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Thanks for info/ suggestion. To be exact: mbr wc : smelly kitchern wc: muddy ventilation pipe : in kitchen toilet I have tried to flush without doing any biz. e.g. i didn't touch mbr toilet for whole day and flush every morning. But smell still came out every evening. (i locked mbr just to make sure, anyway only two people staying currently) kitchen toilet , my mum using but i checked, she only do it once everyday.

I am now staying on the lower half of the flat. 5th of 12 floor. When i flush my toilets (both masterbedroom and kitchen) in the morning. They were clear, transparent water. When i return from work in the evening, the WC water became slightly muddy. Water level in wc is still around there, not much lowering of water level in both wc. Masterbedroom is slightly more smelly than kitchen's wc. I read before that the flow of water in wc can be affected by other flushing activities done by neighbours above your floor or below yours, in that when they flush, it can introduce some air in the ventilation column and suck out some water. Any possibilities? Case in point: How to solve the issue? Get a good plumber? Need to change sewage pipe of floor above? or floor below? or complain PUB? town council? I think the issue at hand is to know 1. the logic of how wc water flow out, 2. who/ what can fix it Any ideas?

Is Boon Lay stationary somewhere near Boon Lay MRT? I don't mind a physical look. Also, any idea if there are natural fibre yoga mat sold in Singapore? I understand most yoga mat are plastic to absord sweat, and may not welcome wheels to be rolled on. But to balance between parquet beauty and ease of operation, i will choose the former

does it feel good to touch? The beauty of parquet as compared to granite, ceramic tiles or other tiles available is the great feel of wood on skin.

I am using an Alve storage bench in my study room for sitting. Sliding into the comp table for neat storage and pulling out when computing. http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/224866 It has four small wheels for moving. However, I noticed the wheels are damaging to the parquet. Any feasible way to protect the parquet underneath it? I read that Ikea's floor protector is more for carpet and not really useful for parquet. I have consider carpet but don't really like its high maintenability and capacity to trap dust.

i think it really depends on whether u know how to appreciate Chinese Calligraphy. (i.e. no drawing, just Chinese words) There are five types of more popular strokes/ scripts, e.g. Zhuan , Li, Kai, Xing, Cao http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy I would think it is better to be able to appreciate one of the script, and know why it is considered pretty/ well written before plunging the money down lor. Cuz, sometimes, i went to exhibition and saw some people selling calligraphy pieces, some are really bian jiak. If u buy some piece already and think they are nice, but when your guests came (and know how to appreciate), can be quite pai say lor. Sometimes, during Chinese new year, or some Chinese festivals, there are calligraphy competition, some of the winning entries by students are quite good. But most wrote in Kaishu only. Can be quite boring for your home, depends on theme, and also what u wanna write lah.... If get from China or Taiwan (museum), maybe more possibility. Btw, in China , also need to know who/where to find. Hangzhou is quite ok. But best if you get people who knows, and recommend. These are art pieces, n depend also on whether u know enough Chinese to carry such weight. I.e. explain style/content or critique... maybe.... my 2cents.

i think u need to measure the WC pipe hole to wall. Use ceiling sewage outlet of floor above as reference. The older flats are using 12" which have limited WC to choose from. There are others WC which are 3" , 5" or some other offerings. During installation, one can do some adjustment (using pan collar) but max adjustment is 2". Do your homework before shopping.

Any suggestion where to look for contemporary wood key storage case that can be hang on wall?

I notice some key case in Home Fix (marina square) . But those available looks like key storage for heavy industries, construction site made of metal. Functional but not really homely. I also saw some key case in furniture shop which has a country theme. Any simple key case that can be hang in living room, behind door? Preferably wood n priced below $50.

i think one should not be too judgemental about things, especially such things. No one knows what happen during the process or what touches one person may be revolting to another. (ok, the old adage of one man's meat is another man's poision lah...) There is such a hypothesis of fate , yuan fen, which is quite interesting, n i heard it somewhere... 1) If a man and a woman is fated to love each other for "x" years, it will be great if they stay with each other for "x" years. 2) If they stay with each other for "y" years and x < y . Mmmmm, when y-x = n those n years will be **** to both of them. So don't be too judgemental, if u believe in such fate lor... just my 2 cents.

i watch documentary of nature and they say infidelity is a gene present in animals, including human. Woman also stray but more psychologically than physically, i think.

yes, dryer needs electricity to take care of the electronics/ operating mechanism. The gas is used for heating. If gas lever is not open (i.e. allow gas to flow to dryer), the dryer will blow cold air for quite some time (say five - ten minutes) while displaying the "11" in the time counter. The user manual stated that "11" indicates gas is not turned on in the dryer.

