The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of every window in one visit here in Bismarck, 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 two separate trips. Across North Dakota our customers book this in spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaf drop have built up on the 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.
Our window cleaners quote the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and condos get the same treatment. Bundling gutters and exterior glass into one visit costs less than booking the two separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We clean the outside of each window only, so the windows inside the house are not part of the price. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate from those details.
Four things move the quote on our jobs. A third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it changes the setup. Window count matters, and so does reach: a residential window over a porch roof or behind a fence takes longer than one on the ground floor, and so do oversized picture windows, which take more time per pane. Clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take longer, because the crew has to clear the gutters and downspouts and haul the debris. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers will not come off with cleaning alone. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of our washing services, so the grime and runoff get handled in the same visit, and the crew does not charge extra to remove dirt from the frames.
Across North Dakota, the quickest route to a firm figure for window washing is to tell us the stories, give us a rough window count, and send a photo of the front of the house. Most of the time that is enough to set a price on our window cleaning services before the crew is booked. We do not put a price inside a case study, and we will not guess at a number we have not seen the house for.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $150 | from $230 |
| Two stories | from $185 | from $200 | from $310 |
| Three stories | from $240 | from $270 | from $410 |
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 Dakota, most of our customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, in spring and in fall. That is why one crew handles the window and gutter cleanings in one visit, so clean windows and cleared gutters come out of the same trip. In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and a pollen paste packed into the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load and the wet leaf mat that matters most, and on houses that skipped that visit we see runs that sagged under winter weight.
Heavy tree cover over the roof changes the schedule. Needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and houses like that are often on a three or four visit cycle, which is why regular cleanings matter more there. A sprinkler line that hits the glass is another reason for a third visit, because the spots it leaves come back a day after cleaning. A house close to a busy road or an active construction site gets dust on the frames faster than most, so it needs the same closer look.
The sign that windows need cleaning sooner is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the film that causes it does not always come off with cleaning solutions alone. The sign that gutters need attention is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. If you see either one, send us a photo and we will tell you what we think is going on before we book anything.
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.
To schedule service, we start with a phone or text estimate that includes the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time for professional window cleaning depends on the season, and the two busy windows, spring pollen and fall leaf drop, are when our calendar fills fastest. If you call during one of those windows, expect the slot to take a few days to open, and book early if you can. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our crew works across the city, and our cleaning services handle the mix of houses you see here, from older one-story homes with shingled eaves to newer two-story builds on a slab. Whatever the house, the crew tests the downspouts after clearing them, cleans every window it can reach safely, and photographs every run, so you can see what we found before we leave. That routine matters most on multi-story buildings, where a missed run can lead to water damage that does not show up until the next thaw. Clean glass and gutters also do a lot for curb appeal on the residential properties we service.
Our crew handles residential and commercial work, including the occasional small office site around town, though commercial work runs on its own schedule and is quoted separately. We do exterior work only, so interior and exterior packages are not something we sell. For a residential house, a single call with the stories and the front-of-house photo is all we need to start.
Yes. Our crew does both, gutters first and glass last, in the same visit. Doing it in one trip avoids a second setup and keeps dirty runoff from landing on clean panes.
We do not quote a figure without the details. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you a number based on stories and window count.
On a residential window, the outside carries most of the grime: pollen in spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up on the glass. Interior glass does not get that exterior load, so the outside is usually the part that needs the work.
Most of our Bismarck customers book in late spring after the pollen drop, when they want clean windows before summer, and again in the fall after the leaves are down. Across North Dakota that is the usual rhythm.
No, that is why we do gutters first and glass last. When a run is cleared, the debris and black water come down the wall, and if the glass was already washed it would need washing again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done as part of the exterior cleaning. They are included in the job, not billed as extras.
No. We clean every window on the outside that we can reach safely, and the windows inside stay as they are. Our work is exterior only, so we do not offer interior and exterior packages, and we do not do pressure washing.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
