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i read that somewhere... but i think the price a bit out of my budget. keke.. how much is it anyway? my normal window grilles is about $1400 for the whole house. shagged.

yea, put deposit with CNS le. wanted the $188 hollow gate. but china salesgirl said no more le. we went for the solid one instead at $250. then top up for brush black colour and the unit display plate for $60. will keep a watchful eye on them during the installation. yea.. agreed. horizontal grilles look simple and lasting. i no choice but have to put grilles. cause got baby at home. =p

nice reno u have done up! we have chose the same pergo family laminate flooring (wooden chocolate).. good choice.. =) urs laminate flooring is overlay over existing tiles too?

Day 10 - Toilet Tiling work bathroom floor tiles wip... progress is getting slower... not sure of they can complete the masorny work by the scheduled date of 15-dec-10 before plastering kicks in. fingers cross. shower area tiles compartment are done. but each tile panel bottom have rough bottom surface. hence, i suggested to the work to put 2 tiles together so that it will be smooth surfaces from top and bottom for each pannel. this is how each panel looks like after the suggestion. but now another problem... i dun like the joining line in between... argh... asking them to use the plastic corner trim to paste across. will see the outcome tmr. =) ossify, if u r reading this. please advise how u did for thattrader. i cannot stand the sight of rought tile surface. =p

can try alex. quite popular and recommended in other thread. =) u can visit his blog at www.alexwindow.blogspot.com. his number in his blog.

Day 09 - Masonry work (cont.) Some WIP photos of the living room: Dinig area Living room If only the kitchen wall is half height wall cum glass, the whole living room will be very chio with natural bright ligh shinning in all the way from kitchen. but budget low, and for practical reason (cleaning of glass after daily heavy cooking), we decided to proceed with wall with tiles. Storeroom

Grilles design I need easy clean grilles. but that all horizontal one like machiam jail feeling. heachace.. Main door and wrought iron gate Tmr we will go n buy main door and wrought iron gate. main door still not sure whether to go Yontat or Singtat. Wrought iron gate most probably going to CNS at AMK.

I asked my ID, wife and twin brother to check the windows work over the past few days. They said i am over-reacting. hahaha.. i guess probably I am loaded with reno anxiety. Anyway, alex and Vincent came over to explain the windiows to me personally. Really appreciate their kind efforts to explain the windows queries I have. Some photos of the windows to share: Living room – Casement Windows X6 Study room – Casement Windows X3 Common bathroom Bedroom 2 – Casement Windows X4 Bedroom 3 – Sliding Windows X4 Overall, I’m still very satisfied with the windows workmanship. Next stage is choosing grilles… Can advise me which one to go for? =)

Day 09 - Masorny Work (endless....) Wall tiles for kitchen and bathrooms all up. Kitchen Common bathroom Master bathroom Especially like the tiles compartment layout at the shower area. =)

heyy donal5, welcome to t-blog! didnt see ur thread until now. paisay paisay.. hope u have a fruitful weeks sourcing ur ID /contractors. Since IDs hard to match ur 35k budget, u may wanna try contractors. personally, i think neubie quote very good. haha. or u may wanna try vincent from ideas4room. he quoted me 36k for everything previously... take ur time.. the right ID /contractor will appear somehow.

how much is it for standard hdb size gate (3ft by 7ft)?

ok. i scare if i extend the pole too hard, it will dent into my top false ceiling permanently. dangerous. will hear from ur view after u scan thru the manual. kekeke.. thanks!

ohh ok.. maybe i used to those original HDB casement handle that thich n solid type. i look at my bro's condo the casement handle also solid and thick one. my ID said probably alex gave me cheap material for the cheap price i paid. now still considering whether to do grille with alex or not..

hahah bro. this is definitely tedious job. even hands on ppl like u can complain. i rather pay ppl do for me! u took whole day leave just to do that?! i rather go do audit.

Can stolmemt installed at false ceiling area?

hi iladyrain, sorry for hearing such happening. agreed with you that before confirmation, all IDs reply sms /email /answer calls super promptly. mine halfway reno. i sms /email IDs, he bo chap me. 1 request have to use all 3 mediums (sms, email and finally call) before he will acknownledge. super tulan also. i nearly signed with darwin (jacky teo) for my reno. not sure who is ur ID.

yo sgnick bro, wanna check with u on alex's installed windows. mine were installed everything except grilles yesterday. 1. Casement handles a bit skinny thin and frenzy. Machiam can break it when used too much force on them. 2. Alex told me that casement handles got no lock one. But i remembered fromone thread that owner requested lock set for all casement handles. -_-! 3. Sliding windows can shake when i sldie them. I could also lift up the windows a bit from the sliding track, and ccould feel that they are not tighly fit in. Wanna check if yours have any problems like that?

good job from alex and team!

Day 8 - Masorny Work Windows all done up. Wanna check with you guys how u guys check on the windows workmanship. For my case, i noted the following: 1. Casement handles a bit skinny thin and frenzy. Machiam can break it when used too much force on them. 2. Sliding windows can shake when i sldie them. I could also lift up the windows a bit from the sliding track, and ccould feel that they are not tighly fit in. 3. I requested for casement handles with lock. But Alex told me that casement handles don't come with locks one. But i remembered from one thread that owner requested locks for all casement handles and Alex agreed. 4. I also noted the window guy chipped off a palm size of my concrete wall off the living room window area. should i ask them to plaster back the hole, or leave it to my ID's guys to seal up when they do whole house plastering?

Ohh... Yeap, will be getting a custom wardrobe from id. But i kiasu la. Scare tt 7ft not enough. Since outside bathroom there got space, thinking of adding wiw pole system concept there. But today i recalled the area i wanna put stolment is made up of false ceiling. Hmmm, think not advisable right. Sianz

seems like that are quite a few ppl here who engaged SDS for their house reno. but i didn't see a single t-blog except my own. really hope to see more SDS customers posting their end products to share share. for me, i engaged SDS for my 5-room hdb resale. reno is currently at tiling stage. so far so good. fingers crossed. how bout u guys? who were the reno experience with SDS IDs?

whhaha... yea, i remember ur post about carrying back the super heavy glass. i just came back from ikea. haha.. been visitng ikea queensway almost everyday in a week. cause my office nearby only. i saw ur BRODER system there in a retail shop layout. really industrial looking, suits ur house. i am looking at the STOLMENT one. I tried closing the drawer too and the whole system shacked and vibrate. i asked the ikea person, she said the drawer doesn't come with any soft closing. ikea only has cabinet soft closing. dunno why neubie mentioned there is soft closing in his ikea STOLMENT.

Meeting with Electrician (Ah Soon) last night We confirmed the quote and these are my requirement: 10A lighting point X30 13A double point X 21 13A single point X2 20A water heater point (2-way switch) Data point (cat6) X4 Cooker hood /hob point X1 Oven point X1 Installation of lighting X30 Installation of fan fixture X4 1 set of MCB Door bell point with bell push button X1 SCV point X4 Telephone point X2 Air con point X1 2-way switch for lighting point @ living room X1 Total amount: $3500

wolflet, congrats for the successful completion of ur reno. ur place looks fantastic. no wonder ur id wanna post it for future reference. check with u on ur ceiling work @ living room. i saw u have a ceiling fan between the panels of l-box c/w cove light. I wanted to do this design, but my id said the cove lighting wont do much here because too close to the ceiling fan. he said this arrangement will result in flickering light when the fan is on. secondly, he said that the dirt n dust inside the cove light holder will be blown all over the living room when the fan is on. therefore, we decided to do only l-box. nonetheless, how's ur experience so far? i still have a chance to amend my l-box to come with cove light!!! kekeke for ur master bathroom, ur ceiling light is that $16.90 one from ikea right? is it good? i am thinking of getting that for both my bathrooms. =)

wooo, didnt know there's such product in the market. the bomb blast video in Jestac website really show the power of that film. so Jestac will people down to stick the film for us? or we DIY?