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Doris Chin

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  1. Welcome! Sad to hear about your dog, hope you have a smooth reno!
  2. Finally have agreed with the main contractor about the major items and he is submitting the docs to HDB. His quote was reasonable as I double checked all major items with individual contactors/pricing in renotalk. Interesting thing I found was that hacking and laying tiles=just laying paraquat over existing tiles. Overlay of vinyl without hacking is 30% cheaper. But I am worried about harmful effect of vinyl. So will go for paraquat over tiles instead. To partition room the cheapest method is to use gypsum board, follow by carpentry and finally glass. Due to CNY, expected completion will be after CNY. Am commencing my taobao purchases shortly!
  3. My toilet doors were installed by HDB and they are PD doors. They quoted $290 for each door. I also found bi-fold doors from doctor door-$399 for 2 doors (without roller, with roller need to add $50/each). Will post the layout of parents room, it's the most difficult part of reno and I am still working on it with contractors!
  4. By the way, are you planning to cover up balcony area? It's a big headache for me and cannot decide
  5. Nice to see another EM reno happening, best of luck! Would like to see more pics!
  6. Long time no post as very busy with contractors, am trying to do the design myself and getting contractors to quote. Pics of completed bathroom: Downstairs common (now with 2 doors and sink moved to other side)
  7. Hi all EM'ers, Found this blog, great tips! My EM is at Bkt gombak and just had HIPS upgrading. Am looking for electric awning like coffee shop type for my balcony. Any lobang? New in selection of contractor phase
  8. My relative in China has a friend who used to sell on taobao, she said there are lots of fake reviews.. Because she is experienced, she knows what to look out for. Lucky for me as she helps me to chk out which sellers are good.
  9. Hi and welcome to renotalk! Your wiring plan seems really great! I guess most of us forget about this aspect till the last minute!
  10. Dear whalegaga, The HIPS contractor treated the downstairs small toilet as a toilet, and did the Reno accordingly, except they did not install the electricity for the instant heater (based on my understanding, they will do up everything as what you had previously- my downstairs toilet had no electric heater previously). They allow movement of the sink placement before reno so the problem was solved. I need to double confirm the instant heater elec as I am currently overseas and they completed the works when I was out. On the last day of the reno, they will help to fix up all accessories (additional tap, mirrors, toilet roll holder, towel holders etc) so was really happy about that. I was however not satisfied with one part of the Reno and I will share the pics once I get back to SG. One tip: need to be firm with HIPS contractor if there is something out of line - for eg, the downstairs toilet door was not able to open fully as blocked by sink and they asked my mother to accept it. I told them to move the sink firmly and they did it the next day.
  11. Can I ask what is the feedback on the table when fully open? Is it stable?
  12. Nice and thanks for taobao links! Rocking chair looks really nice!
  13. Welcome! Looks very much like my current house! Really nice layout except it's a bit noisy in the room if TV is on in living room, u might want to Invest in better doors that can block out sound.
  14. Welcome! Looks very much like my current house! Really nice layout except it's a bit noisy in the room if TV is on in living room, u might want to Invest in better doors that can block out sound.
  15. Nice clock! Wonder whether it is really wood or just a pic
  16. Do give an update in the quality! Am going to commence buying stuff, will buy from same vendor if they are good! Thanks!
  17. Managed to find good price of Cornell heater from parisilk and bought 3pcs of same model in one go.. Approx $100/heater. Delivery next week, hope they work well!
  18. Update on HIPS: contractor sup went through with us the placement of the toilet sinks, also agreed on the scope of work to be done. In addition he asked me to pay when I requested to create a curb for shower screen and also to install a cover for the open area above the PD toilet door ($100+$80). As I wanted to install stainless steel floor trap for all toilets, he told me not to do so for the toilet doing anti-slip as they use acid and it will react with the metal. In addition, when he heard I wanted to replace current electrical wire of the water heater/lights, he quoted $150/point. Normally, they will help to re-install after the Reno, but he said they use back existing wiring?? I think need to check this out with hdb as it sounds really fishy to me. For the main door and gate, as I have bought recess area but not yet build up the wall, the contractor office agreed to install later in jan/feb.. Yippie
  19. Thanks for the fast action to provide the contacts!
  20. I second Cornell brand as I have used more than 10 yrs and still going strong. Just bought 3 sets from parisilk and hope they are same quality! Will update once installed.. Price is really good at around $100/unit
  21. Could you share your electrician contact?
  22. Bought some blinds from qoo10, found it to be cheap and good. Seller is rosandeco and you might type in horizontal blind to search
  23. Nice!! Congrats! I would love to DIY, but totally no skills!
  24. Going to get 3 instant water heaters- my current house using Cornell and it has lasted for like more than 10yrs, probably going to get this brand, but the shop in imm said no more this brand. Went to Internet and seems the brand is still alive?
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