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| - If you demand a high level of fit and finish, Arturo is probably not your guy as he doesn't seem concerned with aesthetics. I watched him kick my walls with his boots to get leverage, and accidentally dent and chip wall corners and trim. I watched him place the unfinished side of a porcelain toilet tank lid directly on top of an antique sideboard, drag a bottom-stapled toilet box across a waxed floor, and place baggies on his shoes to walk on light-colored carpet only to go outside several times to his van with the baggies on the entire time. I failed to mention that during his first visit on an investigative trip to the garage to seek out plumbing lines, he managed to run his dirty hands down the entire length of one of my cars while complimenting the paintjob. I was shocked by his obliviousness and disregard to personal property.
Arturo loves using his wetvac. He'll wheel it into your house and if you keep a tidy home you will feel like you've just been invaded by a dirty orange UFO. He used it to suck out all of the liquid out of the old toilets prior to removing them, which was great, but both times his instinct was to dump his wetvac waste directly into the lantana plants in front of the house - the first time I didn't stop him in time and he dumped clingy filth and dirty water right into the plant. The second time I stopped him and he questioned me - he said the water was good for the plant - I said "hell no" and insisted that he dump it at the curb if he felt the need to dump it.
If you are installing high-end items, Arturo is probably not your guy either. I asked him if he'd ever installed a Toto toilet before and he said no. He remarked that "these are not normal toilets." At that point I knew this wasn't going to go well. He then tried to convince me that I didn't need to follow the Toto installation instructions, that I could leave out the 4 screws that would anchor the PVC rough-in into the concrete floor. At that point I paid him for his time and persuaded him to leave. I sought out a hammer drill, a concrete drill bit, and a box of Tapcon concrete screws and finished the correct installation of both toilets myself.
Pros: Inexpensive; willing to get his hands dirty; might be good for basic rental property maintenance.
Cons: A bull in a china shop; not used to working in a clean environment or around nicer things.
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