pixiepixel 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 you can overlay as long as the current floor is not overlaid. do open your eyes big big when you shop, don't get chopped ossify ah ossify I have one ID who just told me that it can't be done because the marble flooring was very thick to begin with so with the basic cement screed + the laying of the marble, there would be no chance for me to overlay with tiles since I would've hit the "hdb limit"... is there such a limit? if so, how thick? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaskel 2 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 anyone can help me? what does the person meant when he/she say:- "construct cement motar base for kitchen cabinet c/w side tiling" ?? layman english please....... and another question:- If i do not wish to get a water heater installed in both WCs but would like to get sing power's gas heater (is that called citygas?), is it possible? my unit is an old unit and i am not sure if this is can be done? how do i check to see if this can be done? Is possible to get a citygas gas heater. Regardless yours is 30yrs or 100yrs flat, as long as there is gas supply to the building, its can be done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wolflet 1 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 ossify ah ossify I have one ID who just told me that it can't be done because the marble flooring was very thick to begin with so with the basic cement screed + the laying of the marble, there would be no chance for me to overlay with tiles since I would've hit the "hdb limit"... is there such a limit? if so, how thick? I think its 50mm from the actual hdb flooring Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimz63251073 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 fastest way to see if got piped gas in your building: walk around your neighbour's corridor. there is one meter for gas and one meter for electricity. if they have piped gas, u can install gas heater le. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gals_mama 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 ossify ah ossify I have one ID who just told me that it can't be done because the marble flooring was very thick to begin with so with the basic cement screed + the laying of the marble, there would be no chance for me to overlay with tiles since I would've hit the "hdb limit"... is there such a limit? if so, how thick? i also faced the same situation when i was shopping for ids, most of the time is the adding on to the height of the flooring after overlay. So in the end, we didnt hack, we kept but overlay laminates in 2 bedrooms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 we looked for 4rm and no luck too...suddenly 1 agent called and say got a 5rm listed for 11x and we flipped! 11x's 4 or 5rm very fast snapped up...we viewed another one at 200+ (near the mosque or SPC), cov too high... so we settled for this, cov 26k. we think its a steal for the amount of cov we are paying - considering high property prices why ah? JE no one selling their place. too much demand, too little supply. whereas JW has lots of supply but matching demand puiz Yea JE mostly are 3 and 5 rooms, there are less 4-room flats around... took me quite a while to find too. and somehow JE very few pple are selilng house and another question:- If i do not wish to get a water heater installed in both WCs but would like to get sing power's gas heater (is that called citygas?), is it possible? my unit is an old unit and i am not sure if this is can be done? how do i check to see if this can be done? you'd better call City Gas to check... i just called last week and they told me JE mostly dun have gas pipes except those newer units (like the 10+ yrs old one at Toh Guan area). i know that Blk 20x to 25x, 3xx dun have City Gas... not sure about blk 1xx.... I have one ID who just told me that it can't be done because the marble flooring was very thick to begin with so with the basic cement screed + the laying of the marble, there would be no chance for me to overlay with tiles since I would've hit the "hdb limit"... is there such a limit? if so, how thick? i remembered reading a rule that says the flooring cannot exceed a certain thickness (think it's 50mm like what wolflet mentioned). so whether can overlay or not depends on your existing marble thickness... you can find this rule at HDB website mine also marble floor, but decided to keep it cos no more budget to hack... hahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ossify 1 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) ossify ah ossify I have one ID who just told me that it can't be done because the marble flooring was very thick to begin with so with the basic cement screed + the laying of the marble, there would be no chance for me to overlay with tiles since I would've hit the "hdb limit"... is there such a limit? if so, how thick? I think its 50mm from the actual hdb flooring i also faced the same situation when i was shopping for ids, most of the time is the adding on to the height of the flooring after overlay. So in the end, we didnt hack, we kept but overlay laminates in 2 bedrooms. wow it's already answered before i can reply Total thickness of tiles and screed must not exceed 50 mm http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10324p.nsf/w/...t#FloorFinishes assuming your floor already reached 50mm (which imho is