The same two people handle your window washing and your gutters in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Birmingham jobs, most customers book the bundle in the spring and the fall, when the pollen and the leaves have had time to build up. Call (866) 435-6328 or book online today.
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 price window washing by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs the quote moves for a handful of reasons we can see from the ladder. A third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it adds time. So does a window count with oversized picture windows, which need more setup per pane. Gutters and downspouts that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate matter, because a wash will remove dirt but not the mineral etch, and we tell you about it before we quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our washing services and are not billed as extras. The wash itself is purified water on a pole, which lifts the grime off the glass, so it dries with no soap film for the sun to catch.
Our window cleaning services in Birmingham have followed this pattern. One house in a tree-lined part of town had a full roof of leaf litter sitting above the gutter line and a sprinkler head aimed at the south windows. Its quote came up because of the trees and the spotting, not the window count, and the crew flagged the sprinkler before anyone touched a ladder. Condos are quoted the same way, by stories and window count, once we have seen the building. To get your exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we will reply with the figure.
| 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.
Most of our Birmingham customers book regular cleanings of their window and gutter work twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
In the spring, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the seed paste in the gutters are what we see first. On a window and gutter run in that month we find seed husks and small twigs packed into the downspout elbows, and the glass has a yellow haze that wipes off with a single pass. In the fall the leaf load is what changes the job, a wet mat two or three inches deep in the gutter that holds water against the fascia. Our cleaning solutions are purified water in both seasons, nothing added. Wind and storm seasons move these dates a little from year to year, and we schedule around them.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road or a construction site all pull the schedule forward. Sprinkler spots are the ones that come back a day after cleaning, because the water leaves minerals that wash off with nothing. We catch those on the first visit and tell you whether a mineral treatment is worth it.
Owners often weigh interior and exterior glass together, but our visits only touch the outside, and the haze you notice with the sun low in the sky almost always sits out there. Gutters tell you the same story in rain, when runoff sheets over the edge instead of running down the downspout.
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.
Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the house front with the number of stories, and we give you the number before anything is scheduled. Once you agree to the number, we schedule service on the next open day. Our typical lead time is listed on the booking page, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside.
Residential and commercial buildings both sit in our routes across Birmingham, and our cleaning services cover professional window cleaning and gutter service on the same visit. Our crew handles multi-story buildings with the same equipment as a two-story house, and a boom or scissor lift is used where ground access cannot reach the upper glass. The two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the late fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills then, so book early if you want a specific week.
Clogged gutters are what cause most water damage we see on the wall below a run, which is why the gutters come first on every job. Our window cleaners and the gutter crew are the same two people, so there is no handoff between a glass company and a roofing company. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and both go on one visit. Our window cleaners work on the outside of the glass only, so windows inside stay untouched.
Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside glass in one visit on residential properties. We work gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front and we will reply with the figure before we schedule.
On our Birmingham jobs, the outside carries the tree film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dull even when the inside is clean. Those build up outside first, which is why exterior cleaning is the part that changes what you see.
Most of our Birmingham customers book in the spring and in the fall. Those are the two times the seed and leaves build up enough to matter, and booking early lets us schedule service for your week.
No. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, then give the wall a few minutes to drip before we touch the glass. Doing it in the reverse order means washing the windows twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side when they are reachable from outside.
Not on this visit. Our exterior visit covers the outside glass only, so interior and exterior cleaning are not part of the same job. We clean every window we can reach from outside, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
