Tipping Super to Hang Chandelier?

In this case, it's not so much of a "tip" per se as you'll be paying him to do a job that runs outside the realm of his duties.

Depending on how much time would be involved, if it's less than an hour I think $100 would be appropriate. Add another $50 for each hour.

And if it's during work hours, you can tip the owner of your building (or your fellow shareholders) for the use of their employee's time.

I know somebody who did that. They paid the super $100 and he was happy. It wasn't a very big chandlier, and he had done that kind of thing before in that building..He needed the porter to help. The porter was happy with $25. You live in a rental building, you don't have any fellow shareholders. The super will probably do it on his lunch hour.

Did you ask him if he ever hung a chandlier before? If that's why he's confident about hanging it, then he may know about wiring.
If he just thinks it won't be complicated,it may turn out to be more than he can handle.
It involves wiring, and that's potentially dangerous; so is a chandlier not secured properly.

The best way to dust it is with a Swiffer (the one that comes with an extendable handle).

Respectfully to the above posters, I think those amounts are excessive.

We just had a handyman come in and (among other things) hung a new light fixture. He charged $65 for 1.5 hours of work. I think he spent an hour on the light fixture tops. If I had a competent super (which, I dont) then Id offer him $50 flat. Just my 2 cents.

techno: That sounds reasonable.
A chandlier has those dangling glass parts, can be more complicated than a light fixture.
If you offer your super $50 and he's happy with that amount he might agree to it. If not; he will suggest more or say he's too busy and tell you to hire a handyman.

That sounds like a very resonable handyman. Is he insured? If so, would be interested to have his contact info. Thanks.

Speaking of incompetent supers:
I would tip my chandlier to hang my super ;)

"Truth", your extremely violent statements on this discussion board over the last few days have me very worried about your welfare, and that of all those around you.

PLEASE call 999 and have them take you in for more observation. Stay awhile, relax, have a "sunshine pill", have three. It'll be the best thing you ever did.

Truth - ditto on hanging my super :)

My handyman is very reasonable and I trust him in the house when I am home alone (I have a baby so that is very important to me). He's a young guy in his 20s whose primary business is a cabinet making shop. I have no idea if he is insured or if this is just kind of a side thing for him. If you are interested, I can send you his info if you'd like.

AH - You've become a "troll" on SE.Really, enough is enough

techno: just ignore alanhart. He continues to make a fool of himself on SE.

re: your handyman:

If he's installing cabinets in Manhattan, he may have insurance. If so, he should post his contact info under services. I will find him there, and others would probably hire him because he's charging resonable rates.

Thanks again.

ph41: Hi.

It's best to just allow alanhart to continue to make a fool of himself on SE.

He is of no importance to me.

Thanks.

Supers or handymen usually charge a fee for jobs like this. It's not a tip. Work out a fair price before he does the work--$50 to $65 sounds about right.

I am a renter in a condo building. I have had the super do several jobs -- hang heavy mirrors, mount TV on wall, etc. For each job I ask what he would charge before I ask him to do the job. He tells me and I pay. The mirrors were complicated so I gave them an extra tip. I thought he overcharged me for the TV so I did not tip him, just paid the agreed upon fee. You will have a happy super if you let him decide what it is worth. If it is too much, go outside for help.

Is Hart another Hones nom de plume?

helenwaite -- NO!

To be clear, in this thread "Truth" wants to lynch her superintendent. In another this week she tells two different people that she hopes they get hit by a car. When we let people like that continue that sort of descent without helping them, innocent people get hurt.

Again, people, superintendents are paid salaries to work for the building as a whole. Unless they're doing work for you after their work hours, you are stealing from the building and helping the building staff risk their jobs. Don't be so selfish.

Alan -- As long as no one is paid a tip, everything should be okay, because we all know that tipping will inevitably lead to the downfall of humanity.

I think a super should be paid less then a pro. In this case there are some electricians that would charge 100-150. I think $50.00 to the super is enough

Thanks for the thoughts on this. We were thinking $100 as the job might require some basic wiring. The super casually avoided giving us a number, hence the reason we turned to SE. And he does have experience with this sort of thing - we even took a look at some of the other chandeliers he installed in other apartments.

alan, keep begging for handouts instead of spending time cracking dumb useless jokes on SE.

How much shall i tip a Chandelier to hang my Super? The dude is areal asshole....