Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 5, 2016 cant remember about the warranty although I briefly remember asking about sagging and it needs to deform til a certain depth "inch" before you can claim warranty. Even if you can claim its pro-rated from the years of use. So can give u 10,20 years warranty but it depreciates accordingly the moment it is installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) All Lights arrived. Dining Lamp Service yard lamp Baby Room Lamp. Plus many more spot light and LEDs... Don't know what to do with this 2 lamps. Buy too much.... Plus many more.... never took peektures. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lazyfatcat007 5 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 Dining lamp is nice!! Extra lamps sell on ebay?? Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luxexplorer 2 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 How about putting the 2 lamps as bedside lamps instead> When I switched on, I am sure it provides a cozy ambience Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Unfortunately all my concealed wiring is done and I did not cater for additional light source at the bed head. Think I will sell it after the Reno completes, together with all the excess stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) As i posted earlier, i have tons of lights. This is a belated update on the earlier installed lighting available as i was waiting for some other lights to arrive. L-Cove and 4 Philips 3 color dimmable downlights. Color temperature of the cove is 4K while the philips is set at 6K 2x T5s in the common bath - 4K color temp for general lighting. there will be a pendant light in here but not yet installed as it came late. 2x T5s 4K for general mood light. and 3x 2.7K color temperature Spot lights in the Main bath, the spot lights 2 are 400lumen, 1 aimed at toilet bowl for some newspaper/facebooking at the toilet bowl, 1 points at shower. the Middle one is 200lumen just shines down on entrance. There is still a vanity light which as not been installed yet as can be seen by the dangling wire. TheXmas feature column wall looks real good now with warm lighting. Track lights with 4x 7W 2.7K color temp spot lights. Seems to be quite big for this space... (sh!t i ordered double somemore now i will have 8 pieces to let go) After the cabinets are up will need to consider if i should change. I ordered the smaller 3W version too. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Carpentry update 1. My mini WIW in the works. Yes, unlike popular color PVC im using white. It is budget and will match my laminate which is also white. There is a gap at the right side due to the aircon trunking. Lesson learnt. It has been smooth sailing so far since the initial screw up by HDB where i have no power/water during start reno. With this happening I can confirm Screw ups are inevitable! and it is advisable to do your Aircon piping/trunking first before any other measurements are taken. Initially the carpenter wanted to just fill that gap up with laminate. Luckily the carpenter was accommodative to my request to make use of the space to add a vertical pull out drawer for hanging belts, ties and scarfs. The view of the left side. There are spaces on the left of the drawers meant for the bulky hinges. I'm doing casement doors. The kids room cabinet cum bookshelf. I designed this one... It will be outfitted to ikea door fronts later. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Kitchen cabinets works. With solid plywood carcass customed to ikea door/drawer fronts. Its the first time the carpenter is doing this. They were initially quite worried at first but so far it turns out quite okay... so far. Drawers tracks are from maximera range which is actually Blum tandembox plus. So its full blum tracks, hinges/dampers. I intend to run cove lighting at the top of the cabinet, so the top gap filler is taller and also recessed. the LED strip will be hidden by the upper cornice. The bottom cornice color is abit different compared to the rest. Seems to look whiter compared to the doors. Will get this switched out. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) This post is on Countertop choices. Initially i wanted black galaxy granite. So I paid a visit to Lian Hin and brought a drawer front to match color to it. I found some not so commonly used granite such as emerald pearl and Blue pearl which also looks quite nice. Some close ups Black Galaxy Granite - Does not look as fantastic as the big slab in SBH showroom which has deep glossy black with large gold flecks. unfortunately SBH's granite only sell in big slab so there is large wastage... so i decided to drop this. Took a look at the other granites. Emerald Pearl Granite.. Pearl reflections very nice if you have spotlight to shine on it (I do! ) Does not look so nice without lights. Blue Pearl Granite under cool and warm lighting. Was deciding between these 2 until I went to browse at quartz range. Actually to me I still prefer