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 doing both jobs together costs less than booking them as two trips. Most of our Portage customers book it in the spring and again in the fall, so the crew works this city's seasons every year.
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 gutters and exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two separately. Some window cleaners quote the glass alone and leave the gutters for another day, so ours covers both in one number. The number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Downspout flushing, screen rinsing and sill wiping are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are the same ones every time. A third story, a roof too steep to walk, or multi-story buildings take more time on the ladder. Window count and oversized panes do the same. Gutters that have not been cleared in years, packed with needles and leaves, take longer to empty. Gutter guards have to be lifted and reseated before we can reach the run. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate problem: cleaning removes the dirt but not the mineral etched into the glass, and we will tell you that before we quote a treatment.
One Portage job shows how this works. A customer with a two-story house and a long run of picture windows across the front had their clogged gutters and water damage at the back corner cleared in the same visit as the glass. The gutter work came first, so nothing ran down onto the panes, and the crew photographed each run before leaving. The quote was the number we gave on the phone, with no extra line for the downspouts. You can get the same kind of number by sending us the stories, a rough window count and a photo of the front of the house by text. Windows inside are not part of this visit, and we do not do pressure washing on it either. The window washing and professional window cleaning we do is exterior glass only, and the curb appeal comes from the outside. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the front of the house, and we will book a date.
| 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 Portage customers book both jobs twice a year, once in late spring and once in fall, which is why one crew in one visit makes sense for the calendar. Our cleaning services follow that rhythm for most houses. In spring we find pollen film on the south-facing glass and pollen paste packed into the gutter elbows. In fall the leaf load comes down the roof, and a wet leaf mat settles in the runs before the first hard freeze.
Some houses need a third visit. Heavy tree cover over the roof keeps needles and grit moving into the downspouts between cleanings, so those customers tend to be on every three to four months. A residential window under a sprinkler head leaves spots that come back a day after cleaning, and those houses are back on a shorter schedule too. A house near a busy road or a construction site picks up grime on the frame and sill between visits. Regular cleanings keep that buildup from settling in.
Watch for two signs that a visit is due. Check every window on the house, not just the front, because the haze shows up first on the side that gets the sun. Windows show a haze you only notice when the sun is low, and gutters start sheeting water over the edge in a light rain. Either one means it is time to schedule service. Clean windows stay clean longer when the gutters are done first, so put a date on the calendar before the busy weeks fill up, and we will book it around the pollen and leaf months.
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 gutters and windows across the city of Portage, on houses and on the residential properties and condos where the crew has worked before. Booking runs by phone or text: give us the number of stories and send a photo of the house front, and we confirm a date. If the building is not a house, say so when you call, because residential and commercial buildings are scoped differently and we will tell you whether the crew takes the job. Call (866) 435-6328 to book a date. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work, but we call before we come, so the crew never shows up unannounced. Lead time depends on the calendar, and we will say what it is when you call.
The two busy windows are the spring pollen months and the fall leaf months. During those weeks the calendar fills, so an early call gets an earlier slot. Outside those windows, the washing services and window cleaning services we run are the same, but the schedule is looser. Every visit covers the gutters and downspouts first, then the runoff from the roof, then the glass, so you are not paying to remove dirt twice. We keep the process the same across every job and every crew member.
Yes, and it is the same crew. We clean gutters first and glass last so that nothing dirty runs back onto the clean windows.
The number comes from the stories and the size of the house, and we quote it by phone or text. Send the stories and a photo of the front and you get the number before the crew is booked.
On our Portage jobs the outside carries the pollen, the rain dust and the sprinkler spots, so yes, the outside is where most of the grime is. Cleaning the inside does not remove any of it.
Most of our customers here book in late spring, after the pollen drop, and again in fall, after the leaves come down. Book early in those months and you get an earlier slot.
No. We clear the gutters, flush the downspouts and wait for the wall to stop dripping before we touch the glass, so the order prevents it.
Screens are rinsed and sills are wiped as part of the visit, and the glass is washed with purified water instead of cleaning solutions. Tracks are included with the glass in the same visit.
Not on this visit. Interior and exterior glass are not on the same booking, so this visit is the outside only, 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 unlock the side gate. Call (866) 435-6328 and we will confirm the time.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
