Yes, the same two people clean the gutters and downspouts and the outside of every residential window in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so nothing falls back onto clean panes. 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 Kelso jobs, most customers book us for the spring and fall cleanings, which is when dust and leaves build up. Call (866) 435-6328 with the stories and the window count and we will give you the number on the phone.
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 price depends on how many stories the house has and roughly how many windows it carries, and we quote it by phone or text from those two things. The number we give you is the number on the invoice. Bundling the gutters and the exterior glass into one visit is cheaper than booking window washing services and gutter service separately, because one setup covers both. Our window cleaning services and gutter work share that setup on each side of the house.
What moves the quote on the day is what the crew finds. The set-up changes on multi-story buildings and on a roof steep enough that we cannot walk it. Oversized picture windows and tall panes take more time than standard sash. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and clogged gutters that have already started to overflow take the longest. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be cleaned. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers does not come off with regular cleanings and needs a separate treatment. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Kelso jobs, the quote that surprises people is usually the one where the glass has been neglected: a year of grime, tree sap and sprinkler spots takes more passes than a house that gets regular cleanings. To get the exact number, text us a photo of the front of the house and tell us the stories and the window count. We will confirm the figure before anyone climbs a ladder.
| 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 customers in Kelso book both jobs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. In the spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutters. In the fall it is the leaf load and the wet mat that builds up in the runs before the rains. Kelso gets 48.1 inches of precipitation a year, and January, November and December are its wettest months, so our fall visits, which run November to early December, land in the heaviest of the rain. Across Washington the storm season runs on atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts, which move the dates a little each year, so we book against the weather rather than a fixed day.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof means needles and grit pack the downspouts between cleanings, and a run that stays clogged through the wet months is how water damage starts. 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 dust faster than a quiet street, so regular cleanings are the way to remove dirt before it bonds to the glass.
You will know the windows need attention when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. You will know the gutters need attention when water sheets over the edge in a steady rain instead of running down the downspout. Those are the signs we look for on the first visit, and we will tell you what we see.
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.
We clean the neighborhoods of Kelso on a rolling schedule, and our crew sees every window and every run on the house we are working. Booking starts with an estimate: call (866) 435-6328 or text us, give us the number of stories, and send a photo of the house front. To schedule service, we set a date from there and call before we come. Lead times depend on the season, and we will tell you the next open slot when you call.
The busy windows are the spring season and the fall leaf season, and our calendar fills quickly in both. If you want a particular week, book early and we can hold the date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, and the crew does not come inside. Clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal, which is why we plan the visit around the weather rather than rushing it. We will walk you through the plan before the truck leaves.
Our crew has worked on residential and commercial properties, with homeowners and small property managers who want the exterior handled in one visit. Professional window cleaning is only part of it, since the gutter work comes first on the same ladder. The crew works with purified water rather than cleaning solutions, so the glass dries without streaks. Whether the job is one house or a few residential properties, we aim for the same result: clean glass, clear gutters, and nothing left behind on the ground.
Yes. The same two people clean the gutters and the outside of the windows in one visit. We do the gutters first and the glass last, so the dirty water from the runs does not run across the clean panes.
We give the number by phone or text, based on the stories and the size of the house. The same method works for condos, and the quote we give is the number on the invoice, with no surprise add-ons for flushing or screens.
Yes. Dust, rain grit and sprinkler spots collect on the exterior glass and cloud the view from outside, even when the inside is clean. The interior and exterior of a window get dirty at different rates, and the outside is the side this visit covers.
Most of our Kelso customers book in the spring and in the fall, after the spring dust settles and after the leaves come down. We set the date against the weather each year.
No, if the job is done in our order. Gutters first and glass last means the runoff from the runs is flushed away before the glass is touched, so nothing washes across the panes, because the wall has stopped dripping by the time we start on the glass.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are included in the visit. We do not bill them as extras.
We clean the exterior glass only on this visit. Windows inside are not part of it, and we do not do pressure washing, so you will not need to move furniture away from the glass.
No, 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. The crew sends photos of every run before the truck leaves.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