granite as it is more natural but my commanding officer saw it(Ocean) and . Seriously the one on the wall looks real good, but the Ocean sample on the table does not look as good. Huge difference here so I'm concerned on consistency. Lian Hin staff told me it may not always look like the one on the wall and different batches may had a different look which they have no control over... Anyway with these in mind i spoke to Dorothy and told her i'm considering black galaxy(but not Lian Hin's one as i need something with more gold specs and also like Lian Hin's Ocean Quartz). She found a supplier for granite called Bellus which I found their sample for black galaxy granite to be close to what I wanted but eventually as to accommodate the wishes of my CO, in the end I selected Ocean Quartz. I highlighted the quality consistency concern and she went and got me larger sample cut from the same batch to see if that is what i wanted, and if i were to make an order it would be from that batch. Cost is somewhat higher than granite but she also absorbed the difference. here's how it looked like against my kitchen wall tile. It had those blueish purplish specks in it which hopefully will match my glass backsplash color. Really nice if you have warm lighting. My backsplash color that I selected. Can you guys see what color is this? On my laptop it looks blue, on Iphone it looks purple. Hopefully it dont turn out too obiang. http://www.nipponpaint.com.sg/colours/colour-paint-chart/colour-creations/PB/1668/skylights-np-pb-1489-p/ Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luxexplorer 2 Report post Posted January 12, 2016 The backsplash for the cooking area? You are painting it instead> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 12, 2016 The backsplash for the cooking area? You are painting it instead>I meant the backsplash glass color. It's actually painted at the rear side. I just go into Nippon website choose a color and provide the color code and they have it painted before installing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luxexplorer 2 Report post Posted January 12, 2016 Understood ! At least with paint job it is a rectifiable problem ( if it becomes a problem ) so no need too much stress about it ! Very soon your project will be coming to an end too and looking forward to see the whole picture Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Countertop up as well as kitchen cabinet door knobs installed. Upper row Drawer handles not yet installed. My Bling Bling countertop. It has some kind of jewel like sparkle to it which the phone camera was not able to capture. From far it looks like a black polished granite top. The original position of the hob I initially designed it to be vertically positioned. Then dorothy pointed out that I will have a problem with cooking with a larger diameter Wok/pan as it would interfere with the wall.... looking back at my design, yeah I didnt cater space for that. Obviously i don't cook. .. but on the side of practicality, it was switched around to be horizontally positioned. The immediate picture here isn't really correct, the hob should be rotated180degs, I made sure my larger wok has sufficient space. The next close up picture is the correct position.. Correct position for Hob with larger diameter position at the outside edge of the countertop. A close up of the sink area. Manage to capture the blueish purplish sparkle on the bottom right of the image. So... you can only see sparkle on the phone when it is out of focus... Super bling. Almost went for black galaxy granite, no regrets with this choice. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Here's my Peranakan Door Way. HDB made the new flats wheelchair friendly. I made it wheel chair unfriendly as i didn't want water/dust being easily swept in... Created a 50mm drop by having a vertical tiled step. Feels great to be greeted by these patterns whenever you open the wooden door or from the other side when you come home and open the main gate. These tiles are pricey though... ~$60 bucks for 6 pieces from Hafary. Need to whiten the HDB tile grout lines after the reno is complete... Any non(or less) toxic chemical to recommend? Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Changbp 5 Report post Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) The tile cut-out in the common bath looks super duper strange and different from the ones in the master bathroom... The explanation was that the surrounding gradient of the flooring would cause water pooling so additional cuts were made to create a slope for water to drain off... The tiler placed the spirit level and the surrounding tiles while showing me.... the explanation was sound and it actually is more work to do it this way but I've never seen tiling like this before. This is under the sink so still okay. Wah! This one I lagi cannot accept. Need to fix this one even if it means orchard road ponding. Edited June 7, 2016 by Changbp Fixed image links Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
