Gutter and window cleaning in Alton, TX, done in one visit by the same two-person crew. We clean the gutters first and the outside of the glass last, so the runoff from the roofline never lands on clean panes. Pricing follows the number of stories, and booking both jobs together costs less than two separate trips. On our Alton jobs, most customers book this in the spring and fall, when pollen and leaf load are heaviest.
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.
Window washing and window cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the 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.
What moves the quote on our jobs is what the crew finds on the day. Stories and steep roofs take longer to reach safely. Window count and picture windows change the time on the glass. Gutters that have not been cleaned in years, or that are packed with needles and leaves, take more work before anything flows. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated add time. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate issue that cleaning alone will not remove, and we tell you about it before we start. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras. Interior and exterior glass are priced separately, and this visit covers the exterior only.
On our Alton jobs, a two-story house with a full set of gutters and about twenty exterior windows is a typical starting point. One customer's quote moved up because the back run sat above a deck and two downspouts were blocked at the elbow. Another's stayed close to the phone number because the gutters had been done that spring. The easiest way to get your exact number is to text us the front of the house and tell us the stories and about how many windows face the street. Gutters and downspouts get checked the same way the glass does, one run at a time, and the crew takes photos of each one. Runoff from the roof is what leaves the grime on the wall below the gutter, so it gets handled in the same pass as the glass. Where dirt has built up on the siding, we rinse it as we go and do not charge extra to remove dirt from it. We cannot promise the number before we see the house, but we can tell you what will move it. The crew works from a boom or scissor lift on tall houses and from a ladder on the rest. Ask for a written estimate if you want one before the visit, and the number on that estimate is the one on the invoice. The hard part of a cleaning is usually the upper windows, and the crew plans for them before arriving.
| 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.
Across Texas, most of our customers book the window and gutter cleaning twice a year, in the spring and again in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for both jobs. Our washing services are scheduled into those two windows, and cleaning solutions are used only on frames where grime has set.
In the spring, the pollen film builds on south-facing glass and sticky tree residue packs the elbows of the downspouts. In the fall, the leaf load comes off the trees and sits in the gutters until the first hard rain turns it into a mat. Storm and wind seasons move the dates, and a late tropical system can push the fall visit back. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line that hits the glass, or a house near a busy road or construction needs a third visit. The same goes for residential and commercial buildings in that situation, and we tell you early when it applies.
You will know the windows need it when you see a haze that only shows up when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running into the downspout. If you have a new job coming up or a house that was skipped last season, call (866) 435-6328 and we will set the next 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.
Our cleaning services cover gutters and exterior windows across Alton for residential properties and condos, and we keep the calendar open enough for regular cleanings in the middle of the season. Booking starts with an estimate by phone or text. Call (866) 435-6328 to schedule service, or send the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a time and a date.
In the two busy windows of the year, the spring tree season and the fall leaf drop, our calendar fills faster, and the first slots go to the customers who booked earlier. Lead time is a programmatic field on each booking, and the date you see on the calendar is the date we keep. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for exterior work. Keep the side gate unlocked and move the car off the driveway if windows face it.
Our crews have seen how these details shape the job. A house with heavy tree cover and a sprinkler line hitting the glass needs a different visit schedule than one with a clear yard. Clogged gutters that are not cleared are the main reason water ends up behind the fascia, and the crew checks for water damage on the wall under the run during the visit. Professional window cleaning means the glass is done with a water-fed pole from the ground when the reach allows it, and from a lift on the multi-story buildings where it does not. The point is that every window ends up clean, not that one side of the house looks finished. Our window cleaners come out the same way for a first visit as for a regular cleaning.
Yes. The same two-person crew does the gutters and the exterior glass in one visit, so you are not booking two companies. We clear the roof, the gutters and every downspout first, and only then do the windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before the visit. We do not quote a figure without seeing the house, and the number we give is the number on the invoice.
On our Alton jobs, the outside carries a film of tree dust, dust from the rain and the sprinkler spots, and those build up between visits whether the inside is clean or not. A residential window is judged from the street first, so the outside carries most of the weight. The outside is what you see from the street and the curb appeal depends on it.
On our jobs here, most customers book in the spring, once the spring rush is over, and again in the fall after the leaves drop. Across Texas the spring and fall windows are the most common, and the crew can tell you the exact date when you call.
Not on our jobs. We do gutters first and glass last, so the leaves, grit and black water from the runs never reach the clean windows. Doing the glass first means someone has to clean it again.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the tracks are included in the same pass. None of them are billed as extras, and the photos we send cover them too.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean windows inside the house and we do not do pressure washing, but we can give you a separate estimate for interior and exterior work if you ask.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move the cars off the driveway, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. The crew sends photos of every run to your phone before they leave.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
