kochin, tumpang thread..

got one contractor (indo guy) see my house, quote me for RM800 only for hacking of toilet tiles, water proofing and re-tiling. Tiles i buy myself.

So cheap ka??? Boleh guna?

hi hi..what does 'water proofing wise..include material' mean? what material? i go ask him....

sl2007..it would be nice if u could specify in layman term.

What is SC Inc? material what material?

Oh...aiyo, the indo guy tell me hacking and re-tiling is RM800. Then i asked him..'huh? then u dont do water proofing meh?' then he said yes. But he didn't advise whether he supply or not. So thanks for reminding me guys. I will ask him.

By the way, if he say RM800 only for labour cost. Is it still consider cheap? Can pakai or not..what u guys think?

I also need advise.. with indo guy, they dont do quotation using computer and stuff, how do i sign contract or ask them to separate labour cost etc? All based on 'speech' only so far now..

weikee, he's recommended to me by a friend i know. I've seen his work, but only painting job, some re-wiring and doing table top. Seems fine to me...

The friend's sister's house re-wiring done by him, also ok. However i'm not sure about hacking and stuff, as they didn't ask him to do hacking...

kochin, i just got back from meeting the indon.

NOT RM800 anymore!!!! SOB SOB

This time he took measurement tape, he measure measure say everything is RM1500 (exclusive materials)

He will do:
1) hacking and re-tiling to top
2) re-moval of everything i.e. old shower screen, basin, toilet bowl and install back everything
3) one table top (for basin)
4) checking wiring/install downlight
5) change some of the toilet ceiling as spoilt already

Materials like tiles, waterproofing material, cement i need to buy myself. OR he can buy for me, he will give me receipt i pay him back.

I did ask him what water proofing material he will use, he said 'hitam punya'. What's that??? hahaha..

So..RM1,500 is expensive, reasonable or cheap?

This post has been edited by @Adele: Jul 30 2011, 02:27 PM

really? he told me is the best, really good one.

he said, and i quote 'ada itu glu punya macam mozaic, ada itu SUSU punya, then ada itu hitam punya. Hitam punya paling baik.'

???

should i go buy all the stuff myself then?

vatiore and sl2007..tx for the advise.

so since the indon guy say this.. i'm now feeling doubtful to let him do the toilet..sigh.

sl2007, cant the person who sell the waterproofing one advise me how to mix?

kochin, yes renovating one bathroom only. actually i calculate already. Measurements he gave me were:

1) wall 23 X 8
2) floor 5X 8

So total is 224sft. Divide 1,500, is RM6.70 per square feet. Which is much more expensive than others la..

But he include:
1) remove sanitaries/ install back
2) replace some ceiling walls
3) install downlight
4) 1 cement top for basin

Anybody interested to take up this job..?

Really ah? Okok. Coz u mention u only got 3.80 psft for tiling...so I thought exp.

Im not super yim chim with the lining of the tiles. The only thing I worried is water proofing not done properly..if need to redo I will die oh. Coz I calcate dy buy evwryrhing for my bathroom cheap cheap also need 7k

I got buy bathtub But bathtub only RM800..but everything plus plus plus with the labour cost + materials about that. Just a rough estimate, might be more might be less.

Haven't include i install shower screen and those bathroom holders i see.

kochin and forumers,

There is this plumber called ALEX for plumbing works. Somebody posted on classified ads.
Anybody use before? If yes, how's his work...?

kochin, me too. Met a few they rougly give quote onli, but until now i didn't receive official quotation. Hmm.. takes so long to type out one meh?
Maybe like what was said... go back feel not enough 'meat' to eat.

Last time my unwanted stuff just ask one lorry move everything out RM80 SO FAST they carry the things out, throw for u or want to donate one they will send to donation place. Super efficient.

weikee, so far I have neither. All base on talk only.

kochin, so u have to look again ... or wanna get indon to do the job?

also, i asked erny from unity design for kitchen cabinet quote, oso many days never get it

This post has been edited by @Adele: Aug 4 2011, 02:26 PM

Friends , can anyone advise whether they move their DB box before?

If move my DB box to somewhere else, means need to do re-wiring right? Estimate 1K can do or not...?

from one wall to another wall. erm...about 7 feet away?

what is mcb? is it means those push up down switches? standard one..err perhaps like 10 or 12 gua. i need to change to bigger db box anyway. estimate how much to do that ya?

kochin, how's ur progress in finding contractors so far? I've a few come to quote. Am starting my reno soon, should be next week.

kochin, i haven't selected materials yet. I think for me, only select tiles is main concern 1st. You bought urs yet?

kochin kochin, what u mean start off point?

hard work.. but it's good since u know how to do it. so, when is the start of the reno?

hey mind sharing ur costing for toilets !!

This post has been edited by @Adele: Aug 12 2011, 10:34 AM