So Far So Good At Foliage [4-Room]

[plainsharon 20]

hi

my house will be doing the cement screeding from HDB too. They told me that there are different level of cement screeding. 40mm,50mm,55mm. HDB give FOC is only 40mm which is not enough to be level with the toilet /lviing tiles..... And required to top up 100 dollar for each bedroom for addition level meaning total of 50mm-55mm. Anyone expereince this? I

Hi tirimisu, was told by my contractor something like that too and the hdb also said max is 40mm, so that time my contractor will liaise with them n let us know if need to top up. Wow $100 per bedroom is quite alots.. I have not start my Reno yet though..

As our experience, we were there when the contractor were there for cement screed. In fact before our cement screed were poured the contractor contact us to ask if he could go down as he was going to do it for our neighbor upstairs and at the same time to check how much drop down they needed to leave for us. Instead of asking how much we need to pour.

I told him were still need walls in the rooms to be hack before he could go down to pour. So we knew exactly when they were going down.

As we needed to leave 5mm from the master bed room door so we told him that and on the day when they came, my hubby was around and they were professional to measure the leveling from the bomb shelter even though we are pouring bedrooms only, they have considered the leveling so that it will not affect the opening of the bomb shelter's door.

Nothing about how much mm to pour we're mentioned. Not sure if all HDB's contractor are from the same contractor though. We did not tell HDB how much to pour in advance as well.

My hubby were there to better communicate with them too. Anyway, we took a sample of herf from our supplier to let them have a better idea what we wanted. They were flexible about how much to pour too. Hope this will helps.

I was told by HDB that cement screed will be in 4 weeks time but 1 week after application I call the officer in charge to check when the cement screed contractor will be coming so as to be able to plan follow up hacking and other jobs for my contractor, it was a good excuse for us to know when the cement screed contractor was coming. The HDB officer told me to check with him 2 weeks later however 1 week later the cement screed contractor called to arrange for cement screed already.

Edited November 7, 2013 by plainsharon

[Tirimisu 4]

Oh just wondering did you pay to them for any additional lvl?

Sorry for being off topic in your reno-blog.... Look forward for your completed reno .. :notti:

[plainsharon 20]

Oh just wondering did you pay to them for any additional lvl?

Sorry for being off topic in your reno-blog.... Look forward for your completed reno .. :notti:

No Worries Tirimisu~ Nope, we did not pay them extra for adding, neither we were sure how much mm they pour, but they measure according to the bomb's shelter door drop down and our MBR door's drop down.

Thanks anyway. Am looking forward for my completed reno as well.

[plainsharon 20]

Update

Day 28

Hubby was bored of going down everyday, so we will go down every 2 days to capture more changes to our reno process.

This morning Mr. K took this photo and send it over to me as was super concern about the space to put grouting

Mr. K assured that there will be enough space for grouting and he always did it this way unless his clients mentioned that they would want a wider grouting.

Pros about wide grouting:

It looks nicer.

Cons about wide grouting :

The cement grouting will crack eventually as all cement will crack, so having wide grout will make it more obvious, i guess. small grouting will crack too.

So eventually we decided to go ahead with what Mr. K had plan.

Method Mr. K uses is freehand laying of the brick wall, about the other method which others sometimes use, using wood block to support or create a wider space for grout it also allows the bricks to be more neater while freehand makes it more natural. Depending which you might like.

Edited November 8, 2013 by plainsharon

[Makanology 29]

I think stacking the bricks this way with a not-so-wide grout is better as the bricks will act as a support for one another. We laid our bricks in a random manner and after a few months, the cement cracks... We have been experiencing falling loose bricks now and then

[plainsharon 20]

I think stacking the bricks this way with a not-so-wide grout is better as the bricks will act as a support for one another. We laid our bricks in a random manner and after a few months, the cement cracks... We have been experiencing falling loose bricks now and then

Oh my! falling loose bricks? even after a day or 2 of the grouted brick wall, realised there was some fine lines in the grout. Cement grout really is easily cracked.

[plainsharon 20]

Day 29

Went down and took a look :

Grout not filled:

This week, things have been moving fast and it is only one of Mr. K's worker who is doing all these! All of the brick wall and kitchen's concrete and all the cement screed were done by just one person.

Work will continue and next tuesday, aircon will be install~

[OceanEleven 203]

Cant wait to see the kitchen carpentry, anticipating the concrete and carpentry blend look.

[plainsharon 20]

Cant wait to see the kitchen carpentry, anticipating the concrete and carpentry blend look.

Thanks~ Am looking forward to it too.

[plainsharon 20]

Day 31

Updates

1. Brick Walls have completed with grouting
2. Taobao Peeka came bearing with delivery~
3. Concrete Kitchen almost complete if not for the lack of tiles
4. Samsung Fridge and Electrolux Hood Order from Best Denki's Compass Point

Kitchen's Concrete :

2nd Round of Taobao Peeka's Item came :

Square Downlights at 8watts

Downlights costing at 3 bucks SGD at 3watts

Tracklights at 4watts :

T5 for cove lighting :

5w, 12w 16w variety~

Edited November 12, 2013 by plainsharon

[plainsharon 20]

Continue update from Day 31

Samsung RT5982BTBSL Fridge which we have purchase:

Simple Design but its really huge 560L

• 560L Total Net
• 153L Net Freezer
• 407L Net Refrigerator
• Special Feature : CoolSelect Zone

Electrolux 9533X :

Extraction Power (m3/hr):1000

Efficient 6 Layer Grease Filter: Yes

Recirculation with Active Carbon Filter: Yes

Bright Halogen Lighting: Yes

Tomorrow will be expecting Aircon Installation from Cool Force~

Edited November 16, 2013 by plainsharon

[arissang 0]

I like how your kitchen is starting to look!! Have you tried the square downlight already? I'm thinking of buying from Taobao too but not sure whether to get round or square and how many watts to get >.<

[plainsharon 20]

I like how your kitchen is starting to look!! Have you tried the square downlight already? I'm thinking of buying from Taobao too but not sure whether to get round or square and how many watts to get >.<

Thanks~ am looking forward for his each day process, hopefully the end work will blend in nicely.

We have yet to try the downlights, installation part will be at the nearing end. We got square as we prefer and felt that square will fit our theme better, we prefer the sleak neat lines of square downlights instead of the curvy round ones. So it depends on individual.

Our lights are 8w thats the lowest watt we could find. As we are thinking of energy saving as well thus look for the lowest watt, further more we have alot of lighting points in the house so if downlight itself is not able to light up the rm we will switch on cove lights if its still not bright enough we still have track and pendant lights in the living room.

[MHB 3]

Thanks~ am looking forward for his each day process, hopefully the end work will blend in nicely.

We have yet to try the downlights, installation part will be at the nearing end. We got square as we prefer and felt that square will fit our theme better, we prefer the sleak neat lines of square downlights instead of the curvy round ones. So it depends on individual.

Our lights are 8w thats the lowest watt we could find. As we are thinking of energy saving as well thus look for the lowest watt, further more we have alot of lighting points in the house so if downlight itself is not able to light up the rm we will switch on cove lights if its still not bright enough we still have track and pendant lights in the living room.

Cove light alone should be enough... I have both downlight and cove light too but me and my wifey usually switched on the cove light as it is bright enough for the living room. As for the downlights, I use them sparingly, only when I want to have some cosy effect...

[plainsharon 20]

Day 32

Some updates :

Better image of full brick walls with grouting done :

Washer Area Kerb :

Waste Drainage beneath the Sink :

Just in case anyone might be keen with some details of the kitchen tile used for the concrete cabinets :

Imported from Mexico

Made in Spain :