Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, starting with the gutters. 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 Mebane jobs, most customers book this bundle in spring and fall, when tree dust and leaves are heaviest on the house, so the schedule is usually set well before the first warm weeks.
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.
Our window washing services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Window cleaning services quoted this way do not change once the crew is on the ladder. We will not give you a range here, because the stories and window count decide it and we need a photo of the front of the house to see both. Text one to the crew or describe the house on the call at (866) 435-6328.
On the day, the things that move a quote are the ones we see on the ladder. A third story or a steep roof takes longer to reach. On a residential window job, oversized picture windows and big panes take more care per square foot. Gutters and downspouts that have not been cleaned in years come down packed with needles and leaves, and the work is heavier than a routine run. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleared, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras on residential properties in Mebane.
For the cleanings that carry on across a year, we do the regular cleanings on the same schedule as the first visit, so the price you hear once is the price for the next one, barring a change in stories or window count. The crew will remove dirt and grime from the outside of the glass and the grit that sits in the gutters, which is what makes the windows look right and what keeps water damage from starting at the fascia. Interior and exterior glass are not the same job, and we do only the exterior on this visit. For a quote on a house with a lot of glass or a lot of storey, send the count by text and we will tell you what that adds before anyone climbs.
| 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.
On our Mebane jobs, most customers book both twice a year, in spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Across North Carolina the spring window runs late April to May, and the fall visit usually lands in November to early December. The spring visit is when the dusty film settles on south-facing glass, and the grit paste sits in the gutter elbows. The fall visit is when the leaf load comes down and turns to a wet mat in the runs. Across North Carolina, hurricanes and tropical storms on the coast can shift those dates, so we book from what the house is doing rather than the calendar alone.
At each visit we look for the same things. Pollen on the glass shows up as a yellow haze that wipes off with a dry cloth, and it is most visible in the first warm weeks. In the gutters it packs into a paste that holds water. Leaves come down in the fall and pile into the runs, and the first hard rain turns that pile into a dam, so the runoff spills over the edge. Houses with heavy tree cover over the roof, and multi-story buildings with a lot of glass above the first floor, need a third visit, because needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after we clean them, and a house near a busy road or a construction site collects a film that needs a closer look. Cleaning solutions go only on greasy frames and are rinsed off before the glass is touched, and the same rule holds for residential and commercial glass. Windows inside the house collect their own dust and sit outside this visit. Those are the cases where a third visit earns its place.
The sign windows need it is a haze that only shows when the sun is low in the afternoon. Clogged gutters show it as water sheeting over the edge during 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 crew works across Mebane, and the cleaning services we book here follow the same order on every house: the estimate first, then a slot on the calendar, then the visit. To start, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house with the number of stories. We give you the quote from that, and the crew calls before they come, so nobody has to be home for exterior work.
Lead time changes with the season. The two busy windows of the year are the spring bloom and the fall leaf drop, and our calendar fills fastest in those weeks, so the earlier you book the more choice you have on the date. Most of the homes and condos we clean here are on a standing schedule, which is the simplest way to keep one of our window cleaners on the same route each visit. A professional window cleaning crew that has the history on your house is faster on the second visit, because they know where the sprinkler spots are and which gutters need a second pass. Schedule service with us when the house is ready, and we will put a date in the calendar that fits the weather.
Each residential window job ends with the crew checking every window and every gutter run before they pack the truck, and the sill is wiped on the way out. Clean glass and clear gutters are most of the curb appeal a house shows from the street, so that check matters. Photos go to your phone before we leave, so you see what was done in the house's own light.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people clean gutters and windows on residential properties, and the gutter run is cleared before the glass is touched.
We do not give a figure here, because the number comes from stories and window count, which we need from you. Send them by text or call (866) 435-6328 and we quote from those.
On a house in Mebane, the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, so the glass looks dull from the road even when it is clean indoors. A residential window cleaned on the outside only is still a real improvement.
Most of our customers here book late spring and late fall, after the pollen and before the first hard freeze, so that is the window we plan around.
No, the glass is washed after the gutters are cleared, not before. When gutters and downspouts are cleared, the leaves, grit and black runoff come down the wall, so the panes wait until the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping. Doing it the other way means washing the glass twice.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and the crew will remove dirt from the frames while they are at it. Tracks are quoted separately if you want them done.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, condos included, and we do not do pressure washing here.
No, you do not need to be home, since the crew works outside and sends photos before they leave. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if windows face it, keep pets inside while 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.
