MaCe

simi light? only fluroscent lights need ballast. I am DIYing using $10 made in china/japan ballasts. it's a monkey see monkey do thing - many stuffs were relevant in the 70s but people still applying it to today's house. especially the fridge base - 1) many pple tends to walk right into it and hurt their toes 2) who still washes the floor like in the 70s? splashing water+detergent and scrub ? 3) should the current fridge spoilt - die die MUST buy a fridge that fits into the base

they dont produce their own ballast lah - either from philips or osram. ballast are cheap - most expensive i saw is around $35-$40.00 it's the labor charges that is expensive unless you know how to DIY. I am in the midst of replacing all my magnetic ballasts to electronic ones.

as long as you knows WHAT DESIGN you want - engaging a contractor to do everything is cheaper. most contractors have done lots of those EXPENSIVE designer house and knows more than enough what to do. unless you want a house theme that NOBODY in sg has it and good enough to appear in magazine/tv then get a expensive ID to do it.

same feeling here! all same same; no offense to those who have them - 1) L shape sofa - sick and tired of seeing it. the trend is dying now. 2) wrought iron gate - machiam de facto standard by HDB 3) Refrigerator concrete base - who still washes their kitchen with BIG SPLASH FLOODs of water in this era ? my house is not a hawker centre, we are using a MOP! 4) Side skirting for walls - I have enough of lizards in my parent's house. cos with the skirtings, there is always a gap between the wall and cabinets, desks....creating a HUGE playground and big house for lizards and spiders.

some cant blame them, besides working long hours everyday - they just dont have time to upgrade themselves. they may possess great workmanship but when come to new stuffs haiz.. same case when I told a friend about electronic ballasts(energy saving) for fluorescent lamps - he called up his buddy who is a electrician for 20yrs. Over the phone, this Buddy says "NO good lah, lamp spoilts easily lah" - then I told my friend to ask his buddy "got energy saving halogen bulbs or not?". this buddy replied " no have lah, where got energy saving halogen bulb one, already beri energy saving lah!" 1) if electronic ballast no good and causes lamps to spoil easily , philips and osram already bankrupt long time ago. 2) then I show my friend this

aiya it all boils down to MONEY - if your dad or mum says "hey daughter, take this $50,000 cash and do up your kitchen! Another $30k cash go do your toilets, oh forgot this $100k for your livingroom and another $100k for your MBR." What problem will you have huh? Most guidelines and myths are meant for people who have the $$$. But the cold hard fact is that most of us are tied with a certain "budgeted" budget.

alamak...good things always HARD to get... where is this lightzone ah?

just give patrick a call and ask.

wah! I want your globe globe - looks like big ball ball to me NICE!! where you bought it ah? how much ah?

quite a number of the active members here are using hobee. me one of them

I only got 1 Kitchen Planning Myth - which is a sub-category of the 1 Renovation Planning Myth. the moment we get the door keys to the new house - buy $100 big $100 small on the unit number. kena liao - simi problem also dont have liao

yours is a special designer type shower? they installed mine without any problems leh

welcome to renotalk! had always love such old 5 rooms - they are HUGE! and squarish !

whats the freight charges(across the pacific ocean) for just 1 chair?

huh? simi holder simi pole? shower?

my black pants alll furs...

nothing is perfect lor - even studios are using shinco. but the brandname puts off a lot of pple. just kay kay go to sim lim sq and ask on the samsung/pioneer dvdplayer/recorders's compatibility. some pioneer required modding - shops in simlim usually will offer the service. one brand to aviod at all times for optical systems(vcd, dvd) = SONY.

welcome to renotalk spamchopped

applefreak - got one customer who is relocating - need to give up her 9 yrs old fat female cat(tiger stripes singapura). fat cat hor but sipeh vain, my trousers all furs. but very very obedient. help see who wants.

it's the layer of tiles you should monitor closely. got hack toilet?

same here... thats why contractors got biz to do. my wall all so jialat - no money to plaster - minimum $1600-$2k to plaster whole house leh.

thats provided you change your WIREs to at least 3m or more - to plug into a socket all the way from the toilet window.

you will soon find more and more such things : RIP-YOU-OFF pricetags

saw similiar one selling $160 or $170 at the clarkequay shopping mall. molecule has crazy pricing lah - a lot of their clocks made in hongkong/china.