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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work across California, and most of our Truckee customers book it in the spring and fall.
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 give you on the phone is the number we charge, and we work it out from the stories and the approximate window count of your house. Booking gutter cleaning and exterior window washing together in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and we will show you that difference when we quote. Professional window washing is priced from the house itself, its height, its stories and its glass.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are multi-story buildings and houses with a third story, where the crew has to work from a boom or scissor lift, a large count of oversized panes, gutters nobody has opened in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The windows inside the house are not part of this price.
Window cleaners who skip the gutters leave the clogged runs for a second trip, and what we see most often is the cost of waiting. Clogged gutters that sit through a wet season overflow onto the fascia, and that is where water damage starts, often in places nobody checks until the paint peels. Dirty glass on the outside also hides problems, and that matters for curb appeal and for how the house looks from the street. For the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house along with your story count and a rough window count, and we will tell you what the job costs before anyone is booked.
| 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, most homeowners who book cleaning services for their gutters and glass do it twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, and on our Truckee jobs the same pattern holds. Doing both in one visit with one crew is what makes that calendar work, since the gutters and the glass are on the same ladder and the same schedule.
At the spring visit we find the pollen film on south-facing glass, and every window on that side of the house carries it. A residential window in a shaded yard picks up the same film, and the pollen paste packs into the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load is what we pull out of the runs, and storms or strong wind can move the dates either way. Residential properties with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a home close to a busy road or construction often need a third visit, because the grime comes back faster than twice a year allows.
The glass tells you when it is time for clean windows: a haze you only notice when the sun is low, or dust sitting on the sill. The gutters tell you the same way, with water sheeting over the edge in the rain. If you see either one, it is time to schedule service with us.
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 window cleaning services and washing services reach Truckee and the wider area, and we go wherever the work is. Booking is simple: call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house, tell us the number of stories and roughly how many windows, and we give you a number by phone or text. We call before we come, so you always know when the crew is on the way.
Two stretches of the year fill our calendar faster than others, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so if you want a set date in those windows, book early. Outside those periods, regular cleanings fit onto a shorter timeline, and we will tell you the honest lead time when you call.
Our crew handles the outside of the glass and the gutters and downspouts from the ground and the ladder, and it works to remove dirt from the bottom of the glass, along with the grime and the runoff from the roof. Picture windows get the same ladder work as the rest of the glass. Our work covers residential and commercial jobs, from single homes to residential properties of every size, including condos and small multi-unit buildings, and we will tell you up front what we can do on your site. You do not need to be home for exterior work.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so you do not need separate window cleaners for the job.
We work the number out from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before anything is booked.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the problem here, with pollen, dust from the road and sprinkler spotting all building up on the exterior. Large picture windows show it most, and clean inside glass will still look hazy from outside if the outside is not cleaned.
Most of our customers here book their regular cleanings in the spring and fall, which is when the pollen and the leaves build up. Two cleanings a year, one in each season, is the pattern most of them keep. If you want a specific date, call (866) 435-6328 early in those seasons.
No. Gutters go first and glass goes last, because the grit and black water from a gutter run down the wall and across any window below it. If the glass were washed first, it would have to be washed again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we use purified water rather than cleaning solutions on the glass. Tracks are included in the visit, and they are not billed as extras.
We treat the interior and exterior glass as different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior glass only. We do not do interior glass or 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 if 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.
