A Meeting Of East And West In Tampines.

[RimBlock 0]

Our first big issue with the work.

My wife and youngest were taking a shower when they heard a loud crack coming from the shower door on trying to open it upon finishing.

Shouts for me to come help brought me upstairs and got me trying to work out what was happening.

The door was resisting being opened after a certain point and on investigation the bottom hinge had slipped so the door glass did not have enough clearance to rotate beyond the glass wall of the shower area.

I got them to move in to the far side of the cubical away from the door and slowly tried to ease the door open whilst pulling the bottom out. The little piece of glass wall was also moving under the pressure and then there was a loud cracking noise. To our relief, the two piece of glass cleared each other (like two continental plates slipping and causing an earthquake). Both of the pieces of glass remained in tact.

Lessons learnt.....

1. We have proper thick tempered glass so make sure you have a good thickness and don't scrimp.

2. If it happened again I would in future get some heavy towels / blankets / duvet for them to cover up in. If the glass did go then it would offer them quite a bit of protection. Protection then correction.....

The glass guy came and readjusted the door yesterday and it is all fine now.

Oh and my wife thinks her L.V. bag has been stolen along with all our passports. I suspect she left them at her mums for security whilst the renovation is going on.

RB

Edited March 22, 2011 by RimBlock

[csingeu 0]

Oh and my wife thinks her L.V. bag has been stolen along with all our passports. I suspect she left them at her mums for security whilst the renovation is going on.

that would be terrible... but i guess, you are more likely to be right abt them at the in-law's place...

[EmptyDivided 0]

Our first big issue with the work.

My wife and youngest were taking a shower when they heard a loud crack coming from the shower door on trying to open it upon finishing.

Shouts for me to come help brought me upstairs and got me trying to work out what was happening.

The door was resisting being opened after a certain point and on investigation the bottom hinge had slipped so the door glass did not have enough clearance to rotate beyond the glass wall of the shower area.

I got them to move in to the far side of the cubical away from the door and slowly tried to ease the door open whilst pulling the bottom out. The little piece of glass wall was also moving under the pressure and then there was a loud cracking noise. To our relief, the two piece of glass cleared each other (like two continental plates slipping and causing an earthquake). Both of the pieces of glass remained in tact.

Lessons learnt.....

1. We have proper thick tempered glass so make sure you have a good thickness and don't scrimp.

2. If it happened again I would in future get some heavy towels / blankets / duvet for them to cover up in. If the glass did go then it would offer them quite a bit of protection. Protection then correction.....

The glass guy came and readjusted the door yesterday and it is all fine now.

Oh and my wife thinks her L.V. bag has been stolen along with all our passports. I suspect she left them at her mums for security whilst the renovation is going on.

RB

This looks like a case of bad installation. It was not bolted tightly. I have seen some buildings that have shop front glass and have their bolts half way out of their clamps. These glasses stretch up to 4 meters in height. I can't imagine if the glass were to fall off. All the glass panels reverberate when the swing doors are being opened and closed.

My suggestion to you if you are worried one day the glass breaks and fragments will fly and harm your family members, is to have the outside of the glass laminated. That way even if it breaks, it will not even crumble down, less to say shatter and fly in all directions. But please do remember to laminate the outside part.(not the surface in the shower area) There will be certain rainbow effects if there were water moisture creeps in between the film and the glass. But I think that's a good compromise.

[RimBlock 0]

This looks like a case of bad installation. It was not bolted tightly. I have seen some buildings that have shop front glass and have their bolts half way out of their clamps. These glasses stretch up to 4 meters in height. I can't imagine if the glass were to fall off. All the glass panels reverberate when the swing doors are being opened and closed.

My suggestion to you if you are worried one day the glass breaks and fragments will fly and harm your family members, is to have the outside of the glass laminated. That way even if it breaks, it will not even crumble down, less to say shatter and fly in all directions. But please do remember to laminate the outside part.(not the surface in the shower area) There will be certain rainbow effects if there were water moisture creeps in between the film and the glass. But I think that's a good compromise.

Yeah, that is not a bad idea although our old glass shower wall/door went for 3 years with no issues.

Yep I imagine the alan key bolts were not as tight as they could have been. All sorted now.

Our glass is probably around 4mm thick from memory so pretty strong thank goodness.

