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    Robot Vacuum Cleaner - Xiaomi Mi Robot (Mijia) First update in many months. I decided to buy a robot vacuum cleaner to help in cleaning. There were so many brands and models that I was thoroughly confused. This is when YouTube came in very handy. I must have watched many, many videos. Many people told me the iRobot Roomba 980 is the best. I thought so too. But then .....
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    Yes, I find many of these casement window handles (especially the brown colour ones) snap easily. 5 mins is very fast. Was it screwed on or riveted? I took 2 days! Because after the first rivet, the rivet stem got stuck. I tried to pull it out, the rivet machine fell apart and all the internal parts fell out. Did not know how to put it back. Luckily found an YouTube video teaching me how to put it back! For a moment, I thought I had to buy a new machine. My aircon contractor was Pure Airconditioning (Ricky 98207707). Do note this is a few years back.
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    I use Goo Gone to remove stickers, price tags etc. Sometimes for glass, I use turpentine or thinner but need to be careful when using these.
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    The Option to Purchase would normally say the sale includes fixtures and fittings as per the Inventory List. But if there is no list, or where there is no agreement on the items included, then things that are fixed to the structure (e.g. lights, aircon, built-in cabinets, plumbing, curtain rails) goes with the sale. This would include the fans. Things that are removable (e.g. curtains) would not be included and can be taken away by the seller. Maybe you ask seller whether she also removing the taps and WC?
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    Fixing the New Handle or Lock If the handle or lock was affixed using screws, you can fix back the new handle or lock using the same or new screws. If you need to rivet back the handle or lock, you need a riveter (cost around $15 to $20) and some rivets. Best way to learn how to do anything is to watch YouTube: And this is the final result:
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    Buy New Handle or Lock Take a photo of the damaged handle or lock using your phone camera. Do some basic measurements e.g. distance between the two screws or rivets. You should be able to purchase a replacement handle or lock from your neighbourhood HomeFix, SelfFix or hardware store. The photo and basic measurements will help you buy the correct type, design, size, colour and version (right or left) of handle or lock. You should be able to buy any normal casement window handle from any hardware store. Sometimes, the architect or builder of your place used a special type of handle or lock. You may have to check with him (or the present estate management) on where to purchase the special handle design. In my case, I could not find the sliding window crescent lock from some neighbourhood hardware stores. In the end, I found it at Kai Lim, a bigger (but messy) hardware store located at 369 Changi Road. Cost me only $2.30 plus GST. Remove Damaged Handle or Lock If the handle or lock is simply screwed into place, you can use any screwdriver to remove it. If it is rivetted into place, then you need to drill away the rivet head. You can use an electric drill with a metallic drill bit. In my case, I simply used my trusty electric screwdriver with a $2 drill bit from Daiso.
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    Changing Your Broken Window Handle or Lock In my previous place, the casement window handles kept breaking. Not sure how much it will cost to ask the handyman to change (maybe $30 to $100) but I changed all of them myself. The other day, I had to change a sliding window crescent lock, so I decided to document the steps. Untitled Untitled The steps are: 1. Buy new handle/lock 2. Remove damaged handle/lock 3. Replace new handle/lock
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    Yes, the gel is for the ants to eat (and carry some back to their queen).
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    Although the bar is supposed to stay in position due to friction, I played safe by attaching the side brackets. It is just one small screw on either side. The other problem without using the screws is that you really have to extend the bar as much as possible and this results in some slight warping of the door frame, which in turn results in the door not being able to close properly. With the screws on both sides, the bar is very secure.
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    Actually, your electrician should run a concealed wire or string from the riser outside to your desired TP location inside the home.. Then when OpenNet (now called NetLink Trust) comes, they just use the wire or string to pull their fibre cable through the concealed route. If you need more info, you can check my blog.
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    I find that this ant gel which I bought works well: Although I initially bought from the shop, I subsequently bought similar product from hardware store at around half the price. There is also one cockroach gel. You may want to try it.
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    Billy bookcases (maybe all Ikea bookcases) come with some kind of "L" shape metal piece which you should fix (requires drilling one hole to wall) at the top of the bookcase to prevent the bookcase from toppling over, and might also help to prevent the bookcase from slanting. Without fixing this, the bookcase can topple over easily, when young curious kids climb, and especially when the floor is not so even, and even more so when you add doors which add to the weight towards the front. My advice: safety first.
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    Hi. The gap between my glass door and the drop is only about 1 cm. If you are looking at the photo I showed, the glass door was opened, and thus the gap appeared wider.
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    Thanks. It's a very long story, but eventually the parrot was returned to its rightful owner. The parrot had flew away from its owner in Tampines to my place in Upper East Coast Road.
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    Yes, thanks. We are very happy with the vertical garden. If you can do it, it will be nice. You can read what I did and let me know if you have any questions. BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS
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    Hi twinklecloud The ceiling hook looks same as mine. Should be strong. For the drill bit, if you are drilling into your steel beam, make sure you get a metal and not masonry drill bit. I am not entirely sure how you are going to secure the ceiling hook to the beam. If you are going to drill right through the beam (in one side and out the other side) and secure the hook to the beam using the bolt and nut, it will be very strong. But if you are going to just insert the screw into the steel beam, I think it is not good enough. What is the carabiner for? Is it to secure your chair chain to the ceiling hook? If so, yours look kind of small. Check out my blog! --> http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/62505-top-kew-drive
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    Hi, I received an email saying you asked a question on HMA but when I checked my messages box, there is no message.

    If you are asking about HMA, no I have not been using it often. But I tried several servers, some fast, some very slow. I find Hong Kong quite fast. I had not problems downloading. The problem could be the server on the other end. Some of them are very slow or not even active. Try to download some other file and see if you encounter the same problem. The problem likely lie with the number of seeds rather than your connection. speed.

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