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Cheers!

Queen. Thanks for share. I have a last question . How far is your kitchen and hall downlight from wall?

Clay. How many watt is the downlighting in the hall?

WOW! Nice! I still wonder how they punched a hole through the beam? Can I bother you to take the pictures of the blowers in your rooms and also the internal wall where the compressor located. I want to share this with Big A.

Day 14 FINALLY! Plastering of the walls. (The sight of the original wall condition was a real eye score.) I have the temptation not to paint the walls. Anyone try that before? Is it advisable? Can't wait to return home to checkout the progress of the renovation.

I am very interested on how you run you AC pipe. Did you conseal the trucking? Some pictures will greatly help. Thanks.

(3) The walls are not aligned right-angle. There is a slight 2-3degree (by my estimation) tilt, making the floor space a trapezium. Although 2-3 degrees do not seem much, running the 2-degree deviant over 4 metres show up the huge difference. Placing furniture will then also be a challenge. It shows as right angles on the floor plan though. Not funny, HDB... You are not alone!

Day 13 We went over to TAK Products & Services Pte Ltd (Headquarters) to check out their laminate. We were quite SURPRISE they would actually entertain us even though we are not IDs or contractors. (We did made an appointment first.) Other than the free sample kits & advices provided what amazed us the most was TAK insisted us to see and feel the actual laminate in the actual size. Is not an easy job to pull out and put back the laminates. Two Thumbs Up for TAK! Thanks Susan and Alex. Below are what we have short listed. Most properly we will select the solid color to keep within our reno budget.

Your place is similar to mine. For your MBR how did you cover the hole for AC? Did you first seal it up with concrete then do a box up? Also you going to AC the hall? I am looking for idea to run the pipes and conceal with with box up. If possible I would love to see picture of the AC box up. Thanks.

Day 12 Most of the wet work are completed today. The real action will be coming soon. I believe I will be able to post more interesting stuff for the reno talker.

I still wonder if I was lucky. Due to the WC offset, Hoe Kee was not able to delivery our 2X 'ROZ 898 WC' at $368ea and was offered to replace with a set from GENOVO with no top up. I have to agreed. I have a project schedule to follow. Anyone here knows the cost of a CAPRIO WC? http://www.hoekee.com.sg/bathroom/toilet-bowl-bidet-spray/toilet-bowl-w-c/roz-898-water-closet-toilet-bowl-detail.html http://www.genova.com.sg/?p=productsMore&iProduct=984&sName=WC-CAPRIO-WT

Part of my aluminium round edge corner are up. I can't wait for the grout to be filled. Then we let time to oxidize the aluminium.

I guess she just has to reference my height and I will get her a nice stool.

I got to share this. I found this somewhere in Renotalk. The problem now is my wife is 1.68 and I am 1.84. Kitchen Ergonomics

Harriette. Done.

Is that a granite counter top? What is the name of the granite? Price per foot? PS: I love your place.

OSRAM LEDCOMFO: Chinese or branded LED downlight? I was contemplating for a long time. Finally I decided to go with OSRAM although it was assembled in China. Reasons OSRAM manufacture her own LED Die OSRAM don't use cheap LED driver OSRAM has better QC. Most if all is only $24.73ea for a 9W before shipping. To play SAVE I brought 2 units to test and realised they were excellence. The build was good and it don't feel nor look cheap. Only feel warm in my hands (Prove of efficiency). The light was very comfortable to the eyes. (Natural). Another order for 24x was just placed.

25 Feb 2014 Aluminium windows all up. Will plaster and paint the wall first before installing the window grills, main gate and flooring to avoid staining. (Good project management by Big A) View from my kitchen.

Part of the bathroom tiles are up. To pimp the walls up. I am going use aluminium round edge corner. Will keep end result as a surprise. (Fingers cross. I hope my wife will be surprise not SHOCK!)

Now my kitchen partition walls are all up. Hopefully the walls will frame up my cabinets nicely. Honesty speaking till now I have not idea which colour scheme I should go when the counter top I opt for is 'India Black granite'. I am toying with the idea of Grey. Any suggestion? Personally I prefer 'Kashmir White'. Maybe I will ask Big A how much is the difference.

During your renovation, please take this opportunity to replace all existing cast iron pipes with modern UPVC ones. Look at that BIG HOLE. No wonder got a foul smell in the house. The existing cast iron pipes are already rotten with a big hole.

17 to 21 Feb 2014 Finally my renovation started on 17 Feb and all these took place when I was away. However I manage to have my daily doses of renovation update via FB. (Thanks to The Big 'A') A few snapshots of the DEMOLITION.

Nope. Is a good try.. I will post when is ready.

What am I going to use these solid teak plank for? Make a wild guess. I got these from my mother's friend at the cost of NOTHING (FOC)!