Gutter and residential window cleaning is one visit with the same two people. We clean the gutters first, then the outside of the glass, so nothing dirty runs back onto clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. On our South Fayette jobs most customers book in spring and fall, which is when leaves and grit build up and the glass needs it most.
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.
The direct answer is that we price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, bundling both in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. We quote residential properties from what we see on the front of your house, so a text with a photo and your story count is enough to start.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day: a third story or a roof steep enough that we work from a boom or scissor lift, a window count with oversized picture windows that take more time per pane, gutters that have not been cleaned in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Our crew has cleaned houses where the window washing alone was a small part of the day because the gutters were holding years of grime and the downspouts had to be cleared before any glass was touched. Keeping up with regular cleanings is how that gets avoided; a house that has not been done in years takes a longer visit. Washing services and cleaning services for the gutters and glass are quoted in one number, so you are not paying for two setups. A job that covers interior and exterior glass is quoted separately, since this visit is exterior only. If you send a photo of the front of the house and the number of stories, we can give you an exact figure, not a range, before anyone is booked.
| 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 South Fayette jobs most customers book both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Spring is when the pollen film shows on south-facing glass and the spring rain packs the gutters with tree debris; fall is when the leaf load arrives and the runs start holding water. The window and gutter schedule follows those two windows, and the dates shift a little with storm and wind seasons.
What we find on the glass in the spring visit is dust dragged across the panes by rain and a film on the frames that rinses off cleanly when it is done properly. Rinsing it properly is how we remove dirt without smearing it. In the gutters it is a damp mat sitting in the elbows, which turns into clogged gutters within a few weeks of heavy rain. In the fall it is a wet leaf mat that sits over the downspout outlets and holds the water in place.
Some houses need a third visit, and multi-story buildings usually need more time per pane. We see it most under heavy tree cover where the roof collects needles and grit between cleanings, on homes where a sprinkler line hits the glass and the spots come back a day after cleaning, and on residential properties near a busy road or construction where the dust settles faster than it does elsewhere. The regular cleanings on those properties run closer together, and we tell you that on the first visit.
You will know windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout, which is usually the first sign of water damage behind the fascia. Both are worth a text with a photo.
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 works across South Fayette on window cleaning services and gutter work, and booking is the same for residential and commercial jobs: an estimate by phone or text using the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the next open date when you call. Our calendar fills fastest in the spring and fall windows, so if you want the bundle before the leaf load peaks, it is worth booking early.
We bring the same crew to every job, and it is a two-person crew that handles the gutters and downspouts and the glass in one visit, which is why the work moves fast without cutting corners. The window cleaners on our crew use purified water on the glass so it dries without streaks, and frames and sills get cleaning solutions only where water alone leaves a film. The professional window cleaning we do covers every window on the house, not just the front. Good curb appeal depends on the whole exterior, and that is the work we do.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we ask you to unlock any side gate and move cars off the driveway if windows face it. If you have a question about how to schedule service, call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the roofline and we will confirm a date.
Yes. The same two-person crew cleans the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the glass is not dirtied again by runoff.
We do not quote a figure without seeing the house. The number comes from stories and window count, and you can get it by calling (866) 435-6328 or texting a photo of the front of the house.
On our jobs the outside carries most of the grime here: pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that build up between visits. Exterior-only cleaning is what we do on this visit.
Most of our South Fayette customers book in spring and fall, when the leaf load peaks. Condo owners follow the same two windows, and booking before those windows keeps the schedule open.
No, because the gutters are cleared and downspouts flushed before the glass is touched, and the wall is given a few minutes to stop dripping. That order is the reason we do both in one visit.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and downspouts are flushed as part of the job, and none of it is billed as an extra. Tracks are included with the sills on the exterior.
No. This visit is exterior glass only, so windows inside are not part of it, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
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 any side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
