Revamp Of A 40yo 3rm Pigeonhole...

[munny 0]

How much did u pay for the whole reno?

[neubie 2]

Base coat of paint applied to ceiling/walls...

second coat to be painted later....

[neubie 2]

First coat completed today, with touch-up done for the rough areas... initially was a bit concerned why painter nv touch up before doing painting. Painter explained the base coat once applied, will cause wall defects to surface easily and facilitates quick location of spots to be plastered & made good...

Living room

MBR

Edited October 1, 2010 by neubie

[neubie 2]

Base and final coat applied on walls was ICI Dulux W&W Dune White which is a new 2010 color (WW 25819) in the 2010 catalog, initially wanted Lily White but comparing with the LR homo tiles which is almost similar, hence opted for a lighter color which is less yellowish...

[davidbslee 1]

Bro, the gaps show in the red at the new trunking area actually can use white silicon to cover before painting so if not unsightly to see so many gaps around the house. My contractor used 10 tube of white silicon to cover up all the gaps around the new trunking inside my house before painting Just my advice only.

Edited October 4, 2010 by davidbslee

[neubie 2]

Bro, the gaps show in the red at the new trunking area actually can use white silicon to cover before painting so if not unsightly to see so many gaps around the house. My contractor used 10 tube of white silicon to cover up all the gaps around the new trunking inside my house before painting Just my advice only.

Yup, that is under rectification.... that's the problem with HDB design, wall corners are neither straight, cantilever beams neither level oso....grrrr.... especially when the colors are mainly light, any gaps will be very eyesore....

Edited October 4, 2010 by neubie

[neubie 2]

Today is a busy day... electricians came to install lightings, switches, fan, heater, SCV, cat5e patch panels... irongrille guys came to install bifold doors and window & main-gate grilles...

Sifu taking string measurements on downlight position...

Cutting thru the false ceiling....lotsa dust...

Chop chop completed all downlights...

Living Room

Dining area

MBR

[neubie 2]

Round hook for the 60" KDK

Motor assembly with safety wire attached...

Done, but the canopy cover is slightly slanted...need to see what can be done.... looks a bit low, can touch the blades with my hands extended....

Edited October 5, 2010 by neubie

[neubie 2]

Meanwhile the iron-grilles were done wrongly, had initially agreed with my con to install casement-type irongrilles, so stopped the installation for windows-grilles while letting them continue with the main gate and bifold doors...

Break for lunch....

[neubie 2]

Finally I have lights!!!

Living Room

MBR

DB connected and hot...

[neubie 2]

Today is acid cleaning the whole unit... not really to my standard, still gotta DIY to scrub-clean the kitchen walls/floors and cabinet cement base (tomorrow will be carpentry day ) , also the MBR window grilles are reused back and was not cleaned at all, so spend more time in cleaning up the grilles. also, casement windows are still dirty and rough when pushed open/closed, sand stuck inside the friction stays

after some intensive area-cleaning, time to test-run the bathroom/WC. as i'm used to my parents' 5-rm toilets, doing my first big biz there feels claustrophobic bathroom was a consolation though, as space is still more than sufficient to pick up soap w/o banging my butt/head onto the taps.... but water pressure seems weak, not as enjoyable as before. ... got to bring a spanner and see if the mains tap is maxed out... if so then time to complain to PUB liao...anyone can advise if PUB will entertain low water pressure???

Kitchen

Living room

Wooden main doors look ok when closed, but look like sh!t when open... so LLST, gotta get a replacement door...

Post-it notes pasted all over the shop indicate areas need to clean/sanded/touchup/sealed

Edited October 6, 2010 by neubie

[dexufto 5]

Very nicely done up neubie.

Clean and spacious look. I love it.

Just a thought that I would have almost the identical lighting layout+ ceiling fan as your hall.

(noticed that you have 4 PLC each sides on the front portion of the hall, is it a bit overkill?

I planned to have only two)

but then, you will be done up and move in even when i commence my renovation.

Keep the pictures comming!

Kitchen

Living room

Wooden main doors look ok when closed, but look like sh!t when open... so LLST, gotta get a replacement door...

Post-it notes pasted all over the shop indicate areas need to clean/sanded/touchup/sealed

[neubie 2]

Very nicely done up neubie.

Clean and spacious look. I love it.

Just a thought that I would have almost the identical lighting layout+ ceiling fan as your hall.

(noticed that you have 4 PLC each sides on the front portion of the hall, is it a bit overkill?

I planned to have only two)

but then, you will be done up and move in even when i commence my renovation.

Keep the pictures comming!

ya, you are not the only one saying downlight overkill in the living area... initially i was oso having second thoughts on this, 3-a-side would be sufficient, rearranging the remaining 2 at the shorter side of both ends, but electrician said the conduits run was too short and can't extend that far, so carry on with the 4-a-side downlights lor.... but ok la, since there's no light in between, so the illumination is slightly above average... but the brightness still lose out to my 2 bedrooms!!! 4 cove lights + 5 DL turned on is even brighter than daytime natural lighting

just a note, some of the 3rm have a floor-to-ceiling height of 95" (2.4m), so mounting ceiling fans is best directly bolted to the ceiling, not any false ceiling...

Edited October 7, 2010 by neubie

[neubie 2]

Carpenter arrived today...

New protection paper rolled out...

Barang laid out....

Laminated board

Shoe cabinet

[neubie 2]

Drawer basket.... no soft-closing ones...

This 4 drawers are got Blum-ed...

End caps of the drawer..

Shelving to box up the U-trap

Carpenter remarked that some areas in the kitchen are not perpendicular, eg kitchen wall not 90deg to low-wall, so got to cut away some timber to accomodate this... Dexufto please take note, instruct your contractor/ID to tell their tiler to take reference from one datum edge and start building outwards....HDB design is really screwed...

Edited October 7, 2010 by neubie