Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Across Pennsylvania, most of our customers book it in the spring and again in the fall, after the seed drop and before the leaves come down.
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 give the price over the phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, from the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the number we quote is the number on the invoice. Booking gutter cleaning and window washing in the same visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the saving is shown on your quote.
On the day, the crew finds a few things that move the quote. A third story or a steep roof changes how the ladder and boom or scissor lift are set. Oversized picture windows and tall multi-story buildings take longer per pane. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take more time to clear. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be checked. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is etched into the glass, and cleaning does not remove it. Ordinary cleaning solutions do not lift it either; that takes a separate mineral treatment.
Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, not billed as extras. Clean gutters and glass also do a lot for curb appeal, and the windows inside the house are not part of this price. Our crew checks clogged gutters from the roof side and flushes each downspout until the water runs clear.
A recent Plum job shows how the number is built. One house had the gutters and the front-facing windows done in the same visit, and the quote moved because of the upstairs window count and the leaves packed at the back corner. Each figure on the quote traces back to something we saw on the house, and the crew sends photos of every run before it leaves.
This is a professional window cleaning and gutter service, and the number is the same whether you book one job or both. If your home has a lot of glass or sits under tall trees, tell us when you call so the estimate matches the house.
| 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.
On our Plum jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in late May to June and once in November to early December. That is when the crew can clear the spring seed and then the wet leaf load before the ground freezes. Across Pennsylvania the timing is the same, so one crew in one visit makes sense for both jobs.
In late spring the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and a sticky paste builds in the gutters, so clean windows stay clean only if the gutters go first. In the fall it is the wet leaf mat and, on houses that skipped the visit, runs that sagged under snow and ice. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we book from what the house shows, not from the calendar alone.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up extra dust on the frames and sills.
You will see the sign windows need it as a haze you only notice when the sun is low. The sign gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain.
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 have cleaned the gutters and windows on homes across Plum and can usually fit you in once you call. Booking starts with an estimate by phone at (866) 435-6328 or by text, where you tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
Our crew handles gutters and downspouts, exterior glass, screens and sills in one pass. Our washing services are scheduled around the weather, and window cleaning services are booked on the same visit. Runoff from a clogged run is the main cause of water damage we see, so the gutters go first, and the crew checks every window on the outside before leaving. We also do residential window cleaning and gutter cleaning for condos and other residential properties. The work is the same for residential and commercial buildings, so a multi-unit building gets the same gutter-then-glass order as a single house, and we can schedule service for multi-unit buildings.
When the calendar fills, it fills in the two busy windows of the year, spring and fall. Booking early in those windows gets the slot you want. We will tell you the lead time when we quote, and we will remove dirt, debris and grime from the job before we leave.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. You do not need to book two companies.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and you can get it by phone or text.
Yes, because the outside takes the pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up in Plum. The inside glass is not part of our visit, so that stays with you.
Most of our Plum customers book in late May to June and again in November to early December. Regular cleanings in those windows clear the spring seed and the fall leaves before the freeze.
No, because we do the gutters first and the glass last. Dirty water running down the wall is what would spot clean panes, so we clear it before we touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job. Tracks are included in the same pass, so none of it shows up as a separate line on the invoice.
We clean the exterior glass only, so the interior and exterior glass of a house is never done as one job here. Interior glass stays with you, 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 if windows face it, keep pets inside while the 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.
