gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 did Hafary give you a discount price? or did your ID/contractor bring you there? the tiles you chose look rather small. you prefer small tiles? i prefer bigger tiles to minimize grouting. less grout, less problem Hehe... my contractor brought me there... so i dunno got discount a not :-p but i know i end up choosing tiles which are more expensive than what is quoted to me officially.... The tiles pics that i have uploaded here are cut-out samples. The actual size of the tiles are: My living room homogeneous tiles: 60 x 60 Kitchen and toilet floor tiles: 30 x 30 Toilet wall tiles: 45 x 30 Yeah... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) Hehe... my contractor brought me there... so i dunno got discount a not :-p but i know i end up choosing tiles which are more expensive than what is quoted to me officially.... The tiles pics that i have uploaded here are cut-out samples. The actual size of the tiles are: My living room homogeneous tiles: 60 x 60 Kitchen and toilet floor tiles: 30 x 30 Toilet wall tiles: 45 x 30 Yeah... oh ok. i think Hafary will give 20% discount if you go on your own. thanks for the info fyi, someone posted this on renotalk early this year.. I just overlay both bathroom about 1.7m width by 3m length. ID quoted about $900 for that job, however I semi-DIY them at half price! Mine is a new BTO FLAT, hate the flooring so i overlay them - cheaper than hacking as new flats cant touch the flooring for 3 yrs. 1) Bought Floor tiles + 2 x 50 kg cement = approximately $250/- (at HAFARY located @ Defu Lane, still got 10% discount) 2) Employ freelance worker @ $100 per day ( 8 - 5) , took 2 days to settle! Edited December 2, 2009 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) Just came back from the work site and took some pictures. Nothing new. All the war-torn views: Edited December 2, 2009 by gantan88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mickey M 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Progressing well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 oh ok. i think Hafary will give 20% discount if you go on your own. thanks for the info fyi, someone posted this on renotalk early this year.. I just overlay both bathroom about 1.7m width by 3m length. ID quoted about $900 for that job, however I semi-DIY them at half price! Mine is a new BTO FLAT, hate the flooring so i overlay them - cheaper than hacking as new flats cant touch the flooring for 3 yrs. 1) Bought Floor tiles + 2 x 50 kg cement = approximately $250/- (at HAFARY located @ Defu Lane, still got 10% discount) 2) Employ freelance worker @ $100 per day ( 8 - 5) , took 2 days to settle! Ah.... If i have know this earlier, I would have bought the tiles myself and ask them to charge me labour only..... I got mine at Balestier branch. HAFARY also sell cement? Now i am thinking maybe i should DIY painting or engage free-lancer to do it. ID coy usually charges around $1100 to paint the house. That is quite a neat sum of money... :-p.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momo13 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Just came back from the work site and took some pictures. Nothing new. All the war-torn views: pics almost identical as mine.. u hack the kitchen wall too, going to put any glass panel or leave it as it is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Progressing well. Hehe... I hope so. I am doing overlaying another layer of tiles for living room, not sure if it will turn out well. But visually, the condition of the existing flooring is quite flat with no bulging, so i hope it is ok..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 pics almost identical as mine.. u hack the kitchen wall too, going to put any glass panel or leave it as it is? Hi momo13, long time didnt talk to you. Yes there will be 2 pieces of glass panels, one of which will be the sliding glass door. But i am actually considering not doing glass panels because this design seems dated and now people mostly go for open concept design. Frankly, at least for me, i know 90% of the time, the sliding door will be opened, to facilitate frequent moving in and out of people. So y am i still installing the glass? Haha! Wondering..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
momo13 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Hi momo13, long time didnt talk to you. Yes there will be 2 pieces of glass panels, one of which will be the sliding glass door. But i am actually considering not doing glass panels because this design seems dated and now people mostly go for open concept design. Frankly, at least for me, i know 90% of the time, the sliding door will be opened, to facilitate frequent moving in and out of people. So y am i still installing the glass? Haha! Wondering..... i too took out my glass panels, but keeping my options open .. as i am worried someone in the house or me will do heavy cooking next time? (promise wife to cook something for her when the reno ends lol) thats where the problem will come in... but overall ur reno is progressing well too.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) i too took out my glass panels, but keeping my options open .. as i am worried someone in the house or me will do heavy cooking next time? (promise wife to cook something for her when the reno ends lol) thats where the problem will come in... but overall ur reno is progressing well too.. Actually you have 2 options. Take open concept, then invest in a good Hood with powerful suction to suck all the oily fumes while doing heavy cooking. If you are doing kitchen wall tiles then it helps also because easy to wash. I am not using tiles for kitchen walls, just paint over, but i will use those easywash paint, dunno from nippon or dulux lar... will sort it out later.... If not, if you have the money to spend, you can go for those glass panels where by both pieces you can slide it either way and lock them into position when u want to. If you wan open concept for that day, just 'unlock' the panels and slide both pieces all to one side. Cool! Then you got 2/3 width of the whole entrance :-) Edited December 2, 2009 by gantan88 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 Ah.... If i have know this earlier, I would have bought the tiles myself and ask them to charge me labour only..... I got mine at Balestier branch. HAFARY also sell cement? Now i am thinking maybe i should DIY painting or engage free-lancer to do it. ID coy usually charges around $1100 to paint the house. That is quite a neat sum of money... :-p.. not sure, i think that forumer bought cement elsewhere. but i'm sure hafary can give you some contacts to buy cement if you need. why not engage a free-lancer to do the painting? 3-rm flat, buy paint $400, paint 1 day $100. In total $500. I have a painter's contact at $80 per day, if you're interested, PM me. Hi momo13, long time didnt talk to you. Yes there will be 2 pieces of glass panels, one of which will be the sliding glass door. But i am actually considering not doing glass panels because this design seems dated and now people mostly go for open concept design. Frankly, at least for me, i know 90% of the time, the sliding door will be opened, to facilitate frequent moving in and out of people. So y am i still installing the glass? Haha! Wondering..... I am installing glass too, when I want to have aircon in my llving room, i will closs the glass door Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 not sure, i think that forumer bought cement elsewhere. but i'm sure hafary can give you some contacts to buy cement if you need. why not engage a free-lancer to do the painting? 3-rm flat, buy paint $400, paint 1 day $100. In total $500. I have a painter's contact at $80 per day, if you're interested, PM me. I am installing glass too, when I want to have aircon in my llving room, i will closs the glass door Eh, yes! Let me have the contact for the painting please.... thanks :-) i remembered i've got a contact for painting previously from one of the forumers in here also, can't remember who... whoever that guy or girl is, thank you ok :-) But need to make sure they do a good job... reliable, so to speak. You are right about the aircon thing actually, i left that out, but still, me using aircon in living room, rarely also, based on my living style :-) But although the glass panel design is somewhat dated, it still looks good as part of the design :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Goobii Report post Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) actually 70% of people did the OPEN CONCEPT which is too common and many I met complain that they regreted as the cooking smell will affect the hall till the room. Here is my setup with 2panel sliding glass door.. The kitchen (2) The kitchen Edited December 2, 2009 by Goobii Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gantan88 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2009 actually 70% of people did the OPEN CONCEPT which is too common and many I met complain that they regreted as the cooking smell will affect the hall till the room. Here is my setup with 2panel sliding glass door.. The kitchen (2) The kitchen It is nice. So in fact it is a 4 glass panels with 2 sliding, to left side and the other one to right side? Mine is going to be 1 hollow block wall with 2 glass panels. One panel fix and one panel sliding. So the entrance actually is smaller... So i thought of doing both panels sliding... but think a bit more expensive... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
