The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so nothing dirty from the roof lands on clean glass. We price by the number of stories and an approximate window count, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. Our crew has been working through the spring and fall pollen and leaf seasons, when most of our Silver Spring customers book this combined visit.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and the bundle saving is shown on your quote, so you see the difference before you book.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are the same ones the crew sees from the ladder. A third story or a steep roof that has to be worked from a boom or scissor lift takes longer than a single-story run. A high window count, or oversized panes, adds glass. Heavily clogged gutters that have not been cleared in years, packed with pollen, needles and leaves, need more time to clear and flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time, and hard-water spotting left by sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove. A gutter that has overflowed for years may also have caused water damage, which is a repair question rather than a cleaning one. Cleaning solutions, downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job, so the gutters and downspouts are never a separate line.
Our crew wants the quote to match the building, residential and commercial alike, so we ask for a photo of the front of the house by text along with your stories and window count, and you can call (866) 435-6328 to start. Once we have those three things, the bundle is quoted for the whole house, not piece by piece. Being clear about the count up front is how we keep the number on the invoice matching the one on the phone. Interior and exterior windows are different jobs, and this quote covers the outside only. For homes with heavy window counts, our crew also takes note of the picture windows and other large panes so the time is right before the day of the visit. Our washing services on a fixed schedule are priced the same way, and the regular cleanings keep the same visit order and the same photos at the end.
| 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.
Gutter and window cleaning here fits two visits a year, a spring visit and a fall visit, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for this city. Across Pennsylvania, spring visits run late May to June, and the fall visit runs October to early November. We run our cleaning services on that calendar because it lines up with the spring bloom and the leaves.
In the spring visit, what we find on the glass is a fine pollen film on south-facing windows and a sticky paste of spent blossom in the gutter elbows. In the fall, the leaf load fills the runs, and clogged gutters are what sags a hanger under the first freeze. Storm and wind seasons move these dates a little from year to year, so we book by what the house shows rather than the calendar alone. June, July and September are our wettest months, so runoff from the roof edge is the first thing we check, because it shows which runs are overflowing. Our professional window cleaning crew checks the glass and the runs at each visit and tells you what the next visit should look like. Homeowners comparing window cleaners should ask how they handle the gutters before the glass, because the order decides whether the glass gets dirty twice.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and that is a reason to plan an extra visit rather than a reason to blame the crew. Multi-story buildings take longer on the upper runs, which is another reason to book the extra visit early. A house close to a busy road or active construction picks up a film faster than most, and a gutter that overflows every rain can lead to water damage at the fascia. Homeowners with a lot of curb appeal to protect often ask about these cases first, and we are glad to talk through them on the phone before the first visit.
The sign that windows need cleaning again is haze you only notice when the sun is low, through the glass in the late afternoon, and it is usually more obvious from the windows inside the house. The sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in rain instead of running into the downspout. Grime on the sill below each pane is the other one to watch for.
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 residential properties across Silver Spring, and the work is the same for every residential window, whether the house is a single-story ranch or a three-story home with a walk-out basement. To schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, along with the number of stories and an approximate window count, and we will send a written estimate for the window and gutter cleaning before you commit to a date.
Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, the spring bloom and the fall leaf fall, are when our calendar fills first. Booking early in those months gives you the slot you want. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and we call before we come, so you are never surprised by the truck in the driveway. We clean every window on the outside of the house that we can reach safely, including the sill below each pane, and we tell you on the phone if any part of the house is out of reach. Clean windows are only part of the visit, since the job is to remove dirt from the frames and gutters too. If you live in one of the condos in the area, tell us when you call, because access to the gutters and glass differs from a detached house.
Once a date is set, the crew arrives in the window you were given and works through the house in the order we describe on the visit. If you are unsure whether your house is a good fit for the combined visit, a short call or text is enough to settle it.
Yes, on our jobs the same crew cleans the gutters and downspouts and the glass in one visit. We work gutters first and glass last, so the runoff from the roof has cleared before anyone touches a pane.
We do not give a figure in writing without seeing the house. The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text.
On the houses we clean here, the outside collects pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside never sees, so the grime builds up there first. Our window cleaning services start on the outside for that reason, and we remove dirt from the frames and sills while we are there.
Most of our Silver Spring customers book in late spring and in the fall, when the pollen and the leaves are at their heaviest.
No, because we clean the gutters first and the glass last, so the runoff from the roof has already cleared before anyone touches a pane.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and the frames are done as part of the visit. Nothing on that list is billed as an extra.
Our washing services cover exterior glass only, so we do not clean the inside of the windows or do pressure washing.
No, 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. If you live in one of the condos around here, tell us when you book, because access to the gutters and glass differs from a detached house.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
