Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back down onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and two jobs in one visit cost less than two separate trips. Across North Carolina, most of our customers book this in the spring and the fall, the two windows when pollen and leaves build up fastest on the glass and in the gutters.
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 job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and professional window cleaning booked with the gutters costs less in one visit than two separate jobs. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, so tell us the stories and the window count and we will tell you the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof steep enough that the crew needs a boom or scissor lift changes the setup. Window count matters for each residential window, and so do oversized panes, since a large picture window takes more time than a standard sash. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated, so we count them. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is the one thing a cleaning will not remove, and cleaning solutions will not lift it either, so we say so on the estimate rather than after. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and this quote is for the exterior only.
Here is how we get the exact number: call (866) 435-6328 to book a date, or text a photo of the front of the house with the stories and a rough window count. Most customers who have a window and gutter cleaning done in the same visit find the bundle is the simpler route, because the crew sets up once per side of the house and clears the gutters before the glass. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and the bundle gets both done in one visit. We will tell you on the phone what we find on the day and only quote what we see.
The gutter and window cleaning list below covers the residential cases most often on our schedule. Cleanings on a regular schedule keep the work from building up, and we can plan a route around your house. Residential and commercial work follow the same order here, but the commercial side is priced per building and is not the subject of this page.
| 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 Clayton customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across North Carolina, the spring visit lands in late April to May, the window when pollen drops on south-facing glass and into the gutters. In Clayton the fall visit runs from November to early December, when the leaves build up in the gutters.
At each spring visit we find a fine film on south-facing glass and a dense grit packed into the gutter elbows. At the fall visit the leaf load is the main issue, and clogged gutters full of wet leaves are what pull the gutters away from the fascia over the winter. Clayton gets about 52 inches of rain a year, and July, August and September are the wettest months, so runs that clog in summer are where water damage tends to start. Storm and wind seasons can shift those dates, so we book against what we find on the house rather than the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, where needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, is the most common reason. A sprinkler line hitting the glass causes the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime than one on a quiet street. Those are the cases where a second cleaning in the same season makes sense.
The signs windows need cleaning again are a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the film on the glass that looks worse in the morning. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in a rain, which means the runs are full or the downspouts are blocked.
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 windows across Clayton, and we have worked on residential properties of all sizes here, from single-story houses to multi-story homes with many windows. We clean every window on the outside of the house, including sills and the glass in picture windows, and professional window cleaning goes the same way on each house: gutters first, glass last. Our crew can also clean windows on the upper floors from the pole, not a ladder leaned on the siding. Purified water is what the crew uses to remove dirt from the glass, so it dries without streaks.
To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate. If the property is a condo or one of the multi-story buildings, say so when you call and we will tell you whether the crew can take it. The estimate call is where we tell you the lead time for your slot. In the two busy windows of the year, when our calendar fills, the earlier you book the better your choice of date. We call before we come, so you know the crew is on the way, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We can schedule service for a single visit or set up regular cleaning services on a route that suits your house. Window and gutter cleaning on the same route keeps the crew working efficiently and keeps the bundle price in the range we quoted.
Yes. Our window cleaning services and gutter cleaning are done by the same two-person crew in one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the gutters does not land on clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Send us the story count and a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote the bundle before the visit.
On our jobs, the outside carries most of the dirt here: dust in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that leave a film on the glass. Clean inside glass will still look hazy from outside if the exterior is grimy, so the outside is where most of the work is.
Most of our Clayton customers book in the spring, which across North Carolina runs late April to May, and in the fall, after the leaves come down. Those are the windows when our calendar is busiest, so calling early gives you more choice of date.
No, the crew does the gutters first and the glass last for exactly that reason. When a run is cleared, the leaves and black water come down the wall, so the glass has to wait until the gutters are done.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and they are not billed as extras. Tracks are cleaned on the same visit when they are reachable from the outside.
No. Our washing services cover exterior glass only, and windows inside are not part of this visit. We do not do pressure washing; the gutters are cleared as part of the same job.
No, 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 whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
