The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Alabama, most of the homes we work on get booked for both in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaf load have built up.
Priced by stories, not by a visit. The bundle costs less than two trips, and the number on the phone is the number on the invoice.
We quote window washing and gutter work by stories and approximate window count, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Doing both jobs in one visit is cheaper than booking them separately, and we will show you the difference on the quote itself. Nothing is hidden in the price: the washing services we bring cover the glass, frames and sills, and the window cleaning services on your quote include all of it.
On the day, the crew looks at what moves the number. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. More windows, or oversized picture windows, add glass to wash. The gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove, and we say so before we start.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, so the crew can remove dirt from every surface it touches without a line item for it. When we clear a run, we flush the downspout until the water runs clear, so the grime and runoff from the roofline do not sit in the outlet and come back the next rain. If we find a downspout that feeds a buried line, we check the outlet and quote the rest separately before anyone digs.
Across Alabama, the cases that cost the most time are condos where the gutters and the glass have both been left for a long stretch. One customer with a two-story house and a long run of gutter had us do the full job in one visit; the crew cleared the leaves that had packed the downspouts, flushed each run, and then washed the windows that had taken the splash. The number we gave on the phone held on the invoice. To get your exact number, send a text with a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
For context, nationally. Angi puts the average US gutter cleaning at $168, most homeowners paying $119 to $234 (Angi, 2026). Exterior-only window cleaning runs roughly $4 to $10 per window, or $100 to $250 for a typical home, with $3 to $5 per window more on upper stories (Angi, HomeGuide, via Google AI Overview, Oct 2026). Priced by stories, the most common model, a two-story gutter cleaning sits around $150 to $300 nationally. If a quote you are holding sits far outside these, ask what is driving it.
On every house we work, the first scoop out of a gutter ends up on the wall below it. We put the glass last so it ends up there once.
Gutters first, glass last. That is the order on every job our crew does, and it is the reason we book both with one crew instead of sending two.
What we see from the ladder. When we clear a run, the leaves, the grit and the black water that sits under them come down the wall and across any window below it. Flushing a downspout throws more of it, in a stream, onto the panes beside the outlet. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash them again before we are off the ladder. So we do the roof blow-off, clear the gutters, flush every downspout, give the wall a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The panes under the downspout outlets are the last ones we touch on the house.
Two things we do differently from a window-only crew. We rinse the siding under each run before we move to the glass, so nothing left on the wall washes down onto it in the first rain. And we do the top-floor glass from the same ladder position as the gutter run, one setup per side of the house, which is where the bundle saving comes from: no second trip, no second setup.
Downspouts flushed, screens rinsed, sills wiped, bags hauled. None of it shows up as a line item.
Gutters. Roof blow-off where debris sits above the gutter line. Every run hand-cleared, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Every downspout flushed with water until it runs clear, and a blocked one cleared on the spot where it can be reached from above. A downspout that feeds a buried drain line is checked at the outlet; clearing the buried line is a separate job, quoted before anyone touches it. Debris bagged and taken away. Before-and-after photos of each run, sent to you before the crew leaves.
Windows, exterior only. Every reachable pane on the outside of the house, cleaned with a water-fed pole and purified water so the glass dries without streaks or towel lint. Frames wiped. Screens taken down, hand-rinsed and put back on request. Sills wiped. Upper-story windows done from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding.
Not included, and we say so up front. Interior glass. Hard-water or sprinkler staining etched into the glass, which needs a separate mineral treatment and is quoted after the crew sees it. Post-construction paint, stickers or stucco. Skylights and solar panels. Pressure washing of siding, decks or driveways. Gutter guards: if a run is covered, lifting and reseating the guard adds time and is quoted by the foot before the visit, never on the day.
Twice a year for both, and the same two months, which is why one visit covers it.
Across Alabama, most of our customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, so the first visit each year is usually the heaviest. In fall, the leaf load comes down and mats in the runs, and any sagging hanger shows up as water sheeting over the edge in the first rain.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A bad wind season can drop a load of debris in a few days, and a tropical remnant can push water behind the fascia that the glass will show later. We watch the calendar with our customers and adjust the visit when it matters, not on a fixed schedule.