RB

[csingeu 0]

This looks like a case of bad installation. It was not bolted tightly. I have seen some buildings that have shop front glass and have their bolts half way out of their clamps. These glasses stretch up to 4 meters in height. I can't imagine if the glass were to fall off. All the glass panels reverberate when the swing doors are being opened and closed.

My suggestion to you if you are worried one day the glass breaks and fragments will fly and harm your family members, is to have the outside of the glass laminated. That way even if it breaks, it will not even crumble down, less to say shatter and fly in all directions. But please do remember to laminate the outside part.(not the surface in the shower area) There will be certain rainbow effects if there were water moisture creeps in between the film and the glass. But I think that's a good compromise.

I think sometimes, it's due to the weight of the glass swing door.

In fact, i've seen at some places, whereby the glass swing door has 3 hinges.

The higher side has double hinges, and the lower part has 1 hinge.

The toilet at the MacDonald's at Tradehub 21... has such arrangements too. hmmm...

not too sure if having double hinges at the higher side will help.

[RimBlock 0]

I think sometimes, it's due to the weight of the glass swing door.

In fact, i've seen at some places, whereby the glass swing door has 3 hinges.

The higher side has double hinges, and the lower part has 1 hinge.

The toilet at the MacDonald's at Tradehub 21... has such arrangements too. hmmm...

not too sure if having double hinges at the higher side will help.

We will keep an eye on it in the short term but the hinges grip the glass rather than go through it so I suspect it just slipped a little. My youngest also is not as careful opening and closing it so it sometimes bangs on the half wall between the shower and sink. we will be getting a buffer for that.

RB

[EmptyDivided 0]

Yeah, that is not a bad idea although our old glass shower wall/door went for 3 years with no issues.

Yep I imagine the alan key bolts were not as tight as they could have been. All sorted now.

Our glass is probably around 4mm thick from memory so pretty strong thank goodness.

RB

4mm? It has a frame then. I thought you were talking about frameless shower panels.

[RimBlock 0]

4mm? It has a frame then. I thought you were talking about frameless shower panels.

Thick glass. Can be seen in the pics I have posted of the master bedroom toilet.

RB

[RimBlock 0]

Thick glass. Can be seen in the pics I have posted of the master bedroom toilet.

RB

Ok, my mistake, it is 10mm, not 4mm

[RimBlock 0]

A couple of projector image pics;

Tidy speaker cables running them through the speaker stands.

[RimBlock 0]

Speaker and projector screen current setup.

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RB

Edited April 25, 2011 by RimBlock

[neubie 2]

did u use any line doubler or quadrupler prior to outputting off-the-air TV broadcasts to the projector? what's the useable lifespan of the projector bulb before it gets progressively yellower?

[RimBlock 0]

did u use any line doubler or quadrupler prior to outputting off-the-air TV broadcasts to the projector? what's the useable lifespan of the projector bulb before it gets progressively yellower?

Nope, the amp can upscale I believe.

The lamp is rated for 4,000 hours. When it starts to deteriorate is anyones guess at this stage. I am probably coming up to 200 hours but use Theatre Black (for dark rooms) most of the time.

Just to clarify, the top two shorts are from bluray and not TV

RB

Edited March 22, 2011 by RimBlock

[RimBlock 0]

After weeks of making it clear we needed some storage for the DVDs, CDs and Bluray discs and after looking around neighbourhood places, Ikea, Courts and a few others we still could not find what we could agree on.

We wanted a sideboard type unit to sit behind the sofa, under the projector so it would be hidden by the sofa. The doors would have to be sliding and it would have to be on a budget. Most units had normal swing open doors if we found one at the right height or were pretty expensive.

We finally decided to get a unit to fit on the balcony. I measured the space as 7ft (h) x 3.5ft (w). This leaves some room for the curtain and window there. The unit we bought from V-Hive is 7ft by 3.9ft. We are looking forward to delivery this Friday and are just hoping the extra I allowed for the curtains is enough . If not we will have to find somewhere else to put it.

My wife wants to keep the living room uncluttered with furniture so we can enjoy the extra space after living in a 3 room HDB for 3 years. I can understand this but we need storage for the kids toys and some other junk we have collected along the way. I also need to do a big clearout of the remaining boxes to see what we no longer need to keep.

My older son has the chance to go to New Zealand with the school for an 8 day exchange program. We would then host a kid from New Zealand in October. Great chance for him but another 1.8k out of the account.

RB

[Kobelala 8]

Hi RimBlock, can I check with you on the brand of your laminate floor used, they are beautiful. Thanks