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 runs back across clean panes. We price it by the number of stories and the approximate window count, and doing both jobs together costs less than booking two separate trips. Across Wisconsin, most of our customers book this in spring and fall, once the seed drop and the leaf fall are done.
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 cleaning services are priced by the number of stories and the approximate window count. Doing the gutters and the exterior windows in one visit costs less than booking the two jobs separately, and the number we give on the phone is the number we charge. A window and gutter quote starts from those same two numbers, so the estimate is simple to check. Ask for a written estimate and we will give you one before anyone climbs a ladder.
What moves the quote is what the crew finds on the day. A third story or a roof too steep to walk adds time. So does a window count with oversized panes, gutters that have not been opened in years or are packed with needles and leaves, and guards that must be lifted and reseated. Hard-water spotting from sprinklers is a separate question, because no cleaning removes it. Clearing gutters and downspouts, rinsing screens and wiping sills are part of the job and are not billed as extras.
On our Wausau jobs the fastest way to get an exact number is a text with the number of stories and a photo of the front of the house. Grime on a residential window that faces south is the usual reason a second look is worth it: once it sets, it takes longer to rinse off than a single pass. Our crew checks cleaning solutions and water pressure on site, so the price holds even when the house is harder than it looked in the photo. Pollen season makes a window and gutter visit a little longer, because the yellow film has to come off the glass before the squeegee does its work. Call (866) 435-6328 or text us that photo and we will come back with a number. Residential and commercial jobs are both priced this way, and we bill by the building.
Regular cleanings keep the bill lower over time, because a run of clogged gutters that has not been touched in three years takes far more effort than one cleared every spring. Interior and exterior glass are separate jobs, and the windows inside are not part of this visit. Picture windows take the most time per pane, so tell us if the house has many of them; clean glass does a lot for curb appeal.
| 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.
Both jobs fit one visit from one crew. Across Wisconsin, spring visits run late May to June, and fall visits run October to early November. Cleaning services are most needed after the seed drop and again after the last leaves come down.
At the spring visit we find the pollen film on south-facing glass and seed paste packed into the gutters. In the fall, October to early November, we find clogged gutters full of wet leaves and the grit that washes down behind them. Summer severe storms across Wisconsin move the dates, so we look at the house rather than the calendar. June, July and August are the wettest months here, and that is when runoff from the roof carries grime down the wall below. Clogged gutters that overflow in those months can cause water damage at the eaves. Freeze risk is real here, and snow falls from October through April, so a gutter still full going into winter can ice up. Heavy tree cover over the roof, a sprinkler line hitting the glass, or multi-story buildings near a busy road or construction usually calls for a third visit. Those are the spots that come back a day after cleaning.
Professional window cleaning on a fixed schedule keeps the glass from building up a layer that rain alone will not remove. Clean glass also helps curb appeal from the street. On our jobs, the windows that go longest without a visit are the ones on the north and east sides, where the sun never dries them out and the dust stays put.
Here is how the sign shows up. Windows need it when you see a haze only when the sun is low. Gutters and downspouts need clearing when water sheets over the edge in rain instead of running down the downspout.
Window cleaners who only quote the glass tend to skip the gutters, and the gutters are where the spring and fall dirt starts. Only the outside glass is on this schedule, since the windows inside are a separate job. Call (866) 435-6328 or text a photo of the house front, and we will book the first open date in either window.
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 do window and gutter cleaning across Wausau and the homes in the city, and we clean windows from the outside on every one of the residential properties we visit. Each residential window is rinsed from the outside, and clean windows are the goal on every visit. Booking works like this: you call (866) 435-6328 or text with the number of stories and a photo of the house front, and we give you a written estimate. Once the estimate is accepted we schedule service for the first open slot, and we call before we come.
Two stretches of the year fill the calendar fastest: across Wisconsin, late May to June for the spring pollen season, and October to early November for the fall leaf drop. Book early in those windows. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Every window on the outside is cleaned from the ground or from a boom or scissor lift where the height requires it, and every sill is wiped on the way out, which is where a lot of the curb appeal comes from. Clean windows and clear gutters come off the same list, so one booking covers both.
Yes. The same two people do both on one visit, gutters first and glass last. That order keeps dirty gutter water off the clean panes.
Our window cleaning services are quoted from the number of stories and the window count, and the number you get by phone or text is the number we charge.
Yes, because the outside carries the rain dust, the grime and the sprinkler spots. Those build up on the outside first, and rain alone will not remove dirt from them. Cleaning the inside does not touch them.
Across Wisconsin, spring visits run late May to June, and fall visits run October to early November. Book early in either window, because those are the busiest times of the year.
No, because the gutters are cleared first and the glass is done last. Runoff from the gutters has already drained before a pane gets touched, and that holds even when the gutters were clogged going in.
Screens are rinsed, sills are wiped and tracks are cleaned as part of our washing services on the exterior visit. They are not billed as extras. Gutters and downspouts are cleared on that same visit, so nothing is left for a second trip.
We do not clean the windows inside or do pressure washing on this visit. This is exterior glass and gutters only, and condos get the same outside-only visit.
No, you do not need to be home. Turn the sprinklers off the night before, move cars off the driveway, keep pets inside, and leave the side gate unlocked.
Stories, rough window count, a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
