Do You Tip Gutter Cleaners

Plumbers were also unlikely to get a tip with 19 per cent saying they should get one but they did receive 17 on average for a tip.

Do you tip gutter cleaners.

You can find inventions like tongs on an extension pole shop vacuums with gutter nozzles or even a remote controlled gutter. There are lots of ways to do the cleaning. Regular and thorough cleaning helps keep gutters in tip top shape. 17 percent regularly give their weekly or.

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. 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. Jim casper 40 year contractor in the gutter business. Only if you tip other seasonal laborers.

My sugestion is no way. Cleaning gutters in early spring will prepare them for the heavy spring and summer rains. Sarah smock marketing director for merry maids the nation s largest residential housecleaning service says relatively few clients tip during the year. Snow shovelers and pool cleaners didn t get much in terms of tips with only 10 on average.

For a big job tip 10 to 15 percent of the total cost of the job. You are welcome to though it is not necessary. Some companies don t allow their technicians to take tips so if you were to offer and they refuse it s not because they are being rude. 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.

For service above and beyond by all means 15 or a ten spot. It requires only a few tools and an afternoon to get water flowing from your roof and away from your home.