Some residential properties need a third visit beyond the regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the gutters between cleanings, so those houses tend to be on every three or four months. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, and no set of cleaning solutions removes those, so the sprinkler needs adjusting as well. Residential and commercial buildings near a busy road or a construction site get dust on the glass faster than a quiet street does.
One customer on twice a year with no trees around the roof stays on a clean schedule without much to do between visits. A second customer under heavy trees with sprinkler spotting is on three or four visits a year, and the gutters and windows both need the extra attention. Both are normal on our jobs; the first visit tells us which pattern your lot follows.
The sign windows need cleaning is haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon. The sign gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either one, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set a date.
Most two-story homes are done in a morning. You do not need to be there, and you get the photos either way.
The crew calls the day before with a two-hour arrival window, and again when they are on the way.
How long. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical house. Exterior windows on the same house run about the same again or a little more, so plan on a morning for a two-story home and most of a day for three stories or a house with a lot of glass. Gutters that have not been touched in years, steep roofs and wraparound porches run longer.
Before the crew arrives. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, so the glass is dry and the ground is not mud. Move cars off the driveway if windows face it. Keep pets inside while ladders are up. Unlock side gates. Nothing else; the crew brings its own water and power.
While they work. Gutters first, glass last, as described above. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. If something cannot be reached safely (a pane over a sunroom roof, a gutter run behind a tree limb) the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing.
After. Photos of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent by text or email before the crew leaves. The invoice matches the number quoted on the phone.
Send a photo and we tell you what it is. No argument about whether it rained.
Streaks. Purified water dries clean; a streak means something was missed, and that is on us. Send us a photo of it and we tell you what it is.
Spots that come back. Round white spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral deposits from sprinklers or hard water etched into the glass, not dirt. Cleaning cannot remove them; a mineral treatment can. The crew flags it on the visit so you are not surprised.
Rain the next day. Rain is distilled water and does not dirty clean glass by itself; what spots glass after rain is dust already on the frame or screen washing down. That is why frames and screens are done, not just the pane. If it looks worse after a storm, send the photo and we look at it.
Overflow after a cleaning. If a gutter runs clean and still sheets water over the edge in the next rain, the cause is slope, a sagging hanger or an undersized downspout, not debris. The crew notes what it saw and tells you; cleaning it again will not fix it, and we will not sell you a second cleaning for a slope problem.
Your house. Ladder stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip or dents the siding. Screens go back in the window they came out of.
Neighborhood by neighborhood, with a lead time we say out loud, and a call before the truck turns in.
Our crew works across Albertville for both gutter cleaning and window cleaning, and we handle every window on the outside of the house in one visit. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us for an estimate, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front, so we know what we are walking up to before the truck leaves. Lead time is set by our calendar and is quoted on the call.
Two windows of the year fill fastest for us: the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop. If you want a slot in either window, book early and we will hold a date. Outside those windows, the calendar opens up and we can often fit a visit sooner.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew calls before we come, and we work from the ground and the ladder without going inside. Professional window cleaning means the glass is washed with purified water so the clean windows dry without streaks, and the gutters are cleared so runoff and clogged gutters do not send water down onto the glass or behind the fascia, which is where most water damage starts on the houses we see.
Our cleaning services work as well on multi-story buildings as on single-story homes; the difference is the time on the ladder and the lift if it is needed. Window cleaners like us are judged on the glass that dries clean, the gutter that runs clear after the rain, and the curb appeal the house has when we leave, and that is what we aim for on every visit.
Yes. Our crew does both the gutter work and the window work in one visit, so you have one appointment and one invoice.
We quote it by phone or text from the stories and the approximate window count, and that number is the one on the invoice.
On our jobs the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dirtier from outside than the inside ever shows. Cleaning the outside is what makes clean windows visible from the street and from inside the room.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and the fall, the two windows when pollen and leaves build up the most.
No, we work gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves and grit come down the wall, so the glass is washed only after the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the glass work, so there is no separate charge for them.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit. The interior and exterior of a window are two different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only, with no pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked, and the crew will text photos of every run before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
