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What is incandescent bulbs ? Another question, heard from my contractor that granite will easily stained by acidic solution like detergent... If stained, how to remove?

Mace, e bulb for my table lamp is switch on by sensor which i can tap to adjust the brightness. Is there energy saving bulbs for this kinda lamp?

Yes, the contractor will take the window frame one by one, den chg the glass.

Just wana raise my opinion too. I also retain my old window, just change the glass panel. Cheaper than u change the whole window... What is this mckennic? A cleaning solution specially for windows? Where to buy?

Isit The Central?

I just bought a pull out rack, the roller mechanism is by the side. I suppose i can only do floor mount?

Just to share my buys on instant water heater MBR toilet Features: Safety Thermal Cut-Out LED Digital Temperature Display Dial Temperature Select 33°C to 45°C Stylish SMooth Edge Design Splash Proof Protection IP25 1 Touch Shower ON/OFF Button With Heater ON/OFF Switch Flow Control Filter (FCF) Valve Flow Sensor Switch 5 different sprays Massage Jet Spray Mixed Spray Wide Spray Combo Spray Dimplex Spray Common toilet Safety Features : Built-in ELSD (Earth Leaking Sensing Device) Line Fault Indicator Pressure Relief Device Protection Against Water IP25 Flow Switch System Thermal Cut-Out Lightning & Surge Protector Bought 2 LCD TVs at SITEX, dunno if good deal anot... Living Room, 32 inch $999, free DVD player & $50 taka voucher MBR, 32 inch $849, free toshiba DVD player

4th day of reno Only done up kitchen & MBR toilet only My balcony floor tiles (sorry for the unclear pic...)

fifigal, no worry... you wld be able to find a reliable contractor for ur reno... !!

Crystal, May I know where u get ur roman blinds?

I started my reno liao, on 26 Nov. Now in the midst of laying cement & tiles.

After burning a hole in the pocket at Poh Joo, went up to new flat to take a look. Only went up on the 3rd day since reno, accorddinly to hubby who went up on 1st day, hacking was done, debris was all over the kitchen, toilets & balcony. My hubby even joked that he could found a huge hammer which was used in wrestling on the floor... keke... Tiles & cement delivered, that blue thingy is a foam that used to level the balcony area, it is soft, dunno if can tahan anot... Balcony door removed, looks bright. Wall & floor hacked. Study room hacked, makes the hall look more spacious but marble have to replaced, cant find the same again, have to replace with a contrast color, afraid will be odd. Kitchen with heap of sand. They removed the old rubbish chute, so scared got roaches.

Hubby & I went shopping for sanitary wares, accessories & pull out basket (spice drawer) at Jalan Besar yesterday. The 1st shop we went to was Hoe Kee, but the price seems quite expensive so after walking around for few minutes, we stepped out & went crossed over to the whole row of shophouses. We went to Royal Fanco which was much raved on their cheap price in SB forum. The shop was managed ny Henry, the boss alone. Limited variety on sanitay wares, most of the items are aready packed, not on display. However, some of his items are quite cheap, like a double bowl sink, c/w soap dispenser & waste basket only $210, Coloured baron w.c @ $155, black colored glass bowl basin @ $100. Due to they have limited designs & Henry only provided catalouge for viewing, we decided not to buy from RF. Btw, they are closed from 1 Dec to 4 Dec. Step into Poh Joo, more variety to browse. Our 1st priority is to buy kitchen sink as our contractor need to take the sink to their workshop to do a mould for sink support. The dimension should not be more than 800mm, which was abit hard to find cos most of them were 830, 850 & 880. Finally, saw 1 MN sink which is $250. Need to buy a pull out basket or spice drawer, do not understand why it is so expensive, when asked around, some can be as high as $180. This young chap who served us intro us 1 with 3 tier tray which are removable at $100, think i saw someone post in another thread, buying for $80 at Hoe Kee. Bought lotsa items in PJ, hobs & hood, sinks, mixers, toilet accessories, mirror cabinets, spray taps & water heaters. Some of the items have to buy 2 cos 2 toilets. Total damaged - $2600! *faint*

I got no fate with Ho Bee... Due to Patrick cant finish my reno b4 CNY, we decided to drop him... He's just too busy...

Yes, lifestyle. I will level up the balcony area, remove the sliding door. Will hack away the study room in living area, so my living area will be spacious.

Yes, is compressed marble in 600 x 300. Initially, dun like e color but later found out how exp it was, den grow to like them liao, esp after polish, can see ur reflection... keke...

Have submitted a few minor defects to HDB, mainly on windows... They have changed new windows for me, but the handles broke, lockset spoilt, window frame filled with water & leaking at the edge... As mine is a repurchased flat, the condition is quite bad at kitchen & toilet floor, so will do change floor tiles only. Initially, do not know if can ask HDB to change but seems too late liao... HAHA... Starting reno soon, earliest by Monday... At first, wanted to engaged Ho Bee, but there was delay in giving me the quotaion & could not finish reno b4 CNY, thus had dropped him at the verge of confirming him.

so if i want laminated, they will count sink support area as part of kitchen cabinets, even thou have charged $650 for concrete sink support liao?

Should sink support be counted in kitchen cabinets as an item? I'm doing a sink support but would like to use laminates to cover up. My contractor measured the kitchen cabinets from sink support till the other end of my bottom cabinets. Should it be in this way?

Has been reading Renotalk since Apr 07 when I selected my flat... So always wanted to start a reno t-blog but was shy shy... keke... Has been doing researches on info in Renotalk & I really benefited from it... I've got my flat in Apr 07 Bi Monthly sale, a repurchased unit in Yishun. Here is my floorplan Balcony Another view of balcony from living room Living Area ( the wall on the right is study room, will hack away) Living area (another view) More pics MBR from entrance view MBR from another view MBR toilet (everything will be gone except wall tiles) Kitchen (maintain wall tiles also) Kitchen again

Actually, i dun mind waiting, even is after CNY cos good thing is worth waiting for... Both of us still staying with our parents so still hv a roof over us. But if he can start this month, it will be good to finish b4 CNY as his workers mostly will need to go back Malaysia for CNY. Just that need to pay those conservancy fee, toilet sanitary fee, etc... for nothing lor... Die... OT abit i alrdy dong tu in Sep, cos did minor works like smoothing & grinding the wall surface ... if delay after CNY for Patrick's reno, do i need to dong tu again?

Patrick still hvn send me e quotation... I also will call tdy...

Haiz... Patrick did not note down the exact items after meet up & sent the final quotation. Then I also found out that Ah keong did not tell him the actual measurements of my kitchen cabinets & kitchen worktop. I thought Ah Keong will tell him then patiently wait for the quotation. Now have to change again & wait another 2 days... When asked Patrick if he can finished my reno by mid Jan, he said ok hope he is not simply juz said to make me feel eased. Hope that this not a bad start thou bound to have hiccups along the way...

I like ur view, i suppose urs is unblock view at the kitchen? Is ur flooring tiles or parquet?

If there's exisiting pipe, juz need PUB to activate only? Then contractor will help u connect to ur stove?