The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together costs less than booking two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Our crew works the spring and fall cleanings in Brainerd. Call (866) 435-6328 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 quote gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice. Booking the window and gutter cleaning together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, because the same setup covers both. No cleaning solutions are billed as extras, since purified water does the work on the glass. Quotes for residential and commercial buildings start the same way: stories first, then window count.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones you would expect: a third story or a steep roof we cannot walk, gutters packed with needles and leaves that nobody has opened in years, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, oversized picture windows, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras.
Getting the exact number is simple. Tell us the stories, give a rough window count, and text a photo of the front of the house. Most of our Brainerd customers have a quote within the day, and it does not change when the crew shows up. Pollen and debris build up differently between cleanings on each house, so the same street can need different work, and a quote from the phone call is the one we hold to.
| 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 Minnesota, the spring visit falls in mid to late June, and the fall visit runs late September to October. Regular cleanings at those two times clear the spring pollen film off south-facing glass and the pollen paste packing the gutters, and the fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze and the snow.
Heavy tree cover over the roof changes the calendar. Those houses are on three or four visits a year, because needles and grit pack the clogged gutters between cleanings, and that is the usual route to water damage at the fascia. A sprinkler line hitting the glass is the other reason we come back, since the spots that return a day after cleaning are mineral and need a separate treatment. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets more grime on the glass and is worth a third visit too, and multi-story buildings with the same tree cover follow the same pattern.
Professional window cleaning is worth booking when the glass stops looking clean, because curb appeal suffers first on the street side. The windows inside are rarely the problem. A sign the windows need a visit is haze you only see when the sun is low in the afternoon, and a sign the gutters need one is water sheeting over the edge in a rain. Window cleaners who skip the gutters leave that dirty water running back down the glass, which is why we do both on the same visit. If you see either sign, text us a photo and we will tell you which visit makes sense.
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 do window and gutter cleaning for residential properties across Brainerd. Each residential window gets the same care whether it is on a single-family house or one of the condos, and we clean windows at every level of the street. Booking runs the same way for every house: a phone or text estimate with the number of stories and a photo of the front, then a date that fits the crew's route. Lead times depend on the season, and during the two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills, we tell you the first open date on the call. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew calls before they come, and the crew does not come inside. Each sill is wiped as part of the visit. If the schedule is tight, we will schedule service on the next open day rather than squeeze a house in, so the work on every window and every run gets done properly.
Yes. Our crew does both in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the grime from the gutters does not run back down onto clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send a photo of the front and we will tell you the figure before anyone is booked.
On Brainerd houses the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots. Rain alone does not remove dirt from the glass, so the outside needs its own visit even when the inside is clean.
The spring visit falls in mid to late June across Minnesota, and the fall visit runs late September to October, after the pollen drops and after the leaves are down.
No. Runoff from the gutters is why we clear them and flush the downspouts first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass.
Both, in one visit. The washing services we run reach the gutters and downspouts as well as the outside glass, and screens are rinsed and sills wiped on the same trip.
We clean exterior glass only on this visit, so interior and exterior glass are never mixed into one job, and pressure washing is not part of it.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