I read somewhere that Front load washing machine requires to use low sud washing powder due to the design of machine (drum, washing/ spinning mechanism). I believe we may be seeing the front load WM gaining popularity, however, there are still many mothers out there familiar with top load (my mum especially), and the washing powder brands they are familiar with are not low sud. Last Friday, my mum tried the normal (top load) washing method she honed many moons ago, i.e. pre-soak using high sud powder, wash , rinse a bit, wash a bit, then put it into front load WM (Brandt WFM 08771). As usual, it did not work well. There are too much lather and washing machine was confused. Anyway, long story short, we cleared out lather, and tried another washing with low sud powder on Sunday. (Clearing out some residual lather on Sunday washing). I read somewhere that long term usage of high sud powder may spoil the plastic closure, which we are cautiously aware now, and will not touch high sud powder/ front load WM with a ten foot pole. Any suggestion on the remedy, recovery path of front loading washing machine after this small hiccup?

Apologise for the initial jitters. Read the manual and realise: When time counter shows "11", it means gas not turn on. Cuz oriiginally i checked the gas lever of the dryer and following the direction of gas lever outside flat's (for Citygas pipe into home). The indicator of direction for the lever (dryer) is facing the wall, hence i do not have a visual confirmation. Turned out they are turned on in opposite direction. Looks like there is no standard direction of gas lever. Double check the direction. eg. Vertical to floor level = Gas on Horizontal to floor level = Gas off Waiting time is little. 1-2 min, max.

I did my walkabout in NTUC just now and saw "lock n lock" with another brand "Komax". They are the two brands with similar quick, fast locking mechanism using Tupperware shape container. Let's say they are the enhanced version of Rubbermaid or Tupperware. Any past user experience on which brand is better for usage for storing food, Chinese dry stuff in fridge?

how come gas dryer thread becomes gas heater.... Anyway, installed gas dryer two months ago but only moved in and used it last night... But gas dryer blow out cold air. Time counter indicates 11min. Try out some time, but no changes. Try to change the gas lever, but still cold air.... Btw, 1) for say 3kg of clothes, how long it takes to dry? (using only general drying mode) 2) need time to wait before operation?

thanks for suggestion, but not sure if i understand you (or my question is again misleading). I understand Brandt door opening button, north side of the door is a child proof lock (A). The door catch is located at the east side of the door (B). My mum finds it hard to press (A). Even using two thumbs to press.

Thanks for reply. If you buy yourself, one can find in Jalan Besar road, there will be Milpin 70, which will be slightly cheaper. If wanna go further (for hifi guys), can check Belden 19264, get from LHS (Sim Lim Tower). ~$10 /m if longer (say more than 10m, can get discount). I do agree with MaCe that home theatre, no need spend so much money, 2 channel audio, more worthy. Some crazy guys may even use Oyaide Tunami to lay power cable to hifi power point.

Apologise for being brief. My model is WFH08771, Front load.

So any forumers using Brandt and find opening the machine simple, can share on the techinque? My mum is above sixties and keep some fingernails, hence find opening the door a challenge.

so any idea dishdrainer is better to use S/S or plastic material. If it is better to get S/S, which shop carries a better range, in build-quality-wise? (Hoe Kee? Poh Joo?...)

Thanks for the info. MMmm, any idea how many grade options that carpenters usually offer (2 or 3 or even more grades) for say kitchen or wardrobe? I am thinking of what is the price difference. say in percentage.... e.g. Best - 150% medium - 110% low - 100% Also, what is the disadvantage of lower grade plywood after long usage? It will bend (like Ikea bookcase after 5 years? but Ikea wood is mostly chip board for Billy book case), or chip, or termites? Pardon my ignorance..

Methought carpenter normally use the same type of plywood rather than try different grades? As the outer colour can be better determine by the veneers, otherwise by PVC or laminate. My understanding is from a thread from this forum (very well written but i couldn't locate it now). Part of the info is as follows: "Solid Plywood Solid ply means whole piece of plywood (without cutting into flame) paste with veneer. So plywood is just plywood, there actually no solid ply or non-solid ply. Just that what people make it into Recently things had changed (not sure since when it started), carpenter start to replace plywood with blockboard. Now 90% of custom furniture (just a guess) using blockboard instead of plywood cause it is lighter than ply wood hence easier to work with & handling than plywood so it had become the carpenter's choice."

i have some experience with plumbers and sharing this with those interested: (if you have other thoughts, do chip in..) 1) How to know whether plumber is skillful? (hearsay, shop recommendation) 2) Plumber attitude (some I encountered can be quite unfriendly...) 3) Aesthetics, functional, convenient of pipe layout 4) Cleaning up, filling up the holes. 5) Resonable Charges (how much is reasonable?) 6) After service (best if not used when pt_3 and pt_4 are done properly) Any good plumber u recommend?

(heard it from the carpenter, so u derive your own conclusion) depends on whether you choose the wood with PVC veneer, or wood with customised veneer. When u choose your own customised veneer, it means carpenter needs to manual stick the veneer to the plank of wood. If you choose open concept for your book shelf, carpenter needs to also stick the veneer to those visible exposed shelf. (more service) Sliding door also more expensive cuz involves more material / installation. Problem with sliding door is during closing, the door will hit the side wood. If u use a stick on door stopper, it will introduce a gap.