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 done in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew has done this work for Calumet City homeowners and across Illinois, mostly in the spring and fall, when the pollen and leaves come down.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house, and we will tell you the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the ones the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we need a boom or scissor lift, a high number of oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are 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, not billed as extras.
Cleaning solutions do not replace good rinsing on a house like this, so we use purified water on the glass and flush every run. The interior and exterior glass are priced as separate jobs, and the quote here covers the exterior only. For a picture windows wall, the panes are the bulk of the time, so the window count matters more than the number of rooms. If you have a home office or a sunroom, tell us; the number of residential and commercial spaces on a property does not change the price, but the access does. Gutters that have had regular cleanings are faster and cheaper for us than gutters that have been left, which is one reason the second visit tends to cost less than the first. Plan on about thirty minutes of gutter time per run on a typical house, plus the glass.
Ask for the exact number before we come. Text a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, and give us a rough count of windows. We will confirm the number in writing and it will not change on the day unless the crew finds something the photos could not show, in which case we call you before we do anything else.
| 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.
Twice a year is a common rhythm for gutters and glass, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Across Illinois, spring work usually falls in late May to June, after the seed drop finishes. Fall is late October to November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Booking both on one date is the simplest of our cleaning services. Many window cleaners skip the gutters, which is why we do both on one visit.
In spring, the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packs into the gutter elbows. In fall, it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs, and clogged gutters on houses that skipped the fall visit sag by March after snow and ice have loaded them. Storm and wind seasons, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois, can shift a visit by a few weeks, and we will call before we move a date.
Some properties need more than the usual two visits. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site also collects more dust on the glass. Multi-story buildings and homes with a third story take a boom or scissor lift, so the crew plans that visit around access. In those cases, we suggest booking the next visit as soon as the first one is done.
You will know the windows need cleaning when you see a haze only in low sun, and the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain. Those two signs are a better guide than the calendar. Gutters that overflow season after season can lead to water damage at the fascia. A professional window cleaning visit uses purified water and a pole, so the glass dries without streaks, and clean glass does more for curb appeal than most people expect. Haze on the windows inside the house is a different job, and we do not clean windows inside on this visit. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house to book a date.
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 exterior of residential window and gutter jobs across Calumet City, and we keep a calendar that fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring tree bloom and fall leaves. Booking starts with a quote by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Once you pick a date, we schedule service and call before we come, so nobody arrives without warning.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and the tasks are done from the ground, the ladder or a boom or scissor lift. We ask that you turn the sprinklers off the night before and move cars off the driveway if windows face it.
We keep the schedule tight so that every window and every run gets the same attention on the day, and the crew leaves each house with clean windows and clear runs. If something cannot be reached safely, the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing. For residential properties and small buildings, a single visit covers the full job; larger sites are quoted by building.
Yes. The same crew does both in one visit, and it clears the gutters and downspouts first so the glass is not dirtied afterward.
The number depends on the stories and the window count, so we give it by phone or text from a photo of the house front. Our window cleaning services and gutter work are one quote. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the figure in writing.
On our jobs in Calumet City, the outside carries the grime, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, which are the things that dull the glass from outside, so the outside is what needs the work.
Across Illinois, spring visits usually fall in late May or June, and fall visits in late October or November.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last, so the runoff from the roof is cleared before anyone touches the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side, so the crew can remove dirt from them without an add-on.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and we do not do interior glass or pressure washing. Our washing services are exterior-only. If the property is one of several condos, tell us which windows and runs are yours before we quote.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Text a photo of the roofline if you have questions before the visit.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
