Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most homeowners book this twice a year, in spring and in fall, and our crew keeps the same schedule with them.
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. Window washing and gutter cleaning booked as one visit costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Clearing clogged gutters, flushing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On the day, the crew looks at what actually moves a quote: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, a window count that includes oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which no cleaning removes. Heavy grime on the lower sills adds time too. We tell you about each of these before we start, and window cleaning services are quoted in the same number as the gutter work.
The easiest way to get an exact number is to send a text with the number of stories, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house, or call (866) 435-6328 and we will walk through it. Plenty of our Lemont jobs start with exactly that, and it means the quote you get on the phone is the number we stand behind. Our crew handles the regular cleanings on a schedule you set, and the interior and exterior glass stay on your own list, since we only clean the exterior on this visit. Our washing services follow the same calendar as the regular cleanings.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in spring and in fall. The same schedule works for residential and commercial glass, since dust and rain land on both. On our Lemont jobs, the spring visit lands in late May to June, after the seed drop has finished, and the fall visit lands in late October to November, after the last leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. Doing both on the same visit keeps one crew on one schedule.
What we find on each visit follows the calendar. In late spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass, and the tree seed sits in the gutter elbows. In late fall the leaf load is wet and heavy, and clogged gutters from houses that skipped the fall visit tend to show sagging runs by early spring. Sagging runs and clogged gutters are where water damage usually starts, which is why the fall visit matters. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois can shift those dates, so we look at the house before we set the calendar. Haze and grime come off with water alone, and only the mineral spots need cleaning solutions.
Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, multi-story buildings, or a lot near a busy road or construction usually need a third visit. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings under big trees, and sprinkler spotting shows up as the spots that come back a day later. Houses with few or no trees often do well with one fall visit a year.
You can tell the windows need attention when you see haze only in low sun. You can tell the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge during rain. Haze on the windows inside is a different problem, and an exterior visit does not touch it.
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 cleaning services reach Lemont and the towns around it, and we book by phone or text. Professional window cleaning and gutter work go out on the same truck, and the window cleaners on your house are the same crew that clears the gutters. Send us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we send back a quote the same way. Lead times vary with the season, so we tell you the first open date when you call. When our calendar fills during the two busy windows of the year, the late spring and late fall visits, we keep the earliest slots for customers who booked the previous season.
We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside. Before the truck arrives, turn off the sprinklers, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while ladders are up. Each job includes a photo of every gutter run and the finished glass, sent to you before the crew leaves. To get on the schedule, call (866) 435-6328.
We schedule service around the weather, so a rain day means a rescheduled visit rather than a rushed one. Our goal is a clean, even finish on every window and a clear gutter line, from the first sill to the last downspout. Good curb appeal starts there.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the exterior windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing dirty runs onto clean panes.
The number depends on stories and window count, not on a flat rate for every house. Text us the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we send back the exact figure before anything is booked.
Usually yes, because a residential window collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots between seasons, and this visit removes that outside buildup. The windows inside stay on your own schedule, since we only clean the exterior on this visit.
Most of our customers here book in late May to June and again in late October to November. Booking both on the same visit keeps one crew on one schedule.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. Runoff from the roof is caught at the gutter line, and once the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping, the windows get a clean finish with nothing running back onto them.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior visit, and none of it is billed as an extra. Each step helps remove dirt that would otherwise wash back down the glass. Interior glass is not included on this visit.
No. On this visit we clean exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing. Condos and multi-story buildings are quoted the same way, by stories and window count.
You do not need to be home, since residential properties are cleaned from the outside only. Turn off the sprinklers, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while 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.
