Yes, the same two people clean your gutters and the outside of your windows in one visit, gutters first and glass last. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and both jobs done together cost less than booking them as two separate trips. Our crew works across Washington, and most homeowners book this pairing in the spring and again in the 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.
We price the job by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing the gutters and downspouts together with the exterior glass in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice, and it is built from those inputs and nothing else.
On our jobs, a few things move the quote. A third story or a roof too steep to walk changes how the crew sets up. Large picture windows and tall panes take more time per glass, and heavy grime takes longer again, since the crew has to lift the dirt off before the squeegee does its work. Gutters that have not been opened in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, and gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before the run can be reached. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question: the crew can see it on the glass, but cleaning does not remove mineral etching, so we flag it rather than bill for it. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
Here is how we arrive at the number. Send a photo of the front of the house by text, tell us the stories, and give us a rough window count. On a house we have seen before, regular cleanings are quicker than a first visit to one with a decade of grime on the glass, and we say which one we expect when we talk to you. Because most of the window washing and washing services we do in this area are on a cleaning schedule, the window cleaning services on a repeat visit carry a lower setup cost. Call (866) 435-6328 for the written estimate before you book so the number is on paper, and ask whether the quote covers the interior and exterior glass, because ours covers the exterior only.
| 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.
Across Washington, most customers book window and gutter cleaning twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, and that is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. On our Lake Forest Park jobs the pattern holds: the spring visit clears the pollen film off south-facing glass and the sticky residue that collects in the gutters, and the fall visit clears the leaf load and the wet debris before the wettest months arrive. The same timing works for residential and commercial buildings, since both collect the same spring film.
At each visit we find different things. In spring, a yellow film sits on the glass and packs into the downspout elbows, and the sun shows it up as haze. In fall, the leaf mat is the problem, and on houses that skipped the fall visit we have found clogged gutters sagging under the weight of wet debris by late winter, with water damage showing up on the fascia below. Storm and wind seasons move the exact dates some years, so we set the visit by the weather and let you know. The cleaning solutions we use on the glass are the same in either season.
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 we clean them, and a house near a busy road or active construction picks up a film faster than most, and multi-story buildings take longer on the ladder. We do not add a visit we do not think you need, and we tell you which case applies to your lot after the first look.
You will know windows need cleaning again when you see a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout. Either sign is reason enough to call.
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 provides cleaning services for gutters and exterior windows across the city as a whole, and our window cleaners book with the homeowner first. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us a photo of the front of the house, along with the number of stories and a rough count of every window on the outside, sills included, and we send a written estimate. Most estimates are back within the lead time we list on the booking page, and the calendar fills fastest in the two busy windows of the year, the spring pollen season and the fall leaf season.
When you schedule service, we confirm the day and call before we come, since clean glass and clear gutters do a lot for curb appeal. Nobody has to be home for exterior work, since our crew does not come inside. Ask us to hold a specific date if you know your preferred week, and we will mark it on the calendar before the rush starts. We also do gutter cleaning for residential properties, so a homeowner who only needs the gutters can book a single job, and professional window cleaning is booked the same way.
Yes, on our jobs the same two-person crew does both in one visit. We start on the roof and clear the gutters, then move to the exterior glass, so the window and gutter cleaning is one appointment and one invoice.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we give it to you by phone or text before you book. We do not quote a figure from the website because every house is different. Send a photo of the front of the house and we will tell you what it comes to.
Yes, because the outside carries most of what dulls the glass here: spring grime, rain dust, and sprinkler spotting. The windows inside the house are a separate question, but the outside is where the residential window problems start, and cleaning it protects the view from both sides. Rain alone does not remove dirt that has settled on the frame, so the frame gets done too.
Most of our Lake Forest Park customers book in spring to clear the winter film and again in fall to clear the leaves. If you can only do one visit, the fall visit is the one that protects the gutters from water damage over the wet months.
Not with our order of work. We clear the gutters and flush every downspout first, let the wall stop dripping, and only then start on the glass, so the runoff has already gone before anyone touches the windows. The same order applies to condos with shared gutter runs.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped, and frames are done as part of the exterior job. We do not bill those as add-ons. Tracks are cleaned when they are reachable from outside.
Not on this visit. We clean the exterior glass only and we do not do pressure washing. If you want the inside of the glass done, let us know and we will tell you what is available for that job.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway if the windows face it, keep pets inside while the ladders are up, and leave the side gate unlocked. That is the whole list.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
