fifteenmay's 5 room resale

[pikachuuu 4]

wah i think my wife will love your toilets hahaha

[fifteenmay 40]

2 hours ago, pikachuuu said:

wah i think my wife will love your toilets hahaha

Lol why? 

[fifteenmay 40]

Electrical casing and wiring done--look at all e casing  But bo pian we din wan false ceiling and old flats cant hide the casing within e ceiling.. 

 

Now undergoing air con piping and plumbing.. 

[my3rmflat 9]

Yah, the sad thing about old flat is the no-concealable wiring.

But, for the new HDB flat, they can't conceal the wiring too.

The only solution is to use the industrial design piping which can look quite hip, but I guess this is not your theme.

[fifteenmay 40]

4 minutes ago, my3rmflat said:

Yah, the sad thing about old flat is the no-concealable wiring.

But, for the new HDB flat, they can't conceal the wiring too.

The only solution is to use the industrial design piping which can look quite hip, but I guess this is not your theme

Ya. We will just paint it white to blend abit with the ceiling and wall 

 

 

 

[poliwhack 3]

Progressing really well! 

[fifteenmay 40]

4 hours ago, poliwhack said:

Progressing really well! 

yes, its like full steam ahead! i think once we reach carpentry stage, would slow down as we need to wait for them to fabricate the carpentry

[KFC1189 11]

6 hours ago, my3rmflat said:

Yah, the sad thing about old flat is the no-concealable wiring.

But, for the new HDB flat, they can't conceal the wiring too.

The only solution is to use the industrial design piping which can look quite hip, but I guess this is not your theme.

 

Not true. You can conceal electrical wiring even for old resale flat. But it is going to be more expensive to conceal all wiring and pipes. Some contractors are not willing to do it and they would just say HDB not allowed. My 22 years old flat has concealed wiring and concealed pipes throughout.  

Edited February 21, 2017 by KFC1189

[fifteenmay 40]

25 minutes ago, KFC1189 said:

 

Not true. You can conceal electrical wiring even for old resale flat. But it is going to be more expensive to conceal all wiring and pipes. Some contractors are not willing to do it and they would just say HDB not allowed. My 22 years old flat has concealed wiring and concealed pipes throughout.  

hmm.. Most of the ids i met mentioned that old flats not allowed to. AN also mentioned tat it was expensive to do so on top of it being illegal.As we are on a budget,we decided to just let it be. After a while,we wldnt even notice that there s casing i,guess 

 

[zph19101 2]

If your unit present wiring is exposed. Your new wiring has to be exposed too (Under HDB ruling). 

Concealed wiring is done secretly. Of course concealed will be slightly expensive than exposed.

Usually concealed will be $30-$50 more per point.

[my3rmflat 9]

I thought regardless , it must not be concealed?

[my3rmflat 9]

3 hours ago, KFC1189 said:

 

Not true. You can conceal electrical wiring even for old resale flat. But it is going to be more expensive to conceal all wiring and pipes. Some contractors are not willing to do it and they would just say HDB not allowed. My 22 years old flat has concealed wiring and concealed pipes throughout.  

That's good new to me.

I will have it concealed.

[fifteenmay 40]

11 hours ago, zph19101 said:

If your unit present wiring is exposed. Your new wiring has to be exposed too (Under HDB ruling). 

Concealed wiring is done secretly. Of course concealed will be slightly expensive than exposed.

Usually concealed will be $30-$50 more per point.

ya, i think my previous wiring was exposed. they had no false ceiling.

 done secretly means illegal?

10 hours ago, my3rmflat said:

That's good new to me.

I will have it concealed.

yes, if you got budget, conceal it.. it will look much nicer

[KFC1189 11]

11 hours ago, fifteenmay said:

ya, i think my previous wiring was exposed. they had no false ceiling.

 done secretly means illegal?

yes, if you got budget, conceal it.. it will look much nicer

 

A HDB officer came to my flat to check my renovation and did not say a word of my concealed wiring and concealed water pipe. I guess as long as your contractor knows what he is doing, you should be fine. More importantly, it is my contractor who suggested to me to do all concealed wiring and piping since it is much neater and cleaner. So if my contractor made this suggestion, then I think he must know what it is about because it will affect his rice bowl if it is illegal. 

[fifteenmay 40]

Trunking everywhere! 

These two running under our beams will be boxed up

Poor masterbedroom look like a mrt map now

Trunking runs through my storeroom and then above my common toilet