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  1. hc28
    did u take advantage of their priority shipping since its free? haha
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    Just FYI since u already bought your bed. The mark up for mattress on cost is roughly 60-70%. The discounts that they can offer is huge.
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    To me, expo furniture fair is a waste of time. Its always there and never ends. Almost every other week is a furniture expo. You can try to haggle if you're going down but I wouldn't make a special trip just for it. You will realise that you can get the same prices at their showrooms. And if its there almost every other week / month, what's the purpose?
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    Hahaha. No secret receipe. I just contact them using the email function and tried my luck by asking for free shipping. First time cannot. Second try ok!
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    You put on the floor or on your table top? I managed to ask for free shipping from Amazon!
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    i think 10L is about 30cm tall and 30cm deep. should be this one http://www.simplehuman.com/uk/10-litre-slim-step-can-black-plastic
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    Anyway does anyone know if the black Friday deal cover all amazon products? Also, how do i get free shipping for these items? must I hit the minimum US$125 spend before i get the free shipping? otherwise, how can i get the free shipping?
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    I am looking to get this waste bin from Amazon also. http://d33872uhrikr8k.cloudfront.net/catalog/product/cache/1/image/1170x954/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/0/10l-profile-open-can_f_1.jpg
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    Sorry ah. But what is plug box?
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    i just came back from howards and its selling the small one at S$33.99. didn't bother to check the price of the big one because the pricing doesn't make sense to me. i know OG also have. but dk how much. i think i will just get from Amazon since kara, nextstep and so many other renotalkers have done so.
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    i also had this issue. what you can do is to call town council and they will get someone to paint for you. but i happened to just casually ask my painter if he can do it with the leftover paint. will have some slight difference in colour. but aiya, its outside your house anyway and according to my painter, few weeks or months later, all will be the same. for me, within 2 days look the same liao. another alternative is to just call the block maintenance guy directly instead of town council. after i handover, i had some holes which i wanted to patch up on the outside of my unit and also alot of bulky rubbish to throw. so i just called the guy and he came up, got the rubbish cleared and holes patched within 30mins. much more efficient than calling town council which need me to give 3 days advance notice before i throw something. and also much more efficient than calling my contractor whose guys will most probably come down after they finish work at another site or the next day. if you are interested, i found this guy no. at the notice board of my block. he is just the "head" bangala of all the other bangala.
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    i did ask my contractor to seal it because i thought his workers missed it out. thats when he told me that it is his practice to leave it unsealed. firstly, no worries about the hob shifting as it is so heavy so it will be "set in place" on its own. secondly, they choose not to seal it up as usually when we use gas hob, if you look carefully, the gas come up from one big hole. we will use the burner to cover the hole, and the gas just go everywhere from there. the igniter is outside of this burner, so when we "tiak tiak tiak", the flame will burn outside the burner. the step is to release the gas, thn start the igniter, so in between, gas will escape everywhere and could also escape into your cabinet below. not that its a big issue, but if you seal it up, the gas will stay in your cabinet till you open it up whereby you will smell alot of gas and think maybe gas leak. however, if we never seal it up, the gas can dissipate through the gaps between the hob and table top. not that it doesn't escape from the cabinet doors also la.. but thats the reason he give me which i choose not to ask more since seal or don't seal, not much impact anyway.
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    Congratulations! i'm glad that your reno has progressed smoothly after the showdown! i guess everyone needs some pushing!
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    haha. i don't think will need so long. from the time my carpentry come in till final touch up and handover was only about 2 weeks! but maybe you should try to be around on the first day if possible or every other day so you can vet through the carpentry and laminates to minimise the replacement when everything has been installed. although my contractor replaced every item that i highlighted with a problem, there were some tricky bits as some of it was like full height cabinets. i'm not sure how he got his guys to replace them, but he did a good job! hob installation and aircon mounting i think should be very easy.. haha mine also nv use silicon to seal the hob.
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    I think its just to hold ur washing stuff like sponge. Below have some holes for the water to drip back into the sink. I saw this at Howards and im also going to get it!
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    Congrats! your place will start to take shape once the carpentry comes in! Bing Biang Boom! Fast and furious!
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    I have been told by some that chemical wash should not include your accessories as they may tarnish easily. As such some contractor wrap up ur accessories in plastic wrap before the chemical wash.
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    Common bathroom We did not do much to change the common bathroom as space was a constraint. We were also told that we could not shift our WC position from our first ID but we subsequently learnt otherwise from @ahyong81 and my contractor. Very wasted as we would have loved to change the layout of this washroom. Common BR3 L-box for this room was done in an L-shape which is same for our common BR2 Common BR2 (original MBR) This is the original MBR. The previous owner had shifted the MBR and we chose to retain the design. Not much of view anyway. L-box and carpentry. These are the only lights in the room.
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    hinder by the beam means something like an indent with beam above? actually if you do full height can cover up the beam.
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    have you considered to get your aircon from subcon instead?
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    Kitchen Not sure if I am going to regret using white laminates for the kitchen cabinets. Track lights for kitchen. Maybe not bright enough but should be easy to add in another one more point. washing machine all the way at the end. No service yard like new HDBs. So have to carve one out. Black galaxy india granite for tabletop
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    the mirror for your vanity is very nice. I was wondering how it would turn out as a part of it extend out of your vanity top. However, its really flows very well as the mirror reflects the glass. Now then I noticed that the top of your mirror is the colour as the vanity top. I didn't do it for mine. Abit wasted. Your effect looks quite nice. Maybe I will paint mine myself. Really kudos to your ID as the kitchen glass backsplash as the colour seem to match the laminate exactly. Makes the whole kitchen colour theme flow very well. Congrats on almost completing your renovation!
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    Our renovation has been completed! Over the weekend, we met up with our contractor to run through the rectification done for all the defects that we have highlighted. All works have been completed to our satisfaction and our contractor also told us if got anything that we discovered after we move in, we can just call him and he will definitely assist us. TV console area with ceiling cove lights TV console with cove light. It seems that in the photos, the cove lights are very concentrated on one area and not spread out. is it camera issue or just technique? Kitchen is next to our common 3. No kitchen door as we are not sure whether we really need it. If cooking, will the oil fumes flow to the living area? As we couldn't make up our mind, our contractor mentioned that kitchen glass door (with or without frame) is very easy to install and we can choose to add in if we find that we need it in future. Any kind advice from bros here? Full height cabinet to house the DB and full height suspended cabinet with open shelf surround our main door. Total have lots of space to keep shoes and storage. Our contractor provided us full adjustable tracks for the internal (train tracks), so we can adjust them according to our needs. Our new door as compared to the previous one below. Our initial plan was to remove the grooves and patch up the door before painting. However, after painting, can still see the shape of the old design. Not sure if the worker no skill or the door condition poor. In end up, top up to change the main door.
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    Actually, for me, i will still go with the "mini" WIW in the master bedroom with the L-shape along the dresser parallel to the bed. The baby cot will still be able to fit in between the bed and the wardrobe. Although this will cause some inconvenience when assessing your dresser, it will only be for the initial years as after that your child will most probably be sharing the bed with you. Also, if you put down the baby cot gate, it will extend to the side of the bed which is better as you can sleep with your baby. For your shoe cabinet, have you thought of doing a full height or full height suspended with open shelf on the wall facing the HS intead? I think for me i will prefer that way. haha
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    For refuse chute to have smell coming out despite not open. Is it normal?
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