The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price the bundle by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Pennsylvania, most of the homes we work on are cleaned once in spring and once in fall, and that calendar holds for College 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.
We price residential and commercial glass by the same two measures: the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a steep roof that cannot be walked, window counts that include picture windows and oversized panes, gutters not cleaned in years and packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Pennsylvania the houses that need the most work tend to be the ones with the most tree cover, and the cases we have seen show that a quote rises with how long the gutters have gone unopened. To get an exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house with a count of the stories, and we will come back with one figure. Our crew has cleaned professional window cleaning jobs and multi-story buildings alike, and the same measures apply: how many stories, how many windows, and what is packed in the gutters. Water damage from clogged gutters is the reason we flag the runs we cannot clear fully on the first visit, and we will tell you before we start rather than after. Window washing that leaves curb appeal intact depends on the glass and the frame being cleaned together, which is how we price it. Window cleaners who only work the glass will not see the gutter overflow above it, which is why we look at both. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline to get your written estimate.
| 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 College customers book both twice a year, in the spring and the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Pennsylvania, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November. On our jobs the pollen film on south-facing glass and the pollen paste in the gutters show up in the spring visit, and the leaf load shows up in the fall visit. Storm and wind seasons can move both dates, so we confirm the timing by phone before we book.
Some houses need a third visit between the regular cleanings. 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. A house close to a busy road or a construction site collects more runoff and dust on the frames. Residential properties with those conditions are on a schedule that suits what the glass and gutters carry, not a fixed twice-a-year rule.
You will know a residential window needs a cleaning when there is a haze you only notice with the sun low. Clean windows show the difference in the first low sun of the day, so that is the easiest test. You will know gutters need one when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. Between visits, schedule service when either of those shows up, and we will look at the runs that have changed.
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.
Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text, using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season and is confirmed when you call. In the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season, our calendar fills, so the sooner you call, the sooner a slot is set. We call before we come, so nothing arrives unannounced.
Our crew also handles washing services and window cleaning services on houses across College, and it is the same crew that clears the gutters. Grime on the glass and runoff from a clogged gutter are often the same problem seen from two sides, so we do both in one visit. Gutters and downspouts get flushed until the water runs clear, and the glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so it dries without streaks. Condos and multi-story buildings follow the same order and the same photos.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Our crew does not come inside, and if a window cannot be reached safely the crew photographs it and tells you rather than guessing. Our crew will remove dirt from the frames and sills of every window on the same visit, and we will tell you before we start if a run is beyond a standard clean.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count. Text a photo of the house front or call (866) 435-6328 and we will give you a written estimate.
Cleaning the windows inside is not part of this visit, so the windows inside stay as they are. On our College jobs the outside carries the pollen film, rain dust and sprinkler spots, and those do not come off by cleaning the inside. The outside is where most of the grime sits.
Our College customers book in the spring and fall visits, from the supplied pollen and leaf months, because that is when the glass and the gutters show what has built up.
No, gutters first, glass last. When the gutters are cleared first, the grit and the black water come down before the glass is touched, so nothing runs across it afterward.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior window work. They are not billed as extras.
Our visit covers the exterior only. Interior and exterior work is not bundled into this visit, and we do not do pressure washing.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
