Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips.
Across Iowa we see the same pattern each spring and fall: pollen and leaf debris that builds up in the gutters and dulls the glass until we clear it. Our crew has been doing this work on local homes for years, and the photos of every run come to you before we leave.
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.
Price follows the number of stories and the approximate window count, for residential and commercial buildings alike. Give us those two numbers by phone or text, and the figure we quote is the figure on your invoice. Doing window and gutter cleaning in one visit is cheaper than two separate visits, and the saving is shown on your estimate.
Four things move the quote on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that the crew has to work from a boom or scissor lift, a gutter that has not been opened in a long time and is packed with compacted leaves and seed debris, a gutter guard that has to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line that no cleaning removes. Cleaning solutions, downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we can tell you which of these apply before the crew is booked. Picture windows and larger panes take longer than standard sashes, and we say so in the estimate rather than adding it at the door. A house kept on a plan of regular cleanings is usually quicker to do than one that has gone a year or more without, because the gutters are not holding the same load. Quotes cover exterior glass only, since interior and exterior work are priced separately.
| 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 Iowa, most of our customers book both cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense on a calendar. Our spring visit runs late May to June, after the seed drop, and our fall visit runs late October to November, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze.
At the spring visit we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and seed debris packed into the gutter elbows. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that has settled into the gutters, the kind of clogged gutter that backs water up under the shingles, and the grit that washes down the wall beneath them. Storm and wind seasons can move these dates, and when a derecho or a heavy windstorm has come through, we look at the roofline first. A wet load left in the gutters through winter can also lead to water damage at the fascia.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects dust faster than most. Professional window cleaning on those houses runs more often than twice a year, and we say so on the first visit. Windows need attention when haze shows only in low sun, because that haze is what drags down curb appeal, and gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a 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.
We do window and gutter cleaning across the Johnston area, with gutters and downspouts cleared on every visit, and the crew works the whole city rather than a single block. To book, call or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. We give you a phone estimate from those, then set a date. Typical lead time is shown on the booking page for the current season.
Two stretches of the year fill the calendar fastest: the spring visit window and the fall leaf window. If you are booking during either, call early, because the slots go first. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come. A residential window or a commercial property gets the same visit order, and every window on the outside is cleaned from the same setup so that the clean windows dry without streaks.
We also work on residential properties and multi-story buildings, and we keep a schedule service for owners who want the same crew on the same dates each year. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to start the estimate.
Yes, it is the same two-person crew doing both jobs in one visit, and our washing services are billed as one job. We clean the gutters first and the glass last so the runoff from the roof does not land on clean panes.
Our window cleaning services are quoted from the stories and the approximate window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we give you a written estimate before anything is booked.
On most houses here the outside carries the film of rain dust, grime and sprinkler spotting, so the glass looks hazy even when the inside is clean. Exterior cleaning removes what the weather leaves on the outer face of the glass.
Most of our customers here, houses and condos alike, book in the spring, after the seed drop, and again in the fall after the leaves come down. Those are the two windows that give the cleanest result for the year.
No, because the gutters are cleared and flushed first, and only then does the crew touch the glass. Clearing them first is how we remove dirt before it can reach the panes, since anything in the gutters runs down the wall and across the windows below it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the standard exterior service, and we note any that need more work on the estimate.
This visit is exterior glass only. We do not clean inside the windows or do pressure washing on this visit, and we say so when we give the estimate so there are no surprises.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
