not merbok la, my house small small only unlike urs huge one, i know merbok there very nice but I dont have $ to buy lor, wait me become an old man first, then I buy land to build wakakka

haha the photos slowly post ma, I captured few thousands of photo during the reno whole process from empty until landscaping so have to filter filter a bit. Not all contractors are good but do consider ok, only one is in my banned list, do PM me if you wish to have those contacts

This post has been edited by leeyung: Feb 8 2012, 10:52 AM

har...then i am an old lady lor???

so u have not move in to your new house? when moving in? how much u spend total cost on your renovation, and all the bed, electrical, furnitures, etc??

moved in d , all bought d, ahha forgot the figures d but overshoot the original budget

This post has been edited by leeyung: Feb 14 2012, 11:27 PM

Reno Update:

After all wiring hacking done, then proceed to plaster ceiling works as below


Same as per wiring, canvas remain for protection, plaster ceiling work damage the tiles most for me because they never ever bother to take care the house, just wan to complete the work fast and easy, so when they setup the steel frame, just very kasar to drag the steel frame around, luckily still got some protection of canvas to minimize the damages




Just have a chance to snap some photos before they start the work next day, the right hand side one is Chou Gan （草根）that the contractor called, used to hold the plaster ceiling to make it stronger and harder, it is a must for all plaster ceilings as claimed by the contractor


Plaster powder and also selected cornice


Thousands of screws





This post has been edited by leeyung: Feb 14 2012, 11:27 PM

Non reno update:

Purchased Fotile hood and hob from zheilwane, builders hardware, although I am from Melaka but still manage to get FREE delivery and even at better offer as compared to Melaka market, thanks for the fast delivery and arrangement. Logistic company reach my home and deliver the hob and hood to me, of course comes with the superb nice cutlery set. Nice offer prices & packages zheilwane offers . Some pre-photos before installation and also ducting hole opening, as have to do it simultaneously with concrete top for wet kitchen


After Delivery , temporary put at my old house


Fotile Range hood, EH10BQ


Fotile Hob, HB1D


Measurement of the box size, pretty large, 38" width, a small car maybe cant fit to bring to new house LoL


24" height for hood only


The free cutlery set, quite nice quality from outlook, also with nice weight


6 Units in package, several sizes of knifes, scissor, etc..


Also with a nice holder

The cutlery set is a free gift on top of my purchase of EH10BQ, wish to purchase this for another set as this is really superb nice to use and very good quality according to my friend who is using it

i cant wait to see your house... can i go see ur house? still renovating right? hehehehehe

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Added on February 15, 2012, 4:35 pmwow...you got free gift! nice!!!!

This post has been edited by hellokitty82: Feb 15 2012, 04:35 PM

finally, a fellow malaccan sharing reno journey!

do you know the clearance from your old ceiling to the new plaster ceiling?
doesn't have to be so big clearance right? was wondering if i can put plaster ceiling
at my ground floor without having the ceiling pulled down too low..

hehe, nothing to c la, consider 80-90% done d the reno

yeah bro, nice to meet you, I didnt remove my existing old ceiling, just add on the plaster ceiling from the existing one, your house will be cooler if you are doing such way, as double heat insulation. It is too hassle and no point to remove the existing one because I didnt see any advantages by removing it except ceiling height concern. Secondly, if you are using downlight with cover, insects are lesser as well (still have of course).

what is ur ceiling height?

just a mere 10ft..
i imagine if i pull down lower with plaster ceiling,
my living room might look constrained/small.. *sigh*

Is plaster ceiling a kind of gypsum board? Kind of heavy?

Anyone has a different kind of ceiling installed... like a wooden kind?

10 ft still consider high bro, typically plaster ceiling will eat up 6inch or more, my ceiling is 11ft, after plaster ceiling is about 10 ft 5inch, for my living room, it will be lower because I wan cover some beam with cornice, so it is about 9ft 8inch like that

Nope, gypsum board is gypsum board, plaster ceiling board is mixture of chou gan + plaster powder.

Plaster ceiling is also made of plaster(plaster of Paris/calcium sulphate), but mixed with glass fibre.
Timber ceiling is nice only if you have a high ceiling. But it is expensive.
Plaster ceiling is the cheapest. White ceiling makes a room appear more spacious.

Yeap, Chou Gan(cantonese) AKA fibre in english, as photo below





This post has been edited by leeyung: Feb 17 2012, 09:44 PM

Renovation update: Fotile ducting hole opening and wet concrete top work

It is a pain ass for me because for fotile hood, we need to open 7" ducting hole and not the typical 6" , after consult zheilwane, I told my contractor to open the 7" hole accordingly. The most difficult part for me to open this hole is actually to purchase a 8" PVC pipe, because either not available or they have to sell in whole batang of 10 meter etc... in which I only need 1 ft, so after hunting around in my area, finally I found the 8" PVC and able to purchase only 1ft hehe.

After that I show my contractor the hose and tell him I wan to fit the 8" PVC with the fotile hose as in the photo below, my contractor said "Thats easy, cut it and use wire to ikat, then put silicon to seal back, once dried up, can put into ducting hole d so photo below are the hose, 6"PVC and 8" PVC for my ducting hole opening preparation



The yellow line is actually the place where my contractor cut the PVC then mod to 7" :hehe


After pasang to the wall, this is how the ducting hole looks like, you still can see there is a line over there.


My wet kitchen is pretty small, so wet work for concrete top also very simple

Nope bro, it is one of the room in my house, my house is a 4 rooms single storey semi-d, that is why the design layout like that . Reno+fill house + everything budget RM60K but now already overshoot like no tomorrow haha

hahaha...high five...my husband budget also RM60k. LOL. But i told him quite impossible as everyone seems like overbudget...

Yalo n usually double story will double up the price as u have more space to "play"

aiyoyo...u dont scared me liao la...
now we only concentrate doing...car porch tiling, backyard for simple landscaping, kitchen, living and dining room, and master bedroom and the toilet... other 3 bedroom leave it as it is first..

ur 60k is for whole house and all the bedrooms, etc?

haha, didnt scare u la, the value is from my friend one btw, wiring, KC, paint, plaster ceiling, lights and eletrical appliances, toilet thingy furniture for all rooms, almost gone lor the $..... I left car porch tiling for future work, since it is at outside

This post has been edited by leeyung: Feb 20 2012, 12:41 PM

true also..my husband also said concentrate on interior as we are going to stay IN, not OUT. but then basic tiling will do la..coz current one is cement only le...