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  12. Posted

    My house is gg to be completed soon. Will post pics of the 'completed' product by next week so stay tuned!!

    However, have something that Iwould like to seek advice from fellow reno-talkers...

    My MBR wall as well as my Guest room Wall seem to have a serious water seepage problem from the outside. Mine is corner unit and the flat is like 23-25 years old already. Hence, I think the condition of the exterior is quite bad.

    I had my whole house plastered and painted. However, after about 1 week from the plastering and the painting, I noticed that my wall in the MBR and Guestroom has lots of air bubbles!!

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    This is definitely not my ID's faut and it was nice of him to help me mark those very obvious spots and told me that he will get the painter to paint some oil sealant over them before repainting. However, this is definitely not a long term solution as I suspect after a week or so, the bubbles will return again :(

    Does anyone have such experience and know how to tackle it? I was thinking of getting HDB to rectify but I highly doubt they will bother with only 1 unit on the 10th floor. :(

    air bubbles on wall normally is the paint cannot stick well to the cement.

    so if just air bubbles, what i do is to scrape off all the paint that can be scraped, then apply wall putty. if not flushed with the wall, then apply another coat of wall putty. after it dry, sand it smooth. then apply a few coats of paint to cover up. if bubble contains water, means outside the cement got cracks liao so water seeps in when rain. if that happens, call up ur town council to patch up the crack, den scrape off the paint and apply wall putty.

  13. Posted

    so big a scratch sure can see la... let him do his stuffs..he never rectify den dun agree to the handover loh. think most prob the tile got to change, but no problem with that as tilers can change tiles quite professionally. i have a few tiles oso retile, cant even tell the difference.

  14. Posted

    My house is super noisy too... I'm living next to an S11 coffeeshop so it's open 24-7... a Community Club, a food centre and a wet market...plus it's also next to a road junction....and....not to mention the fighter jets that zoom past at least once or twice a week.... :bangwall:

    My current solution?... close the main windows that face the coffeeshop and road, leave the small window open and turn on the fan to cool down the room... no choice... as the others have said, just have to live with it... for me, it's a trade-off I guess for the convenience of all the amenities around me... :dunno:

    Yes i agree. i live in the same area but on Yung An road opp CC. i think the killer for me is the CC, my god the events they had all goes well into the night on the weekends. Dunno why this CC very happening.

  15. Posted

    one more update.

    my curtains are finally done, after 1 mth of moving in. cos very lazy to go and look for curtain.

    cedric did it for me, and the effect is rather nice.

    my living rm wooden venetian blind

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    bedroom 1 curtains

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    bedroom 2 curtains

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    my wife's friend bought this for us during her trip to japan, finally i found enough materials to hang this up at our kitchen doorway. BUT the hangers gave way this morning. 8| haiz not sticky enough. think got to either nail or put more hangers.

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  17. Posted

    Looking to change the ugly knobs/handles on my existing wardrobes. I saw Ikea has only a small limited selection. Any where else where I can get a wider selection? Thanks!

    i bought them at shanghai tong lee shop, somewhere near lavendar. if im not wrong, opening hrs are mon-fri till 5pm, sat till 3pm.

  18. Posted

    Hello, time to give the last few updates to my blog before i move in.

    some picture updates.

    my mbr with the expensive mattress and bed. pasting that cherry blossoms on the walls nearly killed my wife and me! tore a few pieces but lucky still ends up quite well. :D:D

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    my mbr curtain that is bought from bkk

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    mbr relax corner.

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    mbr shower screen bought from bkk

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    my living room tatami, a little messy cos we havent really clear things up yet.

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    living room painted wall.

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    forgot to take another wall where we painted another picture on it, i'll leave it to next update

    living room 3X3 divider from scanteak.

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    bedroom 2, a little blank at this time cos wife wana grow plants here.

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    bedroom 1, guest room with bed. dunno what to do with that table on the extreme right. anybody wana buy? :P:P

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    main door + gates.

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    kitchen cab with stickers pasted.

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    f&p washing machine + fridge

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    finally going to move in soon. hope wun get delayed again.

  19. Posted

    Wooden door or Steel door?

    unless u use air brush, it is common to see brittles lines.

    u need to paint several coats, using good brushes and gently brush without heavy forces onto the surface.

    Quick dry paint is thinner base which is use on steel surface. Remember to use the same thinner base surface coat. (if u add thinner as a solvent on those turpentine base paint, u get 'jellies', the paint curdle.

    thks for the reply.

    its a wooden door.

    i already gave up, so i just sand down the base coat to make the bristle lines less obvious, and cover up with 1 coat of oil-base type glossy paint. although still a little "liney", but i already very sianz doing that stupid door already. :curse::curse:

  20. Posted

    Plumber just fixed the PVC pipe to join chrome bottle-trap to concealed wall drainage pipe under my two wash basins. Don't have a vanity top/cabinet, so these pipes below can be seen clearly. Yellow marks are so obvious between PVC and drainage pipe too.

    I've asked him a few times already if there's another way to improve on this connection and was told this is the best and only way.

    Is this true? Would appreciate any advice or info. Thanks!

    Below wash basin common bathroom

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    Below wash basin master bathroom

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    why not PVC all the way? looks strange like that with metal joining plastic.

  21. Posted

    hihi..anyone gt gd recommendation for reasonable price and quality altar table for praying guanyin? have totally no idea of where to buy and wat material wood muz have? :help:

    plus plus any place to buy main door & grills? wats the price range like?

    thks anyone... :bow:

    1) alter tables i think bugis there has a lot, opposite the fu lu shou building

    2) main door should cost about $800 onwards, depends on wood / fire-resistance / size

    3) you are talking about main door iron wrought gates? i got mine at $385.

  22. Posted

    Mkt carnage...need to save on reno...is hdb optional items like flooring and doors cheap?

    HDB charging $360 per door for bedrooms and kitchen doors....

    For living room, bedrooms flooring it $3900 for 5 room.......

    Anyone here can advise me? Thanks.

    shld be cheaper, but not necessary to your liking.

  23. Posted

    hi

    i've stripped away a layer of paint from the door, and applied this "quick dry base coat" (paint shop auntie recommend) on the door. but i applied using paint brush and i can see the base coat not even, with lines (like the brush bristles) running all over on the door surface. applying paint on this liney surface can still see these lines, so what should i do now?

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