gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 31, 2009 Day 17 3 men came today, moved my furniture to mbr since it's ready, scrap off paint of bedroom 2, plaster kitchen ceiling Total cost for the day's work: $300 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $3700 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7040.21 bought tiles, 4 colours of pvc rounded corner strips and 4 colours of grout today from Hafary, will be delivered on Sat PM. Costs me $1001.71 in total after 5% discount. Think I can't get much discount as my quantity is low. A bit disappointed. I intend to spend as little as possible while having good standard of work No target. I pay every week, as agreed prior to starting of this project. Kudos to you. Dun think it will exceed 15k mark.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
preciousjam 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2010 hey ossify!!want to check with you where did you get the roomba? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 1, 2010 hey ossify!!want to check with you where did you get the roomba? sitex 2009 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goobii Report post Posted January 1, 2010 nice diy. My prediction. . . Less than $20k for all the renovation. Gamba-dak! ! House warming remember to invite your neighbourhood forum friends. Hee hee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
preciousjam 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2010 hey ossify, wanted to ask where you bought the roomba? think i ask you in other threads hehe your reno progress looking good and seems like even though you pay little but getting quality work done... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mummy Lynn 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2010 Hi Ossify, I might be thinking of diy my house also... but me and hub totally no experience. Can i know how you source for all the contractor and how you know which job to do 1st as in the proper procedures? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) hey ossify!!want to check with you where did you get the roomba? sitex 2009 hey ossify, wanted to ask where you bought the roomba? think i ask you in other threads hehe your reno progress looking good and seems like even though you pay little but getting quality work done... you asked me in this thread, i answered already, you didn't see? Hi Ossify, I might be thinking of diy my house also... but me and hub totally no experience. Can i know how you source for all the contractor and how you know which job to do 1st as in the proper procedures? for my hacking contractor, i just ask the hdb licensed contractors. as for the rest, you can DIY so anyone can do it. but you must get professionals i just observe what needs to be done and do it. you can observe my procedures and follow, where applicable or you can hire me as consultant Edited January 2, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 2, 2010 (edited) Day 18 1 man came today, plaster living room (former bedroom 2) ceiling (don't have a pic because i didn't have time to go but uploaded a later pic with the plastering works done) Total cost for the day's work: $100 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $3800 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7140.21 Edited January 2, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 2, 2010 Day 19 3 men came today, removed wall paint from living room (former bedroom 2), plastered the toilet ceiling, brought tiles up to the house, did curb for my toilet, planned tile layout Overview of the house in the evening, with tiles in the house (took 2 guys to carry up the tiles) Paint on wall removed (took 1 guy one whole day to remove it) Rubbish chute removed, big empty hole left (good thing no cockroaches) MBR bathroom with tile layout plan drawn directly on the surface (see the black lines?) Common toilet curb done (i accidentally left my shoeprint on it while it was drying) Total cost for the day's work: $300 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $4100 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7440.21 Tiles were delivered today to my house, a bit of chipping to my tiles. (called Hafary and they asked me to cut off the chipped parts if possible, if not can call the sales people.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 2, 2010 My tiles from Hafary were delivered today only 1 pallet, took 2 men to carry them up within 30min My tiles on a pallet (took the picture too late as the workers already moved one batch of tiles up to my house) One of the tiles were chipped hope my tiler can work with it, otherwise have to replace it at Hafary PVC corner strip for protection of edge of tiles, different colours 4 packets of grout of varying colours Tiles moved and stacked nicely in my house (a bit blur though) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melvin 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 My tiles from Hafary were delivered today only 1 pallet, took 2 men to carry them up within 30min did you order the grout and tiling materials yourself? how do you estimate the materials usage? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 did you order the grout and tiling materials yourself? how do you estimate the materials usage? yeah ordered myself, but was expecting more than 5% discount number of tiles to be purchased is calculated by my tiler. pvc strip depends on the length of your tiles and the number of corners you want to protect. grout depends on the number of colours of tiles you are getting and the floor area it covers. it's stated on the bag of grout that for 30x30cm tiles, 0.3kg can cover 1 square metre. Each bag is 2.5kg (Hafary selling) so that's enough for 8 square metre. I bought 4 colours as my tiles are of varying colours. You can also ask the sales people to help you with the pvc strip and the grout. I am sure they will be able to recommend the number of strips/grout to buy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melvin 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 yeah ordered myself, but was expecting more than 5% discount number of tiles to be purchased is calculated by my tiler. pvc strip depends on the length of your tiles and the number of corners you want to protect. grout depends on the number of colours of tiles you are getting and the floor area it covers. it's stated on the bag of grout that for 30x30cm tiles, 0.3kg can cover 1 square metre. Each bag is 2.5kg (Hafary selling) so that's enough for 8 square metre. I bought 4 colours as my tiles are of varying colours. You can also ask the sales people to help you with the pvc strip and the grout. I am sure they will be able to recommend the number of strips/grout to buy. hmm...number of tiles is calculated by the tiler? or in terms of area sqft? what was the wastage calculated by him? So if i get the tiles from the tile supplier, they will recommend the amount of grout and strips to buy i suppose? course i will not be able to estimate it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 hmm...number of tiles is calculated by the tiler? or in terms of area sqft? what was the wastage calculated by him? So if i get the tiles from the tile supplier, they will recommend the amount of grout and strips to buy i suppose? course i will not be able to estimate it... yes calculated by tilers. usually they count in terms of 30cm x 30cm (which is 1 sqft) which is the most common. so if you buy bigger tiles, you can easily convert. He wanted wastage of at least 5 tiles but I bought just enough. If not enough because he damaged them, I can buy more, but he has to pay I bought 9 different models of tiles so 9 x 5 x 2.5 = $112.5 (how much wastage would cost if i bought as requested, assuming each tile is $2.5) my most expensive tile cost $6 per piece. Yes, tile supplier can estimate grout and strips. But please bring pictures of the places you intend to tile for better advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
preciousjam 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 pai sei....i didn't see that....thanks!! is it cheaper at sitex? i thought of buying one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
