The same two people do professional window cleaning on the outside of your windows and clean your gutters in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Our crew works the spring and fall visits across Ohio, and the approximate window count you give us is all we need to quote the job. Call (866) 435-6328 with the number of stories and a rough window count, and we will give you the number on the phone.
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 window and gutter cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Doing both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Stories and steep roofs take more time on the ladder, and multi-story buildings or tall houses need a longer ladder or a lift. A window count that includes oversized panes or picture windows changes the setup. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Clogged gutters can also back water up onto the fascia, which is the usual route to water damage there, so we check for it before we quote. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is another line item on our jobs, because no cleaning removes it.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job on every visit and are not billed as extras. The crew clears the gutters and downspouts until the water runs clear, so the work you pay for ends at the outlet, not at the top of the run. We use purified water on the glass instead of cleaning solutions, so nothing is left on the frame to streak.
What we have seen on Clayton jobs is that the quote gets easier when the crew knows the house before the truck arrives. Send us a photo of the front of the house by text, tell us the number of stories, and give an approximate window count, including any picture windows. That is enough for an estimate by phone. We will also note the rear run on the call if the house has a walk-out or a back run that needs a boom or scissor lift. This page covers residential jobs, so if the building is commercial, tell us on the call, and the crew will confirm whether we quote it as a residential and commercial job before giving you a number. Booking the spring and fall cleanings together means one quote covers both.
| 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, in late May or June and again in late October or November. That is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the spring and fall calendar. Regular cleanings on that schedule keep the glass and the gutters from building up between seasons. Across Ohio the timing follows the same pattern, but the dates shift with the weather, so the crew confirms the window on the call before the visit.
On each visit the pollen film on the south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters are the first things we check in the spring. In the fall the leaf load and the wet leaf mat in the gutters are what we clear first. Runoff from the roof carries the grime straight down onto the glass below, which is why the gutters come before the windows. Across Ohio, severe thunderstorms and derechos can move either date by a few weeks, and we would rather move the visit than clean the glass in the wind.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site gets more grime on the glass, and the crew sees it sooner than on a quiet street. Multi-story buildings need the same planning, because the upper panes are reached from a lift rather than a ladder. The sign that windows need cleaning again is haze you only see when the sun is low. The sign that gutters need it is clogged gutters that overflow in the rain, with water sheeting over the edge. Left alone, that sheeting can lead to water damage at the fascia.
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 book the Clayton jobs through a phone or text estimate with the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us the photo, and we call back before we come rather than arrive unannounced. Lead time is set by the calendar. The two busy windows of the year are the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. A clean front and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, so the spring visit is worth booking early.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and they send photos of every gutter run and the finished glass before they leave. For a window and gutter cleaning job, the estimate also covers every window on the outside of the house, including sills and screens on request. We also do residential properties and residential window cleaning, and we clean windows for owners of rental homes, so schedule service works the same way for a single house or a few.
Yes. The washing services for the glass and the gutter work are done by the same two people on one visit, clearing the gutters and downspouts first and washing the glass last. Nothing from the gutters washes onto clean glass, and we do not send a separate gutter crew.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text. The number we quote is the number on the invoice, with downspout flushing included.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the grime here: pollen in the spring, rain dust, and sprinkler spots that build up on the glass. Cleaning the windows inside does nothing to remove dirt from the outside glass, so the outside is where the visible haze comes from.
Most of our Clayton customers book in late May or June and again in late October or November. Across Ohio the spring and fall windows are the same, and the crew confirms the date on the call.
No, because we clear the gutters first and wash the glass last. When the order is reversed, the leaves and the black water come down the wall in the runoff and across any window below it, so the glass has to be done again.
Sills are wiped on every visit and screens are rinsed on request, both included in the quote. Tracks are part of the window job on the outside of the house and are not billed separately.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside the house stay as they are. Interior and exterior cleaning are not bundled into this quote, and we do not do pressure washing here.
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. If the unit is one of several condos in a shared building, tell us on the call, since the outside wall and gutters may belong to the association.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
