Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the roof runs 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 Montana, most of the homes we service book this combined visit in late June to July or in September to early October. Call (866) 435-6328 and tell us your story count.
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 set it by how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries. Booking both jobs together in one visit is cheaper than two separate trips, and the bundle saving is shown on your estimate. What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that is slow to reach, oversized picture windows and a high window count, gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The windows inside the house are not part of the quote.
On a recent job, a house with a steep front roof and heavy grime on the south-facing glass needed a longer visit than the window count suggested, and that is the kind of detail we check before we quote. Send us a photo of the front of your house by text, along with your story count and a rough window count, and we will give you the number for your house. If you have sprinklers that hit the glass, tell us that too, because it changes what the glass needs.
Window washing and window cleaners are a crowded field here, and a professional window cleaning visit includes the parts most people forget: the curb appeal of the house depends on the glass and the trim together. Before you book, ask for a written estimate that lists stories, windows and gutter runs, so you can compare it with any other quote on like terms. Clogged gutters that overflow for years can lead to water damage at the fascia, so a quote that includes flushing matters more than the window count alone.
| 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.
Most of our Butte customers book regular cleanings twice a year, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Across Montana, the spring visit runs late June to July, and the fall visit runs September to early October. At each visit we look for the same things: the pollen film on south-facing glass and the paste it leaves in the gutters, and the leaf load that packs the runs by fall. Wind and storm season can move the dates, so we call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, and a house near a busy road or construction all put more on the glass and in the gutters between cleanings. Spots from sprinklers come back a day after cleaning, because the water leaves minerals behind, and a third visit lets us check for them before they set. Our cleaning services can run on that cadence: ask us to schedule service for the third visit on the same booking, so every window and the sill under it are done at the same time, and you get clean windows from one visit to the next.
You can tell when windows need it: a haze shows up on the glass only when the sun is low, and that is the sign. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a 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 window cleaning services cover homes across the city of Butte, and the estimate starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. Our lead time is shown when you book, and we confirm the date before the crew is on the way. The two busy windows are late June to July across Montana and September to early October, when our calendar fills, so booking early gets you the slot you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Our washing services cover the outside of the glass and the gutters and downspouts as one job, and we call ahead before we come.
We take residential and commercial work, so commercial building owners and residential properties are both on the schedule, and condos are a common job for us because the outside glass and gutters get the same wear as a single house. Runoff from the roof and grime off the glass are what we are there to deal with, and we remove dirt from the glass and clear the gutters and downspouts so the water leaves the house the way it should. On multi-story buildings the lift is set up by the crew before any work starts.
Yes. The same two people do both on your house, in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the water and debris from the roof are cleared before the windows are washed.
The number comes from your stories and approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or text. Send us a photo of the house front and we will quote it for your house.
Yes, if the outside is carrying pollen, rain dust, or sprinkler spots. In Butte the outside glass gets the dust that the rain leaves behind, and that is what people see first.
Most of our Butte customers book the fall visit in September to early October, and across Montana the spring visit runs late June to July. Those are the two windows we see most often.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When the runs are cleared first, the grit and the black water do not run down across panes that were already washed.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and we do not bill them as extras. The glass is rinsed with purified water, so there are no cleaning solutions left behind to streak.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, and the inside of the glass stays as it is. We do not do pressure washing. If you want interior and exterior glass both done, tell us when you book so we can say what it would involve.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers 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.
