Do You Tip Gutter Cleaners

When contrators send out technicians to work on gutters and roofing the company pays them a certain percentage to install the material itself.

Do you tip gutter cleaners.

Alternatively if you feel the price was on the higher side or if the job didn t take as long as you were quoted you can feel comfortable not offering a tip at all. Only if you tip other seasonal laborers. No i do not tip those who mow my lawn clean my gutters wash my windows deliver furniture fix the furnace renovate the kitchen upgrade the wiring et cetera says cyndy gilbert of adelphi. Snow shovelers and pool cleaners didn t get much in terms of tips with only 10 on average.

Sarah smock marketing director for merry maids the nation s largest residential housecleaning service says relatively few clients tip during the year. You are welcome to though it is not necessary. Maids were one of the most likely to get a tip with 28 per cent saying yes but their tip amount was only 12 on average. 17 percent regularly give their weekly or.

Cleaning gutters in early spring will prepare them for the heavy spring and summer rains. For a big job tip 10 to 15 percent of the total cost of the job. My sugestion is no way. It requires only a few tools and an afternoon to get water flowing from your roof and away from your home.

Regular and thorough cleaning helps keep gutters in tip top shape. Go for 5 per person with a crew or up to 20 if it s just one person who did a great job in a reasonable amount of time. For service above and beyond by all means 15 or a ten spot. Jim casper 40 year contractor in the gutter business.

You can find inventions like tongs on an extension pole shop vacuums with gutter nozzles or even a remote controlled gutter. Rather than handing out money to each mover give the sum to the foreman to divide among the crew specifying how much you want to.