Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty runoff never lands on clean panes. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together costs less than two separate trips. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book the spring and fall visits with us, and the number we quote on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Window washing on its own is priced by the window count, and our washing services cost less when gutters and glass are done in one visit than when they are booked as two trips. Condos are quoted the same way. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and gutters and downspouts are cleared before the glass, so nothing is washed twice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the crew finding the same things every time: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, a window count that includes oversized panes or picture windows, clogged 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 removes. We will tell you about each of these before we start.
Here is how we get to the exact number. Send us a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will confirm the window count with you before the crew is booked. Cleaning costs rise with stories because the crew works from a boom or scissor lift on taller buildings, and the grime that builds up on taller multi-story buildings usually sits higher on the gutters and glass than most homeowners expect. Heavy grime takes extra time to remove dirt from the frames and sills, and built-up water damage stains do too, and we say so on the phone rather than on the ladder.
Our Carlisle experience is one customer's job we can point to. A two-story house with a short run of gutters and a few picture windows came in at a quote we could explain line by line: the stories and window count, the gutter run, and the sprinkler spotting on the south glass. Each of those was visible in the photos we sent before the visit. You can see the full job record here.
| 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 Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. Most of our Carlisle customers book both, which is why one crew and one visit makes sense for the two cleanings a year. The spring visit clears the pollen film off south-facing glass and the pollen paste out of the gutters before it hardens. The fall visit clears the leaf load before the first hard freeze.
Spring grit is the biggest thing we see. It settles on window frames and on the picture windows, and it turns into a paste in the downspout elbows if no one clears it. The fall visit is about the leaf mat, which holds water against the fascia and can sag a run under ice. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates by a few weeks, so we confirm the timing when you book.
Some houses need a third visit on top of regular cleanings. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. On the glass, the crew uses purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to streak. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more grime on the glass and in the gutters. We will tell you after the first visit which of these your house has.
Here is what we see with two customers on the same street. One has no trees over the roof and is on twice a year. The other has tree cover and sprinkler spotting and is on three or four visits. Both are on the same schedule model, and the difference is in what we find on the glass and in the gutters at each visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning is haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need cleaning is water sheeting over the edge in rain. If you see either, call (866) 435-6328 and we will book a date.
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 crews provide cleaning services across Carlisle, including window cleaning services and gutter work, on older houses and newer builds alike. We work on residential properties, and residential and commercial jobs are quoted on the same basis. To schedule service, call or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you an estimate and a date. Clean gutters and glass do a lot for curb appeal, and lead time depends on the season, so we confirm it when you call.
The two busy windows of the year are late spring and late fall, when the tree and leaf loads are at their heaviest and the calendar fills quickly. Book early in those windows and you get the date you want. Outside those windows, we usually have openings with shorter notice.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, we work outside, and we send photos of every run and every window when we are done. We are professional window cleaning crews, and we treat your gutters and glass the way we would treat our own property.
Yes. Our crew does both, and it is the same two people in one visit. We clean the gutters first, then the glass, so the dirty runoff does not land on clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count. Send us a text with those and a photo of the front of the house, and we will give you the exact number by phone or text.
Yes, because the outside of a residential window carries the rain dust and the sprinkler spots that build up here, and those sit on the glass whatever the inside looks like. Clean glass also helps curb appeal.
Across Pennsylvania, the spring visit falls in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service.
No. We clean gutters first and glass last, because the leaves, grit and black water under them run down the wall and across any window below. Doing the glass first means washing it again before we leave.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the same visit, and none of it is billed as an extra.
No. Our standard visit is exterior glass only, and windows inside are not part of it. Interior and exterior cleaning are quoted separately, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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 leave the side gate unlocked. Text a photo of the roofline if you want us to check it first.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
