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  1. Posted · Edited by renoseeker

    Yeah. The picture of the hinge I put above is a room door hinge. I just use that as an illustration. The concept is the same. Two hinge, left and right, and a soft close mechanism in the middle.

    Ratio differs, as Defelio says. Got to see the door to know actually. 2:1 is just what porkypig uses to explain, so I use 2:1 also.

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  2. Posted

    I wana knock down the wall between my 2 rooms but there floor plan shows black line.. that means cannot hack right? Does it mean i dun need to even ask the PE to come n check? Im a bit lost here so anyhelp will be appreciated! Thank you!

    Yeah black means cannot hack. Black = solid pillar inside the concrete.

    If you hack, then you can see if your flat is built firmly or not. sport-smiley-004.gif

  5. Posted

    Hi Wymark,

    Actually, why did your ID quote you in millimetres? I find it annoying. The standard is in psf for your raised platform. I suspect he or she put in millimetres so you cannot compare easily.

    Btw, from my calculations, you got chopped for the raised platform. Its around 50 square feet (rounded up) and you end up with around $23 psf. Which is very expensive.

    Still got anything in doubt?

  6. Posted

    Hi Wymark, i truly believe ur carpentry cost is very reasonable.. Cos i compared to my quotation.. U c u also heart pain :bangwall:

    I ask him y so ex den he giv discount but increase on another , quote higher for other things... N we keep on goin thru dis cycle.. Wic in the end he gave up cos i call his moves..

    I told him upfront.. Look i noe dis trade well , u ID needs to "EAT" but must noe da limit.. Y not u giv me lowest n actual price den we nego how many percent i willin to giv u.. He agreed and my total reno quote was down by 3+k excl.gif

    Hope i made u feel better.. :)

    Wah...you are a tough customer. I like your style. biggrin.gif

  7. Posted

    Hi.

    If a rebuilding cost is able to enhance the values of a house, would the bank be willing to lend more?

    I need 900k to rebuild. Is there anywhere to borrow this amount?

    From what I know, I don't believe so.

    RHB, OCBC and Maybank allows for renovation loan up to 6 times your monthly salary or $30,000, whichever is lower. If you want to borrow so much money, then a renovation loan would not be enough for you.

    In that case, then the bank most likely will ask for collateral, maybe your house in this case. Then, it depends on your house value already. I am guessing that if you are going to spend 900k to rebuild, your house value should be around 3M and above?

    But don't take my word for it. Each bank got their own policy. Best is to call and ask your bank.yamseng.gif

  8. Posted

    Maybe at first, there are hair line cracks, but because of the Home Improvement Program, these cracks deepens.

    If this is really the case, then I am not sure if you can claim from your ID. Because hair line cracks are fairly common and is not really a fault of the ID/tiler.

    Some tiles crack more easily than others, especially the China $2.20 ones. Not sure what tiles you use, but your ID should have explained to you if you decide to use cheaper tiles.

    Just my 2 cents

  10. Posted

    Dear all,

    I am currently looking for a contractor or ID. It is not easy to find one that can be trusted to do a good job.

    Do contractors also register with Radac ? Can we ask them for the Radac Cert No ?

    They can but they don't need to. You can check from the RADAC site.

    http://www.radac.org.sg/arlist.asp

    Don't be obsessed with the certifications though. A lot still depends on the contractor you are working with.

  12. Posted

    What I'm trying to say is with too easy and "too much" sympathy in the beginning without paying efforts to realising the truth of whole story, always and eventually landed felt being cheated, understand?

    Superficial, decorating words, lips service are "simple and easy" as they are "free of charge", need not to be "earned", but it reveals a person's character. Here flooded a lot with such.

    Great wisdom from bepgof here. I am very blunt in real life too...but online, I try to hold back a little because it could be forever there.

    Freedom of speech, yes, but we also need to know how and when to exercise the freedom of speech.

    bepgof, maybe you can hold a little too? Just my humble opinion. Don't be offended.

  13. Posted · Edited by renoseeker

    I dunno if he got another shop. But as far as I know his shop is already closed!! By the way, case does nothing...

    Baliestier, one of the firms, had one case on newspaper that the contractor cheated the owner of $85000!excl.gif And his house in in rumbles...

    I had maybe seen the report too...It's on The New Paper right?

    I really feel for all the people who are cheated, in some form or another. I am not going to debate whether sympathy needs to be earned or not....but what I think is that everyone has an internal "sensor" for what is right and what is wrong. So, I feel for you, nat0206. Money is hard to earn....

    If you have already file a suit, then prepare to hang on. Litigation is long and tedious and you really need to have solid "black and white to stand a chance." I hope you get your money back and all. As for your removing of the original post, I think it is wise.

    Even if you give us the name of the renovator, it is probably not useful to people, since the corrupt guy can just close down the company and start another in another name, another address. In fact, this scenario has already happened.

    Moving on, I suggest that the next time you want to engage a renovator, please do the homework. It may sound cruel and unkind of me, but I think your chances of getting conned is much lower if you had really done your homework at the start. Please forgive me from being blunt....but this is for your own good for the long run. I am around the same age as you actually, but I have seen a lot and experienced a lot. Just take my word for it: Don't trust people explicitly, unless they show themselves to be trustworthy.

