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  2. Posted

    5 hours ago, 3Cube said:

    There is already a thread titled "Termite treatment?"

    As this forum hide post with web link, you can do a forum search for the title.

    Alternatively, google for keyword "NEA Pest Control Operator" for the full list of licensed pest control company.

     

    Normally, if your property does not have expose soil (ie: turfing, garden, etc), which also means your property's entire ground is covered with concrete floor slab,  in my opinion, I wouldn't waste the money & do my own checks periodically.

    Do note that I say this because generally warranty does not cover much liability on damages by termite. Hence I stress that you look through your warranty terms to understand what is covered & weigh the cost against what is covered for damages (ie: it will better if warranty cover for replacement of damages, in monetary or the likes in full when termite do occur)

    Thanks Cube

    I m coming from the preventive measure point for view... trying to find information but seems like not a lot of information on this. 

     

  3. Posted

    Hi, I purchase an old house and target to start renovation before moving in, in apr to jun 20. It will be major renovation without A&A. Will remove part of the flooring and old furnishing. I m thinking of doing a preventive pest control before installing the new furniture. 

    Not very well verse in such stuff and when it should be during the whole renovation processs. Hope to get some advise from any expert here.
     

  4. Posted

    Hi want to check if you need to get approval to open or increase the width of existing windows of your house.

    This is what I found, just don't know how to interpret it.

    Doors and Windows

    Planning permission is not required for replacing or changing the windows and doors if:

    1. there is no increase in GFA;
    2. there is no reduction in setback; and
    3. it does not involve changing the position of the window.

     

     

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    2 hours ago, snoozee said:

    I may be wrong but my understanding is that loft is built to sit on the existing floor slab whereas mezzanine would be built as part of the building’s structure

    a mezzanine storey cannot be the same size as the lower storey. So if your house is in a 2 storey zone, how are you going to built a mezzanine? You still need to be able to roof over the part where the mezzanine is not covering the 2nd storey. In this case you would be better off building an attic storey rather than figuring out how to build a mezzanine.

    Firstly the house is in a 3 storey zone.

    Secondly, the roof to floor distance is 7.5m at the highest point and tapered down to 3.2m at the side.

    Another question would be the approval. I seems to heard conflicting information from different people, same say landed dont need for mezzanine,  same say need. Will be meeting a builder to check bah.

  8. Posted

    13 hours ago, snoozee said:

    Mezzanine should not be considered as an additional storey. But you need to check that you have enough headroom for the new mezzanine and the floor directly below it. Need to clear at least 2.4m else can’t pass BCA

    headroom at the highest point is more than 2.4 but not at some point. So have to plan as such a point that the lowest point is 2.4m?

  9. Posted

    2 hours ago, snoozee said:

    You can’t built a mezzanine on a storey. A mezzanine is technically a storey by itself though URA now doesn’t consider it as one as long as it is reasonable in size. Technically mezzanine is only up to 50% of a normal floor area but URA does allow bigger now subjected to approval. 
     

    in order to build a mezzanine, you need to have enough headroom clearance above and below the mezzanine which is at least 2.4m. So after factoring in a floor slab thickness of at least 0.15m thick, you will need to have at least 5m of overhead clearance for your 2nd storey in order to build a mezzanine. Also, the mezzanine would need to be tied back to the columns of the house and have additional beams to support it. 
     

    this is different from a loft which does not have a overhead clearance limit above the loft and is usually a structure built to sit on the floor slab which in this case is your 2nd storey

    @snoozee I would like to first thank you for always helping the forum with your knowledge.

    Didn't that there is a difference between a loft and a mezzanine. I would like to know the distinct and more detail on it. 

    I m getting an old 2-stories landed house. The objective is to reclaim same more space used by removing the artificial ceiling at level 2. I do not intend to do extensive A&A to make another attic level hence thinking of partial loft/mezzanine solution after  removing the artificial ceiling level. I would also like to avoid all the costly approval due to budget constraint. 

    Thanks again for your feedback. \  

  10. Posted

    Hi all, I would like to ask about building Mezzanines on 2nd storey of a landed property to maximize space

    1) if mezzanine is more than 5 sqm, URA/BCA approval is required. if so what are the cost involved, anyone have an estimate.

    2) A little on the grey area, that one contractor had told me is that the mezzanine is build as a carpentry work (i.e. part of a walk in wardrobe), one can argue that it is not part of a mezzanine. I want to make this correct so have to check if this is arguable.

    3) Can mezzanines be built over, say a toilet if the piping are routed away.

    4) Is the free standing type of mezzanine such as provided by Mezzanine Singapore,  considered as it is not a fix feature?

    Hope to hear from you soon and thanks in advance.

  12. Posted

    On 5/23/2019 at 9:04 AM, snoozee said:

    if the "attic" is squeezed within the exiting roof profile and the 2nd storey, then yes, maybe can get away with not being counted as an "attic" since it is somewhat like a loft within the same 2nd storey. however if the entire roof is removed and the building height increased to cater for the attic, it will be counted as a new storey and will be classified as reconstruction instead of A&A.

    if i do mezzanine, would it be considered then?

  15. Posted

    On 4/14/2019 at 8:40 PM, snoozee said:

    Yes it is allowed to remove the existing false ceiling and redo it. But do understand that you will have to redo the false ceiling inside the house and do up the insulation as well to block out the heat. 

    If you are intending to build lofts in each room, do note that you will be required to do submissions if your loft exceeds 5sqm. It would also be good to get PE to do load calculations to determine if the structure can take the load of the loft or not.

    Also it seems that your house had undergone some A&A most likely in the early 90s. But your house might be very old so the ceiling boards at the 2nd floor might contain asbestos unless they had been removed during the last major renovation. If asbestos still exist, you will need to get specialist to remove them. 

    On the roof on the left side, there is a vent pipe for the toilet there. So you may want to redo this pipe if you really want to reclaim all the available space.

    of cos if you have enough budget, you may want to build an additional attic floor which will really allow you to maximise the available space

    Wow, thanks for being so detail. Can i check, by meaning of additional attic floor means that remove the roof and build upward. It would be considered as A&A  as long as it did not increase the build up by 50% right? plus on top of that need to see if it is structurally sound to tahan the loading.... budget around 300k enough?

    just wondering, I saw a lot of attic conversation in angmo country doing an additional small area roof extension for their attic. (in the picture). Is it possible to do it in SG? would this be A&A or just re-roofing? 

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