The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. You get it done in a single trip instead of booking two companies and waiting for two calendars to line up. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than two separate trips. Across Kentucky, most of the houses we clean get the pair in the spring and fall, when tree seed and falling leaves do the most damage to 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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count. The bundle, gutters and exterior glass in one visit, costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give you on the phone is the number we charge. Our washing services cover exterior window washing and gutter cleanings, and interior and exterior work is quoted as its own job. Give us the stories and a rough window count, and that is enough to start.
On the day, the crew finds what sets the number. Multi-story buildings, or a roof too steep to walk, take longer and more equipment. Oversized picture windows and panes that sit high take more time on the ladder. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and no cleaning removes it, so we flag it and quote the mineral treatment separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Fort Thomas jobs, the quote is usually decided by one of two things: how many stories the house has and whether the glass is grime from the season or staining from sprinklers. A house with grime alone can often be done from a pole in one morning. A house with a grime layer that has sat for a year needs a second pass and more of the crew's time. Regular cleanings keep the grime from building up between visits, which is the point of booking them on a schedule. When you call (866) 435-6328, tell us the stories, the window count, and whether the sprinklers hit the glass, and we will tell you which of those applies. If you can, text a photo of the front of the house, because it tells us more than a description does.
| 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, spring visits run late May to June, and in Fort Thomas the fall visit runs late October to November. One crew doing both jobs in one visit makes sense because the gutters and the glass dirty up on the same calendar. Most residential and commercial customers book both twice a year, in the spring and in the fall.
In the spring, what we find on the glass is a yellow-green film on the south-facing panes and a paste of seed in the gutter elbows. In the fall, it is the wet leaf mat that sits in the runs and the grit that washes down onto the sills. Storm and wind seasons move the dates by a few weeks in either direction, so we book from the house, not the calendar. The crew uses purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the panes dry without streaks.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, and clogged gutters that overflow in a storm are how water damage reaches the fascia and the sills. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. Multi-story buildings are harder to keep on a seasonal schedule, because the top runs stay out of reach between visits. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets a film that builds up faster than the seasons do. Windows inside do not pick up the season the way the outside does, so the outside is where the schedule starts. If one of those applies, we will tell you on the first visit how often your house needs us.
You will know the glass needs it when the windows look hazy only when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. Either one is a reason to call, not a reason to wait for the next scheduled visit.
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 have cleaned gutters and exterior glass across Kentucky and around Fort Thomas, and the crews know the way the houses are built here. Our cleaning services cover the gutters and the outside glass in one visit, and every window on the house goes into the count. Call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate by text or on the phone. We book professional window cleaning by the house, so you know the date before you hang up, and the crew that gives the estimate is the crew that comes. Two parts of the year fill fastest, the spring season and the late fall leaf drop, and our calendar goes tight in both. Book early in those months if you want a specific day, because clean gutters and glass do more for curb appeal than most people expect.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew comes to the house, works from the outside, and calls before they arrive, so you are not waiting at the door. Please move any cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Window cleaning services on this visit are exterior only, and if you want the inside done as well, we can schedule it as a separate job. For commercial properties and larger sites, ask us to schedule service on a plan with the same crew each time. The crew looks over every window and sill from the ground before the ladder goes up, so the number on the phone matches the house. Many window cleaners only do the glass, which leaves the runs as a second booking, but here both are one visit. The crew will also tell you if your gutters need a repair or a slope fix that we do not do, and they will photograph it rather than sell you anything.
Yes. Our crew does both jobs in one visit, and the same two people work the roof and the glass. Gutters first, glass last, so the dirty water from the runs does not run down onto clean panes.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without those details, because a two-story house with oversized panes and one with small panes take different time on the ladder.
For each residential window, the outside carries most of what the season leaves here: pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots. On most residential properties the inside is clean enough on its own, so most of our customers start with the outside alone.
Most of our Fort Thomas customers book in the spring and in the fall. Spring is when the pollen film and seed paste build up, and fall is when the leaves drop and the grit washes onto the sills.
No, because the crew does the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last. When the runs are cleared, the grit and runoff come down the wall, and the glass gets washed after the wall has had a few minutes to stop dripping.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped to remove dirt, and tracks are included on the standard visit. Nothing in that list is billed as an extra on our side.
This visit is exterior glass only, for houses and condos alike. We do not clean inside the windows or pressure wash the siding on this visit, so if you need either, we schedule it separately.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
