The same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. 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. On our Franconia jobs most customers book in the spring and the fall, when the dirt and the leaves are at their worst.
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.
Our window washing services and gutter cleaning are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Booking the window cleaning services and the gutters together costs less than two separate visits. The number we give you on the phone is the number we charge, and it comes from those figures plus a photo of the front of the house sent by text.
On the day, the crew finds what actually moves the quote. A steep roof or a third story takes longer on the ladder. A large window count, oversized panes and picture windows add time at the glass. Old gutters and downspouts nobody has opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, cost more to clear, and guards we have to lift and reseat are a separate line. If the home is one of several condos on a shared gutter run, tell us when you book, so we know which runs are yours. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is something no cleaning removes, so we tell you about it before the visit. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how the number gets set. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of your house with the story count, and we will give you the exact figure and what the visit covers before the crew is booked. The grime on the glass and the runoff from the roof are the first things to check on a typical visit, and we will remove dirt from both as part of the job.
| 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.
Most of our Franconia customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in the spring after the pollen season and once in the fall after the leaves drop. Both jobs run on the same calendar, which is why one crew doing both in one visit makes sense. Our crew takes residential and commercial jobs, and the order of work is the same for both. Across Virginia, the spring visit comes in mid to late May and the fall visit in late November to December.
In the spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and a sticky paste packed in the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that sits in the runs and the downspouts. The glass gets purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so it dries without streaks. Storms and wind seasons, including hurricanes and tropical remnants that move through Virginia, can shift the dates, and we will call you before we come.
Some homes need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps the gutters packed between cleanings, and a sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day later. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects grit faster than most. For these, regular cleanings every few months keep the glass and the gutters from getting ahead of the crew. The sign that windows need it is a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and the sign that gutters need it is water sheeting over the edge in the rain. Some homeowners ask about interior and exterior glass in one booking, and this visit covers the outside only.
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 Franconia on residential properties, and to schedule service we need the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house, sent by text or given over the phone. Lead time is set by our calendar, and we will give you the next open date when you call. The two busy windows are the spring season and the fall leaf drop, when our calendar fills fastest, so booking early in those months keeps your slot.
We are a professional window cleaning and gutter service, and the crew handles the outside glass, the gutters and the downspouts in one visit, cleaning every window it can reach from outside. We keep the work to exterior glass only on this visit, so windows inside are not part of the job. Clogged gutters are the most common reason we are called, and on multi-story buildings we bring a boom or scissor lift for the upper runs. Cleaning services done in the wrong order can leave water damage on the fresh glass, which is why we do gutters first and glass last.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and the crew does not come inside. Our window cleaners work from the outside, so you only need to unlock the side gate and move your car off the driveway if it faces the windows.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house. Text a photo of the front of the house with your story count and we will send you the exact figure, or call (866) 435-6328.
Yes, because the outside carries the dust, the rain grit and the sprinkler spots, and none of those come off with an inside cleaning. A residential window cleaning on the outside keeps the view and the curb appeal the way you want them, and it leaves clean windows where people actually see them.
Most of our customers here book in the spring, once the snow months are behind us, and in the fall, after the leaves drop. Across Virginia the spring visit is mid to late May and the fall visit is late November to December.
No. We clear the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing from the runs reaches the windows after they are done. If the glass was washed first, someone has to wash it again before the crew leaves.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit. Tracks are included in the same visit, and none of this is billed as an extra.
No. On this visit we clean the exterior glass only, and we do not do interior glass or pressure washing.
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 unlock the side gate.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
