Just started guard+gate last month.
Going to be fenced soon, I think (saw the building material on the roadside)

Yup plan to use laminated floorboards. Cheap

Generally Around the same.
Of course it depends on the grade tiles vs the grade of laminated floorboards.
So far laminated flooring can cost from RM3.50/sq feet (boards only) to RM10/sq feet.
Tiles can cost from RM4.00/sq feet to RM10.00/sq feet

Installation cost is another matter
Not actually gotten quotation yet but I think tiles installation are pricier.

Normal casement windows. No brand lah.. Normal green glass.. no tinting.
Just that I insisted on 1.2mm thick aluminum.
The branded ones usually give 1.3mm and above.
Grille. Yup... with Angle bars .

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Added on October 27, 2011, 12:16 pmCare to explain about this metal support thing??

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Oct 27 2011, 12:18 PM

Now this is something new.
Never come across this before.

Renovation updates / something new I've learned

My New Postbox


Ground Floor and 1st Floor Levelled (Cemented)


Old Fashioned Levelling Measurement tool. Guess how to use


An Alien Spaceship...
Laser Leveling Tool

Its steel type. The hole for the lock is already built in as a standard.

Really do not know. just let my contractor get from the hardware shop.

Air Cond Piping lesson

The last thing I expect to have headache about is Air cond piping.
I thought - choose air cond, agree on installation price then its go.
Little did i know that the copper piping for these air cond will cause me headache.

Eventually I plan to put 7 air cond in my house.
As I have limited $$$ now, decide to put 2 air cond first.

My wetwork contractor advised me to prepare the piping first for the other air cond so in future when install the balance air cond then no need hacking in the walls any more to conceal the pipes.
So I gotten my electrical contractor to quote me.

This was what I've got:-

Installation Charges (Concealed, no free piping at all)
1.0HP - RM160
1.5HP - RM180
2.0HP - RM230
2.5HP - RM260

Concealed Copper Piping Charges / feet
1.0HP - RM17
1.5HP - RM19
2.0HP - RM22
2.5HP - RM25

Water Piping
RM 6.00 feet.

With 7 air cond piping running between 20 - 40 feet each this is gonna cost me a bomb


So I went hunting for another quote, got one but after some digging,
Initially, I thought I struck the mother lode but further digging (literally ) it is quite costly too :- as below

Installation Charges (Non Concealed, free 10 Feet copper piping)
1.0HP - RM130
1.5HP - RM150
2.0HP - RM200
2.5HP - RM250
Which sounds good but when Its concealed (Each unit add RM180)

Copper Piping Charges / feet
1.0HP - RM10
1.5HP - RM12
2.0HP - RM14
2.5HP - RM16
Which sounds good but when Its concealed (Each unit add RM180)

In the end decided to stick with existing electrical contractor rather than bringing another guy...

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Nov 4 2011, 12:55 PM

Found out the spec. Its 1.5mm (on the label) . Should be OK.

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Added on November 5, 2011, 9:29 amAccording to my wetwork conyractor, applicable also wor...
(the tiler is another guy )

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Nov 5 2011, 09:29 AM

I would say its a bit (only a bit) on the high side.
You can search from my previous post on this topic in and in the Plaster Ceiling thread to get an idea.

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Added on November 8, 2011, 10:18 am

Have trouble with

Money (no enough)

Coordinating with Wetwork contractor, electrical contractor, plaster ceiling contractor, tiling contractor, and grill contractor. 1 delay all others delay.

No place to stay now, hanging out in parents place

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Nov 8 2011, 10:18 AM

Renovation Update...

Got My Concrete kitchen table top done - 2.5" thick so far.



Car porch "Kaki Lima" base ready



Pergola skeleton ready




BUT ..... !!!!!

There is things that needs major,,, MAJOR RE-DO

Fung Shui Re Do. DDoor needs to be removed from here. If not all the "Choy" Flow allll out
Security door some more .. This is gonna cost me




Gonna remove all the side wall / stairs rail....
If not can't move king size mattress upstairs.
Buttt.... I think the end result should be kinda nice....





All this gonna totally tank my avalaible funds, Gotta talk to bank liao

This "Fung Shui " advice is from a source that is damm power. Cannot ignore ... its from MOTHER

I got big darn huge windows upstairs butttt..... the biggest opening is 22" X 71".. The darn bed is 72"
Anyway cant expect the moving guys to do dangerous highwire performance all the time.

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Added on November 9, 2011, 6:53 pmFeel like teenager living off parents

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Nov 9 2011, 06:54 PM

Not at all. At totally different corner.
Just that the location of the rear door faces the sewage tank directly which in turn directly face the rear room window.

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Added on November 9, 2011, 7:01 pmFung shui master did not mention this area.
The location of the rear door was my "brilliant" idea

I thought it will provide easy access to my sewage tank in case indah water wants to do major maintenance.
Now someone told me that the indah water pipe can bend one so no need door to be directly in line with sewage tank.

This post has been edited by phoenix69: Nov 9 2011, 07:01 PM

Wetwork contractor is Ok with this he just

RM22/sq feet , without tiles. My wetwork contractor belanja tiles

If Direct Direct Direct.....in a straight line...all the "choy" flow out lor (fung Shui logic)

Partition not good enough, furthermore affect functionality.

Its a cheapo letter box my contractor bought from a regular hardware shop