Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so nothing runs down onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works across Indiana every spring and fall, and most of our East Chicago customers book this bundle for those two windows.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Residential and commercial buildings are quoted the same way, and each of the two cleanings a year is priced from the same count. Doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, because the crew sets up once per side of the house.
On our jobs the quote moves for a few reasons we can see from the ground and confirm on the roof. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. Oversized picture windows and a high count of small panes both add time at the glass. Gutters nobody has opened in years, or packed with seeds and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Cleaning solutions are used only where purified water alone leaves a film, and that is flagged before the job starts. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. This quote covers the exterior only, and interior and exterior glass are never bundled into one number. Regular cleanings are quoted the same way, so the second visit starts from the same stories and window count.
One East Chicago job shows how this works. A two-story house with a large run of picture windows and a sprinkler line that hit the front glass was quoted by stories and window count, and the spotting was flagged on the first visit rather than found on the invoice. The gutters on the same house were packed with seed and leaves from the spring drop, which is why the bundle was the sensible booking. You can get the same number for your house by texting us a photo of the front of the house along with your story count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text the photo now, and we will book a date that suits you.
| 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 East Chicago customers book both twice a year, once in late May or June and once in late October or November. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense: the gutters and the glass are both dirtied by the same seasons. Across Indiana the rhythm is the same spring and fall, so the calendar does not change much from one neighborhood to the next. The late May or June visit falls in one of the wettest stretches of the year here, so professional window cleaning at that point clears the film the rain would otherwise spread. Window cleaners who only do the glass usually leave the gutters for a second trip, and that is the trip this bundle removes.
What we find at each visit follows the calendar. In the spring visit the south-facing glass carries a film of pollen, and the gutters hold seed paste packed into the downspout elbows. In the fall visit the wet leaf mat is the main problem, and on houses that skipped that visit we see clogged gutters sagging under the weight by the next winter, with water damage following at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons move the dates a little in either direction, and we adjust when we see it on the glass. The film sits on the outside pane, so windows inside can look fine while the glass is hazed. Clean glass in spring also does more for curb appeal than most people expect.
Some houses and multi-story buildings need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a mineral treatment rather than a second pass. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime faster on the lower panes. Our customers with heavy tree cover are usually on every three to four months, and a lot with few or no trees is fine with once a year in late fall.
Two signs tell you the schedule needs changing. Windows need it when there is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running through the downspouts.
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 handles residential properties across East Chicago, and every residential window and gutter job is booked by phone or text. Send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you an estimate on the same call. Lead time is set by the current calendar, and the busy stretches are the two windows of the year when seed and leaves are heaviest, which is when our calendar fills first. Book early in those months if you want a specific date. Clean windows at the end of the visit mean the gutters are already done and the runoff is gone.
We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. We schedule service around the glass and the gutters together, so one visit covers both on every window and every run we can reach. A sill, screen or track that is part of the job gets cleaned in the same visit rather than booked separately. To book, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the date with you.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people in one visit. Gutters and downspouts are cleared and flushed first, and the glass is cleaned last, so the runoff does not land on clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send us your story count and a photo of the front.
Yes, because the outside carries most of what dulls the glass here, and that holds for houses and condos alike: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up over the season. The inside can look fine while the outside is hazed.
Most of our East Chicago customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. Those are the windows when the seed and the leaves are heaviest on the glass and in the gutters.
No, that is the reason for the order. Gutters are cleared and flushed first, the wall is given a few minutes to stop dripping, and only then does the crew touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, which helps remove dirt before it reaches the glass. Tracks are cleaned in the same visit when they are reachable from the outside.
Not on this visit. Our washing services cover the exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing of siding or decks on this visit.
No, you do not need to be home. 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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
