The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. Booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and we price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Most of our Troy customers book it in the spring and fall, which is when the pollen and leaf loads on the house are heaviest. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us your stories and window count for a quote.
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 in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Window and gutter cleaning booked together is quoted as one job, and our washing services cover the gutters and downspouts for residential and commercial buildings alike. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count, and text a photo of the front of the house if you can.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more ladder time. A large window count, or oversized panes and picture windows, takes longer on the glass. Gutters that have gone without regular cleanings and are packed with seed pods and leaves take more time to clear and flush. Heavy grime on the glass and runoff staining the wall under a clogged run both take extra time, because the crew has to remove dirt before the glass can be cleaned. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On a recent Troy job, the house was on a corner lot with a tall hedge along the back, and the gutters held a season of seed and grit that had packed the elbows. The quote moved up because the back run needed a second pass to clear, and the glass on the south side needed the film removed before the rain could spot it. The customer had both done in one visit, and the case is linked from our Troy page.
Gutter guards that need lifting, and sprinkler spotting that needs more than a rinse, are the two things we flag before the visit so you know what to expect. Pollen on the glass and paste in the gutters are the usual reasons a house in Troy needs more time than the quote assumed. We bring our own cleaning solutions, and houses on a regular schedule of cleanings tend to take less time per visit.
If you are not sure which of these applies, the fastest route is a text with the stories, the window count and one photo of the front. We will tell you what we see from the photo before we set a time. Interior and exterior glass are quoted as separate jobs, and the windows inside are not part of this visit.
| 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 Troy customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar.
At each visit we look for the same things. In the spring we find the film on the south-facing glass and the paste sitting in the gutters. In the fall we find the leaf load. Each visit we remove dirt from the frames and screens before the glass is done. Across Illinois, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. Summer derechos and severe thunderstorms across Illinois can shift those dates.
Houses under heavy tree cover over the roof, houses with a sprinkler line that hits the glass, and houses close to a busy road or active construction tend to need a third visit. Multi-story buildings and condos with clogged gutters are the other common case, since water that sits in clogged gutters can lead to water damage at the fascia. Sprinkler spots come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a road collects grit faster than a quiet one.
We had one Troy customer on the twice-a-year schedule with no trees over the roof, and the spring and fall visits kept both the glass and the gutters clear. Another, with trees over the back and sprinkler spotting on the front windows, has us out three or four times a year, and the case is linked with its details.
Haze on the glass that you only notice when the sun is low is the sign that the windows need a visit. Runoff that sheets over the gutter edge during rain is the sign the gutters need one. Many homeowners call window cleaners for the glass alone, but professional window cleaning on this schedule keeps curb appeal up and the gutters in the same visit, and booking cleaning services for both at once is the simplest way to keep up.
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 clean residential properties across Troy, including the older houses near the center of town and the newer subdivisions on the edges, and we bring the same care to clean windows and gutters on each. Booking starts with a phone call or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window count before we set a date. Window and gutter cleaning on one visit goes on the calendar as one job. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Lead time varies with the season. The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring rush and the fall leaf months, so book early if you want a particular week. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Every window we clean gets the same attention, and the sill is wiped with the frame, not left to dry with grit on it. We treat each residential window the same way, and if your house has a window we cannot reach from the ground or a pole, we tell you before the visit, not on the day.
Yes, it is the same crew. Our washing services cover the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, handled by the same two-person team, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls from the gutter lands on clean glass.
The cost comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we give the number by phone or text. Send us the stories and the window count, and we will quote the whole job before we book it.
Yes, if your windows face the weather and the rain. The outside collects grime, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits, and the inside does not see any of that.
Our Troy customers mostly book in late spring after the spring rush and in late fall after the leaves are down. Those are the two windows when the gutters and glass are most likely to need the work.
Gutters first, glass last. When we clear a run, the grit and runoff come down the wall, so the glass waits until the gutters and downspouts are done and the wall has stopped dripping. We flush the gutters and downspouts before any glass is touched.
We clean screens, sills and tracks as part of the visit, so they are not billed as extras. Screens come down, we remove dirt with a hand rinse, and they go back up where they came from.
We clean the exterior of the windows only on this visit, so the windows inside are not part of the quote, and we do not do pressure washing either.
You do not need to be home. Before the crew arrives, 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. Condos get the same exterior work, quoted by stories and window count.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
