The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. On our Petaluma jobs most customers book the work in spring and fall, which is when the tree dust film and leaf load build up most. Give us a quick estimate below and we will confirm the number by phone.
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 the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and the outside glass in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the number is written before we come out. Gutters and downspouts get flushed as part of the job, and screen rinsing and sill wiping are included too, not billed as extras. The glass is rinsed with purified water and no cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to streak.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof we have to work from a boom or scissor lift, a window count that runs high because of oversized panes and picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. Residential and commercial jobs are quoted the same way, from what we see on site.
On a Petaluma job last spring, the quote moved because the house had two stories on the street side and a third at the back, and the back run needed the lift. Cleanings that skip a year cost more than regular cleanings, because the sticky tree paste in the elbows has to be broken loose first. To get the exact number, text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and about how many windows you have. We will come back with a figure before anyone books a date.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 Petaluma customers book both jobs twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on this calendar. What we find at each visit follows the seasons. Clean glass and clear gutters are what most people notice first when they think about curb appeal, and the two visits keep both in shape. In spring the pollen film sits on the south-facing glass and the tree paste packs the gutters, and by fall the leaf load and wet leaf mat take over. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates by a few weeks.
Some houses and multi-story buildings need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, and a house close to a busy road or construction all bring more grime to the windows and more runoff into the gutters. Sprinkler spotting is the one to watch, because the spots come back a day after cleaning. Professional window cleaning on these houses is a shorter interval, not a bigger job each time.
Window cleaners who only do the glass often miss the gutter side, and the water damage that starts in clogged gutters shows up on the siding and fascia long before anyone looks up. The sign windows need cleaning is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain. Either one is a good reason to book the next visit early.
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 cleans window and gutter cleaning jobs across Petaluma, from single-family houses and condos to larger residential properties, and we book them as one visit. Our washing services reach every residential window on the house that we can get to safely from the ground or the pole. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text, where we ask for the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. From that we give you a written estimate and a date. Lead times run from one to two weeks in most seasons, and they stretch in the two busy windows of the year when the calendar fills.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Clean windows are the goal, but the way we get there matters: every window we can reach is done from the ground or the pole, and the sill below it gets wiped as part of the job. Our window cleaning services run on the same schedule as our cleaning services for gutters, so you are not waiting on two crews. Schedule service with us early in the season and you will get a slot before the calendar fills.
Yes, it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the water and grit from the roofline never lands on clean windows. You get one visit and one invoice.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we quote it by phone or text before anyone books. Call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the grime here: tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that wash in. Rain alone does not remove dirt from the glass, and clean inside glass will still look hazy if the outside is dirty, so the interior and exterior glass both show the work most when the outside is done first.
Most of our customers here book in spring and fall, which is when the pollen and leaf load are heaviest. Booking early in those months gets you a slot before the calendar fills.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last. When the gutters are cleared, the leaves and black water come down the wall, so the glass is done after the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens are rinsed and put back, sills are wiped, and the tracks are cleaned as part of the window job. None of it is billed as an extra line item.
Not on this visit. Our crew does not clean windows inside on an exterior visit, and we do not do pressure washing here, so ask us about inside glass when you book and we will tell you if it is a separate job.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