    Wish you all the best.

  14. Posted

    QUOTE (minnie_dexter @ Mar 9 2011, 04:00 PM) Ooo...this is a something interesting to you...i realised that...thanks for sharing!!

    You're welcome.. Didn't do much here, just my observation. Hee....

    I'm beginning to suspect Renotalk is a highly controlled forum. *Duh* I simply asked an innocent question such as "Has anybody used XXXX ID?" and they refused to publish it here. And they even block out the names of some IDs... not sure if you all noticed that.

    Try posting such a question and you will see!

    And when I look at the t-blogs pictures and forums discussions, it seems people only use the same old few IDs. Design-wise a handful of them don't have the "Wow" factor. Of course, it's good to stick with the usual IDs since they are tried and tested. But I feel there should be more exposure and reviews of other good IDs.

    Yeah, Renotalk will auto filter some ID names out when you type them. I am not sure why either. These filtered out ones are too good or too bad?

    As for being highly controlled, I am personally not surprised. I operated a trading strategy forum when I was in my uni days (unfortunately it died from lack of capital) and there are a lot of tricks that a forum owner can play....that you may never know. All forums are highly controlled, let alone an advertising heavy one like Renotalk.

    All these boils down to the business model: All forums derive income from advertisements, and to attract advertisements, a forum owner has no choice but to do some tricks, if not the forum will go bust (just like mine, because I am too stubborn to do some things) It is definitely not the fault of Renotalk's staff.

    Just be careful, don't take everything at face value and know how the game is played and keep a clear head.

  15. Posted · Edited by renoseeker

    I beg to differ.

    ID and Contractor are just schematics. Just different names for the same job.

    More and more contractors call themselves ID. Most contractors have done a lot of jobs before, so they more or less know what designs works and what does not. People always say that contractors will be cheaper. Not true....If they sense that you are noob, they will still chop you.

    Some IDs have absolutely zero design sense, yet they still call themselves ID. Essentially, they are main contractors, but they charge a non existent "design premium" despite having no design sense.

    Job Scope of ID/Contractor is to do renovations.

    Bottom Line:

    ID = Businessman

    Contractor = Businessman

    Aim: Both wants to make the most $ out of you. (Nothing wrong with that. If you are doing this for a living, you would also act like this.)

    Let's look at the effect of ID and Contractor then...

    Effect of ID/Contractor

    Good ID/Contractor = No worries renovation + Cost effective

    Bad ID/Contractor = Nightmare renovation + Expensive

    Since the job scope is the same, the design (or lack of) is the same and the aim is the same, the difference between ID and Contractor is almost non existent.

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  19. Posted

    Hi all, I am new to this forum and I would like to seek help/idea for renovation. The current flat is around 10yrs old already so maybe need full renovation.

    I thought of renting a house temporary while flat is undergo Reno but it is hard to find hdb with short term rental in this case. Kindly provide me some advise if you had experience handling similar problem. Thanks :)

    Assuming that you are selling your house and buying a new one, you can try to negotiate with your buyer to handover your existing house later. Of course, you need to pay him a rental fee, until the renovation for your new house is over.

    If you are renting from someone, then talk to your landlord to see if you can extend for a few months.

    Not sure what is your personal circumstances. Either way, it is a lot simpler to do the above than to find a short term rental in a short while.

  20. Posted

    i realise that those thread with company names are usually those who have past clients

    or existing one who are renovating with them...

    treads like "ID or contractor to recommend" i suspect that there are a numbers of ID pretending

    as past client and recommending their own company!

    Are business that bad that u need to do this???

    To those ID pretending as client, IF your track records are clean, start a tread with your company name

    and ask for feedback... this way, we can better tell the reputation of the ID company

    Well....this is Renotalk. It's a forum. Half the recommendations/complaints cannot be trusted. Even those with photos can be faked. Google Images is your best friend.

    Self recommendations are like everywhere. Likewise, complaints may be attacks from green-eyed rivals.

    It's like part of the game. No need to be angry about it. Be smart, be alert and think for yourself is what that matters.

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  23. Posted

    Has everyone faced the problem of having the stove fire blown out by the hood?

    I'm using one single-type stove and slimline hood (not even a chimmey hood)

    I have my gas open to full and my stove fire to the max and still happening

    Now I can only cook without switching on the hood.

    Any advice?

    This happens to me also.

    It seems like the city gas guy messed up my gas supply outlet. Mine is a resale flat, so quite old already. The city gas guy came and knocked some stuff around and I guess that is why got problem.

    Solved by calling up and complaining...bleah.gif

    Hope this helps

  24. Posted

    Hi guys, first of all, how big space do we need for the warehouse? I can try searching for any cheap rentals. I suppose the warehouse is also big enough for us to store our uncompleted projects.

    I would feel that using workshops in schools are not that practical. Because they may let you use for a limited time. But if your DIY requires a longer time to completed, where are you going to store your things? Unless the school let you put with them loh.

    I used to work with a HOD of IT dept in a secondary school. Now he's promoted to VP. Do you think i should go ahead and ask if he lets me use his school for DIY?

    LOL. Later you get him into trouble...jawdrop.gif

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