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 the runoff never lands on clean panes. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Ohio, most of our customers book in the spring and fall, and the crew that does the work is the one that shows up at your door.
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 the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. Window washing and gutter work share one ladder setup, so the bundle is priced as one job, not two. Every window on residential properties gets the same exterior pass, so the price follows the stories and the count. Our cleaning services and washing services are quoted the same way, by stories and window count. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the final quote depends on the house in front of us.
On the day, the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story or a steep roof takes more time on the ladder, and condos get the same by-the-story pricing as a single-family house. A large window count or oversized panes adds glass to clean, and heavy grime takes longer to remove dirt from. Gutters and downspouts are checked on every run, and runoff from a packed run is why the gutters come first. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or packed with needles and leaves, need longer to clear. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time too. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is one more thing: cleaning will not remove it, so we flag it when we see it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
For a Painesville house, the most useful thing to send us is the number of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. With those, we can give you the exact number for window cleaning services before the crew is scheduled, without any guessing on either side.
| 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 Painesville customers book both twice a year, once in late spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Ohio the pattern is the same: spring and fall, after the heavy seasonal drop has settled. Many people book window and gutter work on the same two dates, and regular cleanings tend to follow the same rhythm. The same spring and fall calendar fits residential and commercial buildings alike. A residential window job follows that calendar too, and most owners book the glass and the gutters for the same morning.
In spring we find pollen on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In fall it is the leaf load, which turns into a wet mat that holds water against the fascia. We match cleaning solutions to the season, a mild mix for pollen and a heavier one for the leaf mat. Interior and exterior glass pick up different loads, so this visit covers the exterior only. Across Ohio, severe thunderstorms and derechos can shift the dates, so we keep an eye on the forecast when we set the calendar.
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. Picture windows show every spot, so they often get a third visit. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a haze faster than most. Those are the properties where we see a third visit pay for itself.
Most houses are fine with two cleanings a year. You can tell when windows need more: haze you only notice when the sun is low. You can tell when gutters need more: water sheeting over the edge in a rain. If you see either, the crew can usually fit you in within the next few weeks.
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 Painesville and the surrounding homes, and the estimate starts with a phone call or text where you give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. That is all we need to build the quote. To schedule service, send those two things and the crew confirms your arrival window. Multi-story buildings get the same story-count question, since each extra floor adds ladder time. Lead time depends on the season, and it fills fastest during the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf drop, so booking early makes sense.
Many homeowners compare window cleaners on price alone, but the order of the work matters too. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. The crew does not come inside, and we call before we come. The crew arrives with the equipment for both gutters and glass in one truck, which is why a single visit covers both. We work with professional window cleaning standards on the glass and clear the gutters completely, not just the visible stretch from the ground. Clean windows and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and windows inside stay as they are, since this visit covers the outside only.
If the gutters are already clogged when we arrive, we say so before we start, since clogged gutters are a common cause of water damage at the fascia and the foundation. We would rather tell you what we see than leave it for later.
Yes. The crew that does your windows is the crew that clears your gutters, in one visit, with gutters first and glass last. Most of the frequently asked questions we hear come down to that one visit.
The number comes from stories and size on residential properties. Send a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text, or call (866) 435-6328, and we quote the exact figure before the job is booked.
On our Painesville jobs, the outside carries most of the load: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the exterior glass first. Clean windows inside will not keep that haze from forming outside.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in the fall, after the seasonal drop settles. Ask us and we will set the date against your own calendar.
Not if the order is right. The runoff from cleared gutters runs down the wall, so we do gutters first and glass last, and clean every window after the run is done. If the glass were washed first, someone would have to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Every residential window gets the same treatment, and tracks are included in the visit, so nothing shows up as an extra line on the invoice.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are different jobs, so the inside of windows is not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit either.
You do not need to be home. Turn 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. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or send a photo by text, and we will confirm the arrival window.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
