Putting baton with glue and nails than wait 2 days before installing the wood.

First day installing

The batten suppose to be a better way, and is also the old way.

If water spill over the floor, it will slip through the floor board and go down to the baton and slowly dry. This make the solid wood last longer. Without batten the solid wood will soak in the water and go out of shape.

This batten is also hard wood (think is chengal  can really recall), is harder than merbau.

Hardwood flooring with batten installation is more expensive than just glu the wood flooring.

Think the info you got is a lil inaccurate. Generally, the batten system is used for tongue & groove timber flooring. This is to ensure that the flooring is installed on a flat surface.

Flooring using the S4S type is installed directly onto rendered cement floor using nails to hold down the floor while the glu sets. S4S type floors generally experience some sinking pieces after a number of years.

But do correct me if I'm wrong.

This depend on the material use by the installer and the floor condition. It suppose to be much better than just flue the floor board.

Icic, i was using visio as well to position the door/window and lighthing.

If I recall correct, the sale personal indicated the filter need to change every 1 year or when you found the air pressure drop...and it damn costly on the filter...somemore didnt have back wash...

For backwash one, the sands inside the filter will rearrange and washing themself, after that it will arrange back to its filtration layers accordingly, but the drawback is you are wasting the water to wash it only Nothing to change, this is what the salesman told me

I use PYE Acrylic sealer, Is like a paint, sold in 1L, not cheap. I just seal up to 5"off the ground / toilet top of my mosaic. Can get in Ace hardware or houz deport. I think Houz is cheaper.  Mine is about 10 feet too.

My top is 8', i ask him put one support in middle. Safer, and i stand many times on the top when installing the hood. So far so good. And is about 3.5" think with rebar too

Hehe, i got 6 A/C   1 x 2hp, 1 x 1.5 HP inverter, rest are 1hp normal.  and 2 x Storage water heater. I don't switch on all the a/c everyday. Mainly 1 at night maybe 2 if i have guest. Storage water heater random on and off. But usually manually switch off in morning.

Depend on your max load, and planing to have what continues load. 3P is good, but using power that required 3P will be like RM 400+- electric bill per month

I have try switch on all the 6 AC for 1/2 hours without problem, but of course that is the only load all other equipment were off.

Not renovation update, but an OOT

LiChun, making the egg standing..



Now this we are really in year of dragon after LiChun

Seriuos bro? First time heard?

Is say the egg can stand much easier on LiChun.

Also if you see my photo, i use the head of the egg to stand, the button is on the up side.

Thanks, Weikee, for sharing your experience.

Passed by your house last weekend and noticed that your neighbour has also done massive renovation to his house. IMHO, your neighbour house is overdone, looks kind of ugly & has also spoilt your facade. The huge balcony and columns seem out of place and does not have practical use. I wonder how the authorities could approve the design. Cheers.

If you still in renovation state and want to change all floor tiles is good to do it. I did not do the entire perimeter because some area of flooring I retain. And smart enough they come from the area I did not put. Ah well if we have problem just faced it and fix it.

I plan to buy some from Australia, since I have friend coming into Malaysia frequently from Australia.