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 down onto clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done together in one visit cost less than booking two separate trips. Across Iowa, most of our customers book this in the spring and the fall, when pollen and leaves build up the most.
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 you on the phone is the number we charge. What we find on the day moves the quote: a third story or a roof steep enough that the crew works off a boom or scissor lift, a window count that includes oversized panes, gutters that have not been cleaned in years or are packed with seeds and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. Pollen is the thing we see most in the window-and-gutter visit, sitting as a film on south-facing glass and as paste in the elbows. Our crew uses purified water and cleaning solutions sized for exterior glass. This quote covers the outside only, so we do not bundle interior and exterior glass into one number. We clean residential and commercial buildings, including multi-story buildings, and the same method works on picture windows and on the sill runs under them.
To get the exact number, call (866) 435-6328 or text us the front of the house and tell us how many stories it has. A photo of the front tells us the window count and whether the gutters are reachable from the ground. Most of our customers have an answer within the hour, and the number we give is the number on the invoice. For a regular schedule, ask about regular cleanings, which lower the cost of each visit after the first one.
| 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 customers book both jobs twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. In late spring we find a yellow film on the south-facing glass and a paste of seeds packed in the gutters. In the fall we find the wet leaf mat that sits in the gutters all winter. Sprinklers that hit the glass leave spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate treatment, which we flag on the visit.
Houses under heavy tree cover, or with a sprinkler line hitting the glass, often need a third visit in the year. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up more grime on the glass, so it runs on a shorter cycle too. Clean glass and clear gutters keep the curb appeal of the house from slipping between visits. Professional window cleaning on a set schedule keeps the glass clear without waiting for haze to build up, and it keeps the gutters from holding water that drops into the fascia and the trim.
The sign windows need a visit is haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge during rain. Clogged gutters and water damage show up in the fascia first, so if you see either, ask us to look before the next storm.
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 serve window and gutter cleaning for residential properties, including condos, and for commercial buildings across the Ottumwa area, with one crew doing both jobs. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the house front with the number of stories. We give you an estimate from that, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work, since the crew does not come inside. Lead time depends on the calendar, so we give you a date when we quote.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring season and the fall leaf drop, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows, we can usually fit a visit sooner. Every window on the exterior gets done, including the sill and the frame. We clean windows from the pole where we can reach them, and gutters and downspouts get cleared end to end. Our crew finds the stubborn spots on the first walk around, so the quote reflects them.
Ask us to schedule service for the same visit if you have a residential window cleaning and a gutter run to do at once. Text a photo of your roofline and we will tell you what the crew will need on the day.
Yes. Both are part of our washing services, and our crew does both jobs in one visit, gutters first and glass last. The same two people blow off the roof, clear the runs, flush the downspouts and then clean the windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, not from a fixed price list. Text us a photo of the front and tell us the stories, and we send a figure the same day.
Usually yes, because the outside takes the rain dust, road grit and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Those build up on the glass and dull it from outside first. Purified water lets our crew remove dirt from the glass without leaving streaks.
Our customers here book in late spring and in the fall. Spring brings the heaviest film on the glass and the leaves drop in fall, so those are the windows when the gutters and glass need the most work.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Runoff from a cleared run can still drip onto a window below, so we give the wall a few minutes to stop before we touch the glass.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the window job, not extras. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clear the tracks as we go, and we do not bill them separately.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing as part of this service.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the 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.
