The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Kentucky, most of our customers book this work in spring and fall, and we keep the order of work the same on every house so the glass is never washed before the gutters are done.
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 in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs change how long the crew spends on the ladder. Window count and oversized panes change the glass work. Our washing services are quoted from the stories and window count, not per pane. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleared in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take more time than a light run, and the runoff stains and grime they leave on the wall below take longer too. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line will not come off with a cleaning alone, and we tell you that on the phone before the day.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. We remove dirt from the sills and frames as part of the same visit. Across Kentucky, the houses that come in higher are almost always the ones with the most glass and the most stories, so send us the front of the house by text and we will tell you what we see before we set a date. Most condos get the same estimate process, with the story count and window count taken from the outside of the building. Ask for the written estimate and we will put the story count and window count on it so you can check them against the house.
Across Kentucky, the price moves less with the house style and more with how long since the gutters were last opened. A run that was cleared last season takes a morning; one that has not been opened in years takes longer and sometimes needs a second look at the hangers. Our crew flushes each downspout until it runs clear, and any runs that will not clear get photographed and reported, not quietly billed. If you want window washing on the same visit, it is priced into the same estimate. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which of those your house is closer to.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Kentucky, most of our customers book the window and gutter work twice a year, in spring and in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring brings pollen onto the south-facing glass and into the gutters as a paste, and that is the visit where we most often flush seed and tree dust out of the downspout elbows. Fall brings the leaf load, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we see runs that sag under the weight by the first hard weather. The same order of work runs on residential and commercial jobs alike.
Storm and wind seasons move the dates. A spring with heavy storms can push a visit later, and a fall with early leaf drop can pull it earlier. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house close to a busy road or a construction site are the cases where a third visit makes sense. On those houses the grit and seed build up faster than twice a year can keep up with. The crew matches the cleaning solutions to the glass and the frame, and rinses them off before leaving.
The sign windows need cleaning is a haze you only see when the sun sits low, usually a film across the picture windows that looks clear from the street at noon. Interior and exterior glass pick up film at different rates, and this visit covers the exterior only. The sign gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge of the run in the rain, not dripping at the downspout. If you see either one, text us a photo and we will tell you which visit it belongs to, and whether it is dirt or a slope problem that cleaning will not fix. Regular cleanings keep the job to a morning instead of a full day.
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.
To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text: give us the number of stories, send a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a window and tell you what the crew will do before it arrives. Lead time depends on the season, and in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, our calendar fills faster, so an early call keeps the slot you want. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our cleaning services use the same two-person setup on each house, which is what keeps the gutter work and the glass work moving together. Clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than either job alone. For a three-story house or a building with many windows, the crew may need a boom or scissor lift, and we say so on the estimate. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs are priced on their own terms, and the crew never leans a ladder against a gutter it cannot reach safely.
Across Kentucky, the work we see most is ordinary residential glass and gutters, and the job that goes wrong is the one where the water runs off the gutter onto clean glass, or where clogged gutters have been left to overflow until the wall shows water damage. Professional window cleaning means the gutters are cleared first so nothing runs down the wall afterward. Our window cleaners and gutter crew work the same order on every house, so the glass does not get dirtied twice. Windows inside the house are not part of this visit.
Yes. Window and gutter cleaning is one visit by the same two-person crew: gutters first, then the outside of the windows, so nobody has to wash the glass twice.
We give the number from stories and approximate window count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it before we set a date. The number we quote is the number we charge, and it covers clean windows on every reachable pane.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the film, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. On our jobs the outside glass is what changes the view from the street, and we clean every window we can reach safely from the ground and the ladder. This is the same work we do on residential properties of every size.
Across Kentucky most customers book in spring and in fall, when the pollen and the leaves come down. Ask us for a date and we will tell you how far out the calendar is.
No, because the gutters are cleared first and the glass is done last. When the glass is washed before the gutters, the leaves and grit run down the wall and across the panes, so the order is the reason we do it this way.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior job. A residential window gets the same frame wipe as any other pane on the outside. Tracks are included as part of the window work, and none of them is billed as an extra line.
Not on this visit. We do exterior glass only, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
No, 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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
