Yes, 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 jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Spring and fall are the two visits that fit the Burlington year, so the schedule stays predictable.
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 residential properties by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and window washing done in the same visit as the gutters costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you where it lands.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder and the boom or scissor lift. Window count matters, and so do oversized panes. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue, since regular cleaning can remove dirt but not the mineral marks. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
In Burlington the quote is set by what we measure, not by a guess. Text us the front of the house and the number of stories, and tell us roughly how many windows face the street and how many are on the back. Tell us if the gutters have never been opened. We will tell you which window cleaning services and washing services apply to your house, which gutter work it needs, and what each costs with the number we give you.
Take a house with a third story, more than thirty windows and gutters that have not been opened in years. The upper run needs a boom or scissor lift, the packed downspout elbows take extra time to clear, and the grime on the picture windows adds more. Regular cleanings keep that load down over time, and our number accounts for what the crew finds on the day. The glass quote for the interior and exterior is separate, since this visit covers the exterior only.
| 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, spring visits run late April to May, once the pollen has dropped, and in Burlington the fall visit runs November to early December. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for window and gutter work twice a year. Each visit we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and the tree sap packed in the gutters. In the fall we find the leaf load, and on houses with heavy tree cover we find more of it than the calendar suggests.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters filling between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. Houses near a busy road and multi-story buildings pick up more grime and dust than the lot next door. For those houses, cleaning solutions and water pressure alone do not hold the glass clear, so we plan a visit more often.
Burlington averages 47.1 inches of precipitation a year, and March, June and September are the wettest months, so the gutters fill fastest then. Windows tell you they need it when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low. Gutters tell you they need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. If either one shows up between visits, text us a photo and we will tell you whether it needs a visit or a fix. Clogged gutters that overflow are the usual route to water damage on the siding and fascia, which is why the gutters are on the same calendar as the glass.
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 gutters and exterior windows across the city, and the estimate starts with a phone call or a text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we will count every window on the outside before we confirm the gutter run. Lead time on a slot is set by the calendar, and we will give you the first date we have open when you call.
Our calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, when the tree dust drops in spring and the leaves come down in fall. If you want a particular week in those months, call early. Booking with us means you hear from the crew before work starts, and we call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we do not come inside the house.
We are one of the window cleaners in the area that does the gutters on the same visit, which means you do not need to schedule two companies or wait for two crews. The method does not change between residential and commercial jobs: stories, window count, and what is in the gutters. For a home, a condo or a multi-unit property, professional window cleaning and gutter work keep curb appeal up and cut down the runoff that stains the siding. Schedule service once and the two jobs run on the same calendar from then on.
Yes. Our crew does both, and the same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of the windows in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the gutters lands on clean windows.
We do not quote a figure here. The number comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what is in the gutters, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you the number.
Yes, because the outside takes the tree dust, the rain grime and the sprinkler spots that build up here between visits. The inside can be clean while the outside still looks hazy in low sun. Exterior glass is what we clean on this visit.
Across North Carolina, spring visits run late April to May, and in Burlington the fall visit runs November to early December. Book early for those windows, because the calendar fills up, and that goes for condos too.
No, because gutters go first and glass goes last. When the gutters are cleared, the leaves, grit and black water come down the wall, so the crew rinses the wall before touching the glass. Runoff left on the wall is what streaks the panes below.
Screens on a residential window are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included on the exterior side. Interior tracks are not part of this visit.
On residential properties we clean exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing as part of this service.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, and keep pets inside while the ladders are up. Leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
