Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing that falls off the roof lands on clean glass. We price it by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, and we work the same way on every house.
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 depends on how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries, and we give that figure over the phone or by text once we know both. The bundle, gutters and exterior glass in one visit, costs less than two separate jobs, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable: a third story or a roof steep enough that the crew works from a boom or scissor lift, a high count of oversized panes, picture windows included, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers, which no cleaning removes. Each of those adds time, and we say so before the visit rather than on the ladder. When the crew finds a loose hanger or a split seam, it is photographed and listed in the report.
To get the exact number, send the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. Window washing on a two-story house is a different task than on a single story, and the washing services we run for condos and multi-level buildings follow the same logic. For a house with heavy tree cover, we check how much grime and runoff sits in the gutters before we quote, and the crew has to remove dirt from the elbows before anything else. We will also tell you if the runoff from the roof is already causing water damage at the fascia, and what that means for the next visit. Interior and exterior jobs are quoted separately, and this estimate covers the exterior only. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and ask for a written estimate before we book a date.
| 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 North Carolina, most of our customers book gutters and exterior windows twice a year, in spring and again in fall, and they book both on the same visit because the two run on one calendar. On our Archdale jobs the spring visit falls in late April to May, and the fall visit in November to early December.
In spring what we find on the glass is a film of pollen on south-facing panes and a paste of pollen and seed husks packed into the gutter elbows. Fall brings the wet leaf mat, which stays in the runs after the first frost and holds water against the fascia. Storm and wind seasons, including the hurricane and tropical storm months on the coast, can move either date by a few weeks, and we call before the visit when that happens.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the downspouts filling between cleanings, so we see those on a three- to four-month schedule, and regular cleanings at that pace keep the gutters running. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves round spots that come back a day after cleaning, and we flag those on the first visit. A house close to a busy road or a construction site picks up more grit between visits and does better with more frequent cleanings. The sign that windows need attention is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in the rain.
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 clean residential properties in Archdale and the surrounding area, including every residential window the crew can reach from the ground or the pole. Our crew works the outside of the house and the windows you see from the yard, which is why we do not offer professional window cleaning of interior glass on this visit. Our window cleaning services are built around the exterior of the building: the gutters and downspouts that carry runoff, the sill and frame under every window, and the glass itself. Residential and commercial work are quoted on separate estimates, and we also do residential gutter cleaning for homeowners who want only the gutters done.
Booking starts with an estimate: call (866) 435-6328 or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and it is shorter in the quiet months than in the two busy windows of the year, when the calendar fills and clogged gutters or water damage from a missed fall visit are the common reasons people call. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way, and we send photos of the finished runs and glass before we leave.
Our window cleaners work from a water-fed pole on most houses, rinsing with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, which keeps the crew off the ladder where the ground allows. They bring a boom or scissor lift for multi-story buildings and the high runs that cannot be reached any other way. The crew does not leave equipment in the yard overnight.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so you schedule service once and the job is done in one trip.
We give the number by phone or text after we know the number of stories and roughly how many windows there are. The figure we quote is the figure on the invoice.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the damage: pollen film in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. Clean windows from the outside also help the house keep its curb appeal, and show the sill and frame more clearly for the next visit.
Most of our Archdale customers book in late April to May, and again in November to early December, which keeps the gutters clear through both seasons.
Not if the order is right. Gutters first, glass last: the roof is cleared, the gutters are flushed, and the wall is given a few minutes to stop dripping before anyone touches the glass. Doing it the other way round means washing the same panes twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are included on the exterior side of the window.
On this visit we clean the exterior only. We do not clean the windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing, so the crew never sprays siding or decks.
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 leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
