Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters first, glass last, so the runoff from the roofline never reaches clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them separately. Across Illinois, most of our customers book their cleanings in spring and fall, and the crew that does the gutters is the same crew on the glass.
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.
Our window washing and gutter cleaning price is set by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Our window cleaning services and our washing services are quoted the same way, so the number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and you know the figure before the crew arrives.
Several things move the quote on the day. A third story or a steep roof changes the setup and the time on the ladder. A high number of windows, or oversized panes, adds glass to wash, and condos with many windows are counted the same way. Built-up grime on the glass takes longer than a light rinse, and gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take more time to clear, since the crew has to remove dirt from the downspouts before the flush runs clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time as well. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing that cleaning alone will not remove, so we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Illinois the crew sees the same pattern: a house that is quoted by phone from stories and a photo of the front usually ends up with the number on the invoice. To get your exact figure, send the number of stories, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house by text. Our crew then sets the time and the price together, and gutters and downspouts get their full clearing as part of that same visit. If the building is one with heavy runoff from the roof or a long stretch of gutters, the crew says so in the estimate, not on the ladder.
| 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 Illinois, most of our customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, and the same schedule works for residential and commercial buildings, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Regular cleanings in spring and fall keep the glass and gutters on the same cycle, and our East Moline customers follow the same pattern.
In spring, the pollen film sits thick on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs the gutters and elbows, and the crew matches its cleaning solutions to that film. Our crew finds the same pattern every year. In fall, it is the leaf load that matters, and the wet leaf mat that a gutter holds through winter. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, and we call before we come so you are not guessing about the schedule.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Large picture windows with a view of a busy road collect more dust on the frames and screens, and a house next to construction does too. For these houses, the crew suggests a third visit, and the schedule follows what the building needs. Haze you only see on the interior and exterior panes when the sun is low means the windows need the visit. Water that sheets over the edge of the gutter in rain means the gutters need one too.
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 book each residential property one estimate at a time: call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, along with the number of stories. Most houses get a call back with a date, and the crew calls before it arrives. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but the schedule is easier to hold when the side gate is open and the sprinklers are off. We do not promise a slot on a given day; the calendar fills in the busy windows, which are spring and fall, so book early in those months.
Our crew handles cleaning services for homes that want the glass and the gutters done together, and it is the same crew that works across the area. We bring the same care to the window cleaners' usual tasks of washing the glass, rinsing the frames, and clearing the gutter line. Professional window cleaning on a residence is the same as on a larger building: the outside of every window gets cleaned, the same water is used, and the photos go to you before the truck leaves. Curb appeal depends on the outside of the house, and that is the part we work on.
Some houses come to us with clogged gutters that have been overflowing for seasons and causing water damage on the fascia or the siding below, and when we find that, we photograph it, tell you what we see, and do not sell repair work. For multi-story buildings the crew uses a boom or scissor lift where the ladder cannot reach safely, so every run and every pane gets done. We do not clean windows inside on this visit.
Yes. On residential properties the same two-person crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the gutters never lands on washed panes. You get one schedule and one invoice.
We do not quote a range on a web page, because the number depends on the size of the house and the window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories, and we give you the figure the job will be invoiced at.
Yes, if the outside of a residential window has pollen, rain dust or sprinkler spots on it, which most East Moline homes do in spring and fall. The inside can be clean while the outside still hazes in low sun, and that haze is what we remove on the exterior visit.
Spring and fall are when our customers here book, after the pollen drops and after the leaves come down. Across Illinois that is the pattern on our jobs too, so book early in those months and call to schedule service before the calendar fills.
No. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and then wash the glass. Doing it the other way round means someone has to wash the same windows again before the crew leaves.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, tracks are cleaned and downspouts are flushed as part of the exterior job, none of it billed as an extra, and a torn screen is noted in the photos rather than replaced.
No. This visit is exterior glass only. We do not clean windows inside and we do not pressure wash siding or decks on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Unlock the side gate and that is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
