Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass does not get dirty twice. 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 the spring and fall, most of the Rapho customers who book us book both jobs at once, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice.
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 window and gutter jobs by stories and 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, because we measure from a photo of the front of the house before we quote. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. A multi-story building, or a third story on a house, takes longer on the ladder, and a roof too steep to walk adds time as well. Oversized picture windows and tall panes take more time per pane than standard sash. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves to the elbow, take extra passes. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers is not something a cleaning removes, so we flag it on the visit rather than promise it away.
On a recent Rapho job the quote was driven by a two-story house with a long back run and a row of tall panes on the rear wall, plus gutters that had gone a full year without any cleanings. Those three things, not the square footage, set the time on the roof and the glass. If you text us a photo of the front of your house and tell us the number of stories, we can tell you which of those apply before anyone climbs a ladder.
Our cleaning solutions are mild and we rinse with purified water, which is why the glass dries without streaks and why the seasonal film comes off without a second pass. Residential and commercial jobs are both priced this way, so a homeowner in Rapho gets the same method as a building manager. Work on the interior and exterior glass is priced separately, so ask about interior work if that is what you need. Ask for the written estimate before we book, and we will walk through each line with you.
| 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 Rapho customers book our cleaning services twice a year, usually as regular cleanings rather than one-off jobs, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Across Pennsylvania the spring and fall windows are the same calendar, and the pollen film and leaf load come on the same schedule as the gutter debris.
In the spring the tree film sits on the south-facing glass and the seed mat packs the gutters and the downspout elbows. In the fall it is the leaf mat and the wet leaves that block the outlets, and the winter weight of that debris is what pulls hangers loose. Clogged gutters that sit through a freeze can start water damage at the fascia, so we look at the hangers on every visit. We see both at every visit, and the spring visit tends to be the one where the glass shows the most.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof, big trees that drop needles and grit between visits, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass are the three we see most. Sprinkler spotting is the one that comes back a day after cleaning, and that is a sign the sprinkler head needs to be moved, not a sign the crew missed a spot. Clean glass does a lot for curb appeal from the street, so a spotted front window is worth fixing. A house near a busy road or a construction site also tends to need more frequent glass work.
You know the glass needs cleaning when the windows look hazy only when the sun is low, and you know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain. If you see either, book professional window cleaning rather than waiting for the next scheduled date.
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 clean gutters and residential windows across Rapho and bring the same crew to every house on the street. Booking for window and gutter cleaning runs through a phone call at (866) 435-6328 or a text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a written estimate before we put a date on the calendar. The typical lead time for a slot is shown on the booking page, and it stretches in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, when the calendar fills fastest. Book early in those months if you want a fixed date.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we send photos of every run and every window when the job is done. We are on a ladder or a boom or scissor lift for the work on higher roofs, and we set the equipment to suit the house. Residential properties and commercial buildings both get the same schedule-and-call routine, so you know when the crew is coming and what they are doing.
Most of our work is on houses that have been cleaned before, which makes the visit faster. If you want clean windows on every floor and gutters that flow properly after the next rain, schedule service early and let us handle the whole house in one visit.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, and our washing services are priced as one job. We do the gutters first and the glass last so the glass does not get dirty twice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and our window cleaning services are quoted by phone or text. We do not quote a figure without a photo of the front of the house.
Yes, for the outside alone. Pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots build up on the outside of Rapho windows, and the grime they leave never reaches the windows inside. Condos with exterior glass we can reach get the same visit.
On our jobs here most customers book in late May or June and again in late October or early November, after the leaves drop and before the first hard frost. Those are the two windows when our calendar fills. Call (866) 435-6328 to get on the list.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last. Once the gutters and downspouts are cleared, the runoff stops and the wall stops dripping before anyone touches the windows.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the job, which is how we remove dirt from the frames. Tracks are included on the standard visit, and we tell you before the crew starts if a track needs more time than usual.
We do exterior glass only on this visit, so the windows inside the house are not part of it, and we do not do pressure washing on the same trip. If you want either, ask us about a separate booking.
You do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, 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.
