Yes, the same two people do professional window cleaning and your gutters in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Indiana, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, once the bloom and leaves have come down. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house for a 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.
We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count. The bundle, both jobs in one visit, costs less than booking the two separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, these are what move the quote: a third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, window count and oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of every one of these cleanings and are not billed as extras.
Most Lake Station quotes start with a short call: the number of stories, a rough window count, and a photo of the front of the house. For a residential window and gutter job we can usually give you that number on the same call. The same goes for residential and commercial work, though commercial sites are quoted per building, and the figure covers the window and gutter cleaning, not a separate visit. If you have a question about the cleaning solutions for a particular pane, ask it on the call, and we will tell you what we will use before we start. The quote covers exterior glass only, so interior and exterior work is a separate job with a separate quote. Gutter cleaning on picture windows and tall glass is a common reason quotes come in higher, so mention those when you call.
Here is a Lake Station example from our records. A homeowner had a two-story house with a long run of picture windows and gutters packed with pollen paste from the spring. The number came in higher than their neighbor's because the picture windows needed a boom or scissor lift on one side. It is the same crew, the same order of work, and the same written number before we start.
| 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 Lake Station customers book regular cleanings for both jobs twice a year, once in the spring after the bloom is over and once in the fall after the leaves are down. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for these two jobs.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In spring, the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the bloom debris packs the downspout elbows. In fall, wet leaf mats settle into the gutters and leave clogged gutters until the first freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we book around them rather than on a fixed calendar.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit collect between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up dust faster than most. Multi-story buildings with heavy tree cover often need cleaning services three or four times a year.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the 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 handles window cleaning services and window and gutter cleaning jobs in Lake Station, including the residential properties we see most often. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a date. How soon we can come depends on how full the calendar is, and the two busiest windows of the year line up with the spring bloom and the fall leaves. If you want to schedule service in one of those windows, book early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we will tell you what time the crew expects to arrive. We treat every window as part of the same job, and we do the sill and frame on each pane, so the clean windows add to the curb appeal from the street.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the roof does not run back onto the panes.
The number depends on the stories and the size of the house, so we give it to you by phone or text from those details. There is no set figure we can print here without seeing the house.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the grime that dulls the glass here: the spring film, rain dust, and sprinkler spots. The inside is a separate job that we do not do on this visit, so the exterior cleaning still makes a visible difference.
Most of our Lake Station customers book in late spring and in fall, once the spring film and the leaves have come down. Across Indiana the pattern is the same for houses and condos, so spring and fall are the windows most homeowners pick.
No, because we do the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last. When they are cleared, the runoff and grit come down the wall, and gutters that overflow for long enough can cause water damage there too, so we wait for the wall to stop dripping before we touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped to remove dirt as part of the job. Tracks are included on the exterior side. We do not bill them as separate extras.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and our washing services stop at the outside frames and screens. We do not clean windows inside, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
