Experience
Trade History
Capabilities:
- On a kitchen, bathroom, garage, deck or entire house, I can interpret your plans, do the form work, framing, rough in the plumbing, doors and windows, hang sheetrock, set the cabinets, flooring, schedule the inspections and pass, I can do that solo or with a helper or on a crew.
- Led skilled journeymen teams on multimillion-dollar SF renovation projects(2010–2016)
- Managed complete project cycle: takeoffs, budgets, material procurement, sub bidding, permit coordination
- Direct liaison with architects, engineers, building departments, public works and owner
- Lead or play an integral role in scores of other projects from Geo-Grid hill stabilization, Rock N Roll venue in SF, pulling all black pipe and replumbing entire houses, replumbing water and waste and venting for 50 apartments, pouring 100 yards in basement of SF building and framing 5 separate apartments, upgrading electrical service from 150 amp to 3000 amp service, including pulling from vault in the middle of Bush St SF, multiple electric upgrades with additional switch gear, or running gas, sewer, water and power 100’s of feet for new construction, grading and foundation dig and forming and pouring, 1000’s of feet of extruded gutter and roofing…
- Work schedule: 7-AM–7 PM, or whatever it takes to deliver on time
Experience Across Trades
- Framing & Structural — Began as apprentice in concrete formwork, then siding-soffit and cornice then full framing experience since
- Metal Fabrication — Sheet metal, gutters, chimney caps, hoods
- Plumbing — Sweat copper, threaded black pipe, cast iron, PVC, ABS, MDPE
- Finish Carpentry — Tile, stone, steel, trim
- Problem Solving — If it's broken, rotten, leaking, unsafe, or incorrect I know how to make it right
TOOLBOX
Not everything, but enough
-Chevy 6-Door Utility Body with Rack
-Occidental tool bag, 28oz and 22 oz Estwing
-1 titanium stiletto framer
-Framing squares, small and large speed squares
-Black chalk line
-Red chalk line
-Various Irwin speed clamps 24”-36”
-6” topedo, 2’, 3’, 6’ levels
-2 Bosch green light lasers
-2 corded 7 1/4 inch Skilsaw
-1 Dewalt battery 7 1/4 inch circular saw
-Several DeWalt brushless impact drivers
-1 DeWalt brushless hammer drill
-Dewalt brushless high torque 1/2” impact wrench w/hog ring anvil
-Milwaukee hole hog Angle drill
-Bosch bulldog hammer drill
-Bosch SDS Max hammer drill
-Milwaukee sawzall
-DeWalt battery sawzall
-Makita 10 gauge metal shear
-DeWalt battery grinder
-Bosch 9 inch grinder
-Bosch variable speed grinder
-Bosch, wet grinder polisher
-Bosch hand planer
-Bosch, mini router
-Dewalt Brushless 5” random orbital sander
-Porter Cable 3” belt sander
-Dewalt Jigsaw
-Bosch rolling 10” table saw
-Bosch, portable 10” tablesaw
-Dewalt 12 inch compound saw
-Felker 10” wet tile master
-Hardie plank cutter
-Hardie shears
-Various hole saws for wood and masonry
-Various forstner bits
-Various self feed 2 cutter bits and extensions
-Various SDS max masonry boring bits 1”-4”
-2 8lb short handle mallet
-Ramset 3” Powder Gun
-Senco framing pro
-Hitachi (metabo) framing nail gun
-Senco Palm nail gun
-Senco Tico nail gun
-Max coil nail gun
-Senco 2-1/2” max 15° trim nail gun
-Coil roof nail gun
-Bostitch Hardwood Flooring Cleat Nailer
-engineered flooring stapler
-Makita big bore mac2400 compressor
-200+’ air hose
-14”, 24”, 36” Rigid pipe wrenches
- 3/8”-1” Rigid die set and ratchet
-2- folding bench steps
- Folding step stool
-3’ werner step ladder
-4- 6’ werner step ladders
-8’ werner step ladder
-20’ werner extension ladder
- Folding set 600lb sawhorses
-6000lb Rigging straps
-Various Pulleys for block and tackle
-3- Snatch blocks
-Ropes
-Chains
-Chain ratchet binders
-Ratchet straps
-open and closed end-wrenches up to 1-5/8”
-2-20” chainsaws
What I do:
- Tool bag strapped around my waist and Install material
- Hands-on execution: Fabrication, installation, and finish work—hourly or salary
Also
- On-site project management: Manage builds directly for builders or architects, tools in hand
- Budget and bidding support: Develop working budgets, bid out subs, control costs
- Direct coordination: Work with architects, engineers, and building departments without intermediaries
- Crew leadership: Interview and lead laborers and journeymen, or work independently
- Keep projects moving
- Pre-construction consultation
- Remove and install a new window or door
- Dry Rot repair
- Finish someone else’s work