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 the runoff from the roof never lands on panes we have already washed. We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both in one visit costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Rhode Island, most of our window and gutter cleaning in the spring and fall is booked as one job, because the same grime and debris hit both at the same time.
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 an approximate window count, and the bundle in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge. Get the stories and the window count from the front of the house by text, and we can give you a firm figure before a crew is scheduled.
Several things move the quote once the crew is on site. Multi-story buildings, or a steep roof, mean a boom or scissor lift instead of a ladder. Oversized picture windows and a high number of panes add time at the glass. Clogged gutters that have not been cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear and flush. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are timed separately. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with regular cleaning solutions, so we flag it up front rather than bill it as a surprise. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Because our crew works both jobs on the same visit, residential and commercial properties follow the same pricing method, though commercial buildings are quoted per building. For a home, the exterior windows and gutters go into one number. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, and the bundle is priced as one job. For interior and exterior glass, we say plainly that interior work is not part of this visit.
When we give you the number, we also want the picture behind it. Send a photo of the front of the house, tell us the stories and the rough window count, and let us know if you have had sprinkler spotting or heavy tree cover. That gets you the exact figure, and the crew does not have to guess when it arrives. If you book cleanings on a repeat schedule, we quote each visit from the same stories and window count, so the number stays put from one cleaning to the next.
| Gutters only | Exterior windows only | Both in one visit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| One story | from $150 | from $170 | from $275 |
| Two stories | from $225 | from $240 | from $375 |
| Three stories | from $295 | from $330 | from $495 |
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 window and gutter cleaning customers in Lincoln book both services twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. The exact timing depends on the pollen and the leaves that land on your house in a given year. Across Rhode Island, spring visits run late May to June and fall visits run late October to November, and regular cleanings are timed around those windows.
In spring we find a pollen film on south-facing glass and tree residue packed into the gutters. The cleaning solutions we use lift the film and remove dirt, but the residue has to be flushed out of the downspouts, or it sets like cement by midsummer. In fall the wet leaf mat is the job. The leaf load is heavy enough that the gutters sag under it, and the windows show the grime from the autumn rain. Across Rhode Island, nor'easters can move the dates, so we book off the house rather than the calendar.
Some houses need a third visit as we see them. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters clogged between visits, and needles and grit pile up in the downspouts. Gutters that overflow in March, October and December, the wettest months in Lincoln, are how water damage starts at the fascia and sill. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those need a return visit with a mineral treatment. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects dust on the panes faster than a quiet street does. If your house is in one of those situations, we will tell you on the first visit and book the extra visit before the season turns.
Two customers show the range. One lives on a lot with no trees, books twice a year, and is done in a morning each time. Another sits under old trees with a sprinkler line on the front glass, and needs three or four visits. We do not pick the schedule for you; we look at the house and tell you what it needs.
You will see when the windows need cleaning. The haze shows up when the sun is low and hits the glass from the side. You will see when the gutters need cleaning when water sheets over the edge in a rain instead of running into the downspout. If either of those shows up between visits, call (866) 435-6328 and we will get a crew out.
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 window and gutter cleaning crews work the whole of Lincoln, and we handle residential properties and the occasional commercial building on the same schedule. Condos are booked the same way, and every residential window on the outside of the building gets the same pass. Booking starts with a quick estimate: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, give us the number of stories, and include a photo of the front of the house. We will confirm the window count and the time for the visit. Lead time is set by our calendar on the day you book; the schedule service page shows the next open slot for your area.
The two busy windows of the year are the spring bloom season and the fall leaf drop, and the calendar fills in both. Our cleaning services fill fastest in those weeks, so book early if you need a slot. Outside those weeks there is usually room to pick a day that works for you.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, so you know when to expect the crew and can leave the side gate unlocked. Every window on the outside of the house gets the same attention, and we will tell you if a window cannot be reached safely from the ground or from a lift. The same method applies to clean windows every time: purified water, a water-fed pole, and a full pass over the frame and sill.
Yes. Our crew handles both washing services, gutters and glass, and it is the same two people on the same visit. We start with the gutters and finish with the glass, so the runoff from the roof never lands on windows we have already cleaned.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Our window cleaning services are not quoted from a fixed figure, because two houses with the same stories can need very different time at the glass and in the gutters.
Yes, because the outside carries most of the grime here: tree dust in spring, rain dust in fall, and sprinkler spots that build up over time. Interior cleaning is not part of this visit, but outside glass is where we remove dirt before it bakes on.
Most of our customers book in spring, after the tree bloom, and again in fall, after the leaves come down. Storms and wind can move the timing, so we book off the house rather than the calendar.
No, because we do gutters first and glass last. When we clear the gutters and downspouts, the grit and the black water come down the wall, and if the glass was washed first, someone has to wash it again. So the roof gets cleared, every downspout gets flushed, and only then do we touch the windows.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the visit, and none of it is billed as an extra, including at condos. If a screen is damaged or a track is broken, we will photograph it and tell you.
We do exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house, and we do not do pressure washing on this visit.
You do not need to be home. Turn off the sprinklers the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and unlock the side gate. The crew brings its own water and power, so that is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
