The same two people clean your 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 in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. On our Plainfield jobs most customers book it for spring and fall, so the calendar fills around the same weeks each year.
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 the window and gutter visit 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, with no add-on invoice after the crew leaves. The cleaning solutions for the glass are part of that number. Give us the stories and a count of the windows facing the street and the back, and we can quote it the same day by phone or text. This quote is for the exterior only, and interior and exterior glass are not the same job.
What moves the number on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. Multi-story buildings, or a roof steep enough that we set the lift up for the back run, add time. Window count and oversized picture windows change the glass portion. Gutters not cleaned in years arrive packed with needles and leaves, and gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are added by the foot. Hard-water spotting from a sprinkler line is a separate step, and no cleaning removes it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Regular cleanings mean less debris on the day, and that is the main reason the crew finds less to do.
On one Plainfield job the crew cleared a two-story run of gutters and downspouts that had not been opened in several years, flushed both downspouts, and then cleaned the front and side glass in the same visit. The quote came from stories and window count before we arrived, and it did not change on the day. For a close number, text a photo of the front of the house with the stories and rough window count, and we will tell you what it comes to.
| 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 Plainfield customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in late fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Spring is when the pollen film settles on south-facing glass and the sticky paste packs the downspout elbows. Fall is the leaf load, and the wet mat that sits in the gutters before the first hard freeze. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates by a week or two, so we call before we come.
On our jobs the window cleaners we send find the same things each time, so our cleaning services follow the same order on every house. Pollen shows up as a yellow film on the glass, and it smears if it is wiped dry. In clogged gutters, the paste sits in the elbows where a downspout bends. Gutters left clogged can cause water damage to the fascia board. Heavy tree cover over the roof brings needles and grit between visits, and some homes need a third visit for that reason alone. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a separate treatment.
A house beside a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass, so it also tends to go on three or four visits a year. Professional window cleaning on that schedule keeps the glass from building up a film that is hard to remove later, and regular cleanings do the same for the gutters. Most homes on a twice-a-year plan do not need more than that. Watch for two signs between visits. Windows that look hazy only when the sun is low need cleaning. Gutters that send water sheeting over the edge in rain need attention, because that is the clogged gutter problem showing itself.
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 has worked across Plainfield on residential properties, from older single-family homes to newer houses with large windows. A residential window on an older house is often the one nobody can reach from the ground. We do window and gutter cleaning on the same schedule, so one booking covers every window on the house and every run of gutter, and you end up with clean windows on the same day. The phone quote covers residential and commercial jobs alike, and this page is about homes. For a quote, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories. We confirm the appointment and call before we come.
Lead time depends on the season. In the two busy windows of the year, when the leaf loads peak, the calendar fills, so book early if you want a particular week. Outside those windows we can usually schedule service within a few days of your call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Before the crew arrives, turn the sprinklers off, move cars from the driveway if windows face it, and unlock the side gate. The sill, the frame and the screen are cleaned as part of the visit.
Yes, it is the same two people. We clean the gutters and downspouts first and the glass last, so nothing that comes off the roof lands on clean windows. Our washing services cover both jobs in one visit.
Our window cleaning services are priced from the stories and the window count, so we do not quote a figure on the page. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will tell you the number.
For most Plainfield homes, yes. The outside carries the grime, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and those build up between visits whether the inside is clean or not. Clean outside glass also does a lot for curb appeal. The windows inside are not part of this visit.
Most of our Plainfield customers book in late spring and in late fall. Those are the months the leaf loads peak, so booking early in those windows gets you the slot you want.
No, because the gutters are cleared first and the glass is done last. Runoff from a full gutter carries grime onto clean glass, and when the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again to remove dirt. Gutters first avoids that.
Screens, sills and tracks are part of the visit. We rinse the screens, wipe the sills and clear the tracks as we go, and none of that is billed as an extra.
This visit is exterior only. We do not clean interior glass and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. If you want those done, tell us when you book and we will tell you whether we can add them.
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. That is the full list for the house. If you live in a condo, ask us about your own windows before you book.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
