Ronnie Simao

Description of Work: Ronnie replaced my siding,soffits. facia, gutters, and windows, in Spring of this year, 2012. He was the crew leader. Ronnie speaks fluent Portugese, Spanish, and English, and translates documents upon request. He was born in Brazil and came to the US as a teanager. He learned every aspect of the construction trade and has over 17 years experience in the industry. He has a valid work visa that enables him to work in this country for ten years. He hopes to complete his citizenship requirements within the next two years. My experience with him is that there is nothing that he cannot do well. He installed my siding, soffits, and facia. He installed windows and framed them in with some beautiful finish trim carpentry on the inside. He also paints beautifully with some clean sharp, well defined lines which is difficult in my home becasue some things are not straight. He re did some ceiling taping and patched a wall that was poorly finished by the Jones compnay when they built my house. He is the best wall patcher I have ever seen. He is detail oriented and pays high attention to the quality of his work. He has his own high standards to which he adheres at all times. He is as particular as if he is working on his own home. He encourages you to ask questions and tell him if you have any concerns, and if there is something you don"t like, he will fix it. He reminds me of a Latino Mikes Holmes in that he will do it right, or make it right. I have seen him think outside the box to overcome problems found along the way. For example, he altered a brass plumbing part to make my new faucett fit. I previously had two licensed plumbers tell me there was no adapter that would fit my roman tub Kohler faucett so all of the faucett plumbing would have to be removed and replaced. However, Ronne thought up the solution. He borrowed equipment in his friends auto repair shop, and made the part needed to install the new faucett. I was so happy to have my tub back!Ronnie tore all of the rotten boards out of my deck and replaced them and re stained the whole deck. He pointed out that the deck needed to be re inforced in places and some other things added in order for it to meet code. He is very knowledable in building techniques and code requirements. He also fixed my leaking roof (the roof was done by Artown/Apex Roofing --don't use them they are storm chasers.)