Ronnie LaBrie General Contracting

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If you don’t know by now then let me tell you that Roanoke and Roanoke County have a set of approved guidelines that they have adopted when it comes to the construction of a “New” deck where there is an existing deck. If your deck was built more than 5 years ago and you have a band board bolted into brick veneer, then get ready for this: All replacement decks are “Free Standing” . You cannot bolt into Brick Veneer any longer. Your deck must have a post at each corner and must stand alone as a structure. Now, you can attach to brick veneer for decoration IF YOUR DECK IS FREE STANDING. Ronnie Labrie and his crew built our deck adhering to these guidlines. Ronnie and his crew performed an exceptional job with the construction and final detail of railing and band boards. Uncompromising quality and attention to detail. THIS CONTRACTOR IS BY FAR THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS ! Our deck was built with the best wood material number 1 prime Durapine by Cox and Number 2 prime for structural beams and construction. When the Roanoke County Building inspector tells you that this is the model for all decks to be copied, then we did something right. The deck rails were Oxford by Certainteed the deck stain was by TWP and is not only a sealant but a preservative that EPA has certified. The attention to detail such as the mitered corners, the composite band boards the nailing of the hurricane clips and the overall detail was impressive. This is a wooden with composite band board and the best Certainteed Oxford railing system. The ingenious suggestion by Ronnie Labrie was to lay the boards at a 38 degree thus the entire board would be used resulting with “NO BUTT ENDS” of any boards. If you look closely every board has been screwed into each stringer board. There is NOT ONE butted board on the walking part of this deck. The beams were sandwich as three beams and were used throughout the construction. You have Three 12 foot boards by 12 inches high that were nailed and bolted to each other to create the best possible load bearing next to a steel beam. The Three 12 foot boards were not compromised in areas that could of used 10 inch high beams. From the footers , hardware, cutting , nailing bolting, cement pour, backfilling of dirt to final railings were all performed by Ronnie Labrie and his crew . Folks, when I say you can drive a car onto this deck we are not kidding. We have had other contractors to our home doing various other jobs such as landscaping and generator work with all of them commenting on the superior work that was done on the deck. DO NOT COMPROMISE BY USING ANY OTHER CONTRACTOR……………. Ronnie Labrie is your number one ! His project management and construction ethos has resulted in a superior job and I challenge any other contractor to come by and try to pick apart any workmanship. Bottom Line: You don’t need to look any further; Mr. Labrie is the contractor you need to choose to replace your old deck. You may also ask them to bring you by to personally see their work. From the project manager (Rob) to his contractor staff they all were the most professional folks you can meet. No one was cutting corners to save pennies and only the best workmanship was observed. See pictures and video attached to this post. If you want to know how good Mr. Labrie is……………… well he is also the Number One person that the Top A+ contractors go to on Angies List. You can cut the middle man out and save a ton of money by going direct with Ronnie Labrie.

Ronnie LaBrie is a dream contractor with whom to work. He is a truly talented carpenter and designer. He is honest and we won't consider using anyone else. He is a true professional in what has been a nightmare industry for us in the past. Beginning to end he did as promised and the end result was even better than we expected.

He was prompt, courteous, and sharp. He knew what he was doing. We have had so many things done in the past and have had so many bad experiences. He was different from that.