Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the dirty water from the runs never reaches clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together in one visit costs less than two separate trips.
Across Maryland, most of our customers book the work in the spring and fall, when leaves and rain-washed dust build up fastest on the roofline and the glass. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house for a quote.
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. Our window cleaning services and gutter work are one bundle, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking gutter cleaning and window washing separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge when the crew finishes.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach safely, and a house with a lot of picture windows takes more time on the glass. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, or that are packed with leaves and tree debris, need more passes. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are a line we quote before the crew arrives. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue, because no cleaning removes it.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Our residential window washing is exterior only, so interior and exterior glass are never both in the number. We also do not do pressure washing of siding, so that is not in the number either.
Our Fort Washington customers who have us do both usually have a lot of grime on the upper panes from the roof runoff, and the crew handles those with the same pole. For a number you can count on, tell us the stories, the approximate window count and send a photo of the front of the house by text. Call (866) 435-6328 and ask for a written estimate before you book a date. Regular cleanings keep the cost lower over time, since the glass and gutters are never allowed to build up to the point where the crew needs extra time. On a repeat visit, our washing services are quoted from the photos we sent after the last one.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 Fort Washington customers book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Maryland, the spring visit falls in mid to late May, when the pollen film on south-facing glass and the leaf paste in the gutters are at their heaviest. The fall visit runs from November to early December, after the leaves drop and before the first hard freeze. Frames and sills get their own cleaning solutions, so the dust does not just move from the frame onto the pane.
On the spring visit we find a yellow-green film on the upper panes and in the elbows of the downspouts, which is why we do the gutters before the glass. On the fall visit we find the wet leaf mat, and on houses that skipped that visit we see clogged gutters that sagged under the weight of frozen water by the time January comes around. Snow lands here in January, February, March and December on average, and the ice that forms on a clogged run can pull the hanger loose. Clogged gutters that overflow in a storm can also send water into the wall and cause water damage below the eave.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters full of needles and grit between cleanings, so those customers are on a schedule of three to four visits a year. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the round white spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses also need the extra visit. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the glass, and we book those on the same cycle.
Multi-story buildings take the same order of work, gutters first and glass last, but the upper panes take longer. The crew works from the outside, so the windows inside are not part of this visit. Leaves and dust hit residential and commercial buildings on the same calendar, so the spring and fall timing is the same for both.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout.
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.
Our crew works across Fort Washington and the surrounding area, and a slot usually comes up within the lead time shown when you call. The estimate is quick: you give us the number of stories and the approximate window count by phone or text, and send a photo of the front of the house so we can see the roofline and the glass before the truck arrives.
In the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall, our calendar fills faster, and the earlier you call the sooner the crew can come out. We schedule service by phone or text, and we call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way and not a surprise at the door. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We are a professional window cleaning and gutter service. Our window cleaners are a fixed crew, which is why we can keep the same two people on your house from visit to visit. That consistency matters for curb appeal on a house that has been cleaned on a schedule, and it means the crew knows where the sill cracks, which screens come off, and which downspouts need the extra flush. Our cleaning services are built around one visit and one set of photos. The crew clears the gutters and downspouts first, then the glass, so every window and every run is documented before the crew leaves.
Yes, the same crew does both, and we do them in one visit so the gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass is touched.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text before you book. The quote is the number you pay.
Yes, it is worth having the outside done. On residential window jobs in Fort Washington the outside carries the leaf dust, the rain runoff and the sprinkler spots, and those build up on the outside glass whether or not the inside is clean.
Most of our customers at residential properties here book in spring and fall, when leaves and rain-washed dust build up the most on the roofline and the glass.
No. Gutters go first and glass goes last, so the dirty water from the runs never reaches clean panes. The reason is the order of work, and we follow it on every job.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Screens are taken down, rinsed to remove dirt and put back in the window they came out of.
We clean the outside only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of windows, and we do not do pressure washing.
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 unlock the side gate. If you live in one of the condos, tell us which windows are yours before you book, since the outside of the building may not be ours to clean.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
