We are the crew that does both jobs. The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls out of the gutter lands on clean glass. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book us in the spring and fall. Call (866) 435-6328 to book both in one visit.
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 number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and we get there by counting stories and approximate windows, then looking at what the gutters need. Booking the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because the crew sets up once per side of the house. Our window washing and gutter work is quoted per building, and a quote built from stories and window count is the most accurate one we can give before we see the house. If you are comparing window cleaning services or window cleaners, ask for the price per building, not per pane.
On the day, the things that move the quote are the ones the crew sees from the ground and the ladder: a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, oversized picture windows that take more handling, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles, leaves and grime, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no amount of washing removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Glendale Heights jobs, a quote usually grows fastest when the house has more glass than the owner remembers. The crew counts it on site, so the estimate you get by phone should be checked against a photo of the front of the house. Send one by text with the number of stories and we can tell you whether the quote holds before the crew is booked. If you are asking about interior and exterior washing services, know that this visit covers the exterior only, and we will say so on the quote. Regular cleanings mean less grime to scrub on each visit, which is the easiest way to keep a quote steady.
| 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, the spring visit falls in late May to June, after the seed drop, and the two visits that matter most are spring and fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both. Timing for residential and commercial buildings follows the same pattern, since the same weather and debris hit both. On our Glendale Heights jobs the fall visit comes late October to November, after the leaves drop and before the first hard freeze.
What we find in spring is a pollen film on south-facing glass and a paste of grit packed into the downspout elbows. In fall it is the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped the fall visit, clogged gutters have sagged under the weight of frozen debris. The windows inside sunrooms are a separate job, so this visit covers the outside only. Across Illinois, storm and wind seasons move these dates, and when summer derechos and severe thunderstorms drop a load of branches, we will move the next visit up. Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, often need a third visit because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, and sprinkler spots come back a day after washing. Multi-story buildings take longer, so a three-story house is planned as a full day.
Houses near a busy road or a construction site are on a shorter cycle too, since dust settles on the sills and the gutters pick it up. Gutters that overflow long enough can cause water damage at the fascia, so a sheet of water over the edge is a reason to book early. If the houses on your street look dirty by the third month, that is a sign your house needs the same. The crew brings its own cleaning solutions, so nothing needs to be set out on the day. You will notice haze on the glass when the sun is low, and that is the window sign. Water sheeting over the edge of a gutter in the rain is the gutter sign.
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 have cleaned gutters and exterior windows across Glendale Heights, and our calendar is the same for every house we serve in the city. Our professional window cleaning and gutter work runs on one schedule for each address. 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 an estimate on the spot. Our lead time is posted on the booking line each week, and we call before we come, so you are not waiting at the curb for a truck that is running late.
Our cleaning services fill the calendar in the two busy windows, late May through June and late October through November, when the spring grit, the leaves and the storm damage all arrive at once. Booking early is the simplest way to get the slot you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside the house. A clean sill and clean gutters also make the house look better from the street, which is the curb appeal most owners notice first.
Our cleaning services keep the same standard for each house, and we clean every window we can reach from outside, whether it is a single-story ranch or a three-story home with a steep roof. The crew that reviews the job before scheduling is the same crew that does it. If your home has more glass than you expect, or a roof the crew cannot walk, the estimate will say so before anyone is booked, and we will work with you on the schedule. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or text a photo of the roofline and we will reply with a quote.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first, then the exterior glass, so the window and gutter cleaning happens in one visit and nothing falls onto clean glass.
On residential properties we give the number by phone or text, from the stories and the approximate window count. The quote is the same figure we invoice, and a photo of the front of the house helps us confirm it.
On a residential window in Glendale Heights, the outside picks up the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those build up between visits. The inside is a separate job, and we do not do it on this visit.
Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, and on our Glendale Heights jobs the fall visit is late October to November. Condos follow the same two visits, and those are the two spring and fall visits we keep for this city.
No, because we do gutters and downspouts first and glass last. Once the runs are cleared and the downspouts flushed, the wall gets a few minutes to drain, so no runoff reaches the panes before we touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are included in the visit, and we remove dirt from the frames too. None of it is billed separately.
No. This visit is exterior only, so we do not clean inside the glass or do pressure washing on the siding.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the 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.
