yo, so far so good eh???

I guess he met up with a happy problem! lol.. too many customers =)

Yeap, so far so good. Whatever he has promised so far, he delivered.

That day when we were there to check, we see indians clearing the debris, which we thought, were normal. Then when we peep downstairs, 2-3 Chinese guys (like those 50+ years old ah peks), are supervising them. Should be those Malaysians that you were talking about. We felt relived that these indians had someone to "look after".

Cant wait to see the tiles today!

Do u *knock knock each tiles?

I guess he met up with a happy problem! lol.. too many customers =)

Yeap, so far so good. Whatever he has promised so far, he delivered.

That day when we were there to check, we see indians clearing the debris, which we thought, were normal. Then when we peep downstairs, 2-3 Chinese guys (like those 50+ years old ah peks), are supervising them. Should be those Malaysians that you were talking about. We felt relived that these indians had someone to "look after".

Cant wait to see the tiles today!

Do u *knock knock each tiles?

acherly u can pop by to see one.... since if they begin tiling, they will start from the kitchen first then move towards the living area.....tink got one moustache guy who will tie a white towel on his head.... u can see his photo in my blog oso .... can knock the tiles to see if their workmanship good anot, no good ask Alan come and u knock his head.....

Edited December 27, 201015 yr by neubie

*photos updated as above*

Journey:

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Edited December 30, 201015 yr by pixie

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings

haha, alan never bluff me, he's using the SAME gang of tilers in his projects.... i recognise the baldy guy so i trust everything is ok and smooth for ya?

now that tiling is almost done, can start to rack ur brains on the electricals, plan & decide where the power/LAN points will be.... not to worry, i'm pretty sure he will meet u again to reconfirm the points....

Edited January 5, 201115 yr by neubie

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

the rubbish chute hopper nicely and squarely aligned between the two 300mm x 600mm tiles....

at this point in time, it maybe good if u start to inspect the tiling workmanship in details, check everything is in order before the tilers leave for another site, deficiencies highlighted to Alan so he can ask his guys to make good...

Edited January 5, 201115 yr by neubie

haha, alan never bluff me, he's using the SAME gang of tilers in his projects.... i recognise the baldy guy so i trust everything is ok and smooth for ya?

now that tiling is almost done, can start to rack ur brains on the electricals, plan & decide where the power/LAN points will be.... not to worry, i'm pretty sure he will meet u again to reconfirm the points....

Yeap, cos another of my fren is using Alan and he is waiting for this batch to complete, before he gets to start his tiling

electrical next or carpentry next?

the rubbish chute hopper nicely and squarely aligned between the two 300mm x 600mm tiles....

at this point in time, it maybe good if u start to inspect the tiling workmanship in details, check everything is in order before the tilers leave for another site, deficiencies highlighted to Alan so he can ask his guys to make good...

yeap will get a weekend (maybe Sunday) to knock knock the tiles to make sure they sound solid below.

cant wait for that!

Yeap, cos another of my fren is using Alan and he is waiting for this batch to complete, before he gets to start his tiling

electrical next or carpentry next?

Plumbing, electrical, aircon, painting, carpentry shd be the sequence

CNY is nearing and the works are slowing down.

We had a few hipcups which can serve as learning points:

1. Shower head was installed @ the wrong wall. Instead of the "feature" wall, it was installed in another wall. But we give this a go-ahead still as the mistake was not a bothersome to us and to undrill, and re-tiled seemed too much work for us.

2. Sinks were delivered wronggly, but these had been installed before we verified.

Two mistakes due to us not being there to check. Do all of you go regularly to check on the status during office hours?

Here are our progress:

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings

Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched.

Earlier, as we are building a TV room platform in Living room, we mentioned to Alan that is ok not to tiled below (to save tiles n $).

Without telling us, he went ahead to tiles, absorbing on the cost, cos he felt that this is better, thru his experience.

Nice workmanship of the tilers! The grout lines look seamless… for the wrongly delivered sinks, u were not there to check? Nv call up the sink supplier n bang table? Hope it's not too way off your intended design… as always, please make effort to visit after every milestone of ur reno. Any problem let Alan know pronto, take pics n email him. He keeps a docket of all mail correspondence of every project one.

Thanks Alan!

It din really break the design, so we decided to just keep it. Ya, we sort of took it for granted. Lesson learned!

Here are our progress:

Day 1 - 20th December: Hacking Day 1

Day 4 - 23rd December: Loading debris to truck.

Day 5 - 24th December: Loaded materials (cement, sand, tiles)

Day 8 - 27th December: Filling up the walls with cement before tiling

Day 10 - 29th December: Completed filling up of 2 toilets, kitchen and balcony walls.

Day 12 - 31st December: Tiled Kitchen (half) and Common Toilet

Day 17 - 5th January: Completed Tiling for Kitchen, Common Toilet, MBR Toilet. Started Living Room tilings

Day 18 - 6th January: Completed Rooms and almost there for living room. Felt the lines for our tiles are beautifully matched.

Day 21 - 9th January: Completed cement walkway @ entrance

Day 26 - 12th January: Completed Toilet Bowl/Sink installation

Photos before renovation:

1. Kitchen

2. Living Room

Which one is Alan in the living room photo?