Yes, the same crew cleans your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so nothing runs back down 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 Kentucky, most of the houses we clean are booked for the spring and fall rounds, and that is the schedule we keep for Covington too.
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.
The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and we get there by counting stories and approximate window count. Two-story and three-story homes are priced on those counts, and a window and gutter job in one visit comes in below the cost of booking gutters and glass separately. Jobs for residential and commercial properties are quoted on their own counts. Send a photo of the front of the house by text and we can usually confirm the story count and window count before we quote.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes longer. Oversized picture windows cost more time per pane than standard sash. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more hand clearing. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run underneath. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate issue, and ordinary cleaning solutions do not remove it; a mineral treatment does. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Where the cost sits, once the house is measured, is in the time to reach each run and each pane safely. We would rather tell you that before the crew arrives than explain it on the driveway. This quote is for exterior work only, so we do not price interior and exterior glass as one job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will put the number in writing.
| 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 customers book both cleanings twice a year: once in late May or June, after the seed drop and pollen fall off, and once in late October or November, after the leaves come down and before the first hard freeze. For our cleaning services in Covington, the spring and fall pattern holds, and the fall visit matters more here because the wet leaf mat is what sags gutters under ice.
In the spring visit, the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the elbows of the downspouts are what we clean first. In the fall visit, we are clearing the leaf load and checking that the runs still drain before the freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move either date by a few weeks, and we call before we change a booking.
Some houses need a third visit, and we say so after the first one. Heavy tree cover over the roof, clogged gutters, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or a house close to a busy road usually means more frequent visits, because the spots and debris come back faster. Regular cleanings on those houses run every three to four months.
You will know the windows need attention when you see haze you only notice with the sun low. Haze you see from the inside of the glass is not an exterior job, and we do not clean windows inside on this visit. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout, and standing water at the foundation after rain can point to clogged gutters and early water damage. Professional window cleaning on a schedule keeps that haze from building up, and clean glass and clear gutters do more for curb appeal than most people 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.
Booking starts with a call or a text, and to schedule service you give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We can usually set a date within the lead time we list on the schedule page. Ordering window cleaners and gutter work separately means two trips, so we book window and gutter cleaning as one visit. The busy windows are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills faster in those weeks, so the earlier you call, the more choice you have on the date.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and we call before we come, not after. For residential properties, the same booking covers every window on the outside of the house, including the sill and frame, so you get clean windows without a separate appointment. Each residential window on an upper floor is cleaned from the pole, not from a ladder leaned on the siding. Work for residential and commercial properties runs on separate calendars, and multi-story buildings and condos get their own quote.
Yes. Our crew provides window cleaning services and gutter cleaning in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front and we will quote it.
Usually yes here, because pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the outside first. Interior glass is a separate question and we do not clean it on this visit.
Across Kentucky, most customers book in late spring and again in late fall, and the calendar fills in those weeks.
No. We clear the gutters and downspouts first, flushing each one, then give the wall a few minutes to drain before we touch the glass, so runoff and grime from the gutter stay off the panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are cleaned as part of the exterior job, which is how we remove dirt from the whole window, not just the pane. Tracks are included when they are reachable from the outside.
Our washing services are exterior only on this visit: we do not clean inside the windows and we do not pressure wash.
You do not need to be home. Turn sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
