The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first, glass last. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both together in a single visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Pennsylvania, most homeowners book it in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaves build up fastest. Tell us your stories and roughly how many windows you have, and you will have a number on the phone.
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 price depends on stories, the approximate number of windows, and what is sitting in the gutters. We quote it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Our window washing and window cleaning services cover the exterior glass, and the washing services we run on a single visit can be booked alongside the gutter work.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof too steep to walk, oversized picture windows that take two people to reach safely, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards we have to lift and reseat, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Clearing the gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The quote covers exterior glass only; if you also want the interior and exterior of the same windows done, that is priced as a separate job.
Here is what we have seen on our Darby jobs. One house had a second-floor run that had gone unopened for years, with the downspout elbow packed solid. The window count was modest, but the gutter time and the ladder setup moved the quote up, and the customer saw that breakdown before the crew arrived. Before we give you a number, send a photo of the front of the house by text and tell us the stories and about how many windows you have, including any regular cleanings you already keep up. That is how we get you the exact figure. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will give you the number before we are scheduled.
| 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 customers here book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense on a Darby house. Across Pennsylvania the timing follows the weather and the leaves, and the spring visit lands in late May to June while the fall visit lands in November to early December. The same calendar holds for residential and commercial glass, since sprinkler spotting and leaves show up on both.
In spring we find a film of pollen on south-facing glass and a sticky paste in the gutters, and the downspout elbows are the first place it packs. In fall we find the leaf load, and on houses that skipped that visit we have seen runs sag under ice by winter. Water damage is the cost of waiting: a packed run holds water against the fascia, and the runoff finds the wall below it. The window and gutter schedule runs on the same calendar, so a single appointment handles both.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps clogged gutters filling between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves the spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or construction collects more grime and is worth checking again mid-year, and condos on a busy street get the same check. Taller multi-story buildings take longer to reach, and that is priced into the visit. We do not give do-it-yourself instructions here; the crew handles the work and reports what it finds.
You will know the outside windows need it when the haze shows only in low sun, and the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard rain. Windows inside the house pick up a similar film, but interior glass is a separate job we do not quote on this visit.
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 Darby on residential properties and cleans gutters and windows on the same visit, so a residential window gets the same order of work as the gutter above it. Booking starts with a phone call to (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we confirm the window with you before we arrive. Lead time is set by our calendar, and the two busy windows of the year are the spring season and the fall leaf season, when the schedule fills quickly.
We are a group of professional window cleaners who run our own crews, so the same people who quote the job are the ones who do the professional window cleaning. The work is planned around the glass and the gutters together, and the crew clears each run before touching a pane, so the spray and grit do not reach the clean windows. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and if a slot is tight the next opening gets offered rather than squeezed in.
Clean glass and clear gutters do more than look good, they protect the siding and the sill below the roofline, and the crew's aim is to remove dirt before rain carries it down the wall. A schedule service keeps the curb appeal steady from one season to the next. Our crew cleans every window reachable from the outside and the sill under it, and flags anything it cannot reach safely. The crew works with water-fed poles and purified water, not cleaning solutions, so nothing is left behind to dry as a film.
Yes. Our crew does both on one visit, gutters first and glass last, so you are not paying for two trips or two setups.
The number comes from stories and size, and we give it to you by phone or text. Three-story houses work the same way, since the stories count moves the number. We will not guess it from a description, and the figure you hear is the figure you are invoiced.
Yes. Outside glass collects tree dust, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees. On our Darby jobs the outside is usually the dirtier side, so cleaning it on its own pays off, and the visit is there to clear what rain alone leaves behind.
Our customers here book in late May or June for spring and in November or early December for fall, and the schedule fills in those windows.
No. The gutters go first and the glass goes last, so the grit and water drain away before anyone touches a pane.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the visit.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, and we do not do interior windows or pressure washing on it.
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.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
