Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Across Ohio, most of the homes we service book spring and fall, and that is how our calendar runs here too.
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.
The quote comes from how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries, and we give that number on the phone or by text before anyone climbs a ladder. The number we quote is the number we charge, and it already includes the time it takes to remove dirt from the frames and sills. Doing the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the saving is shown on your estimate.
On our jobs the things that move the quote are predictable. A third story, a roof too steep to walk, or condos with long shared gutter runs all take longer, and so does a residential window count with a lot of oversized panes. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with seed and leaf mat, take more time than a run that was cleared last season. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are billed for that time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question, because no cleaning removes it. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Some Plain homeowners ask what a crew like ours can do about window washing services that leave behind a film, and the honest answer is that most of the film is dust and pollen that sat on the frame, which is why we do the frame and the sill and not only the pane. One of our Plain jobs was a two-story house with a large set of picture windows that had been cleaned by a window-only company the spring before. The owner had watered the lawn into the wall every evening, and the grime had dried into a line along the bottom of the glass. Our crew cleaned the gutters first, flushed the downspouts that were feeding runoff onto the siding, and then took the glass down to clean glass. Two downspouts had been discharging right next to the window, which is why the clean glass had re-dirtied so fast. That is the kind of runoff we look for before we quote a number. To get your exact number, text a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories, give us a rough count of the windows, or call (866) 435-6328.
| 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.
Across Ohio, most customers book regular cleanings twice a year, once in late May to June and again in late October to November, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. The pattern holds: the spring visit comes after the seed drop is finished, and the fall visit comes after the last leaves are down and before the first hard freeze.
What we find at each visit is consistent. In the spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the sticky seed paste packs into the gutters and elbows of the downspouts. In the fall the leaf load and the wet leaf mat are what we clear, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we often see sagging runs by the next winter. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates a few weeks in either direction, so we schedule against the weather, not the calendar.
Some houses need more cleanings than that. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits, so those customers are often on every three to four months. A sprinkler line hitting the glass produces the spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that needs its own check. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects more grime on the glass and goes on a shorter cycle. Most customers with few or no trees do fine on a single late-fall visit, and we tell you which of these your lot is after the first visit.
You will know the windows need attention when the haze only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. Clean windows only stay that way when the gutters above them are running clear.
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 are window cleaners who also clear gutters, and we have done both on residential properties across Plain. We book by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text. To schedule service, send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm a slot. Lead time depends on the season, and we will tell you the honest number when you call rather than promise a day we cannot keep. Our calendar fills up in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen drop and the fall leaf drop, so booking early in those months gets you the date you want.
The crew calls before it comes, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work because we do not come inside, and the windows inside are not part of this visit. We use cleaning solutions only where the glass calls for them and purified water on every window, so the glass dries without streaks.
Our crew does professional window cleaning services on the outside of the house and clears clogged gutters at the same time, which is why the bundle works. We also take on residential and commercial multi-story buildings where the same two-person setup applies, and we have seen plenty of water damage start at a gutter that nobody cleared for a few seasons. Most of our outside-work customers in the area want curb appeal kept up without thinking about it, and a planned visit twice a year does that.
Yes, on our jobs it is the same two people. We clean the gutters first and then the glass, so the dirty water does not end up on the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before we book. Send us the stories and a photo and we will tell you the figure.
On a Plain house the outside carries the rain dust film and the sprinkler spots, and those are the things that cloud the glass long before the inside does. The inside is not part of our visit.
Our customers here book in late spring and again in the fall. Across Ohio that is spring and fall, and the dates follow the seed and leaf drop.
No, that is the reason we go gutters first and glass last. The leaves, grit and black water come down the wall and across any window below, so we clear the roof and the gutters, flush the downspouts, and only then touch the glass.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks can be added if they need it, and we will quote that before we start.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not pressure wash. We treat interior and exterior glass as separate jobs, and only the exterior is quoted here.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
