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Chemical washing is for your floor tiles, wall tiles. ( clear off the stubborn stains, cements stuck to the tiles, marbles ) Not suitable for the cabintry items and ironmongories , especially if yours is those high gloss type. General washing is when job scope is complete and ready for handing over and defects checking by owner _____________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

The 3 common LED lights for kitcehn wal cabinet are [A] led long ( cut to desired length ) strip light, round cased light [C] LEd tube light with in-built led driver Option [ A ] is mostly placed at the rear , underside of the owall cabinet , against the wall Optrion is normally at the center, underside of the wall cabinet Option [ C ] is normall placed at the front , underside of the wall cabinet , but requires a wood pelmet strip in front conceal the slight bulky tube light Yes, all requires power souce. Thouse without in- built LED driver are normally placed in the false ceiling of the top of the wall cabinet ( assuming the power source is around that area. ______________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

They will need to open a big hole at your partition wall, add plywood stifferners panels inside ( from floor upwards) and patch up the partition wall. They will then mount your TV bracket to the plywood using anchor bolts. ______________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

They should ensure that the wardrobe is straight using a level guage lazer. even is wall or floor not level they should highlight to house owner and make adjustment accordingly . From the photo, maybe they want to avoid hitting the room light switch ? they should at least highlight... ______________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

For bulky item like furniture, altough the listed item price is cheaper, the other factors like logistic cost, lead time, warranty ( international ?) is an issue. The colour shown in the photo might not turn out to be intended. Different units have different height, corners, pillars & beams. For layman without experience in doing measurement , the arrived products might not fit. Defective, damged or missing parts will have a long waiting time or fall on deaf ears ( you can't bang table if they dont have any branches in Singapore ) _____________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

Is yor bathroom more towards the darker shades ( red, brown etc ) or lighter ones ( white, light blue etc ), If your batroom walls, floors are in ight shades, you will feel that the bathroom is more spacious and more ideas ( plants, storage ideas etc ) can come in , Darker shades will look smaller but can add matching colour cabinets, or small potted plants to upZ the looks , avoid too many loosely items ( stickers, small storage around ) as it will look more crammed _____________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

Yes, Nowadays units regardless whether condo, EC or HDB, floor area are shrinking to the extend to the size of a matchbox With the gov initatives for couples to have more babies = more area for babies, kids to run around in the house = less furnitures, Its no surprise that more innovative ideas to save space are wanted. I suppose that doing it in moderation would be fine as too much of these are not cheap and cheap things dont come good ( wear n tear warranty blah blah blah ) _____________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

Yes, for stone top, unlike solid surface...there will be obvious joint lines for long kitchen or L- corner where u need marble glue to join. therefore it will be the workmanship issue here if it looks nice or not , Secondly, if if there are strong liquid or dark colour stain and left for a period of thim, porous stone will absorb the stain and it will be permanent. _____________________________________ Vist my Artbuilt Blog @ http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/

For stone worktop, the price range varies For starters , can try 'iquartz ' and ' caesarstone ' cheerz

Condo will be much easier due to lesser restriction but you must check with your MSCT ( mgt ) office the details

HI, We can arrange for a FOC assessment of your bathroom and provide you the quote thereafter Do email us at admin@artbuilt.com.sg to provide us the photos and the preferred site assessment date/ time.

You can move your floor trap if your HDB unit is more than 3 years HDB ( due to waterproofing warranty etc ) Floor need to be hacked. The original floor trap concealed by a ' removable ' tile ( for future service issue ) and the new floor trap is connected to the orginal floor trap by a narrower PVC pipe ( cannot hack too deep ) Workmanship of plumber important cos of the gradient of the PVC pipe so that water can flow smoothly.

Have seen friends & had customers who had their 20~ 30 odd years unit done that. Everyone ( ID, contractor, experienced friends etc ) can say this ar , that ar, but the procedure is thsi 1) your contractor submit the floor plan and form to HDB 2) they will reply can or cannot ( need to wait for a week+ ?) 3) iF cannot , can appeal ( wait another week + ) and a survyer may/ may not come down to do assessment tp verify or check if got illegally do hacking ** beware ** unauthoirized hacking will cause structural damage to building, HDB will do emergency repair to building and the owner / contractor etc will be charged !

U have to have your floor plan ready , ( can also be bought from HDB online for $5 ) U need to check if the wall in the plan is sold black colour or a outine only , if only outline then congrats, else u need to see if its the wall or ' beam' that is weight bearing..... ( let your contractor or ID ) check for you. He will need to submit a form to HDB to see if the hacking works is approved or not

The darken ( shaded ) block is a load bearing wall. We need the front photo as the plan may be misleading , It may be the case where there is a load bearing ' beam ' , the wall below the bean can be hacked. You will need ypour Contractor/ ID to take photos and submit plan to HDB to ask for approval

That is irresponsible of the ID as shoe cabinets ( regardless of shoe size ) should have a standrd to follow. In the end , did you ask it to be replaced ? no point cutting his last payment ( unless the amount u can find someone to do it ) and keeping a white elephant in the house

HI All, We are a installer company currently partnering with IKEA Tampines doing kitchen cabinets, lights and bathroom cabinets installation works We just want to create awareness by sharing our tips and experience via our blog http://artbuilt.blogspot.sg/ regarding furniture & carpentry related matters as we have been in this trade for a few years Do read you and contact us via email if you have any quires Cheers

Extra laminates ( labour ) are used for the boths side ( left/ right ) cabinets at chimney hoob area only. Box- up is not neccessary as the chimney has its own ventilation slits for hot air to escape.It will also have a 'cleaner' & posh' look. Try to bargain for foc or lower price

yup. normal float glass etc will have a slight greenish tint which will affect the overall colour..( blue + slight green = slight purplish ?). U can opt for the crystal clear glass which is totally colourless. The colour will turn out exactly whuat u choose/ wanted. Slightly more expensive and is readily available in the market, Just ask your ID

Full mirror **** room ? length ? I presume u mena those 1 piece mirror usually seen in the gym, ballet room yes? There will be an issue if your staying in HDB/ condo and high level cos of door entrance dimension restriction ,lift, staircase constraints. If u staying at landed then no problem at all

i supposit it this ? http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/60194-kitchen-back-splash-stainless-steel-t-glass-or-mosaic-tiles/ from another thread.

best to used tinted glass instead of spray painted tempred glass , , since its very near hob area.

The laminate/ plywood backing has a norm size of 1200mm x 2400mm. if the area is big, u need to consider the jointing issue too...

Nice job by your contractors, Cam pm the bathroom quote and name of contractor? tempted to do my house bathroom too !

For kitchen, moisture-resistant plywood would do, not too expensive also