filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2012 Day 8 - Tiling progress to living roomKitchen with wet patches... wonder what they're doing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2012 Funny ah, why they don't start the tiling in kitchen, bedrooms or toilets first? Why they start to do tiling from front door? Everyday they step in and out of the house, the front door tiles will easily get hollow. Do check the tiles especially near the front door for hollowness.Thanks for your advice. I'll be knocking on each of the tiles to listen out for hollowness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paladin126 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2012 Funny ah, why they don't start the tiling in kitchen, bedrooms or toilets first? Why they start to do tiling from front door? Everyday they step in and out of the house, the front door tiles will easily get hollow. Do check the tiles especially near the front door for hollowness.Kevin said the alignment starts from the front door...so tiling starts from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paladin126 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2012 You check with your ID first. From what I see, they cut the tiles and make the side round to fit the pipes. The lines are too straight to be crackedI suspect there are also lines behind the pipes. Otherwise, the tiles have holes in the centre, how to put them in to fit the pipes, unless you want to take the pipe out? haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ayazumi 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2012 Kevin said the alignment starts from the front door...so tiling starts from there.Ya, but his kitchen and toilets tiling works not done yet. Should start from the wet area first, then proceed from the living room. His is opposite way. Now come to think of it.... Filetofish, are you leveling your kitchen floor to the living room? If it is, then the tiling work should start from front door all the way in to the kitchen, then to bedrooms. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2012 Ya, but his kitchen and toilets tiling works not done yet. Should start from the wet area first, then proceed from the living room. His is opposite way. Now come to think of it.... Filetofish, are you leveling your kitchen floor to the living room? If it is, then the tiling work should start from front door all the way in to the kitchen, then to bedrooms.Yes, kitchen is level with the living room. By the way, the existing floor tiles in my bedrooms will be overlaid with Laminate flooring.. which will level with living room too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feeshee 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2012 Yes, kitchen is level with the living room. By the way, the existing floor tiles in my bedrooms will be overlaid with Laminate flooring.. which will level with living room too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feeshee 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2012 Did u mean u're not hacking the existing tiles in the bedrooms? Just overlaying with laminate? Need to ensure ur existing tiles are very level then. Else the undulation will be more jialat when u just layer laminate over... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Did u mean u're not hacking the existing tiles in the bedrooms? Just overlaying with laminate? Need to ensure ur existing tiles are very level then. Else the undulation will be more jialat when u just layer laminate over...Good point... I noticed that the tiles in my MBR are in a bad condition (i.e. some tiles came off and some have popped-up).I better check with my ID asap on what's he going to do about it...The other 2 bedrooms look fine but I'll do a more detailed check... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ayazumi 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 When hacking the living room floor tiles, somehow it will affect the bedroom tiles as the bedroom floor tiles may be starting to become hollow. The impact caused by hacking in the living room tiles may "spread" the impact to the bedrooms, that's why you see the tiles in MBR are starting to pop up themselves. The best way is to hack everything and lay cement screed on the floor, then laminate. Otherwise, don't hack and laminate all the floorings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 When hacking the living room floor tiles, somehow it will affect the bedroom tiles as the bedroom floor tiles may be starting to become hollow. The impact caused by hacking in the living room tiles may "spread" the impact to the bedrooms, that's why you see the tiles in MBR are starting to pop up themselves. The best way is to hack everything and lay cement screed on the floor, then laminate. Otherwise, don't hack and laminate all the floorings.I've scheduled to meet my ID tomorrow. I really hope he gives me a satisfactory response on how he's going to resolve the flooring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 16, 2012 Day 9 - Progress on MBR bathroom wall and floor tiles, common bathroom wall tiles and kitchen floorMBR bathroom wall and floor tilesCommon bathroom wall tilesKitchen floor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 17, 2012 Day 10 - Completed tiling for kitchen floor, MBR bathroom wall tiles grout, and progress on tiles skirting board.Kitchen floor tiling completedMBR bathroom wall tiles grouting completedSkirting board in progressFlooring condition of the 2 common bedrooms are fine to overlay with laminate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2012 Day 11 - Completed tiling in living roomMBR tiles are worsening... ID is considering to fill up the tile-less area with cement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filetofish 0 Report post Posted April 18, 2012 This is the common bathroom. The drain at the shower area is not where I specified it to be.I want it to be at the corner so that when I shower, I won't be stepping on it.I've given the feedback to my ID and he said he'll get it corrected. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites