Quick answer
Gutter costs in the Tri-Valley: A standard residential cleaning runs about $90 to $300 a visit, roughly $0.80 to $1.30 per linear foot with downspouts flushed. Seamless aluminum installed runs roughly $10 to $18 per linear foot, about $1,500 to $3,600 for a typical 150 to 200 foot home. Quality all-metal micro-mesh guards run $15 to $25 per foot installed. Guards pay for themselves over ten years on heavy debris homes with redwoods or mature oaks over a two-story roofline, and usually do not on light debris homes. Call (925) 905-9555 or get a free quote online.
Gutter cleaning
Gutter cleaning: $90 to $300 a visit, and what puts you where
Most contractors will not put prices on a website. We publish every review we get, good and bad, so it would be strange to go quiet about money.
That $90 to $300 is the realistic Bay Area range for a standard residential cleaning, and it should always include flushing the downspouts, not just clearing the trough. Most valley homes land in the middle. Roughly $0.80 to $1.30 per linear foot is a useful sanity check when you compare numbers. A routine cleaning on a home that gets regular attention sits at the low end. Neglect is what pushes a job to the top.
| Factor | Pushes the price down when | Pushes the price up when |
|---|---|---|
| Linear footage | A compact roofline, under about 150 feet | A large home with long runs and many corners. Footage is the single biggest driver. |
| Stories | Single story, reachable from a standard ladder | Two stories, which means taller ladders, more setup and more time. Anyone who says it costs the same is guessing or skipping safety. |
| Roof pitch | Moderate pitch | Steep pitch slows every step of the job. |
| Roofing material | Composition shingle | Tile, which cannot be walked on and is worked entirely from ladders. Here is why tile changes the job. |
| Debris load | Cleaned last spring | Untouched for three years, with compacted needle and silt sludge that has to be dug out. |
| Downspouts | A few, all draining freely | Many outlets, or a blocked underground line, which is a separate job. |
| Access | Open ground around the house | Gutters over a slope, a pool or hardscape, which needs different equipment. |
New gutters
Seamless installation: roughly $10 to $18 per linear foot
That is for seamless aluminum, installed, on a typical San Ramon Valley home. Here is what puts a job at the bottom or the top of the range.
A 5 inch system on a straightforward single-story roofline sits at the bottom of the range. Two stories, a complex roofline with many corners and gables, a 6 inch profile, and removal and disposal of the old system all push it up. For a typical San Ramon home with 150 to 200 linear feet, a full replacement lands roughly between $1,500 and $3,600, and a two-story home with a complicated roofline can run higher.
Our seamless gutters are formed on your driveway from a coil, cut to the exact length of each run, so the only joints are at corners and end caps. That matters in a valley where most of a winter’s rain arrives in a few hard storms.
The two surprises worth knowing about
The most common surprise is fascia. If the board behind the gutter has gone soft, it has to be dealt with before anything gets hung on it, and you cannot see that until the old gutter comes off. A good estimate tells you up front how fascia board will be priced if the crew finds rot.
The second surprise is a happy one. A full replacement often is not necessary. A sagging run, a separated seam or a section that has lost its pitch is usually a repair, and a repair is a fraction of the cost. Plenty of the homes we are called to about needing new gutters need one run re-hung and one seam resealed.
Why quotes now come with an expiration date
Aluminum costs have moved. Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum were restructured in April 2026, raising rates to 50 percent on products made substantially of those metals and applying the tariff to the full value of derivative products rather than just the metal content. Coil pricing has followed. That is why any quote in this trade now has a shelf life. Ask every company how long its price holds. We will always tell you how long ours does.
Gutter guards
Guards: $15 to $25 per foot, and the honest payback math
This is the calculation nobody in this industry publishes, because it does not always land where a company would like it to.
That $15 to $25 per linear foot is for quality all-metal micro-mesh, professionally installed. On 180 linear feet, that is roughly $2,700 to $4,500. You will see numbers far outside that range in both directions. Plastic screens from a hardware store cost a fraction of it and perform accordingly. The big national brands with television advertising and an in-home sales presentation charge two to three times it. The middle is where honest work gets done, and it is where our BroGuard stainless micro-mesh sits.
Now the payback. Take a representative valley home with 180 linear feet of gutter and compare ten years of two approaches.
| Debris load | Cleaning only, 10 years | Guards, then reduced service, 10 years | Who comes out ahead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light: 2 cleanings a year at $150 | $3,000 | About $3,200 install plus 1 visit a year at $120: $4,400 | Cleaning. Guards cost more on this house. |
| Heavy: 3 cleanings a year at $200 (redwoods, mature oaks, two-story) | $6,000 | About $3,600 install plus 1 visit a year at $150: $5,100 | Guards, by about $900, before counting any water damage avoided. |
Read that top row carefully. If your debris load is light, guards do not pay for themselves on cleaning cost over ten years. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. The bottom row is where guards earn their keep, and it is a common situation in this valley: redwoods and mature live oaks over a two-story roofline generate enough debris, often enough, at a high enough per-visit cost, that the math flips.
What the table cannot price
- A missed cleaning. The realistic failure is not overspending on maintenance. It is forgetting, then getting an overflow against the fascia in an atmospheric river.
- Water damage, which costs more than a decade of cleanings once it gets behind paint and into wood.
- Hard access. If every visit is expensive because the gutters are hard to reach, guards look better.
- Timing. Adding guards while new gutters go up costs less than a separate trip later.
- Upkeep that does not disappear. Guards reduce maintenance, they do not end it. Debris still lands on top.
- Your own habits. A schedule you will not keep is worth less than the table assumes.
Making the call
Repair, schedule or guards: which one fits your house
Ranges help you plan. They are useless for deciding. Here is how the three answers usually sort out, and how to get a firm number for your actual roof.
Guards make sense when
- Redwoods, pines or mature oaks hang over the roof.
- The roofline is two stories or hard to reach.
- You have a history of remembering only when water runs down the siding.
- You are replacing the gutters anyway.
A cleaning schedule makes sense when
- Your debris load is moderate.
- The home is single story or easy to access.
- You will actually keep a twice-a-year rhythm, or let our maintenance program keep it for you.
- The gutters themselves are sound, sized right and holding pitch.
How to get a price you can decide on
- Call or book online.Tell us what is bothering you: overflow, leaks, a sag, or just a number for planning.
- We measure everything.A Solutionist measures each run, counts the downspouts, looks at your trees and checks the fascia and pitch on what is already there.
- You get it in writing.A firm, itemized written price with no in-home sales presentation and no obligation.
- We say how long it holds.With coil prices moving, every quote states its validity window.
- We tell you if you need nothing.If the gutters are fine and you only need a cleaning, that is what the estimate says.
- You choose the timing.Book now, or plan it for the spring. Ask about payment options on larger jobs.
We work across San Ramon, Danville, Pleasanton and the rest of the Tri-Valley.
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Get My Written PriceFrequently Asked Questions
Most residential jobs run $90 to $300 per visit, or roughly $0.80 to $1.30 per linear foot. Single-story homes with moderate debris sit at the low end. Two-story rooflines, steep pitches, tile roofs and gutters that have not been cleaned in years land at the top. The price should always include flushing the downspouts.
It depends on your debris load. On a light debris home, ten years of twice-yearly cleaning typically costs less than guards plus reduced service. On a home with redwoods, pines or mature oaks over a two-story roofline, where you would otherwise clean three times a year, guards come out ahead within about ten years.
Budget roughly $10 to $18 per linear foot for seamless aluminum installed, which puts a typical 150 to 200 foot home at about $1,500 to $3,600. Two stories, complex rooflines, 6 inch profiles and removal of the old system push toward the upper end, and a complicated two-story roofline can run higher.
Aluminum is the main material in most residential gutters, and its cost rose with the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, which were increased to 50 percent and broadened in April 2026. Coil pricing follows, so quotes now have a limited validity window. Ask any company how long its price holds.
Usually, when repair is the right answer. A sagging run, a separated seam or a section that lost its pitch can often be re-hung and resealed for a fraction of a replacement. We will tell you which one your house needs in a written estimate.
No. Every estimate is free and in writing, with no obligation and no in-home sales presentation. Call (925) 905-9555 or book online.
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