Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs done together cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Illinois, most of our customers book it in spring and fall, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The same method sets the number for one residential window or a whole house, and for residential and commercial buildings alike. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it does not change once the crew is on the ladder. The glass is done with purified water instead of cleaning solutions, and downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and not billed as extras. The quote covers the gutters and downspouts as well as the windows.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same ones the crew sees from the driveway: multi-story buildings, or a roof too steep to walk, a window count with oversized panes or a picture windows wall, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with seeds and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat before anything can be flushed, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Window washing on a house with many small panes takes longer than on one with large glass, and heavy grime on the sills adds time too. The crew sets the time from what it sees. Our washing services are scheduled around the glass and the gutters together, so the crew does not come back for the second half. Most of our customers send a photo of the front of the house by text with the stories and a rough window count, and we return a number from those.
On houses in Quincy, the ones that take the longest tend to be the ones where the gutters have been left a long time, so the first visit runs slower than the visits that follow. Regular cleanings are quicker once the gutters have been brought back to clear. Our quote covers the exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are never bundled into the same number. We do not give a price for a case until we have seen the house, and we do not invent one for a neighbor's roof.
| 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 Quincy customers book both twice a year. Across Illinois the spring visit falls in late May to June, and the fall visit in late October to November, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for most houses. The gutters and the glass both carry the season, so the timing of the visit matters more than the price of any single job.
In spring the pollen film builds on south-facing glass, and the runoff from the roof carries it down the wall and across the sills, which is the visit most people miss. In fall the leaf load is the heavy one, and clogged gutters hold a wet leaf mat against the fascia through the cold months. Across Illinois, summer derechos and severe thunderstorms move these dates, and we would rather see a house a few weeks early than wait for the leaves to be down. Quincy averages 36.5 inches of precipitation a year, and April, May and June are the wettest months, so a gutter that overflows then can lead to water damage at the fascia. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a busy road or construction nearby often need a third visit, because the spots and the debris come back faster than the calendar.
The house tells you which schedule it needs. A house under heavy tree cover usually needs more visits than one in the open, and a gutter that is clean in spring can still clog by fall. The window that needs a visit is usually the one that looks fine from indoors until the sun is low, when a haze shows across the glass. The gutter that needs one is the gutter that sheets water over the edge in a hard rain.
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 on residential properties across Quincy, and we book it the same way for every house. You call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date from the calendar. We call before we come, so you are not waiting on a truck, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. For most houses the lead time is set by the calendar rather than by the job.
We are a crew of professional window cleaning people who do both jobs, which is why one visit covers the glass and the gutters together. Many of the window cleaners in town do one or the other, so our window cleaning services and gutter work run on one crew instead of two bookings. Every window is checked and each sill is wiped, and each cleaning is photographed before we leave, so the work you see is the work we did. Keeping the glass and the gutters clean protects the curb appeal of the house as well as the wood underneath. Ask us to schedule service for a date that works for you, and we will tell you what the calendar allows.
Yes. The same crew does the gutters and downspouts and the exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and for condos on a shared roof the crew counts the windows it can reach from the ground or a ladder. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front and the approximate window count, and you will have the number the same day.
Yes, because the outside of each residential window carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and none of those come off from indoors. Cleaning the windows inside is a separate question.
Most of our Quincy customers book in late spring and in late fall, and we can tell you which of those dates fits your house after one look at the gutters and the glass.
No. We clear the gutters first, flush every downspout, and let the runoff drip off the wall before we touch the glass. The order is the reason one visit works.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included in the same visit. The crew uses purified water to remove dirt from the frames as well as the panes.
This visit covers the outside of the glass only, and we do not do pressure washing.
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.