unlikely), another option, is to overlay with laminates. it's not considered as tile/screed so it's not in the 50mm rule do me a favour, let me know what's the distance between your ceiling and flooring Edited June 30, 2010 by ossify Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pixiepixel 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 assuming your floor already reached 50mm (which imho is unlikely), another option, is to overlay with laminates. it's not considered as tile/screed so it's not in the 50mm rule do me a favour, let me know what's the distance between your ceiling and flooring ossify the ID yesterday told me, that the HDB basic cement screed + marble sure hit will be hovering >40mm thick. So if I choose to overlay with tiles, it will be more than 50mm. true or false? so are you saying that if I put on laminates, I still can do so regardless how high (or low) the current floor is? noob qn: do I need to measure from the real ceiling or from the false ceiling?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pixiepixel 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) Yea JE mostly are 3 and 5 rooms, there are less 4-room flats around... took me quite a while to find too. and somehow JE very few pple are selilng house you'd better call City Gas to check... i just called last week and they told me JE mostly dun have gas pipes except those newer units (like the 10+ yrs old one at Toh Guan area). i know that Blk 20x to 25x, 3xx dun have City Gas... not sure about blk 1xx.... marshmellow i forgot which blk you stayed at; can you refresh my memory again? i have very bad memory nowadays...you've got a 4rm? how did you managed to do that haha.... mine is 25 years old. hence im thinking most likely there will be no piped gas. question to all: does that mean i definitely need get those LPG gas to cook? :~ :~ Edited June 30, 2010 by pixiepixel Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) ossify the ID yesterday told me, that the HDB basic cement screed + marble sure hit will be hovering >40mm thick. So if I choose to overlay with tiles, it will be more than 50mm. true or false? so are you saying that if I put on laminates, I still can do so regardless how high (or low) the current floor is? noob qn: do I need to measure from the real ceiling or from the false ceiling?? hmmm... i guess need to measure from floor to false ceiling? cos there is a rule that says there must be minimum clearance of 2.4m between finished flooring and underside of the ceiling. marshmellow i forgot which blk you stayed at; can you refresh my memory again? i have very bad memory nowadays...you've got a 4rm? how did you managed to do that haha.... mine is 25 years old. hence im thinking most likely there will be no piped gas. question to all: does that mean i definitely need get those LPG gas to cook? :~ :~ i'm at blk 3xx... same same it's 25 yrs old. i also wanna install gas heater but unfortunately there is no gas pipe i m going to use those stand-alone induction hob like bro ossify you can call up City Gas to confirm... hope that 1xx side will have~ my uncle's place is 41 yrs old and they have gas pipe all the while. i dun understand why my 25 yrs old flat dun have! Edited June 30, 2010 by marshmallow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gals_mama 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) hmmm... i guess need to measure from floor to false ceiling? cos there is a rule that says there must be minimum clearance of 2.4m between finished flooring and underside of the ceiling. i'm at blk 3xx... same same it's 25 yrs old. i also wanna install gas heater but unfortunately there is no gas pipe i m going to use those stand-alone induction hob like bro ossify you can call up City Gas to confirm... hope that 1xx side will have~ my uncle's place is 41 yrs old and they have gas pipe all the while. i dun understand why my 25 yrs old flat dun have! U can use brandt induction. Very sleek, but out of my budget. Or electric hob. Edited June 30, 2010 by gals_mama Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joseeng 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 hmmm... i guess need to measure from floor to false ceiling? cos there is a rule that says there must be minimum clearance of 2.4m between finished flooring and underside of the ceiling. imo, if 2.4m is the requirement, i think alot of our houses with false ceiling would have failed this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 imo, if 2.4m is the requirement, i think alot of our houses with false ceiling would have failed this. http://www.hdb.gov.sg/fi10/fi10324p.nsf/w/...nt#FalseCeiling hmmm are you referring to cornice? cornice and false ceiling got different height rule... for cornice is 2.1m... but i guess you are right that many false ceiling would have failed the 2.4m rule~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pixiepixel 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 i just checked with citygas - the CSO confirmed that there is gas piping in my blk; and the current owners are using piped gas for cooking, hooray!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marshmallow 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2010 i just checked with citygas - the CSO confirmed that there is gas piping in my blk; and the current owners are using piped gas for cooking, hooray!! that's great~ good for you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
