Yes, 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 both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew has cleaned gutters and exterior glass across Alabama every spring and fall, and this page covers what that looks like in Helena.
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.
The price depends on your stories and your approximate window count, and we give the number on the phone or by text from those two things. Each residential window on the outside of the house counts toward it, and our window cleaning services are quoted together with the gutters. The number we quote is the number we charge, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately.
On the day, the crew sees what moves the quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, window counts with oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our washing services are built to remove dirt from every run of gutters and downspouts, not only the stretch you can see from the ground.
Most of our Helena quotes start from a photo of the front of the house and a count of stories, sent by text. Our crew has cleaned gutters and exterior glass across Alabama, and the houses that come out with the most runoff and the most grime on the glass tend to be the ones with the most trees and the longest stretch since their last cleaning. If the house is a condo, tell us on the call, since access and the number of stories change the quote. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the exact number before the crew is booked. We do not do pressure washing or window washing inside the house on this visit, so windows inside are not part of the quote.
| 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 gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, and one crew in one visit is the simplest way to cover both. Once the pollen season starts, the film on south-facing glass and the paste packed into the gutters show up in the same few weeks. In fall, the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs all winter if nobody clears it.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line that hits the glass, often need a third visit, and most residential properties that book regular cleanings settle into two a year. Sprinkler spots come back a day after cleaning, and a roof under big trees fills its downspouts faster than the seasonal schedule expects. Picture windows take the longest to dry, so they are the first panes the crew checks for sprinkler spotting. Mineral spots need a separate treatment rather than more cleaning solutions, which is why the crew flags them on the visit. A house on a busy road or near construction may also need more frequent cleanings for dust that settles on the window frames. Our crews handle residential and commercial jobs the same way, so a shop front with a sprinkler line gets the same plan.
You will notice window haze mostly when the sun is low, and gutters are due when water sheets over the edge during a rain. Helena gets about 55.6 inches of rain a year, and February, March and April are its wettest months, so the gutters are working hardest right when they hold the most leaves. The gutter and window cleaning on your house comes down to how many leaves and seeds come off the trees over the roof, and every window that faces the tree line shows it first. Our crew can tell you that on the first visit.
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 a phone call or a text with your number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a firm estimate from that. Our lead time on a new booking is set by our calendar. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 and we tell you the next open date when you call. The two busiest windows of the year are the spring bloom and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills quickly then, so calling early helps.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew never comes inside, so windows inside are outside this visit. Our crews offer cleaning services for homes and small commercial buildings, and our window cleaners work from the ground and the pole, so there is no ladder leaned against the siding for ordinary windows. Curb appeal is a big part of why people book this, so the crew works every window on the front of the house, not only the ones you can see from the street. For multi-story buildings we bring a boom or scissor lift when a ladder is not enough to reach the glass safely.
Clogged gutters are the first thing we look for on every visit, because they cause the water damage we see at the fascia and wall below. If a run still overflows after cleaning, the crew tells you why rather than selling a second cleaning. Our professional window cleaning and gutter work starts with the roof, then the glass.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, starting with the gutters and ending with the glass. You get one appointment and one invoice.
The number comes from your stories and your approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text before the crew is booked. We do not quote a figure without those details.
On a Helena house, the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, which build up faster than inside glass. Cleaning the outside protects the view, and clean windows also keep the frames clear.
Most of our customers here schedule service in spring, once the bloom is over, and in fall after the leaves drop. If your house sits under heavy trees, a third visit may make sense, and our crew will tell you on the first visit.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the grit and water run down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping. Every window below a cleared run waits the same way.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on exterior glass; interior glass and interior tracks are not part of this visit.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit, and the crew does not work on interior and exterior glass in the same appointment. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the 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.
