Yes, 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 together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works through spring and fall, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Call (866) 435-6328 for that number.
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 price comes from stories, window count and what is sitting in the gutters, so we quote it by phone or text from those three things. Cleaning solutions are not billed as a separate line. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, and the bundle saving is shown on your quote. Nobody is guessing at a number on the day.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the ladder: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, multi-story buildings that need a longer setup, oversized picture windows that take longer to reach, clogged gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no window cleaning removes. A window and gutter job that starts with a clean gutter run and a flushed downspout finishes with the glass in better shape than the same glass would be if the runoff hit it afterward. This visit covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass together is a separate conversation.
Our experience here follows the same pattern. On one Lyons job the quote moved because of a steep back roof and a row of tall windows along the south wall, and the crew adjusted the lift time before the visit, not on the day. For professional window cleaning on your own house, the fastest way to an exact number is a photo of the front of the house sent by text, plus the number of stories and a rough count of windows. Tell us about any picture windows and any gutter guards so the estimate does not change when we arrive.
| 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, spring visits run late May to June, so most of our Lyons customers book regular cleanings twice a year, with the second in late October or November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Those two windows are when the work is clearest. In late spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed in the gutters. In late fall we find the leaf load, clogged gutters and the wet mat that sits in the downspout elbows.
Heavy tree cover over the roof changes the schedule. Multi-story buildings and houses under big trees often need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the gutters and downspouts between cleanings and water damage starts at the fascia when a run backs up. A sprinkler line that hits the glass causes the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass, so the crew has to work harder to remove dirt from it. Those are the cases where we suggest three or four visits a year instead of two.
There is no set rule for every lot, so we look at the house on the first visit and tell you which schedule it needs. Windows tell you when they need it: haze shows up on the glass when the sun is low, and that is the sign to book. The front windows also decide curb appeal, so haze on them is worth acting on early. Gutters tell you too, when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 residential properties across Lyons, and the crew runs window and gutter cleaning on the same route so a slot is one visit, not two. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. The same booking covers window cleaning services alone or both jobs together, and the cleaning services price is quoted the same way. Once you have a number, we set a date and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so the sooner you schedule service the better your chance of an early date. Lead time for a new booking depends on the current schedule, and we tell you the date on the phone. If you want clean windows before a party or a sale, ask for a date that lands before the busy stretch. Owners of condos should tell us which windows are theirs before the visit, so the count is right.
We schedule service for every window on the house, not only the ones facing the street, and we clean the sill and the frame on each one. Every residential window gets the same treatment, and windows inside the house are not part of this visit. If you searched for window cleaners in Lyons and want the gutters done too, that is the same visit. Our crew finishes a job the same way each time, which is why the number on the quote holds up when the invoice arrives.
Yes, and it is the same crew. Gutters first, glass last, in one visit, so the runoff from the gutters never lands on the clean glass.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it by phone or text. For condos, the quote counts only the windows that belong to your unit. We do not quote a range here, because the exact figure depends on the house.
On our Lyons jobs the outside takes the most grime: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots collect on the glass before they reach the inside. Cleaning the exterior is the part that changes how the window looks from the street, because that is where the dirt has to be removed from the glass itself.
Across Illinois, the spring visit runs late May to June, and in Lyons the fall visit runs late October to November, after the leaves have dropped. Most customers keep regular cleanings to those two windows.
Not if the order is right. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed first, the wall is allowed to dry, and the glass is cleaned last, so nothing runs down onto it afterward.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and tracks are part of the washing services we quote. None of those are billed as separate extras.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing. If the building is not a house, ask about residential and commercial work by phone at (866) 435-6328, and we will say whether the crew takes it.
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.
