Jinnous

Here's my new gate:

I managed to contact HDB officer to come down and have a look at my door this Sat. Hopefully can resolve something...

Hi.. I know this topic has been discussed to death but can I know what u used for your house windows? Our living room windows all face the afternoon sun and it bakes us whenever is afternoon. So we are looking for solar films to block out the heat and glare. I contacted a few suppliers and these are the rough quotes: 1. Basic Deco- $780 for reflective - 1.2k for ceramic IR film 2. Sun Shield- $1142 for ceramic (ceramic per sqf $6.50) (black out per sqf $4.00, we have 2 glass panels block by cabinets due to FS) Less 15% 7 year warranty 3. Jestac 3M- $1983 (most ex!) Living room area $1552 (Prestige series per sqf $16.00, discounted $12.00 per sqf) 3 bedrooms area $431.17 (Night vision series per sqf $6.00, discounted $4.80 per sqf) 15 year warranty 4. Sun-X- $1050.00 $5.00 per sqf for models 8H / 18H /28H (Not sure what these models are, haven not checked out) Are the above quotes ok? Or am I being chopped? The total sqf of my windows is 213! I have 28 pcs of windows! I haven't call Huper Optik, Llumar and V-kool. Incidentally, I was told that Marc from V-kool went over to Sun Shield... Anyone has contacts for these 3 companies? Which company did you use in the end?

Do u have Roger's number?

The grille is a stupid design right?! I seriously dun understand how hdb can say need 4 panels for e gate because is a requirement. I have contacted e hdb officer for my block. I have 2 outstanding issues with them. The 2 toilets. Back in end 2011 my common toilet ceiling leaked so we contacted hdb and our upstairs neighbour renovated. Then last few mths I noticed e ceiling bubbled. I informed hdb until now still pending a reply. The mbr toilet was a nightmare. Our downstairs neighbour complained leaking so we renovated our toilet. The contractor was so jialat! E worker when hacking damaged my basin cabinet! Full of holes. I only found out when they wrapped up. And the stupid idiot worker who put my shower screen door back, get this, washed his feet in my basin! I heard running water n I walked over to see and saw him! I was so angry but I kept quiet cuz only I'm at home to oversee. And he dumped all the leftover stuffs in my toilet! E glue n wrapping n newspapers just dumped inside my toilet n left. I was really angry n called my hb then he complained to e contractor n he came down to see. I also showed him e damaged cabinet. And e stupid thing was that when he put up e screen, e kerb on which e screen sits on is not equal. It's equal at one side of e wall but became thinner at e other side of e wall so it looked like e worker put it up slant. When I pointed out to him he said its e tile worker's fault since he nvr do it properly. Really omg. Hdb licensed contractor and they playing finger pointing games.

We actually had our carpenter helped us to change e screws and realigned previously when we were doing reno. But after 3 years e issue resurfaced so we decided to rectify it once n for all cuz now I hv a kid n my mil stays wif us. There's a host of problems with our hse sometimes really regret I nvr get a reputable contractor reno. Our last 'contractor' was my dad's neighbour n he almost made off wif our money n gave us shoddy work. I managed to get back e money but my hse is unfinished. Back to e door, e carpenter said that the whole door frame at e topmost hinge already rotted so he stuffed wood chips n shavings to hold e screws. But I think this is it, I have to do something cuz I dun think anymore wood chips can help us.

I measured the opening... it's approx 136cm.

Ok think I got it... here it is: The topmost hinge.. u can see it has deviated from the side... Middle hinge... Bottom hinge You can see the thin door frame...

I can't seem to post the pics... It says "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community.".

Hi, I need help. Our main door has kind of "dropped" slightly and is now scratching part of my marble floor whenever I open or close the door. We did not realize this problem until we got the keys to our flat (it's a 30 yr resale flat) and opened the door to our dismay. At that time, our carpenter tried to salvage the situation by stuffing some wood chip into the hinge side so that it can "bite" and hold the door. But now after 3 years, the door has started to drop again. The ex-owner bought the long corridor and converted into part of the house. So the main door is a fire-rated door, and my wrought iron grille is 4 panels (2 small on the side, 2 big in the middle). And the stupid thing is that when we open the grille, and then the main door, the opening is only big enough for me to squeeze through sideways and I'm quite small size. So whenever we need to get in or out of the house, we have to open 2 panels which is a real hassle. We want to realign the grille so that when we open 1 panel, it corresponds to the main door and big enough for us to go through. However, we would like to salvage the grille because it is very hardy and kinda foolish to throw it away, not to forget expensive to replace. We have gotten a contractor to come over to have a look. They mentioned that this would be a big project... the door frame on which the main door is attached to cannot support its weight. If we want to solve this problem, we are told that we have to hack off the existing door frame and cement it up and attached the main door directly to the concrete. Is this doable? We haven't gotten any other contractors to take a look and are not sure if this is doable.But because we need to salvage the main door because it's still in very good condition, and replacing it is so expensive. And we were told that we cannot reduce the opening smaller because it's HDB rules. Can anyone give me some suggestions?

Hi! I'm a newbie and am looking for someone to do my doors... can u pm me too?

I'm currently seeing this TCM doctor in AMK. I got to know her thru another forum. Her name is Dr. Zou Yumin.

Ya.... thing is my resale flat also got full of problems! Who shd I talk to in this case? We accept at face value too. And it's not just missing fittings. My main door actually dropped from the hinges.....resulting the door scratching the floor everytime we open the door! And its marble floor! Full of scratches! And we can't close the door properly, cuz it's already not aligned! In this case, who can we complain to? The marble floor cracked even, from 1 wall to another wall, hidden by the beds when we viewed. But honestly speaking, we have already signed the contract. So we moved on and try to make do lor. Somemore a lot of things happened during the reno. Like we almost got our money "eaten up" by the contractor. Haiz....long long story.... We now live in our new flat, without any carpentry works done. All cuz the contractor cocked up. It is NOT neccessary a GOOD thing even if that contractor is a friend. They will eat you all the more....

I dun think there is any system that will sanctioned off those unethical agents lor. I tot all these are give and take. Like my seller, he asked he wanna take back the oven and ceiling fan. And the fact that we paid at his asking price cuz we like the unit...but seriously, it's not worth the price. The amount of reno to be done was enormous! The broken marble flooring cracked even! (We didn't see cuz it was covered by the beds) It's sianz but we maintain a cordial relationship with them. They wanna take back, we are ok. No problem. My colleague said she also checked with the buyer if she can take back the bedframe and mattress eventhough she wrote down on black and white that she gave them. Give and take. Everything is talked at face value nia with our buyers. Everything ok at the point of discussion. But once signed, who has the loudest voice win. Accessories and fixtures are gray areas. Just wanna highlight this. Pls do write into any black and white about this. Cannot believe 100% in agents. I always hear about agents who got "pattern" one but never realized I will kena one also.