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I'm getting my house in Bridgeport re-roofed in the next week or two.  Do you tip the roofers?  If so, how much is appropriate?  I was thinking $100/person for each of the guys that are doing the roofing, but not tipping the owner of the company.  The owner is a well-regarded contractor, though, so I'll probably use him for other stuff in the next few years--if that means anything. Update [2006-9-15 15:39:43 by BridgeportJoe]: Forgot to mention--it's a complete tear-off and re-roof. Estimate is roughly $5k, which was cheaper than we expected.

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My only experience with contractors
is with friends, so... No, I didn't tip them. That's probably a bad example though, because beer and pizza could be considered a tip.
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by The Cheat on Sep 15, 2006 3:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Had our roof...
Completely redone last year after a wonderful hail storm that also took out all our siding.  The roofing was adequate after fighting with the contractor to come back out for more touch up work. So the idea of a tip never came up.

However recently had a brick paver patio put in and the workers received tips for an outstanding job. Also we provided lunch and cold water. And putting in a patio I guess would be a similar labor intense job.

I think $100 is spot on for a tip, especially if you think the work is worthy and I'm sure it adds incentive for when they return to do more work. I don't think there is a proper etiquette, in fact I would think it does not happen more than it does. So I'm sure they would appreciate it, as well as some cold water and the like. But for a contractor, I don't think I would ever feel obligated to.

by rebstock on Sep 16, 2006 12:39 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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