Stepping Into A New Challenging Life

[Kari 0]

Thanks everyone.

Well, my orignal sand quote was for living room and 3 bedrooms. BUt cos i changed to living room only, I was given a discount. So lucky

I went from Taugress to Hup Kiong to Hafary, whereby I finally found the white tiles I like. Cos I dun like beige la though I was advised to take those creamy colors so tat dirt not so obvious.

In anycase, hopefully it remain white always haha and not turn yellowish. My frenz's white tiles turned yellowish after 2 years!

Pray Pray I'm not so unlucky.

[h4happy 1]

Hello YG,

Watermarks??

I did not notice that for my granite top.

There is 1 incident that during heavy downpour, my granite top (imperial golden) was soaked with water!

A small mini poo cos the water did not flow out into the bottom cabinet!

Now actually I did not bother wll those watermarks liao.

Too lazy to clean.

Aiyo...I need to instal the door bell, forget all about it!

HAPPY

we are not the same contractor la, lol..

btw i heard from many people that they also have watermarks leh

[Kari 0]

Close up of my tile gaps :

[Kari 0]

Tiling in my storeroom. DUnnoe what those cute little pieces of paper btw the tiles are for.

The gap btw the tiles and the wall is big but will there be skiritng inside the HHS to cover tat gap up?

My contractor said the gaps could be due to the uneven walls. She'll accompany to the house to explain.

Edited March 12, 2009 by Kari

[Pinklady 0]

Close up of my tile gaps :

From the pics that i see, i feel the tile gaps looks okay and well spread to me leh

[pinkpetter 0]

little pieces of paper to maintain the gaps between the tiles ba. Congrats on reno starting!

[Kari 0]

Pinklady I dunnoe the standard guidline, hence post the pics out. Actuali can see increasing thickness from the T-joint to the sides. If it's the norm then I'm ok with it. Cos white grouts can be a nightmare as the bigger the gap, the easier it gets dirty.

And thanks pinkpetter for the explanation. But won't those paper get stuck there when the cement dry?

[Kari 0]

This is the colors that I chose for my living room. Mocha Delight as the featurewall and Orchid White.

My MBR with Silvermink as the featurewall and Snowfield as the surrounding.

My daughter's bedroom will be Doll House (Pink her favorite color at this age - PRINCESS )

My son chose ORANGE but no way I'm gg to let him chose that. So I chose Forever Blue lol

[pinkpetter 0]

ahaha my bro chose maroon for his room and my parents freaked out but my sis and I still let him have his colour...

aiyah he's only young once... Dollhouse is such a sweet colour!!

[Kari 0]

ahaha my bro chose maroon for his room and my parents freaked out but my sis and I still let him have his colour...

aiyah he's only young once... Dollhouse is such a sweet colour!!

Well my son's only 3. I dun dare trust his judgement. LOL

Hee. Hopefully the 2 monsters can refrain from destroying those lovely walls.

[h4happy 1]

The gap (grouting line) is for expansion especially during humid days, the tiles will expand. If no gap, the tiles might crack if it expand.

Btw..who is your painter?

Pinklady I dunnoe the standard guidline, hence post the pics out. Actuali can see increasing thickness from the T-joint to the sides. If it's the norm then I'm ok with it. Cos white grouts can be a nightmare as the bigger the gap, the easier it gets dirty.

And thanks pinkpetter for the explanation. But won't those paper get stuck there when the cement dry?

[Kari 0]

The gap (grouting line) is for expansion especially during humid days, the tiles will expand. If no gap, the tiles might crack if it expand.

Btw..who is your painter?

But I thot the width of the grouting line should be even. If not looks weird on the floor with some having thick grouting lines and others with thin ones.

Painter dunnoe yet. Next Monday do air-con installation. So Tuesday then do painting.

Plus contractor dun let me choose lol Told me all her workers good ones

Edited March 12, 2009 by Kari

[h4happy 1]

If your painter is Vance or Ah Guan, you can 100% rest assure.

His skills is very good.

Before painting, normally he will like to talk face to face about how they do...

Thumbs up for the painter.

Hmmmmm...mine (grouting line) also like that...but it is better to have the whole floor wash up, then feel it with you leg for any cut leg feeling....

Good Luck!

But I thot the width of the grouting line should be even. If not looks weird on the floor with some having thick grouting lines and others with thin ones.

Painter dunnoe yet. Next Monday do air-con installation. So Tuesday then do painting.

[Kari 0]

It has been sooooooooooooo long. So many changes in my house.

Well my painters turn out to be 2 foreign workers from Mynmar.

I've forgotten to take the living area but I was disappointed to still see patches of white on my brown wall. My contractor told me the painters had already painted 3 coats and will touch up again after the capentry is up. Guess they want to save paint by skipping the areas behind the TV feature wall.

I'll skip directly to the painted rooms with the level up at the window area. I love my daughter's room - pink with flowers

My son's blue room with black vertical stripes

Lastly, my room but level up not completed yet.

It's actually a darker grey but photo seems to show brown. hmmm

[Kari 0]

But there's still unpleasant experience. like my ugly air-con trucking. Didn't print out my research on my neighbours trunking layout, so let my contractor decide, which leads to this.

Though fortunately I should say is that with the paint on, the trucking dun look so hideous.