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 nothing from the gutter runs ends up on clean panes. We price by the number of stories, and both jobs in one visit cost less than booking two separate trips. Our crew does this work every spring and fall on Yelm homes and across Washington, and we know which houses need it most.
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 by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and the bundle done in one visit costs less than booking the gutters and the windows separately. Window washing and washing services use the same figures, so a condo building is quoted the same way as a single house. The number we give on the phone is the number we charge, and it is quoted from those figures before we arrive.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a steep roof means more time on the ladder. A large window count and oversized picture windows add to the window cleaning services work. Gutters and downspouts not cleaned in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to clear, since the runoff stalls in the elbows and we have to remove dirt by hand. Gutter guards that must be lifted and reseated are timed by the foot. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate treatment that no cleaning removes. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras, so the figure you hear is the figure on the invoice.
On our Yelm jobs the most useful thing you can send before we come is a photo of the front of the house and a rough count of stories and windows. Call (866) 435-6328 with those numbers and we will go over the figure with you before we book. That lets us give you the exact number by text, with no guesswork about the glass or the runs. Ask for a written estimate and we will send it the same day.
| 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 here book regular cleanings for both twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for them. Across Washington the spring visit runs mid to late June, after the seed and catkin drop. On our Yelm jobs the fall visit comes in October to early November, after the leaves come down.
In June the pollen film sits on south-facing glass and the pollen paste packs into the gutters and elbows. Film like that needs the right cleaning solutions, and the paste has to come out of the runs first. In the fall the leaf load is the main job, and the wet mat in the runs is what sags under winter rain. Storm and wind seasons from atmospheric rivers and Pacific fronts run across Washington, and they can shift the dates, so we book around them rather than guessing.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between visits. A sprinkler line that hits the glass leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, which is why we flag them before the work starts. A house near a busy road or a construction site collects more dust on the frames than a quiet street does. If your house has any of those, we will say so on the first visit.
Between cleanings, you will know windows need it when you see a haze that only shows when the sun is low. Gutters need it when water sheets over the edge in a hard 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.
Booking starts with a phone or text estimate. Tell us the number of stories and send a photo of the front of the house, and we confirm the window count and the gutter runs before we schedule service. The lead time we quote depends on the calendar at the time you call, and we will tell you the first open day rather than promise one we cannot keep.
The calendar fills in the two busy windows of the year, the spring window and the fall window, so booking early in those months gets you the slot you want. Our crew handles window cleaning services and the gutter work on the same visit, which is what keeps the scheduling simple. Professional window cleaning on the outside of the glass pairs with the gutter work because both are done from the same ladder setup, and that keeps the curb appeal of the house intact without a second trip. The cleaning solutions are picked for the glass, and the sprinkler mineral is treated separately.
Nobody needs to be home for exterior work. We call before we come, and we do not go inside, so you do not have to rearrange your day. Clogged gutters that have sat through a wet season can also hide water damage at the fascia, and we photograph anything like that for you to see before we leave. Multi-story buildings and tall houses are handled from the boom or scissor lift on the job, which we set up on the day. The figures on this page are for residential properties; if you have a residential and commercial mix, call (866) 435-6328 and we will say what we can take on.
Yes. Our crew does both on the same visit, gutters first and glass last. The same two people set the ladder once per side of the house, so you get one visit instead of two.
The figure comes from the number of stories and the size of the house. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will quote it before we set a date.
On a Yelm residential window the outside carries most of the grime: tree dust in the spring, rain dust and sprinkler spotting year round. Clean windows on the outside let the inside look as clean as it is, and we clean every window the crew can reach from the ground or the pole, so the outside is where the work shows.
Across Washington, the spring visit runs mid to late June, and most of our Yelm customers book the fall visit for October to early November. Those are the two windows that fill first, so schedule service early if you want a particular week.
Not on our jobs, because we clear the gutters and downspouts first, let the runoff stop dripping off the wall, and only then touch the glass. If the glass is washed first, someone has to wash it again, which is why we do it in that order.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the exterior visit. Tracks are included in the glass work on the outside. None of those are billed as separate extras on the invoice.
No. This visit covers exterior glass only, so we do not clean windows inside the house. Some customers want interior and exterior glass done together, and if you do, ask us and we will say what we can offer. We do not do pressure washing on this visit either.
No, 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 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.
