Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in a single visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Our crew has done this work for homeowners across Minnesota for many spring and fall seasons, and the Cloquet calls we get tend to come in the spring and fall when the buildup is heaviest.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it is confirmed before the crew is booked. Residential and commercial jobs are quoted the same way, from the stories, the window count and a photo. We do not quote figures in this text, because the exact number comes from your house.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs mean more ladder and lift time. Oversized panes, picture windows and a high window count add time at the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. 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.
On a Cloquet job, the way we get to an exact number is simple: tell us the stories, give us the window count as close as you can, and text a photo of the front of the house. For the quote itself we want the window and gutter picture on one screen, so one photo of the front usually does it. We will not guess about the window count or the stories, and a photo lets us see the roofline, the pollen film on the glass and the gutter run before the crew is booked. Our customers in Cloquet use regular cleanings to keep their homes looking good, and the spring and fall visits are when the job is most efficient. If you want to keep curb appeal up without a long list of separate bookings, one bundled visit covers the gutters and the glass together.
| 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, most of our customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the seasons. The spring visit is in mid to late June, when the glass shows the winter film and the gutters are clear of most debris. The fall visit runs late September to October, after the leaves drop and before the first hard freeze. Snow and ice months run from January through April and October through December, and clogged gutters that go into a freeze with debris in them are the ones that sag under ice and get water damage in the spring.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring we see pollen film on south-facing glass and paste packed in the gutters, and the downspouts take the worst of it. That film on south-facing glass sometimes needs cleaning solutions on top of the water, not just a rinse. In the fall the leaf load is the job, and the wet mat that sits in the gutter needs to come out before the freeze. Storm and wind seasons, the severe storms and straight-line winds we see across the state, can move the dates for either visit, and we call before we come.
Some homes need a third visit, and we see the pattern on our jobs. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and those houses are on every three to four months. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that needs a mineral treatment rather than another rinse. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grime on the glass faster, and those houses often get a third visit as well. Most homes are covered by the two visits.
The sign windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain. Either one is a good reason to call us for a date.
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 cleans window and gutter cleaning jobs for homeowners across Minnesota, and the Cloquet area is one of the places we book regularly. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text at (866) 435-6328: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house. We then confirm the window count and the gutter run before the date is set. Our lead time varies with the season, and we give you the date on the call rather than promising a slot we cannot hold.
Two windows of the year fill the calendar. The first is the spring season, when the glass and the gutters both need work at once. The second is the late fall leaf drop, when the wet mat in the gutters and the last of the window film need attention before the freeze. We book them as the calls arrive, and an early call leaves you more days to pick from.
Nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. We schedule service around the weather, and if rain moves a visit, we call to reschedule. Our crew works on residential properties and clean windows, and we make sure every window gets done on the outside, including the sill and the frame, and each residential window gets the same pass before the crew leaves.
Yes, our crew does both in one visit, and it is the same two people on the ladder and at the glass. Professional window cleaning and gutter work happen in one order, not two. We do the gutters first and the windows last, so the runoff from the gutters does not end up on clean glass.
We do not quote a figure in this text, because the number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the number before the crew is booked.
On our jobs in Minnesota, the outside carries most of the grime: dust, rain film and sprinkler spots build up on the glass faster than indoor dirt does. Cleaning the outside keeps the view clear whether or not the inside gets done, since interior and exterior glass are different jobs.
Across Minnesota our customers book in the spring, from mid to late June, and in the fall, from late September into October. Those are the windows when the buildup is heaviest and our calendar fills first.
Not when we work the right way round: gutters first, glass last. When a gutter is cleared above a window, the leaves, grit and black water run down the wall and across the glass below, so we clear and flush the gutters and downspouts and then clean the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior visit, and they are not billed as extras, which is how we remove dirt that would otherwise wash back onto the glass. Tracks that are heavily soiled may take more time, and we tell you before the crew starts if that is the case.
No, this visit is exterior only, so we do not clean windows inside the house and we do not do pressure washing. If you need either one, our washing services for that work are booked as a separate visit, and we will tell you what the crew can do.
You do not need to be home, and condos get the same order of work. 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.
