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 washed off the roof lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Ripon customers book it in spring and fall, and we keep those visits on the same calendar.
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 number we quote is the number we charge. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing gutters and exterior glass together in one visit comes in below booking the two jobs separately. Give us the stories and a rough count of windows, and we will tell you the price on the phone or by text.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with seeds and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Gutters and downspouts get flushed, screens rinsed and sills wiped as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra. The window part of the quote covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is never mixed into one price.
For a Ripon home, the fastest way to get an exact number is a photo of the front of the house sent by text, along with the stories and the window count. Cleaning solutions are not the variable; the access and the amount of debris are. We have cleaned residential and commercial buildings for years, and the pattern holds: the more height and the more packed the gutters, the more time the crew needs on the ladder. Ask for the estimate in writing before we book, and call (866) 435-6328 if you want to talk through what your house needs.
| 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.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June, after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit runs December to early January, once the last leaves are down. Most of our customers book both window cleaning services and gutter work on that twice-a-year rhythm, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them.
At the spring visit, the pollen film is thick on south-facing glass and the pollen paste sits in the gutters. In fall, the leaf load is the problem: wet leaves mat in the runs and hold water against the fascia. Storm seasons move the dates a little, since atmospheric rivers deliver most of the year's rain in a handful of days across California, and water damage starts when a clogged run overflows during one of them. We would rather come in the right week than the calendar week.
Regular cleanings keep most houses on track, but some need a third visit. Many multi-story buildings and houses with heavy tree cover over the roof keep their gutters packed between cleanings, so clogged gutters become the norm rather than the exception. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster than the average. These are the professional window cleaning cases where more visits pay off. Our crew uses the same method on every run, whether the house sits in an open lot or under a canopy of trees.
You will know the windows need it when a haze shows up that only appears when the sun is low, and that haze does more to dull the curb appeal of a house than most owners expect. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into 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.
We do window and gutter cleaning across Ripon for residential properties, and the ones we see most are single-family homes with a mix of street-facing and back-yard glass. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window count before we set a date. Lead time depends on the season, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so book early if your visit falls then.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we call again when the truck is on the way. Our crew works from ladders and a boom or scissor lift where the roofline needs it, and the glass is cleaned from the outside only. We are set up to schedule these cleaning services around your week, and we will tell you the day before if anything changes. Every window on the outside gets the same treatment, so the clean windows you get back look the same on every side, and the sill gets wiped at the same time.
Yes. The same two people handle the window cleaning services for the outside of the house and the gutters in one visit. The order of work keeps dirty runoff off the clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure here because it changes with the size of the house and the state of the gutters.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Interior glass is a separate job, and we do not do it on this visit. Condos are the same case: the outside glass takes the weather while the inside stays as it is.
Across California, the spring visit lands in mid to late June and the fall visit runs December to early January. Those are the windows when the buildup shows most clearly.
Not when the order is right. We work on the gutters and downspouts first, remove dirt from the runs, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so no runoff is left to run down onto clean panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side, and we do not bill them as an add-on.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, so the windows inside stay as they are, and pressure washing is not part of our washing services on this visit. Tell us what else you need and we will say what we can cover.
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.
