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sounds great ... dunno how much my contractor will charge for the change ... better pay then be sorry later ... tks !

Yep, that's what my reno contractor just told me ... but can I assume the curtain contractor knows how to look for the support strips (mine are metal instead of wood, as told by my reno contractor) under the false wall .... ?

siao liao ... (mace - tks) any others got experience to share?

siao liao ... liddat how? no curtains? would these help? Molly Bolt & Toggle Bolt http://www.factsfacts.com/MyHomeRepair/drywallfasteners.htm

My living room under reno has false ceiling, and the "wall" above the windows is also false wall using gypsum board. I want to install curtains. Just wondering can the gypsum board wall hold the weight of the tracks + curtain ?

You are right on target! If you go to one of the links above, there's a photo of a kid holding up a huge piece of the synthetic tiles ... shows how light it is ... wanted to do a feature wall cum cabinet with that ... too bad cant find in sg ... I doubt it is a ruling/regulation thingy ... juz that no much people would need such products ... Well, tks again for the reply!

Tks, but nope, those are heavy brick tiles ... nvm .... decided to do sth else ...

Just went there ... not the stuff I'm looking for ... Those are the real "heavy" stuff ... similar to these Me looking for the realistic looking plastic version ... anyone can help ?

REALLY??? !! Zion Road I suppose? must go down and take a look ... Hope it is the stuff I am looking for ....

hmmm ... time to schedule a visit to SBH @Toh Guan ? didn't find anything at their small branch @ Balestier ...

if exhausted all other options, shipping may be the last option lor ... now trying to see if can get those faux painting ...

Anybody? many such product on the web, but couldn't find any local dealers ... another one: http://www.nextstone.com

Tks, oonik. Looking for plastic versions cos plan to have brick/stone like design for feature wall which double as built in cabinets. With the actual stones, the cabinet doors a bit heavy lah ... Another option is to have faux painting ... any contractor that does faux painting?

Anybody knows whether anyone selling something like this in sg? http://www.advancedrock.net/ Not the usual brick/stone tiles, but this is polyurethane aka plastic ...

For info, GC gave the quote after site viewing ...

Gxxx Cxxx Not sure whether new line or remove existing, but I said I want to retain the drainage pipe (cos these run under the flooring and me not changing flooring) and change the aircon piping (concealed in walls). Besides the usual aircon systems costs (our house requires 1xsystem2 and 1xsystem3), my quote includes $500 for concealed piping costs and $250 to upgrade to 1/2" armaflex insulation ... Any comments on the quote?

recently got a quote to redo concealed piping for condo ... $500 additional cost for a system3 + system2 ... is it reasonable?

Can someone pm me Benedict's contact? Tks!

errmmm .... the samsung HTS website has a link to the installation guide ...

spray (paint) 2 cabinets for $1K???

Yes, was planning to do so when I take a day off to visit the various IDs at IMM ... but heard the place undergoing reno ... is there another place with lots of IDs at one location? !! zirhk3355 - Tks. Will drop by Thomson Plaza one day.

Tks, Cantona7. Looks like nowadays no much interest in country style decor anymore. However, I still like it very much cos personally I find the modern designs (zen, minimalistic, etc) very cold and lifeless ... lack warmth which I think homes must have ... My current house is also country style, and that's exactly what I did 7 yrs ago. I drew the plans and drawings, including scaled drawing of my kitchen, tile laying patterns for my floor, etc ... sourced my own materials (eg rustic beams made of styrofoam) and got the contractor to fixed them ... talking abt that, at that time, the contractor had never seen those beams before My headache now is the odd shaped living room ... thought of getting professional help to maximise the use of the space ... now trying to see if I can work it out myself with Google Sketchup ... Devilaz - Got your PM. Tks!

Hi all I am very new here in this forum. Have been reading the forum here ever since we decided to buy a resale condo apartment recently and now planning to renovate it. We are into country style of home decor. Any ID who is good in country style? BTW, the apartment has an odd shaped living room. We also need an ID who is good at space planning. Any recommendation? PS: We only saw one reno blog with English country theme by morghanjess. Any others that I can check out?