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Agree e balast save power. For starter/balast, Power consumption is base on usage pattern. Balast + starter consumes more energy and cost more if your usage pattern is "ON/OFF oops forget something ON/OFF oops forget ON/OFF". Frequent switching cycle makes starter consume more electricity. Without looking nice, you can be surprised 40W circular tube's power bill is quite good compare with downlights or rows of false ceiling lights. However, look appeals is important too, a balance have to be strike by the house owner.

Share with all, my personal opinion, your own judgement that is : For non-ceiling fan, better to buy those with physical push buttons. Dun buy those fans that cut-cost by replacing physical buttons with touch buttons (those electronics buttons - surface mounted kind, with slight protrusion for your finger to press on). These buttons spoilt easily and affects the durability.

I get those robots fm Amazon/ebay, ship via comgateway to SG. Beware that Amz box is oversized for the retail robot box, does not give shipping economy, you paid 'shipping air' fm USA to SG. You also have to be careful becos 1 robot cost >USD319, after coversion and shipping, it easily hit >SGD400 and you must pay GST. My experience is get those on offer less then USD290 will be safe. ebay is a good choice but with due carefullness on the sellers. irobots - Locally there is a very expensive authorised agent - hammer sc...?? There are also 2 parallel importers you can search at hardwarezone for their thread (fuss free). I will got for irobot, becos its cleaning algorithum is trustworthy, house confirm cleaner. Also read on suitability of parquet flooring, esp washing robot before you 'hoot' BTW, on some thread above ... HWZ has some comment on reliability of Karcher (search key word I rmb include courts), pls read and judge for yourself. Hope that helps.

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Movin away fm ID, and engage painter yourself cost $1200 - 4 room. If you buy paint, $300-$400 for 4 room. 1. If your house is new/empty - painting is super easy straight forward - no furniture to cover/take care. 2. If your house is occupied, moving furnitures is a BIG problem. But think again .. if you engage painters, they dun do the shifting and covering for you; You still do it yourself and this is the most labourious part. Half the labourios job is done after clearing/moving furniture. Just paint it. You need to do a lot preparation, like turning over the paint container 1 night before, laying the paper on the floor. Such that, the next day, you just start painting. It is tiring if you do the prepration on the same painting day. Get few friends, brothers/sister or church cell groups to help. After that give them a generous chilli crab treats, it is also a get together. Next time, you must also help them if they paint their house. IF you think it is not TIRED, then it is not. It is in the mind.

Share a theory for newly wed couple : 1. This age, everyone is very individual, "I" is important. 2. Heard of squeezing tooth paste cause divorce? So to keep marriage, try to reduce confrontation(old ppl said that). If 2 person squeeze tooth paste differently, then get 2 tubes, each use own tube - No problem liao; If you insist 1 tube, also can - get automatic toothpaste squeezer. 3. Next is house works, today, ppl expect to share/take turn do. Mopping, wash toilet, wash dishes, even laundry can cause quarrels. (When mum is out of the picture, very hard right?) How often 1 party expect the other to execute his/her turn to housekeep, but that partner is tied up(s/he feel dirty, but I dun think so yet) ? This is even worst when babies comes, tired and rest is priority. Today, couple renovate house with Corporate approach, budget generously, house looks very cool/corporate. Toilet also got 2 wash basins to coop with 'morning rush'. If your budget is generously to the extend of looking at brands, the idea is to look far beyond and buy it right now with your budget. To reduce laborious work: 1. Anyone feel floor is dirty, activate robot to do the job; 2. Anyone feels toilet needs washing, activate robot to wash it ; 3. Try a handy device - timer plug: If you are complained for wasting electricity by keeping device on when unused, eg charging hp. (I buy T A I Y O, S/tech, also brought fm Ikea 2-in-1 pack unfortunately,1 is not reliable). 4. If you need to catch TV program, get a hubstation recorder, scheduled recording. 5. If hanging laundry to dry is a chore after washing, get a dryer. Note: Ironing is still a issue 6. If car noone wash, goto the station. 7. Dishwasher helps you wash dishes. The idea is dun let chores gets the better of both of you.

Floor plan quite challenging, Altar location has limited choice. I feel best face the main door to ward evil spirit, If the theory is cannot share bedroom wall then, it is even worst to share toilet wall, but that whole wall face the front door, esp toilet part. Chances is for your layout, there is a beam across that toilet/bedroom wall. So build a partition, (even empty also good) to flush the wall flat, then you can have your altar along that partition. Altar cannot be under beam. Disclamier, my input for reference and discussion. I not responsible for my comment.

