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

Nowadays good tiler is not easy to find, i try find many contractor from forum..most of them want do easy and faster job.(reason : condo)
They suggest me to install the new tiles on top of existing tiles...and suggest to cut all the door...but their price is not cheap!

Finally i got 1 chinese uncle tiler that has 30 year++ experience from forum as well, and i did check with other member..worth to pay with his workmanship. He is the only 1 tell me that need to hack and remove all the existing tiles, else he wont do my job.

He not only remove the existing tiles but also hack the base cement and redo the new cement..atleast 2" thick!

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just put new tile above existing tile would make the "empty" kosong sound, dunno how to explain,

Yea..they are many contractor like to suggest owner to do it...specially for condo job.
They tell owner.... save money and time....

This post has been edited by wrb7878: Jan 25 2012, 10:07 AM

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.

Still got bit of water lah, if no water your tiles is super super micro polish water cannot sit on

When he hack and remove all the existing tiles and cement, the new cement with good "levering" can show that my existing levering from developer is terrible bad...i can see some of the big gap at certain door frame now.

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

Bro... 1 year is not a long period. Blink ur eye 1 mth gone... blink twice 2 mths gone. Lolx... I'll start my renovation once I got the key bcoz rush for marriage. Hehe... now survey for a good contractor... wanna extend backyard 5" for wet kitchen, kitchen cabinet, electric appliances, good tilers and tiles, plaster ceiling, n etc...... wish to get some good contractor v the power of lowyet net forumners.

If u have open house I would like to have a visit. Haha!

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Added on January 25, 2012, 2:26 pmHey Bro... how about the workmanship? A good tiler is very important as some bad workmanship u can feel the tiles are not placed evenly and also senget senget... just like my friend house, when u walk on the tiles u can feel the edge is like cutting ur foot.

This post has been edited by enson1985: Jan 25 2012, 02:26 PM

He is specialist on tiles work only, the workmanship is good specially on good leveling, tiles all lay on same line and evenly....When Unity Kitchen Patrick come over also say his workmanship is good.

He is Chinese uncle work alone to install tiles, his worker just help him to prepare the cement/hacking work.
so my other fren same condo can finish the 600sqft tiles work on 2-4 day while mine need 2 week to finish it.

Very important to get specialist to do installation of tile & marble flooring. The uncle I used took almost a month to finish up my toilets, ground flooring and kitchen counter tops.

Happy with the work coz I know this uncle is quite anal about his work. Only downside for their service is that they accept cash payments only and the bill can be quite hefty.

not all contractor accept cash payment only? i always pay him by transfer money to his account.

Can u pm me the uncle's num?

What and when u wan to do renovation. I hear got ppl book him after CNY, so not sure he got free o not.

wow, that's nice man. the most important is move in and celebrate cny at new house; ur house looks fantastic...the bed too. so freaking huge!!

hope it's not too late to wish u xin nian kuai le, wan shi ru e.

This post has been edited by Invince_Z: Jan 27 2012, 08:07 PM

Ready to make dragon babies.

So, where are the final pics of all the renovated rooms and kitchen?

Tiling work most probably end of Feb.

This post has been edited by Kkrs: Jan 29 2012, 12:55 PM

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.