Approx 100"

Aha - Great minds think alike. Same here, Fan area sunken another 10"

A good tiler, makes a heck lot of diffrent.
They have many years of experience and kung fu thus knows all the little nuances that helps you cover the defects of a house such as non symmetrical angled walls and good water floe for your toilet.
My toilet now have good water flow, no pools of water at any corner left to dry.

Same here, when do levelling some places I lose 3" in total height. Damm lousy developer standard

Thanks man.
Even though it looks bulky, damm comfy bed.

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Added on January 30, 2012, 9:08 am

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Added on January 30, 2012, 9:11 amSigh... budget crashed .... no furniture in other rooms and no cabinet



This post has been edited by phoenix69: Feb 3 2012, 11:37 AM

Wooden Doors

Went in search of wooden doors.
Visited 5 shops.
Below are a few points I've got.
I may be wrong, feel free to correct me.

Generally solid wooden doors are graded in 3 main categories.
A, B and C.

A- Very nice and relatively even wood grain / lines.
Can go for light colour varnish / shellec - to show off the nice grain / natural pattern

B- Medium quality wood grain / lines
Either dark colour shellec or solid paint - to hide the unevenness

C- Lower quality range usually mixed wood.
Solid paint only is recommended - hide everything

Wood for the mid to high range can be Nyatoh, Meranti, Merpauh..

Standard size is 33 6/8" X 83". The width is the same but the length is usuallu needed to be cut to suit your door frame.

The cost:-
The price I've encountered is verrryyy varied.
Generally
Door + Installation + Painting + Lock

I concentrated on Nyatoh B and Merpauh

Door - RM 250 to 380 to 430 / pc
Install - RM120 to 150 to 200
Paint - RM100 to 200
Lock - RM20 - RM 200 or more

Some even charge transport seperately.

For narrower doors, it is not so easy to find so quite pricey for wooden doors.

Another option is Plywood doors.
It is not solid but cheap and has very modern pattern.
1 plywood door RM 350-380 include instalattion.

USJ- Door By Design,
Puchong- TYM Design (Poh Yep)
Puchong- Harmony Enterprise
Kinrara - Shop opposite police station.
Puchong- Shop near Bandar Puteri facing main road - forgot name ler.
PJ - SS2 hardware shop - forgot name

Just drive around a neighbourhood. See a shop stop and ask.

Renovation updates:-

The entrance to my car porch needed to be completed,
I has 2 choice, concrete or asphalt. After consultation with my contractor, decided to go for tarmac - more durable.

Tarmac / Asphalt Driveway :-

A bed of gravel / medium sized rock


A layer of asphalt / tarmac


Flatenning/compressing the tarmac layer


Add tar oil.


The end result.

RM 700.00. Dunno expensive or cheap. Did not compare. How much is yours?

Renovation Updates:-

My Bare Cabinet-less Kitchen (Budget Overrun)

The Kitchen sink area (this design is a gift from my tiling sifu).




Hood and Hob (from our beloved LYN Sanitary Ware supplier)




My No-Cabinet kitchen

Believe me when I say, Ilike it the other way.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 12:51 pmNo choice. Have to wait, It is an eye sore

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Feb 16 2012, 12:51 PM

Renovation Updates:-

Wooden Doors installation:-

Part 1 - Solid Wooden Doors

My Solid Doors (Unpainted), -paint myself later.




Screw it on to get the position right, then check the level.




If need then adjust the level by chiselling the area where the hinges goes. The experienced installers will know how deep the chiselling needs to get the right level.




Attaching the door to the hinges.




End result.

Incl. instalattion Approx RM400++. Change all doors lah.

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Added on February 17, 2012, 10:45 amHope to get my contractor to do it next week.

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Feb 17 2012, 10:45 AM

Dunno. Just paint only, I guess.

If you read through my post then you will see the final approval cert picture lah..

Plywood Door installation:-

Part 2 - Plywood Doors with decorative skin

This door arrived too wide, the factory mistake, so modification on the spot.

On site work base preparation (Mc Guyver feeling here) - use paint can.


Saw off the excess width.


Good even lines.


End result.

This one approx RM380..... err if I remember right.
Mainly because non standard size. <33 6/8"

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Feb 19 2012, 01:49 PM

All my door frame is unfinished. waiting for final paint and some plaster.

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Added on February 19, 2012, 2:16 pmPlywood door with decorative screen.
The 2nd most economical wood door after plain plywood door.
Many design for the skin. This was the most basic design.


This post has been edited by phoenix69: Feb 19 2012, 02:16 PM

err.. "skin" not screen.. sorry for the typo.

Good idea, but planning to go just for paint. Functional ok lah.

If its real solid wood and not plywood with decorative skin then price must be damm high.
Most of the solid wooden doors are made up of smaller pieces of wood block attached together.
That is where you get the panels design.
If you say your design is same as my white plywood door but real solid wood, the wood block must be 1 piece full door size or near to it. Damm premium lor...