The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing washed off the roof lands on clean glass. 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. Across Illinois, most of our customers book this bundle in spring and fall, and we keep the same crew on the house from the first estimate to the final photo.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, a bundled visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Quotes for window washing and gutter work are built together, and the exact figure depends on the house in front of us, so call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you one number before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Steep roofs and third stories take longer, and so do picture windows that are oversized or set high. Each residential window the crew can reach from the ground or the pole is counted in the quote. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more time than a light run, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the gutter can be cleared. Hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is a separate problem that no cleaning will remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Carbondale jobs the houses that cost the most to clean are usually the ones where clogged gutters have been overflowing for a season, so the wall below has been taking water for months. That is where we most often find water damage behind the fascia, and it is worth knowing about before the glass goes on. Clean glass does a lot for curb appeal, and professional window cleaning only holds that look when the gutters are done first. Send us a photo of the front of the house, the number of stories and a rough window count, and we will tell you what we expect to find.
| 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 customers book both twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit runs late October to November. The spring visit clears the pollen film off south-facing glass and the pollen paste out of the gutters, so the clean windows go into the storm season across Illinois, which brings summer derechos and severe thunderstorms. The fall visit clears the wet leaf load before the first hard freeze can turn it into ice in the runs, and the spring and fall cleanings are the two visits most houses keep.
Regular cleanings for most houses come twice a year, but some need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots on every window it wets, and those spots come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more dust on the exterior glass, so those customers tend to book a mid-summer visit as well.
A customer with no trees near the house and a single-story roof may do fine with one visit a year in late fall. A customer with heavy tree cover or sprinkler spotting is usually on three or four visits, because the glass and the gutters both keep filling. You will know which group you are in after the first visit. Haze that you only notice when the sun is low is the sign that windows need cleaning, and water sheeting over the edge of a gutter during rain is the sign that the gutters need 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.
Booking starts with a phone call or a text: tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will give you a quote and a date. To schedule service for the late spring or late fall visit, call early, because those are the two busy windows of the year and the calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the more choice you have on dates. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you will know the crew is on the way.
Our crew covers Carbondale as a whole and the surrounding Illinois area. We handle residential and commercial work with the same method, including residential properties, multi-story buildings and condos: gutters and downspouts first, then the exterior glass with purified water and a water-fed pole. We bring professional window cleaning to the house, along with the washing services and window cleaning services, so there is no need for a second contractor to finish the job. Runoff from the roof is the first thing we check, and we remove dirt and grime from the gutter and the wall before anything touches the glass.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and then the outside of the glass, so anything washed off the roof is cleared before the windows are done.
We give one number, and it comes from the number of stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will quote it before the visit.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Our Carbondale customers tend to notice the haze from the outside first.
Most customers book in late spring and again in late fall, after the leaves drop. Across Illinois the pattern is the same, so spring and fall are the windows to plan around.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Our glass is rinsed with purified water and no cleaning solutions, and when the glass is washed before the gutters, the water running off them can streak it, so the order is the whole point of the visit.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the exterior visit, and we tell you before the crew starts if a track needs more time.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only, so the windows inside the house are not part of the booking, and interior and exterior cleaning would be quoted separately. We do not do pressure washing as part of this service.
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 any side gates.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
