Our crew cleans the gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit here in Alcoa, gutters first and glass last. We price by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Tennessee, most of our customers book this bundle in spring and fall.
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 number we give you on the phone is the number we charge: we quote from the number of stories and the approximate window count. Compared with a window washing visit on its own, a professional window cleaning crew doing both jobs in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house and we will give you a written estimate before anyone is scheduled.
On our jobs, the things that move a quote are consistent. Multi-story buildings and houses with a third story take more time on the ladder, and so does a roof too steep to walk. A large number of oversized panes adds glass. Gutters that have not been opened in years, or are packed with needles and leaves, need more clearing before the flush. Gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated are part of the count. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something no cleaning removes, and we will tell you that on the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is what the experience looks like on a typical Alcoa house. The crew arrives, reads the roofline, and counts the stories and windows before quoting. One customer's quote moved because the front had oversized picture windows and clogged gutters that had gone a long time without clearing, and the crew found water damage behind a downspout that needed a note in the report. Another job was simpler because the house had only a few windows and regular cleanings kept the runs clear. In both cases the number on the phone matched the invoice. Send a photo of the front of your house by text and we can give you a closer number before the crew comes out.
| 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 Alcoa jobs, most of our customers book both gutters and windows twice a year, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense. Each visit keeps the cleaning services on the same calendar, so the gutters and the glass get done together.
Here is what we find at each visit. In the spring, pollen settles as a film on south-facing glass and as a paste in the gutters, packing the downspout elbows. In the fall, the leaf load sits in the runs and wet leaves slow the water. Where a film will not rinse off, we use mild cleaning solutions, not anything that leaves residue on the glass. Across Tennessee, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit in Alcoa runs November to early December. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates, so we confirm the timing with you before booking. A residential window that is shaded by a large tree picks up grime faster, and a residential property with heavy tree cover over the roof needs gutters checked more often.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means the gutters fill between visits. A sprinkler line hitting the glass leaves spots that come back a day later, and those need a separate mineral treatment we quote after we see it. A house close to a busy road or active construction collects dust on the sill and frames quickly.
Clean windows are easy to judge: you will see a haze only when the sun is low. You will know gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in the rain. Clean glass and clear runs do a lot for curb appeal on a typical Alcoa house. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service on the season that fits your house.
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 Alcoa, and we book by phone or text. Our window cleaning services and gutter work are booked as one job, because we are window cleaners and gutter cleaners on the same ladder. Send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we will confirm the estimate and the next open date. Lead time depends on the season, and the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen months and the fall leaf months, are when our calendar fills, so booking early helps. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work.
We clean the washing services you would expect on a residential house: the outside of every window, the frames, the sills, and the gutters and downspouts with runoff checked after each clearing. We handle the grime that builds on exterior glass and remove dirt from tracks where it collects. Condos and townhouse rows get the same treatment, one run at a time. Residential properties of every size are quoted the same way, by stories and window count.
For any job, residential and commercial alike, call (866) 435-6328 and we will say whether the crew can take it on. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of your roofline to start the estimate.
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 dirty runoff does not land on clean glass.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 for an exact figure before we schedule.
On our jobs, the outside carries the pollen film, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so the glass looks dull from outside even when the inside is clean.
Most of our Alcoa customers book in the spring pollen season and again in the fall, after the leaves drop. Across Tennessee, the spring visit usually falls in mid to late May, and the fall visit in Alcoa runs November to early December.
No. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then clean the windows. That order is the reason we do both jobs together.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of the job. They are not billed as extras.
Windows inside the house are not part of this visit, and interior and exterior glass are quoted separately. We do not pressure wash on this visit.
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. Our crew sends photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
