Our own crew cleans gutters in Fresno, with every downspout flushed and flow-tested, the debris 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 is overhead, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our work here is booked for the spring and fall visits, and we handle each one ourselves from the first call to the last photo.
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, its square footage and what 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. Some companies price gutter cleaning services by the linear foot, which lands in a similar place, but we would rather give you one clean figure for the whole house.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote more than anything else. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the roofline, so the back run sits farther up than it looks from the yard. Gutters nobody has opened in years come down packed with compacted debris, and that takes more time to clear. Guards that we have to lift and reseat add a step before we can get to the trough. Downspout flushing, flow testing and debris removal are included in every quote and never billed as extras. We check the whole gutter system, meaning the gutters and downspouts from the roofline to the outlet, not only the trough, and if something we find changes the job, you hear about it before work starts, never on the invoice.
Most of our Fresno homeowners have a clog in one downspout that they did not know about until water started running down the siding. We see that often on the older homes near the older parts of town, where the downspout has been pinched by years of leaves and debris. The crew gives the gutters a clean sweep, runs water through the line to flush each downspout until the water runs clear at the bottom, and tells you what it found before we leave. On a few of our Fresno homes we have found sag in a run that had been holding water for a season, and we photograph it and report it. We do the same for residential and commercial properties in town, where the rain gutter runs longer and the clogged downspouts tend to be at the rear of the building. The aim is to get the water away from your home, keep water flow moving through every run, and keep structural damage from starting.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $195 | from $255 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $170 | from $225 | from $295 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $265 | from $345 |
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 in Fresno TX book two cleanings a year, once in late spring after the seed and pollen drop, and once in late fall after the last leaves come down, which is the right time to clean your gutters before the freeze. In spring we find the seeds, the seed casings and the pollen paste packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the leaf load, and if the house sits in a freeze zone we also see the first ice building up at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have found runs that sagged under ice by the following spring.
Under heavy tree cover, with big trees hanging over the roof, our customers are on every three to four months, because needles, grit and twig fragments pack the downspout between visits and the buildup in the gutter outruns a twice-a-year schedule. Houses with few trees or a simple landscape do well on regular gutter cleaning once a year in late fall. Gutter guards change the schedule as well, though they do not remove the need for gutter maintenance; the surface still needs clearing, and we leave the trough clean when we reseat the panels.
When we open a gutter in May, September or October, the wettest months here, we almost always find the seed mat, and at the December to early January visit the wet leaf mat that holds water against the fascia is what we find. If a run is holding water in the rainwater season, the blockage is usually where the downspout starts, and that is the first thing we check. After the first visit we tell you which tier your lot actually needs, based on how clean the runs were when we opened them and how much came out.
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 provides cleaning services in Fresno and the surrounding areas from the nearest base, and the same crew handles residential properties and commercial ones. Our gutter services run from a single visit to a regular schedule, and we keep the calendar tight enough that a homeowner can usually get in before the rains. Booking a gutter cleaning service starts with a quote by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, where we ask for the number of stories, the rough square footage and whether trees hang over the roof. If it is easy, send a photo of the front of the house and any twig litter you can see in the runs, and we can usually see the layout from it. We call before we come, nobody needs to be home for the visit, and we leave the yard as clean as we found it.
Our calendar fills in two busy windows: the weeks after the spring seed drop and the weeks after the last leaves in the fall. If you want a slot in one of those windows, call early to get your gutters on the schedule. Outside those windows the lead time is shorter, and we confirm a date when you call. The point of the visit is to keep your gutters working through heavy rainfall, to protect your home from water damage, and to catch a leak early, before wood rot sets in.
We give the number over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, and it comes from the stories, the size of the house and what is in the gutters. Once we have those, you have the number before we schedule.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and late fall, because those visits catch the seed and the leaves before they pack the downspout. If you wait longer than that, we usually find more buildup, and the freeze and the rain make it harder to clear.
Most slots come up within the week, and we confirm a date when you call. We do not promise same-day service unless we have an open slot that day.
No. The gutter cleaning process happens outside, our crew does not come inside, and photos of every run and downspout go to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and the crew leaves a clean walkway behind.
Yes, every downspout is flushed and we check where the water is going at the outlet. A buried drain line that is blocked needs a separate job, and we quote it before anyone touches it.
Yes, though the cleaning and maintenance schedule runs less often. Under guards we usually find needles threaded through the mesh and seed casings sitting on top, and the surface still needs clearing so water can get in.
If a clean gutter still sheets water over the edge in the rain, it is usually a slope or downspout-size problem, not debris. Send us a photo or a short video in the rain and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. If we find something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before the crew starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
