Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dripping off the roof lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our crew has been cleaning exterior glass and gutters for homeowners in Placerville through the spring and fall seasons, and we keep the schedule tight so you know when we are coming.
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. On the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text we ask for both, and the number we quote is the number we charge. Doing the gutters and the exterior windows together in one visit costs less than booking our window cleaning services and gutter work as two separate jobs, and the bundle figure we give you already reflects that.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely. A high window count, oversized panes, or glass caked in grime adds time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take more hands to clear. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem: cleaning removes dirt but not the mineral marks that sprinklers leave, and we will tell you that on the visit rather than charge you for a second pass. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. We clean the outside of the house only, so the quote never includes interior and exterior glass as one package.
On our Placerville jobs, the quote usually comes down to those same few things. To get your exact number, send us a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with a figure. Window washing services on a house with a lot of glass, and picture windows that need a boom or scissor lift, are priced from the same inputs. If you want regular cleanings on a set schedule, we can line those up after the first visit so the crew already knows the house.
| 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 Placerville customers book their window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. On the glass in spring you will see pollen film on the south-facing panes, and the gutters carry a sticky paste from the same season. That film takes gentler cleaning solutions than the dust that builds up in fall, so the mix changes with the season. Fall brings the leaf load, and that is when we find wet leaf mat packed in the runs, clogged gutters, and downspouts backed up at the elbow. Clearing the gutters and downspouts comes first on that visit, before any glass.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit collect in the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate pass. Multi-story buildings, and any house near a busy road or a construction site, pick up dust faster than most, so the glass and the gutters both fill sooner than the seasonal schedule suggests. The gutter order stays the same on residential and commercial buildings, gutters first and glass last.
You will know the windows need attention when you see haze that only shows up when the sun is low. The crew does not clean the windows inside the house, so that film stays on your side of the glass. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during a rain instead of running down the downspout. Both are easier to fix on a scheduled visit than after water damage builds up.
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 done professional window cleaning and gutter work across Placerville, and our window cleaners work the whole city on a rotating schedule. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house with the number of stories, and we come back with a written estimate. Lead time depends on the calendar, and the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, are when our schedule fills first, so booking early keeps you from waiting.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew works outside, does not come inside, and calls before they arrive. Our cleaning services are built around the house, so the crew brings its own water and power and works from the outside of the building. We take the same care on a two-story home as on a three-story one, and we keep every window in the plan so none get skipped. Curb appeal is what people see from the street, and clean glass, clear gutters and a wiped sill show up in the first look at the house.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps the wet runoff from the roof off the clean panes.
We give the number by phone or text for residential properties, including houses and condos, based on stories and approximate window count. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will return a written estimate.
Usually the outside carries more: pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots collect on the exterior glass of every residential window, and they do not show on the inside. Cleaning the outside is the part that changes how the house looks from the street.
Most of our Placerville customers book in spring, once the spring dust settles, and in fall, after the leaves drop. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills, so booking early helps.
Not if the order is right. We clear and flush the gutters and downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the glass, so nothing from the roof runs back across the panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit, and the frames are wiped to remove dirt before the glass is done. They are not billed as separate items.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
