Plumbing in the Home/Expert Profile

Expertise

I can answer most questions in the field of plumbing home repair for the inside or outside property of a home including irrigation systems, septic systems, well water systems, recirculation systems and I can address these questions from a beginning plumbing standpoint or for someone who has more advanced skills.

Are you working on an addition or remodelling? Need some bathroom or kitchen design ideas?

Run your questions by me since I enjoy that challenge of remodelling & new construction projects.

Experience in the area

I have worked on a variety of major projects including Home Depot as an outsourced Project Manager tasked to repair the fire system at the Fullerton/Placentia store and distribution center in Orange County. I believe in simplifying any task I am assigned in order to avoid wasting time and material, while I always look for the simplest solution possible to the issue and then I execute my plan. Having lead many construction crews, large and small, I have been involved in residential and commercial repair and remodel projects including medical facilities, new home construction, high rises and apartment complexes. Building maintenance work in condominium complexes from Playa del Rey to Beverly Hills to the Hollywood Hills are a speciality. I have completed many maintenance work projects at complexes great and small.

Organizations

IAPMO (Int'l Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials)

Education/Credentials

Los Angeles Trade Technical College - Plumbing, Electrical and HVAC
El Camino College - HVAC, Electrical

Past/Present Clients My lips are sealed, however, I have personally worked for a well-known "kitten" actress, close friends of a certain comedic "Redhead" actress/producer, one of the lead actresses from "Gone With The Wind" and a former Governor of the State of California!

Past/Present Clients

My lips are sealed, it wouldn't be professional to name names!

What do you like about this subject?

Plumbing is more than "putting two pipes together". In involves understanding other trades and how a bad piping design & installation can cause major health risks to the inhabitants of a building, even death.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

At this point in my career, I hope to help homeowners and apprentice plumber's to understand the risks inherent even in regular household plumbing systems and to be able to problem solve for repair issues quickly.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

The Asian "SARS" virus which scared the world for about 60 days began as a standard plumbing problem. No trap seal in the floor drains of a high-rise building. Chinese officials contacted IAPMO, the only organization dedicated to improving plumbing codes here in the U.S. and internationally to help solve the problem. I am a member of that organization

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

Professional plumbers are looked upon as uncouth, uneducated people who aren't smart enough to buy pants that fit and of course aren't aware they are exposing butt crack while they work. In my opinion, if it weren't for professional plumbers, we would all be affected by influenza, staph infections and extremely unsanitary conditions on a daily basis.