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 both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Idaho, most of the homes we do are booked in spring and fall, when the seed and leaf loads are heaviest on the glass and in the runs.
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 residential properties by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles, leaves and grime, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes are what move the quote on our jobs. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On the crew's side of the work, the quote is built from what we see on the day. A two-story house with a clear gutter run and a window count we can reach from the pole will land at the lower end, while a three-story house with a long back run and a lot of glass takes longer and costs more. We do not use the phrase washing services in the estimate; we write down stories, window count and what is in the runs, and that is the basis for the number. Window washing on the outside is done from the pole with purified water, and professional window cleaning leaves the glass dry without streaks, and the picture windows get the same care as the rest. If you want interior and exterior glass done, that is a separate quote, and this one covers the exterior only. Regular cleanings keep the job shorter each time, because the build-up does not get a chance to set.
To get your exact number for this residential window job, call or text (866) 435-6328 with a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it is and roughly how many windows face the street. We will confirm by phone before the crew is booked, and nothing gets added on the day that was not in the estimate.
| 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.
Across Idaho, most of our customers book both jobs twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for a window and gutter cleaning schedule. In spring the pollen film shows up on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the downspout elbows, and in fall the leaf load comes down and sits in the runs until the first wet weather. Those are the two points in the year when the cleaning solutions we use do the most work and the glass shows the most. Each visit is also a chance to check the runs, the seams and the fascia for anything that needs a closer look, and the rinse is there to remove dirt before the glass dries.
Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a lot from a busy road or nearby construction often need a third visit, because the build-up comes back faster than twice a year allows. Multi-story buildings are scheduled the same way, with the stories count deciding the crew's time. Left alone, clogged gutters send runoff over the edge and into the fascia, and that is how water damage starts. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than another wash.
You will know windows need cleaning when there is a haze you only see when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain. If the haze is on the glass indoors, that is a separate question, since windows inside are not part of this visit. If either happens between visits, call the crew and we will look at it.
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 the outside of the windows and the gutters across Pocatello, and we book by phone or text. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will give you a date and an arrival window. The date is confirmed on the call rather than promised ahead of time. The two busy windows of the year are when the seed comes down in spring and when the leaves come down in fall, and during those weeks the calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular day.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our window cleaning services are scheduled per house, and the crew works from the ground and the pole, so the schedule holds even when the weather is mixed. Good coverage means we can reach every window from outside and every downspout from the ground or the roof edge, and where we cannot, the crew tells you before we leave. Clean glass and clear runs add curb appeal, and the crew clears gutters and downspouts in the same visit. This page covers residential window and gutter work only; ask about residential and commercial jobs by phone and we will say whether the crew takes them. For a fast estimate on a house that has not been cleaned in a while, the quickest route is still the photo and the story count.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls out of the runs ends up on clean glass. You get one bill and one arrival window.
We do not quote from a list. The number comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what is in the runs, and we give it by phone or text before anything is booked. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the load: seed in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that come back. The inside may be fine while the outside is hazy when the sun is low, which is the usual reason people call us.
Our customers here usually book in spring and in fall, after the spring drop and after the leaves come down. Houses under heavy trees book a third time, because the build-up returns faster.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When the runs are cleared and flushed and the wall has stopped dripping, the glass is the last thing touched, so nothing washes back onto it.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior window work. They are not billed as extras, and they go back where they came from. Condos are handled the same way: tell us the stories count and whether the building's board controls the outside glass, and we confirm access before the crew is booked.
We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit. This is exterior glass only, done from the pole with purified water.
You do not need to be home, and the crew does not come inside. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, 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.
