Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Our window cleaning services and gutter work are booked as one job, which is the reason for the single visit. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Alabama, most of our customers book it in the spring and again in the fall, which is when the pollen and the leaf drop build up. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text a photo of the house front for a number.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking professional window cleaning and gutter cleaning on different days. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. You can get that number by text: send a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories and roughly how many windows face the street.
On the day, the crew sees what drives the quote on window washing and gutters. A third story or a steep roof takes longer. Oversized panes and picture windows take more time per glass, and a residential window on an upper floor takes longer to reach from the pole. Gutters not cleaned in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and clogged gutters that overflow can cause water damage to the siding below, so those runs need the most time. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleared. Hard-water spotting left by sprinklers will not come off with cleaning, so we say so before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Curb appeal is what most homeowners are after, and clean glass with clear gutters is the quickest way to get it. A two-story house with a lot of glass takes longer than a ranch with the same footprint, and a job on multi-story buildings takes the most time of all, since every run and every row of glass needs its own setup. A blocked downspout is one of the things that adds time on the day, and we clear it on the spot when it can be reached from above. Send us the stories and the window count and we will tell you where your house falls before the crew is on the truck.
| 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 customers in Mountain Brook book our cleaning services twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In the spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters, so that is the first visit. In the fall, the leaf load comes down and the wet mat is what sags the runs. On our jobs, the two visits line up with those two loads, and the crew sees the same buildup each time.
Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof usually need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is another reason for more visits, since the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass and needs closer attention to the sill and the frames.
Haze you only notice when the sun is low is the sign that clean windows are due, and it shows up on every window at once, not just the front. Rain alone does not remove dirt from glass, so the sill and frames get the same attention as the pane. The sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout. Those are the two things to watch between visits, and a photo is enough for us to tell you which one you are seeing.
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.
We have cleaned gutters and exterior windows on residential properties across Mountain Brook, and we book the estimate the same way for every house: a call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season and the calendar, so call (866) 435-6328 for the next open date when you book. The two busy windows of the year are the spring and the fall, and that is when our calendar fills first, so booking early helps.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew calls before it comes, and it cleans every window it can reach from the outside, so you do not have to leave the house or be there while the ladders are up. Our crew also handles gutters and downspouts on residential and commercial buildings. Our washing services take on the grime on condos and multi-unit buildings too, and the same order applies: the runoff from the roof is cleared before the glass is touched.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order is why we do both jobs together instead of sending two crews.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send us the stories and roughly how many windows you have, and we will quote the job before the crew is scheduled.
Often yes, because the outside is what takes the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spotting. The windows inside can stay as they are, and the outside still needs its own cleaning on our schedule.
Most of our customers here book regular cleanings in the spring and again in the fall. Booking early helps, since those are the busiest windows on our calendar. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
No, that is the reason we clean the gutters first and the glass last. If the glass were washed first, the leaves and the black water from the gutters would run down the wall and across the windows below.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we do not bill them as extras. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside. Glass is done with purified water instead of cleaning solutions, so there is no residue to streak.
Exterior only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, so we do not clean the windows inside and we do not do pressure washing. If you need those, you will need another company for that work.
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 sends photos of every run to your phone before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
