Yes, the same two people clean the 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 booked together cost less than two separate trips. On our Reading jobs most customers book it for the spring and fall, when the pollen and the leaves have built up.
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 cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking washing services and gutter cleaning on two separate trips. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from those figures alone. We will not put a price in this text.
What moves a quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means a boom or scissor lift and more time on the ladder, and window washing up there costs more for the same reason. A large window count, oversized panes and picture windows take longer on the glass. Gutters nobody has opened in years, packed with grit, grime and seeds, need more clearing, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning will not remove. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping, which remove dirt the glass would otherwise keep, are part of the job and not charged as extras.
On a Reading job, whether it is a single house or one of the condos we quote, the single biggest variable is how much the gutters and downspouts carry. A house with several mature trees over the roof usually has runoff that has backed up behind the fascia, and the crew clears it before a single window is touched. That is why we ask for the stories and a photo of the front of the house by text before we give a number. Send the photo and the window count, and you will hear the figure before any work is booked.
| 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 Reading customers book both twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Across Ohio the pattern is the same: the spring visit clears the pollen that settles on south-facing glass and the paste that packs the gutters, and the fall visit clears the wet leaf mat before the first hard freeze. Cleaning solutions are used sparingly, and the glass is rinsed with purified water so nothing dries on it as residue.
At each visit we find something different. In the spring the dust film on the outside of the glass and the paste in the gutters are the main work. In the fall the leaf load in the gutters and the grit on the sills are the main work. Across Ohio, severe thunderstorms and derechos can move both dates, so we book around the weather rather than the calendar.
Some houses need more than the twice-a-year pattern, and regular cleanings suit them better. Heavy tree cover over the roof puts needles and grit 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 picks up a film faster than most, and so does any residential and commercial building on the same street. If one of those describes your house, we will say so after the first visit and suggest the schedule that fits it.
You will know the windows need it when the glass looks hazy only when the sun is low, and you will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Interior and exterior glass need different schedules, and this visit covers only the exterior.
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, call (866) 435-6328 or send a text. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we give you the number on the phone, which is the number on the invoice. Our lead time is shown on the booking page, and in the two busy windows of the year, when the spring growth and the leaves are heavy, the calendar fills faster, so it helps to book early.
Our crew has worked through the Reading area and calls before it comes. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, because the crew does not come inside. We are window cleaners and gutter crews working as one, so the professional window cleaning and the gutter work on each Reading house follow the same routine: the outside of the glass and the gutters in one visit. Our cleaning services stay exterior, so the windows inside are not touched, and multi-story buildings take a lift that the crew books and confirms before the day.
Clogged gutters that overflow in the rain are the first sign of trouble, and so is water damage on the fascia or the wall below a run. If the crew sees either one, it is photographed and reported, not sold. Curb appeal is the reason most people book, but the reason we do it right is so the water runs where it should.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Text us a photo of the front and the window count, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will give you the figure before anything is booked.
Yes, if the outside carries dust, rain spots or sprinkler spots, which most houses here do. Clean windows inside do not remove the film on the outside, and a residential window with dirty glass dims the view even on a bright day.
Our Reading customers mostly book in the spring and again in the fall. The spring visit clears the winter grime and the fall visit clears the leaves.
No, that is why gutters come first and glass last. If the glass is washed first, the wash water from the gutters runs across it and someone has to wash it again.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are part of the exterior job on every window. They are not charged as extras.
Exterior only on this visit, for residential properties. We do not clean inside the windows and we do not do pressure washing as part of this job.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked. To schedule service, text us a photo of the roofline if you want a quote before booking.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
