Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing runs back onto the panes we just finished. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. On our Lower Merion jobs most customers book in the spring and the fall, which is when we see the most debris build up above the glass.
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 professional window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and window washing plus gutter cleaning 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. Multi-story buildings and steep roofs take longer to work safely, and a third story adds time on the ladder. Oversized panes, such as picture windows, and high window counts add time at the glass. Homes where curb appeal matters get extra care on the frames and sills. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, need more passes. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are part of the time on site. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove, and we tell you about it before we start. Water damage from a gutter that has overflowed for years is outside the cleaning price, and we point it out when we see it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. The price covers the outside of the glass only, so the windows inside stay as they are.
Our Lower Merion jobs show how these factors add up. Houses with heavy tree cover tend to need more time in the gutters, and houses with a lot of glass need more time at the windows. The most reliable way to get an exact number is to tell us your stories and window count and text us a photo of the front of the house. We will come back with a written estimate before we book a date. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline, and we will work out the figure from there.
| 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 November to December, and most of our Lower Merion customers book both twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. At each visit we see film on south-facing glass and paste in the gutters from the trees. In the fall the leaf load builds up fast, and wet leaf mats are what sag gutters under the weight of ice later on. Across Pennsylvania, storm season can bring tropical remnants that move the dates, so we schedule service around the weather when we can.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings. 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 collects more dust on the frames, and it reaches every window on the street side. We will tell you at the first visit whether your house is one of those cases.
Two of our Lower Merion customers show the range. One has no trees near the house and books once a year in late fall. The other has trees over the roof and a sprinkler line on the glass and books three or four visits a year. Regular cleanings follow what we found on the house, not a fixed rule.
You will know it is time for clean windows when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when clogged gutters let water sheet over the edge in a rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign means it is time to book a date. Text a photo of the roofline and we will tell you which visit makes sense.
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.
We work on residential properties across Lower Merion and book the same way for each house. You call or text with your stories and a photo of the house front, and we send a written estimate before we book a date. Lead times vary with the season, and in the spring and fall our calendar fills faster, so booking early helps.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew works outside without entering the house, because interior and exterior glass are separate jobs and this one covers the outside. The crew uses a water-fed pole to remove dirt from each pane, and the order of work keeps runoff from the roof off the clean glass. Once the job is done, we send photos of every run and every pane so you can see the grime is gone before we leave the property. Whether it is a single-family home, a townhouse or one of the condos in a complex, the same crew handles the gutters and downspouts, each residential window and the sills.
We also clean commercial buildings on a per-building schedule. The window cleaning services and washing services we offer are the same for residential and commercial clients. Call (866) 435-6328 to get a date on the calendar.
Yes, the same two people do both on one visit. We clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the debris from the roof never lands on windows we have already washed.
We do not give a fixed figure here. The number comes from your stories and the approximate window count, and we give it by phone or text before we book.
On our Lower Merion jobs the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Those come off the outside, so cleaning the glass from the outside is the part that changes what you see.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, after the pollen drop, and again in the fall, after the leaves come down. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When the gutters are cleared before the windows, the debris has nowhere to splash onto clean panes.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the exterior job. None of them is billed as an extra line item.
We clean the outside of the windows only on this visit, with purified water and no cleaning solutions. We do not do interior glass or pressure washing on this job.
No, 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.
