The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your residential windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing washed down the wall ends up on clean glass. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Pennsylvania, most of the homes we clean get the gutters and glass done in spring and fall, and that is the rhythm we plan our crews around.
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 our window washing services and gutter work by stories and approximate window count, and the number we give on the phone is the number on the invoice. Booking window cleaning services and gutter work together in one visit costs less than two separate trips, and the bundle saving is shown on your estimate. Stories and steep roofs take longer to walk and reach, and so does a house with many oversized picture windows. Window count is the other driver, since every pane is cleaned from the outside.
What the crew finds on the day changes the time. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles, leaves and grime, take longer to clear and haul. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before anything underneath can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with washing, so we say so and quote it separately. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Getting an exact number is simple. Send us a count of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text, or call (866) 435-6328, and we will come back with the figure. For a Harrisburg example, one homeowner had three stories with a row of picture windows and gutters that had not been cleaned in two years, and the crew spent the extra time on the back run that the quote had to reflect. Regular cleanings keep that extra work from building up, which keeps the bill down over time.
| 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 jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Pennsylvania, residential properties follow the same schedule, with the spring visit in late May to June and the fall visit in late October to November. In spring we find pollen film on south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load and the wet mat sit in the runs and wash down onto the sill.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps debris coming, and grit collects in the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or ongoing construction gathers more dust on the frames. Condos, multi-story buildings and homes with a lot of glass also run through cleaning solutions faster, so the cadence is worth reviewing after the first visit.
You will see the signs. Window haze shows up mostly when the sun is low, and that is the sign the glass needs attention. Gutters and downspouts need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain, which usually means clogged gutters and a roof that is shedding debris faster than the runs can carry it. Left alone, that runoff can turn into water damage at the fascia and soffit.
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 has cleaned gutters and windows across Harrisburg, and our calendar is busiest during the two cleaning windows of the year. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text the number of stories, a rough window count and a photo of the house front, and we confirm a slot and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, since the crew never comes inside. Our schedule is the reason you can count on dependable cleaning services and professional window cleaning from people who work on your house from start to finish.
When spring or fall fills up, the earlier you ask, the better the slot. The quote starts the same way for residential and commercial buildings, so the first step is the same for either. Our window cleaners and gutter crew run the route in the same visit, so there is one arrival and one invoice. Each window is wiped at the sill and the frame is checked, so every window gets the same attention. That level of care is what keeps curb appeal consistent from one season to the next, and it is why we keep the same crew on a block when we can.
Yes. Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in the same visit, gutters first and glass last. It is the same two people from start to finish, so there is one arrival and one bill.
The number comes from the stories, the approximate window count and what is in the gutters. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and a rough window count, and we will send the figure. Booking both together costs less than two separate trips.
Usually yes, because the outside carries the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spotting that the inside never sees. Our customers here notice the outside first, since that is what the sun shows up on. We clean the exterior only on this visit, so windows inside stay as they are.
Most of our Harrisburg customers book in the spring, once the pollen drop has finished, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Across Pennsylvania the spring and fall visits follow the same pattern. Booking early gets you a better slot.
Not if we work in the right order. Gutters first, glass last. When we clear a run, the grit and black water come down the wall, so the glass waits until the runs are flushed and the wall has stopped dripping. That order means we never have to remove dirt from clean glass twice.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and frames are checked as part of the job. We do not bill them as extras. Tracks are cleaned where they can be reached from the outside.
We do not do interior and exterior glass on the same visit, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit. The work is exterior glass and gutters only.
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 while the ladders are up and unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
