Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and booking both together costs less than two separate trips. Across Texas, most of our customers book this in the spring and fall, when the grit and the leaf drop have built up on the house.
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 gutter and window cleaning by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs as separate washing services. Window washing on its own, or any of our window cleaning services, is quoted the same way, by stories and window count. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones we see on the ladder: a third story or a roof steep enough to need the boom or scissor lift, a window count that runs high or includes oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years and are packed with needles and leaves, gutter guards that have to be lifted and reseated, and hard-water spotting from sprinklers that cleaning alone will not remove. On multi-story buildings the lift moves the quote more than the glass does. Gutters and downspouts are priced as one run, with the flushing included. Most of our pricing work is for residential properties, where the stories and the panes set the figure. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Across Texas, the houses that come in highest are the ones where the gutters have gone longest without a visit and the glass carries sprinkler spots. The fastest way to get the exact number is to send us a text with the stories and a photo of the front of the house, and we will come back with the figure before a slot is booked. Each residential window is counted from the outside, and every window on the house goes into the figure. Heavy grime on glass that has not been cleaned in a long time and runoff staining under the sills both add time, and we say so before the crew starts, not after. On condos and attached homes we check the access from the shared side first, because that changes how many visits the job takes. Our crew does the work outside and does not remove dirt from the inside of the glass on this visit, so windows inside are not counted.
| 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 window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, so one crew can do both on the same visit. The crew uses purified water in place of cleaning solutions, which is why the glass dries without streaks.
What we find at each spring visit is the pollen film on the south-facing glass and a paste packed into the gutters and at the downspout elbows. Even clean windows show that film on the south side in the spring months, so the spring visit is when it gets caught. In the fall we find the leaf load, which turns into a wet mat that holds water against the fascia if it is left through the winter. Storm and wind seasons can move the dates by a few weeks, and we will tell you when that matters for your house.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters loaded between cleanings. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up a film that a twice-a-year schedule does not keep up with. Picture windows show haze first, since there is more glass to see it on. Those are the houses where our crew books regular cleanings on a tighter calendar. The same spring and fall timing holds for residential and commercial buildings alike, though the number of visits depends on the stories and the access. Interior and exterior glass are two different jobs, and this visit covers the exterior only.
You will know a window needs cleaning when you see haze on it in low sun, even if it looks fine at noon. You will know the gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in the rain instead of running down the downspout.
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 cleans gutters and exterior windows across Elgin, and we book a slot by phone or text once we have the number of stories and a photo of the house front. Lead time depends on the season, and we tell you the first open date when you call (866) 435-6328. To schedule service, send a text with the stories and the photo, and we reply with a slot. In the two busy windows of the year, when the leaf drop and the spring film peak, our calendar fills faster, so booking early in those months helps.
Our crew is the professional window cleaning crew that does the work on the ground and the glass, not a dispatch service that sends it out to someone else. Some window cleaners hand the gutters to a second crew, but the cleaning services on this page are done by the same crew from the first run to the last pane. Our window cleaning services cover the glass and the gutters in one booking. We call before we come, and nobody needs to be home for the exterior work. The crew works from the outside of the house and does not come inside.
We keep the schedule tight so that the glass and the gutters are done in the same visit. When a house has clogged gutters, the water that runs over the edge can cause water damage at the fascia and the foundation line, so we flag any run that needs attention before it gets to that point. Multi-story buildings take longer on the upper runs, and we say so when we book. Clean glass and clear gutters also help curb appeal when the house is seen from the street.
Yes. The same two people do the gutters and the outside of the glass in one visit, gutters first and glass last, so the dirty water from the gutters does not run down onto clean windows.
We do not quote a figure without the details. The number comes from the stories and the approximate window count, and you can get it by phone or by text with a photo of the front of the house.
On our jobs in Elgin the outside carries pollen, rain dust and sprinkler spots that the inside does not, so the outside is where most of the film builds up. Cleaning the outside alone is a normal visit for a lot of these houses.
Across Texas our customers book in the spring and the fall, once the film and the leaf drop have built up. Booking in those windows keeps the calendar from filling up late.
No. We clean the gutters first, then glass, so nothing from the gutters washes down onto windows we have already done. If a customer has had it done the other way round by someone else, the glass ends up dirty again within a day.
Screens are rinsed and the sill is wiped as part of the visit. Tracks that are packed with grit take longer, and we say so before we start.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. We do not clean the inside of the windows and we do not do pressure washing here.
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 leave the side gate unlocked. Our crew sends photos of every run to your phone before they leave. To book, call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the roofline and we will send a written estimate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
