The same two people who clean your gutters can clean the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Ohio, most of the homes we service book their gutter and window cleaning in the spring and the fall, and our Columbus crew keeps the same schedule.
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, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and we will text you the quote in writing before we book a date.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are a third story or a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it, window count and oversized picture windows, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning will remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and not billed as extras.
Most of our Columbus customers start with a photo. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house with the stories visible and a rough count of the windows, and we give you a number before anyone is on a ladder. A house with a lot of glass on the front, or a second run of gutters around the back, changes the count, so we ask about both. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. If the gutters have not been cleaned in a long time, the first visit takes longer, and we tell you that before we start.
Gutters and glass cost more to do separately, which is why most of our Columbus customers book the bundle and let one crew handle the window and gutter cleaning in the same visit. Pollen settles on south-facing glass in the spring, and the same residue packs the gutter elbows, so the two jobs go together naturally. The film is the thing homeowners see first, and the debris in the gutters is the thing that causes trouble later. The crew brings its own cleaning solutions, purified water and power, so there is nothing to set up on your end. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only.
The houses that need more than a standard visit are usually the ones under big trees, where needles and grit collect in the gutters and downspouts between cleanings. A schedule of regular cleanings on those houses keeps the runs flowing and the glass from picking up residue every few weeks. On a house with few trees, a single visit a year covers most of it, and we tell you which schedule fits your lot after the first look.
| 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 Columbus jobs, most customers book both cleaning services twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew doing professional window cleaning and gutters in one visit makes sense on this calendar. The spring visit lands after the seed and pollen drop, and the fall visit lands after the leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
What we find at the spring visit is a dust film on south-facing glass and a paste of seed and grit packed into the gutter elbows. The fall visit is the wet leaf mat in the clogged gutters and whatever the storm season left behind, and it is the visit most window cleaners skip because they only come for the glass. Severe thunderstorms and derechos across Ohio move the dates, and a hard wind can strip a run of leaves in an afternoon, so we watch the weather and call before we come.
Some houses need a third visit as we see it. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass and leaves the round white spots that come back a day later, and a house close to a busy road or a construction site all put more grime on the windows between visits. Multi-story buildings with the same exposure need the same attention, and clogged gutters on those houses lead to water damage at the fascia faster than most owners expect.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low, or when the front of the house has lost its curb appeal. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign is a good reason to call, and we will tell you which of the two it is when we get there.
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 the gutters and the exterior windows in Columbus as a window and gutter cleaning visit, one crew on one schedule. We work on residential properties across the city and on the homes around it, and the same crew handles the glass and the runs, so there is one person to call about both. The quote question is the same for residential and commercial buildings: stories first, then window count. Booking starts with a call to (866) 435-6328 or a text: give us the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a date and a quote in writing.
In the two busy windows of the year, late spring and fall, the calendar fills, so to schedule service, call early and we tell you the date we can offer and hold it until you confirm. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, so the only thing we need is access to the side gate and a clear path to the downspouts.
On the same visit we clean windows, rinse screens and wipe the sill, and every residential window on the outside of the house gets done unless we cannot reach it safely. A pane over a sunroom roof or a window behind a tree limb gets photographed and reported, not guessed at. The estimate is the same whether you book one run or every window on the house.
Yes, on our jobs the same two people do both, in one visit. Gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the dirty runs are cleared before anyone touches the windows.
The number comes from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and we give it to you by phone or by text. We do not quote a figure without a look at the house.
Yes, because the outside carries the grime from the air, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, and an inside wash will not remove dirt from the outer pane. The glass looks dirty from the street long before it looks dirty from inside.
Our Columbus customers book in late spring and in the fall, and we keep the calendar open for those windows. If you live in a condo, tell us when you call and we will work out the stories and window count from your unit before we quote.
No, the glass goes last for that reason. Clearing a run sends leaves, grit and runoff down the wall and across any window below it, so the gutters and downspouts get cleared first and the windows after.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, and tracks are included on the same visit. They are not billed as extras.
No. On this visit we do exterior glass only, so we do not clean windows inside the house and we do not pressure wash the siding.
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, and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
