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Ah... thank you! Appreciate if you can review them in terms of customer service, delivery, after sales service etc, as I'm eyeing quite a few pieces from there as well.

Cheers!

Sure will do..

But can only do so after i have received the items, which will take around 2 months to deliver.

[MeRfMeRf 0]

Hi Sis, any updates so far on your home reno?

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Hi Sis, any updates so far on your home reno?

Not much updates for the past few days.

We are waiting for the aircon to be installed tomorrow before reno work can continue.

Guess this is the peak period for aircon installation.

I called in May to scheduled the aircon delivery and installation, earliest date i got is 14th June.

So not much reno work can be done before the aircon goes up.

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Renovation Progress - Paint arrived

Went down to the flat yesterday to supervise aircon installation.

To my delight, i saw tins of paint tucked inside my bomb shelter.

Picked them up to checked that the color code are what i have chosen, also to ensure that contractor does not provide me with cheapo paint.

My contract is quoted based on using ICI Dulux Pentalite.

However, i ended up choosing all my colors from Dulux All because it is supposed to be of superior toughness, outstanding washability, anti-mould & anti-bacteria, and covers hairline cracks as compared to Pentalite.

Was glad that i didnt have to do any top-up as Ah Hwa said that he will absorb the additional cost for me.

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Aircon Installation - Part 1

Some cock-ups occurred during aircon installation.

Was supposed to install compressor at our service yard aircon ledge but ended up putting up the compressor outside bedroom 3 where we have to pay extra $130 for the wall bracket.

Aircon and compressor arrived at the door with insulation tubes.

Installation work begins.

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Aircon Installation - Part 2

The stunt man. Luckily our unit is not very high up.

Blower up in Study room.

This is the nicest installation because we placed the blowers back-to-back in 2 rooms, so no trunking required in the study room.

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Aircon Installation - Part 3

Blower in Bedroom 3.

Trunking in Bedroom 3. This sucks because the trunking is super obvious.

Can't think of any other better way to lay the trunking. And the wall brackets are placed slanted.

A very big eyesore.

This is the master bedroom where trunking is placed for the water to flow into the toilet.

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Aircon Installation - Lesson Learnt

Given another chance, i will place my compressor in the master bedroom instead of bedroom 3.

In that way, trunking for my study room and bedroom 3 can be neat, and laid near to the ceiling.

Then the messy/ugly trunking connected to the compressor can still be covered up when i do up cabinets under the window area in the master bedroom.

Verdict: Take the advice of the aircon installation site surveyor with caution.

Most site surveyors will just propose installing the compressor as near to the blowers as possible, so that they can cut cost by laying as little trunking and insulation as possible.

When we wanted to place the compressor at the service yard, the site surveyor claimed that the aircon will take a longer time to cool the rooms as the trunking is very long, and our system 2 unit is not powerful enough.

When the installation workers came, they will install based on how the site surveyor instructed them to.

No changes can be made.

I regret for not asking the site surveyor how the trunking will turn out to be. If not, i will definitely have taken another approach.

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Renovation Progress - Boxing Up (Part 1)

Boxing up of pipes in common toilet almost complete.

Before vs After.

The pipes in common toilet window can be seen from service yard view.

After concealing the pipes, the big window doesn't serve its purpose so we made it smaller.

Before vs After.

Edited June 15, 2011 by wei2

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Renovation Progress - Boxing Up (Part 2)

There were holes above the room doors after cornice was teared down, so we have to cover it up.

Before vs After.

The entrance to Bedroom 3 and Main Bedroom, we covered the top portion and will be having a glass door below. So i sort of merge 2 rooms into 1 without hacking any wall.

Before vs After.

Edited June 15, 2011 by wei2

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Renovation Progress - Boxing Up (Part 3)

We boxed up part of the recessed portion of the wall in the living room so that our tv console can lay against the wall fully.

Before vs After.

Forgot to take pictures of box up for the master bedroom toilet and bomb shelter.

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And yesterday before i left the house, the workers came and cleared some rubbish.

At the same time, removed corrugated boards from the floor.

For the first time, I saw the completed flooring with skirting.

Love it, as compared to the previous orange floor tiles.

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I was being chased to confirm laminate for the bedrooms flooring.

Chose this, hope it turns out as good as the picture.

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Aircon Installation - Lesson Learnt

Given another chance, i will place my compressor in the master bedroom instead of bedroom 3.

In that way, trunking for my study room and bedroom 3 can be neat, and laid near to the ceiling.

Then the messy/ugly trunking connected to the compressor can still be covered up when i do up cabinets under the window area in the master bedroom.

Verdict: Take the advice of the aircon installation site surveyor with caution.

Most site surveyors will just propose installing the compressor as near to the blowers as possible, so that they can cut cost by laying as little trunking and insulation as possible.

When we wanted to place the compressor at the service yard, the site surveyor claimed that the aircon will take a longer time to cool the rooms as the trunking is very long, and our system 2 unit is not powerful enough.

When the installation workers came, they will install based on how the site surveyor instructed them to.

No changes can be made.

I regret for not asking the site surveyor how the trunking will turn out to be. If not, i will definitely have taken another approach.

Thanks for sharing this! I wouldn't have known this... I will get my ID to be present as well. My trunking will be a headache, as I wanna get the System 3, but the third bedroom is across the hall, so have to run a very long trunking or look for alternative aircons (window/portable unit)...

[MeRfMeRf 0]

Hi wei2, its good to see the progress on your flat, appreciate your review on the aircon trunking and layout too, its quite unsightly to see the bulky trunking around as well. the next phase will be the carpentry works?