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Ron Trebbi, Fort Lauderdale, FL, US
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An Architect and General Contractor, Ron has been designing and building custom residential and light commercial renovation projects in Fort Lauderdale since graduating from the University of Florida in 1988.

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Now This Has Gone Too Far!!!

Jan 12, 2011
7 comments

Permitting and inspections, in many parts of the country, can be onerous at best; but a permit to set ceramic tile seem a little unbelievable, even for South Florida.

What You Don't Know Can Kill You

Oct 29, 2010
2 comments

Ignorance is NOT bliss. Not knowing can kill you, your business or some one close to you, like it did to my friend's daughter Amanda.

How to Make a Stealth Soffit Vent

Oct 9, 2010

A carport expanding to a two car garage causes us to consider soffit venting for this addition to a heavy timber 1950's home in Fort Lauderdale. Don’t you have anything else to do or write about? The Construction market is on fire here in South Florida, especially in the...

ALLISON'S BEDROOM - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Jul 23, 2009

Renovate a small (10'-8" x 11'-8") existing bedroom in an 1,100 square foot, 1950's vacation house, into a flexible, multifunctional space with a unique identity for a 7 year old girl. The...

CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS KITCHEN - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Jun 1, 2009

This Captain's Quarters Kitchen came to us from a long term client who needed to provide a more functional kitchen for a new member of their household. Requiring onlynbspminor...

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Re: FHB Tip Jumpstarts Haiti Relief Effort

Brian,
I like your roll up sidewalk idea and am particularly interested in your ideas about containers for Haiti. An Architect I know here in Fort Lauderdale, Scot DiStefano, put together some sketches of his ideas for container housing ... you can see his sketches here:

http://trebbi.net/wordpress/haiti-v2.html

and some additional ideas about the versatility of containers as housing ...

Keep up the good work

RON

Ronald G. Trebbi

Architect / General Contractor

TREBBI CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION LLC

Award Winning Design and Construction of Residential and Light Commercial Renovations and Additions

posted: 10:33 pm on September 28th

Re: Drilling out a 1-1/2 inch deadbolt hole to a new 2-1/8 inch hole

I like this idea too ... wouldn't have thought of it ... I've only ever done it like Dan ... GREAT IDEA!!!!

Ron

posted: 10:42 pm on August 25th

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Re: Drilling out a 1-1/2 inch deadbolt hole to a new 2-1/8 inch hole

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