ossify 1 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 Day 20 3 men came today, finish plastering, painted base coat (oil sealer), started tiling Overview of the house in the evening, painting oil sealer coat Finishing touches of the plastering One side of the shower almost done (overlay over blue tiles) The other side was done wrongly (wrong colour) Asked him to remove and replace with right one (matching colour) which took about 1 hour to remove and replace 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 Discovered more chipped tiles. Have to workaround it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CJREDDEVIL 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2010 Day 20 3 men came today, finish plastering, painted base coat (oil sealer), started tiling 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 Discovered more chipped tiles. Have to workaround it. Hi ossify, Great work well planned.... I still dont believe that you are not an ID or contractor.....you already shown that u are the 1.. ..... Cheers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Day 21 2 men came today, additional waterproofing, continued tiling, painting oil sealer, aircon people (3 of them) came to lay trunking Overview of the house at noon Additional waterproofing at edges after tiling done Tiling in common toilet (blue separator tiles between WC area and basin area) Tiles at WC area are the ones provided by HDB during the upgrading works done 2 yrs ago Tiles near common toilet's entrance Tiles on other side of common toilet's entrance Total cost for the day's work: $200 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $4300 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7640.21 Natural Cool aircon trunking people supposed to come at 12noon, called me yesterday to ask for delay till 1pm, i asked them to come at 12.30pm. Today they came late at about 1.20pm, rather disappointed. Discussed on trunking position for about 30min, rather pleased with end result. But sadly, they broke one of my tile, good thing it is not very obvious. Another tile was also slightly bent, although even less obvious. Reason why my tile broke was because they used concrete drill bit instead of tile drill bit. (will show pics in next post) Edited January 4, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Trunking installation was done by Natural Cool After 30 min planning discussion and 4 hrs of installation, here are the pics. Chipping cement to make the hole bigger for water pipe Insulation piping Refrigerant tubing Back to back mounting of aircon on beam in living room In MBR Edited January 4, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 More trunking pics Other side of MBR (above wardrobe) Window side of MBR Box-up of aircon pipe leading into drain Cracked my tile, tiler tried to repair but still visible Pipes outside my MBR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 Had dinner with my wife at the nearby Nagomiya at Chip Bee Gardens very lovely, will go back again Nagomiya, a Japanese BBQ restaurant Waitress cooking the special beef ribs for us Zoom in on the fire $32 for BBQ special beef ribs, salmon sashimi, mentaiko onigiri, appetizer calamari and ocha. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goobii Report post Posted January 4, 2010 Bro ... trunking @ top no good leh.. water flow if not properly done will cause leakage or when condense can see water droplets.. this happens to my old house that is why mine is fix from high end to low end but above my skirting... .. Bed also not to be under it... fengshui no good also... Anyway since already done... no choice.. hope you got no problem with the trunking later stage. Make sure your water drainage is maintained and suck out the dirty water whenever you service the 3 aircon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Bro ... trunking @ top no good leh.. water flow if not properly done will cause leakage or when condense can see water droplets.. this happens to my old house that is why mine is fix from high end to low end but above my skirting... .. Bed also not to be under it... fengshui no good also... Anyway since already done... no choice.. hope you got no problem with the trunking later stage. Make sure your water drainage is maintained and suck out the dirty water whenever you service the 3 aircon... Bro, thanks for info. Anyway I can't do what you did (your picture below) because I am not getting built in wardrobe. I am also not custom making my bed/side tables to hide the trunking like what you did. I think my method is the best for my place already.. Anyway, my installers are from Natural Cool, they have high standards They used insulation foam to wrap the drainage piping. If any leakage, I call them to fix it Anyway, I don't intend to do skirting, so no low trunking for me. How often should I service the aircon? I was a bit shocked that you use cloth to prevent cool air from escaping your MBR too Edited January 4, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goobii Report post Posted January 4, 2010 (edited) Bro, thanks for info. Anyway I can't do what you did (your picture below) because I am not getting built in wardrobe. I am also not custom making my bed/side tables to hide the trunking like what you did. I think my method is the best for my place already.. Anyway, my installers are from Natural Cool, they have high standards They used insulation foam to wrap the drainage piping. If any leakage, I call them to fix it Anyway, I don't intend to do skirting, so no low trunking for me. How often should I service the aircon? I was a bit shocked that you use cloth to prevent cool air from escaping your MBR too My aircon is the 12000BTU for master / 9000BTU for smaller room and the curtain is to reduce the cold air from escaping. The purpose of using 12000BTU is because not having any doors but just 1 curtain and those colour strips, even if I don't turn on the 9000BTU the aircon from my master room without the curtain is capable to cool both the room. The main door is the GLASS panel. The concept is just like those cold storage FREEZER room and normal cold room. We almost wanted to get the AIR curtain just like those shopping centre but the price of it and the electrical bill we calculated is not worth to get it... hope to see your final setup.... That will be your HOME SWEET HOME ~! Servicing of aircon I would recommend you to do it every 3 or 4mth... Edited January 4, 2010 by Goobii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 er.. on a side note WTS hamster @ $8 each, have 2 to sell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goobii Report post Posted January 4, 2010 er.. on a side note WTS hamster @ $8 each, have 2 to sell Bro ~! bring them to your NEW home la... ai yo .... such a cutee.... I can't... adopt... i already got two chihuahua dogs plus a baby... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaskel 2 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 er.. on a side note WTS hamster @ $8 each, have 2 to sell I ask my wife want to buy not...let u know tomorrow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Day 22 2 men came today, continued with tiling and painting oil sealer, electrician came to do detailed measurements Overview of the house in the evening Side of living room (previous bedroom 2) beside MBR, base coat of sealer up Side of living room (previous bedroom 2) with window, base coat of sealer up Overview of MBR bathroom Toilet floor tiles Total cost for the day's work: $200 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $4500 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7840.21 Electrician/plumber and my tiler was discussing about tile cutting. Apparently my electrician/plumber has never heard of a tile drill bit before, rather disappointing. Together they cut some holes in my tile+wall, looks pretty decent. I think my tiler is a lot better at drilling holes in tiles than the electrician/plumber. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Day 22 2 men came today, continued with tiling and painting oil sealer, electrician came to do detailed measurements Total cost for the day's work: $200 Hacking 50ft walls and clearing of debris: $1000 Accumulated cost for labour: $4500 (including clearing of debris) Accumulated cost for raw materials: $2340.21 Total reno bill as of now: $7840.21 Electrician/plumber and my tiler was discussing about tile cutting. Apparently my electrician/plumber has never heard of a tile drill bit before, rather disappointing. Together they cut some holes in my tile+wall, looks pretty decent. I think my tiler is a lot better at drilling holes in tiles than the electrician/plumber. I thought tilers only good at cutting tiles. They can cut decen tstraight lines without using a pencil/ruler to draw the line first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 I thought tilers only good at cutting tiles. They can cut decen tstraight lines without using a pencil/ruler to draw the line first. No wor, my tiler has tools to drill holes in tiles too. My plumber/electrician is lacking in that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
