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with the earliest date we can hold.
Our crew does the outside work and leaves the inside of the house alone. Once the visit is done and the runs are clean, you get photos of every run, and if a seam is starting to leak or the gutters are clean but still spilling over, that is a slope or capacity problem and we will tell you so. We offer gutter services on a standing schedule, so you do not have to remember the date each year, and every homeowner on the schedule gets the same photo report. If your house has gutter guards, the crew lifts them, clears any twig and needle mat underneath, and reseats them before the flush.
Yuba City homeowners ask this first, and the number comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a range without those three things. The quote is the amount you pay.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the seed drop and after the last leaves. If the fall visit gets skipped, the freeze and the wet leaf mat can damage the gutter system before spring.
Same-day depends on the calendar that week, so we confirm the earliest date when you call. Most slots come up within the week during the quiet months.
No. 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, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and we leave the yard as clean as we found it.
Yes, we flush every downspout and watch it until the water runs clear at the bottom. Where a downspout feeds an underground line, we check the drainage at the outlet. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes, though less often. On our jobs the needles and seed casings sit on top of the guard and the grit settles underneath, so the gutter system still needs a clean on top and the downspouts still need a flush.
Send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain. A clean gutter that still spills over has a slope or capacity problem, not a debris problem, and we tell you what it is so the water is sent away from your home instead of selling you a second cleaning.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, we call and you agree to it before the crew goes further. The number 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.
