zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 Hi therejust to check... now house with ceramic tiles. thinking of doing the whole house homogenous tiles. how about the balcony? should we change level the balcony and change all to homogenous tiles?or just keep the old ceramic tiles?what do most people do? are the balconies same tiles as the house?pls give some comments nowaday alot of pple like to level and get rid of the balcony...to enlarge the house... so it is petty much up to individual. For me...it is keep the balcony so that i can a semi outdoor area where i intend to do something but yet to do it becos of that i uses diff tiles for the balcony to differentiate it from the living homo tiles ... for mist, they enlarge their balcony...until like a garden in the unit aM I RIGHT mist Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 nowaday alot of pple like to level and get rid of the balcony...to enlarge the house... so it is petty much up to individual. For me...it is keep the balcony so that i can a semi outdoor area where i intend to do something but yet to do it becos of that i uses diff tiles for the balcony to differentiate it from the living homo tiles ... for mist, they enlarge their balcony...until like a garden in the unit aM I RIGHT mist thanks zenystill not decided what to do. do people do the same tiles for the balcony and living? not sure how it is like..anyway, did anyone of you redo the piping? mine is the PVC type.. hear some people say got to redo to the copper type? say PVC may have some problems...is it true? any thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) thanks zenystill not decided what to do. do people do the same tiles for the balcony and living? not sure how it is like..anyway, did anyone of you redo the piping? mine is the PVC type.. hear some people say got to redo to the copper type? say PVC may have some problems...is it true? any thoughts? there is no standard way people do the balcony, some will do same tiles and some will do diff...it is really very much individual preference , further more it is your house, so you should do whatever that is to your liking yes most people will redo the piping either copper or stainless type whichever your budget allows. because PVC is not as last that is why people these day will change it since the beginning before all the kitchen cabinet is up Edited September 18, 2007 by zeny Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 there is no standard way people do the balcony, some will do same tiles and some will do diff...it is really very much individual preference , further more it is your house, so you should do whatever that is to your liking yes most people will redo the piping either copper or stainless type whichever your budget allows. because PVC is not as last that is why people these day will change it since the beginning before all the kitchen cabinet is up icicmy ID did not mention to me also. how much does it cost to redo piping for whole house like that? for copper or stainless steel?thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 icicmy ID did not mention to me also. how much does it cost to redo piping for whole house like that? for copper or stainless steel?thanksweird ...most ID we approached encouraged us to change the pipingcopper is cheaper than stainless steel ...how much will depend on do you need hot water and cold water pipe being connect to all the taps inclusive the kitchen one.... etc for me i use centralised gas heater (complimentary from SP services ) and i have hot water to all the taps in the house they are slight more expPlumbling Works 1 Supply & Install stainless steel inlet piping for kitchen & 2 toilets $7802 Supply & Install Verlin Toilet bowl @ Common Toilet $3203 Supply & Install Verlin Toilet bowl @ MBR Toilet $3204 Supply & Install Wash basin @ Common Toilet $2505 Installation of all sanitary ware & accessories to Kitchen & 2 Toilets FOCSPSK, here's a estimate amount of what it will cost to redo the piping Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 weird ...most ID we approached encouraged us to change the pipingcopper is cheaper than stainless steel ...how much will depend on do you need hot water and cold water pipe being connect to all the taps inclusive the kitchen one.... etc for me i use centralised gas heater (complimentary from SP services ) and i have hot water to all the taps in the house they are slight more expSPSK, here's a estimate amount of what it will cost to redo the pipingthought the gas heater from SP is an instant heater? so it is central heater..so how much u spend to do ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applefreak 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 but my contractor quote me the same price for copper and stainless steelhe said the price of copper had been going up up up recently Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 but my contractor quote me the same price for copper and stainless steelhe said the price of copper had been going up up up recently no doubt copper price has gone up but it is still not EQUAL to the price of stainless steel your ID ssssso good... dun tell me you take copper hor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 no doubt copper price has gone up but it is still not EQUAL to the price of stainless steel your ID ssssso good... dun tell me you take copper horalso heard something that now copper quite expensive...so the complimentary heater from SP is central heater? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applefreak 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 i took copper lehcoz copper can paint mahand less chance of leakage (not 100% confident of the workmanship )the gas heater is an instant heater which can pipe hot water to all taps in the unitbut i only pipe to bathroom showers and kitchen mixer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 i took copper lehcoz copper can paint mahand less chance of leakage (not 100% confident of the workmanship )the gas heater is an instant heater which can pipe hot water to all taps in the unitbut i only pipe to bathroom showers and kitchen mixer thanksdo u mind recommend your plumber to me?thnks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 thought the gas heater from SP is an instant heater? so it is central heater..so how much u spend to do ?you can call it instant heater ...i called it central heater is because all my pipings are linked to it and it generate hot water for all the taps the hot /cold water points + the stainless steel piping think > 1K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
applefreak 1 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 thanksdo u mind recommend your plumber to me?thnksthe plumber is my contractor'syou might want to check out MaCe's t-blog, think he recommended a plumber called ah seng there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zeny 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 thanksdo u mind recommend your plumber to me?thnksdidnt you engage ID to do renovation? the plumber shld be included in the package right >? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SPSK 0 Report post Posted September 18, 2007 didnt you engage ID to do renovation? the plumber shld be included in the package right >?strangely, our ID did not tell us about the pipings?have u heard of people who not change the pipe? like just keep the old PVC pipies..? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites