The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Booking both together costs less than two separate trips, and we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count.
Across Illinois, this is the pairing most of our customers book each spring and fall, once the seeds, pollen and leaves have come down and before the glass dries out.
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.
The quote is set by stories and approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The same survey covers residential and commercial buildings, so the number you hear is built the same way. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves it on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized panes and picture windows, clogged gutters 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 and are not billed as extras. Glass is done with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, and this quote covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is never billed under one number. Regular cleanings keep each visit to what the house needs.
Picture windows and a long run of gutters take more time than a plain front, so the survey notes both before we quote. Pollen that has dried into the gutter elbows gets the same flush as the rest of the run. Our window and gutter cleaning is priced from the same survey, so you hear the number before any work starts. To get your exact number, text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house.
| 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.
Gutters and glass in East St. Louis are usually set for two visits a year, one in late spring and one in fall, and one crew handles both in a single visit. Across Illinois, the spring visit usually falls late May to June. Here in East St. Louis the fall visit lands late October to November.
In spring we find a film of dust on the south-facing glass and a paste of seed and needles in the gutters. In fall the leaf load is the issue, a wet mat that clogs gutters and feeds runoff back over the lip. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms can move both dates, so we book from what the house looks like, not the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit into the downspouts 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 construction picks up a fine dust that settles on every sill. Older homes and multi-story buildings with wide overhangs often fall into this group. April through June is the wettest stretch here, so clogged gutters left through spring can lead to water damage at the fascia.
Windows tell you they need it when haze shows only in low sun, even if the windows inside look clean. Gutters tell you when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. Either sign means it is time to book. Window cleaners who only come once a year miss the second round of leaves, so we tie professional window cleaning to what the house shows rather than a fixed date. Our cleaning services are timed that way, and clean outside glass also keeps curb appeal up between visits.
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 window and gutter cleaning for residential properties across East St. Louis, mostly houses with a few stories and a lot of glass, and we set a slot by phone or text once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time is set by the current calendar, and we call before we come. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the stories and a photo.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop. Booking early in those months gets you a slot without a long wait. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Our window and gutter cleaning covers every window on the outside of the house that can be reached safely, including the sill and the frame. Each residential window gets the same care, because clean windows are the goal on every visit.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We do both in one visit, gutters and downspouts first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our window cleaning services are quoted by phone or text before any work starts.
For most houses here, yes. The outside collects grime, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those build up between visits whether the inside is clean or not.
Spring and fall are the usual windows here, once the seeds and the leaves have come down. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the calendar.
No, because gutters go first and glass last. Clearing the gutters before the windows keeps the runoff off the panes.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, so the crew can remove dirt from the frame too. Tracks are included in the same visit.
Our washing services cover exterior glass only on this visit. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing, and condos get the same exterior-only scope.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while 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.