Disclamier: My input for reference only, for other to disuss/endose, not responsible for my comment. It seems your house facing direction is the windows part of the house. The entire house has windows panels concentrated on 1 side - bedroom and hall windows. That is the facing direction, that is the opening qi comes in. It is best if downstairs this windows overlook has a playground, a green field or park. Best no block. 'Fm your main door comes in, exit directly via the hall windows'... someone may advice you to build a partition near the front door. Try not to build full/half height shoe cabinet in this divider.

OT go home, internet till 1/2/3 am. Everyday sleep < 6 hrs only. Any mattress also can. LOL OK real talk: Last time seahorse got good pocket spring mattress, they pulled out from pocketed spring mattress model - I guess price-to-sell result in susbstainbility issue. I got 1single, 1s.single, 1Q from it - very good and happy till today. Unfortunately, SH now sells foam. A website selling beds.sg educate its user that mattress can be customise/manufactured to different budget with the the retailer brand on it. Some mattress different brand but you could be buying the same thing. Right or Wrong ?

KDK, proven and trusted for generations. After many table fans, standing fans, cheaper for price I brought, I finished paying school fees -> KDK I will always buy.

Cannot put battery, runs on AC power cord.

I very scare buy sofa, too many retailers selling same or different quality sofas, these sofa may looks alike. Many sales are stock assistant can cannot help much thus dunno weather can trust ? Is this the reality of this industry, you decide ? My principal to share : 1. Nvr buy from funiture exhibition, Expo. 2. I stay near but nvr buy fm the megamart in Jurong. 3. I brought sofa fm seahore, I will nvr buy leather things fm them again. 4. Courty svc is good but I paid them more for their services. 5. HN sofa is fm Ausy/NZ, I can trust products from these respectable countries. 6. S.Kadut must try luck. In sg where sofa buyer is not well protected, I go by heart and price. Got knowledge of leather also no use, because we are not profession and dun contact with leather everyday -- Do you know how to gauage by seeing leather sample? Who can assure the leather you get is same as the sample? Even received it, you suspect the quality is different, would you dissect yr sofa to prove\claim it ? So we are all trying luck. IMHO will not pay $3000/4000 for a sofa, with sg weather condition, good leather merely waste the animals' sacrify. A set of sofa $1k-$2, genuie hide leather (vinyl leather, bonded, synthetic, nappa, bicast, full grain, top grain, corrected grain, split leather are all leathers) will do. Cui liao, buy another set even better and lesser risk.

-- 10yrs ago, I brought Vax - Wet/Dry (SGD700), it is cylindrical and sized, use detergent water+mop to mop the floor, use the Wet&Dry vacuum to suck up the 'dirt+water mixture' - dry & clean floor left behind. Today, my Vax is still working terrific! Parts all ok no fault. Value. -- Vax is not distributed in SG anymore, Originating coutry - Australis stills has a range, even a BB vax. It should be easy as Singaporeans goes Australia very often. -- Now lazy, I got irobot vacuum cleaner, I brought another mopping robot Mint from Evolution robot. I turn on the robot to vacumm, then I use Mint to mop. Works good for mid-week cleaning. -- Another robot wet and dry (it scrubs) - irobot Scooba 330 or 380 or 385 or 390. (sccoba may not be suitable for parquet/marble, need to use special cleaning solutions) I trust Vax, German Karcher also got a range you looking for.

Lobang ... brought pocelin flower pot (without holes at the bottom) from Ikea, unbelievable $0.95 each. Brought cabinet doors fm Ikea, unbelievable 2 pcs factory damaged - 1 dented, 1 scratch. File customer service.

Hi, Not sure this is a right place, it involve DIY also. I am evaluating / seeking to replace existing light, at the same time plan for a false ceiling (ask ppl to do, but must get the light in first). I am using 2x 40 watt circular tubes, living room is square. There is a fan in the middle of the living room. Intend to renovate with false ceiling, with circular concave around the fan. LED light Panel - those super thin ones, has lots of wattage range, sizes. Not sure what wattage/lumi does LED tanslate to ? Anyone uses these and has recommendations or reviews ? ref: http://www.imprintingpackagingltd.com/Products/index_15_0_1.html http://cld.co.in/led/index.php/products/led-panels

thanks, will go and check it out

Anyone knows where to customise/fabricate display cabinet doors, raised panel door infact ? It is called raise-panel door (made by routing), those victorian-looking door, with a glass window, the window could be square or arched at the top. A google image search 'raised panel door' would shows what I described(sorry as I dun know how to post picture). And the story is like this: I wanna build display cabinets for living room - victorian/ modern classic style, white. (Saw an Ikea Liatorp White warddrobe with glass door. Wanted to buy the door, but this model comes as a set with the wardrobe, ikea customer service affirm this) So next is to see if I can get factory to do so. Anyone got source, cost per sq feet ? Even MDF or solid wood red (I heard cheaper) will do as I will be staining etc...