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 the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book it for the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves pile up and the glass shows it.
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, and doing gutters and exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate from that.
On our jobs, what moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: on multi-story buildings, a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a large number of oversized panes, gutters nobody has opened in years and now 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.
Plenty of houses come to us with clogged gutters that have already caused water damage to the fascia, and we note it in the photo report rather than quoting a repair. For the windows, the outside is where the work is: pollen film, rain dust and mineral spots. We do not clean windows from the inside on this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are, and we do not do pressure washing here. Ask about the window washing and gutter cleaning together and we will tell you what the front of your house needs before we arrive. A clean front does a lot for curb appeal, and that is the reason the outside gets priced as one job.
Tell us how many stories and roughly how many windows, and we will give you the number before we schedule anything. A professional window cleaning crew with a water-fed pole reaches the upper panes without leaning a ladder on the siding, which is part of why the number holds once we are there.
| 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 Effingham customers book both cleaning services twice a year, once in late spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In May the downspout elbows are packed with seeds and a sticky paste, and the glass carries a yellow film on the south side. In late fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters, and houses that skipped that visit show sagging runs by the next winter.
Heavy tree cover over the roof changes the schedule. Our customers under big trees are on every three to four months, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A house with few or no trees is fine with one visit a year in late fall.
Three things send a house to a third visit as we see them: heavy tree cover, a sprinkler line that hits the glass (the spots come back a day later), and a house near a busy road or construction. We would rather see you on the schedule that fits the lot than on a schedule that fits us.
A residential window needs cleaning when you start seeing haze only when the sun is low, so check every window from the outside, not just the front. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during a rain. Either sign, call (866) 435-6328 and we will schedule service around your actual conditions.
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 offer washing services for exterior glass and gutters across Illinois, and our window cleaning services cover clean windows on residential properties of every size. Booking starts with a phone call or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and the estimate comes back in writing. Typical lead time depends on the season, so we give you the date we can actually hold when you call.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring seed drop and the late fall leaf drop. Those are when our calendar fills, so the earlier you ask, the more likely we can fit the gutters and the windows into one visit. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come.
Gutters and downspouts get hauled out, not blown into the yard, so the grime and the leaves do not end up back in the beds. We remove dirt from the gutter troughs by hand, and the runoff from the roof goes where it should. We also do the occasional condos and small multi-unit buildings, and when we do, we quote them the same way: by stories and window count, from the photo. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff does not end up on the windows we just washed. We do the gutters, flush every downspout, and then clean the outside glass. The same order holds when the building is a residential and commercial mix.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text before we book the cleanings. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will send a written estimate first.
On our jobs the outside is where the buildup is: a yellow film in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that show up on the glass. The inside can stay as it is, but the outside still needs regular cleanings once or twice a year.
Most of our Effingham customers book in spring and in the fall, which are when the seeds and the leaves come down. Across Illinois the pattern is the same, so if you call in the spring or fall, we can usually put you on the schedule quickly.
Not on our jobs. We clear the gutters and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass. The glass is done with purified water from the pole, so there are no cleaning solutions left to streak, and that order is the whole reason we do both in one visit.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done as part of the outside cleaning. Picture windows get the same pole treatment from the outside, and their screens are rinsed too. Those are not billed as extras, and the tracks get wiped on the same visit.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing. Interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and the inside would need someone else to book it.
No, 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 leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
