Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Most of our Norwalk customers book us in the spring and fall, when the seed drop and the leaves have their biggest effect on the glass and the gutters.
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 residential and commercial buildings by the same two numbers: the number of stories and the approximate window count. Window and gutter cleaning booked as one visit costs less than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are quoted separately, and this visit covers exterior glass only.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift takes longer than a single-story run. A high window count or oversized picture windows add time to the glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need more passes before they run clear. Gutter guards must be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something standard cleaning solutions remove, so we say so before the crew starts.
To get an exact figure, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories and a rough window count. Our crew reviews it and calls you back with the number. We tend to work from the same set of details on every Norwalk job, so the quote usually reflects what we would see on site.
On a typical Norwalk job, the quote moves mainly on the window count and the height of the back run, and the crew notes tree cover over the roof in the details we send before the visit. When the photo and story count are accurate, the invoice tends to match the phone quote.
Regular cleanings are built around the same routine each visit, so the work is predictable from one job to the next. The price follows that routine, and we give you the figure on the phone once we know the house.
| 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 Norwalk customers book both cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Iowa, spring visits land in late May to June, after the seed and pollen drop has finished, and fall visits fall in late October or November, after the last leaves have dropped and before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit depends on the season. In the spring the glass carries a film of dust, especially on south-facing panes, and the downspout elbows pack with seed and grit. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat that matters. Clogged gutters send runoff over the edge and down the wall, and on houses that skipped the autumn visit we have seen runs sag under ice by the following winter, which is a common route to water damage at the fascia. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we book from the weather instead of the calendar.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the outside of the glass as well. Multi-story buildings take more time on the glass than single-story homes, which is why professional window cleaning is timed to the seasons and not just the calendar. For those homes, our crew suggests a third visit in the middle of the season so the windows stay clean and the gutters keep flowing.
A house with no trees over the roof can often get by with one visit a year. One under heavy trees with sprinkler spotting may need three or four, so the gutters stay clear of the needles that build up between cleanings.
The sign windows need a cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low in the evening. The sign gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Clean glass also does more for curb appeal than most owners expect.
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 window glass and gutters for homeowners across Norwalk, and we work on residential properties of all sizes. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date once we have seen the job. Condos follow the same booking steps. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, and we call before we come so you know when to expect the truck.
The two busiest windows of the year are the spring bloom season and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills during both. If you want a slot in those windows, book early. Outside them, scheduling is usually more open, and we can often fit a job in with a short lead time.
Once on site, we clean every window on the outside of the house that we can reach safely, including the sill and frame, and we remove dirt from the frame before the glass is wiped. Where a window needs a boom or scissor lift to reach, we tell you before we start. Clean windows and clear gutters are the two things we aim to deliver on every job, and we schedule service so the two are done in the same visit.
Yes, our crew does both, and it is the same two people on the same visit. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean windows.
The number comes from the number of stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send us a photo of the front of the house with a rough window count and we will call you back with the figure.
Yes, our window cleaning services focus on the outside, because the outside carries most of the grime here. Pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the glass between visits, and those are what cleaning the inside never touches.
Our Norwalk customers usually book in the spring and in the fall, around the spring bloom and the fall leaf seasons. Those are also our busiest weeks, so booking early helps.
No, because we clean gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the grit and the black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the wall has stopped dripping.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job, not extras. Our washing services include rinsing screens, wiping sills and washing the frames on every window we do.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, where the crew works to remove dirt from the outside panes. The windows inside the house are not part of it, and pressure washing is not part of this service.
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.
