The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of the homes we service book this bundle in the spring and the fall, because that is when pollen and leaves build up on both the glass and the gutters.
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 the window and gutter cleaning done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the glass separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Our starting figure for each house size comes from your stories and window count, and the final quote is set from those two numbers.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time on the ladder. Picture windows and a high window count add time on the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. The first visit on a house that has gone without regular cleanings takes longer than the ones after it. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment, because no cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a typical Galesburg visit the first thing we check is how the house is set up, which tells us how long the gutters and glass will take. To get an exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has and roughly how many windows are on the outside. No separate charge applies to cleaning solutions, since the glass is rinsed with purified water. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, and this visit covers the exterior only. If the building is a residential and commercial mix, say so on the first call so the quote matches the job. We will reply with a quote before the crew is scheduled, and we only charge what we quoted.
| 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 here book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and one crew handles both in a single visit. Many people searching for cleaning services in Galesburg want to know how often the glass really needs it, and the answer below is what we see on the ground. In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the tree sap paste packs the downspout elbows. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June, which clears the film before the summer derechos and severe thunderstorms arrive. In the fall the wet leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that sag under the first ice.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, and clogged gutters are the first sign. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster than the rest. Multi-story buildings take more ladder time, so they get a longer slot on the calendar. Water that spills over a run in a storm can reach the siding, and that is how water damage starts. We ask about these on the first call so the schedule matches what your house actually needs.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze on the glass in low sun. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge during rain instead of running down the downspout. Those are the signs we look for, and the schedule follows from them. Glass can look clean from the windows inside while the outside is hazed, so a professional window cleaning visit looks at the outside first. Clean outside glass also does most of the work for curb appeal. Some window cleaners only do the glass, which is why runoff from the gutters often dirties it again.
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 works across Galesburg, and we clean residential properties on the same schedule as the rest of the city. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We count every window on the front and sides, so the quote covers the whole house, and residential window cleaning is scheduled the same way as gutters, one visit and one invoice. Lead time is shown when you book, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, when our calendar fills first. Book early if you want a date in either window. The goal is clean windows that stay clean through the next rain.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work because the crew does not come inside. A window and gutter cleaning visit is scheduled as one job, so you get one appointment and one invoice. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo of the front of the house by text, and we will confirm the date and the window of arrival.
Yes, it is the same crew. Our two-person team cleans the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass does not get dirtied again by runoff.
Our window cleaning services are quoted from the stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or send us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the story count, and we will quote the job before the crew is scheduled.
Yes, because the outside carries the most of what builds up here, tree sap, rain dust and sprinkler spotting. Glass can look clean from the windows inside while the outside is hazed with grime, so the exterior visit makes the most difference.
Most of our customers here book in the spring and again in the fall. Booking in one of those windows keeps the schedule matched to the spring and fall seasons, and the calendar fills first at those times.
No, we clean the gutters first and the glass last. When a run is cleared, the leaves, grit and dirty water come down the wall, so the glass is done after the roof and gutters are finished, and we do not have to remove dirt from it twice.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of our washing services. They are not billed as extras, so the number you get on the phone covers them.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior of the glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing as part of this service. If your home is one of the condos, tell us on the first call so we can check access to the exterior glass.
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 the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
