Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the grit from the roofline never 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. We have run this order on Georgia homes through every spring and fall season, and it is the schedule most people here settle into once they see the difference.
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.
Window washing and gutter cleaning are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and professional window cleaning booked with the gutters costs less than two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones you would expect to see on a walk-around. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder, and multi-story buildings take the most time at the roofline. Window count and oversized panes add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with leaves and needles, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with a cleaning, so we flag it on the visit rather than quote it as part of the wash. Heavily clogged gutters that have been sitting full for a season can also show early water damage on the fascia, and we photograph that and report it. Curb appeal is part of why people book this, and this price covers the exterior only, since interior and exterior glass are priced as separate jobs.
A Decatur customer with a two-story house and a full set of street-facing windows is a good example of how this plays out. The gutters were packed, the front of the house had a row of picture windows with one oversized pane, and the back run needed the boom lift to reach. Once we had the stories and the window count from a photo of the front of the house, the number on the phone matched the invoice. If you are comparing window cleaners in Decatur, ask what they need to know before they quote, and expect us to ask for the same two things. To get your exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it is.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $240 |
| Two stories | from $195 | from $210 | from $325 |
| Three stories | from $255 | from $285 | from $430 |
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 Decatur customers book cleanings twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense for this city. Cleaning services for each residential window and gutter run follow that rhythm, since the pollen and leaves hit the whole house at once. In spring the pollen film builds up on south-facing glass, and the pollen paste packs the gutters and the elbows of the downspouts. In fall the leaf load comes down and the wet mat sits in the runs through the wet months. For Decatur, the fall visit usually falls in November to early December. Storm and wind seasons can move those dates a few weeks in either direction, so we book off what we see on the roof, not a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust that settles on the sills and the lower panes. On those houses we schedule service more often, and we look at the sill and the frame on every window at each visit rather than only the glass.
After a visit, clean windows show the sky clearly, so you will know the windows need attention when a haze shows up only in low sun. Regular cleanings catch that early, so when it shows up, schedule service rather than wait for the next season. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign is a good reason to call.
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 clean residential and commercial properties across Decatur, and our window cleaning services can usually run in the same visit as the gutters. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we come back with a number. Lead times depend on the season, and in the two busy windows of the year, spring pollen and fall leaf drop, the calendar fills faster, so it is worth booking early. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work because the crew does not come inside.
We work on condos, single-family houses and smaller commercial buildings, and we scope each one to the gutters and downspouts and the exterior glass. On multi-story buildings the boom lift covers the upper runs, so the washing services are the same job from the ground floor to the top. Grime and runoff from the roofline are what tend to stain the lower panes, so we clear the gutters first and let the wall drain before the glass is done. Our crew will remove dirt from the frame and sill along with the glass, using mild cleaning solutions only where the frame calls for them. We do not do interior glass on this visit.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the work is not done twice.
The number comes from the stories and the window count, and we give it by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without that information.
On our Decatur jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the outside is where most of the dirt sits. Cleaning the windows inside alone does not touch any of that, and picture windows collect the same film as the smaller panes.
Most of our Decatur customers book cleanings in the spring and in the fall. Regular cleanings in those two seasons keep up with the pollen film and paste in spring and the leaf load in fall. Storms can move those dates, so we look at the roof before we set them.
No, because we clear the gutters before we touch the glass. When the glass is washed first, the grit from the roofline lands on it, and someone has to do it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and we use mild cleaning solutions only where the glass or frame calls for them. Tracks are included in the outside glass work when they are reachable from outside.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, for residential and commercial buildings alike, so interior and exterior glass are never done in the same trip. Interior glass is not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Call (866) 435-6328 to book, or text a photo of the front of the house for an estimate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
