Hi bro,

PM me if want advised..i m not an expert in renovation...but maybe i can advised what that i know.


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below is my latest DIY (small project when i got extra time) changed my alpha water heater (my existing not renovated house infront) that fault after more that 10 years working. I hv change to latest panasonic brand (want to try panasonic brand DC inverter silent)...this panasonic is so advanced. I had to exposed the wire cause, the wiring is to low..not fully finish touch up yet.. i had to put the shower handle to right cause tight space and wire exposed on the left side. I had changed also the pipe inlet using faucet bought at DIY and replaced the pvc pipe to Stainless steel flexi pipe also bought at DIY. I like the DIY shop. Time taken about 3 hours, remove the old alpha , cleaned all the carbon built up at the wire (cause by AC pump) and installed the new panasonic.



2. After this i want to change the old WC to new WC Johnson Como. Now already , remove one rusted screw.




removed screw.



continue....stuck with another screw..badly rusted..

This post has been edited by tomjason: Jan 17 2018, 09:15 AM

so toilet seats are just mounted on floor with bolt & nut + silicone? not using cement and require hacking to remove?

to be safe how about both flat roof and tiles above? i know that's double job & cost but you don't need to worry too much as the roof acts as 1st defense against water leak while the flat roof acts as a security defense.

Any try DIY 3D Epoxy Metallic Floor coat?

As i was thinking to diy this on my kitchen area first..

https://www.surecretedesign.com/how-to-make...metallic-floor/

the old toilet seat is bolted and silicon, the new Johnson toilet (WC), from my experienced no need bolted just cement a little bit cause bolted will rust.

do we still need to do water proofing on the flat roof if do both flat roof and tiles?

DOnt need so susah.

Its heavy and with a little bit of cement/silicone its good enough... unless you shit very vigorous until the entire bowl spin spin...

if you aren't worried about roof tile leaking then no need.

but note, your house will be warmer with a flat roof below roof tile, compared to just roof tile alone.

but you can install ventilation to reduce the issue. also put thermal insulating films below the tiles.

i hv changed (not DIY but by aircond installer) my daughter room aircond (old aircond 15 years but still cold) to new mitsubishi inverter Mr Slim aircond. For aircond, i prefered mitsubishi.

I hate the darn stickers on the AC, leaves a mark after a while so i normally rip them off before installation

hi,

I just want to update, yesterday just started very small project my friend also my neighbour house to paint the whole house inside and outside. She rent out her house and the tenant just move out. The house paint was just about 3 years old condition. My friend asked me to handle the project. She want to use easy wash paint but i dont recommend based on my experienced.

below is the condition,












TIPS:


i want to update the correct way to paint this kind of paint condition

1. Need to scrap/peel the old paint.
2. Need to skim coat the wall, then paint the under coat and color paint. As i know , this house (my friend house) last time, the contractor who paint the house did not skim coat the wall that has been peel.

This post has been edited by tomjason: Jan 24 2018, 10:50 AM

May I know why easy wash not recommended by you? I thought stain/ drawings from kids can easily removed/washed when using this type of paint?

Thank you

if you read my previous comment last time...this was based on my experienced and maybe isolated cases but now i do not dare to use that paint.. my renovated house all use nipxxx paint easy wash:

1. The term easy wash is just a gimmick only..it is not easy wash actually..even for pencil draw by my kid also cannot be removed.
2. The paint very easy to capture moisture/water, causing is damping and patches. The after effect of the damping is white patches cause i think after long time , the paint gone away(as if diluted haha), and left is undercoat.

This post has been edited by tomjason: Jan 23 2018, 02:23 PM

22 Jan update:


Peel done:





Skim done:

bro usually what are the steps involved?

Remove old paint > skim (1 layer only?) > sanding? (Rough and fine sanding) > Paint? Need to know the steps to make sure the workers are not skipping any steps.

hi bro,

if the existing paint is peeling you need to peel the existing paint and skim coat, the main reason for skim coat to avoid later peeling and to make the surface even (rata) cause when you peel the surface, the surface becomes not even between the exiting paint. If the existing paint is not peeling , then not need to peel the existing peel and and no need skim coat.

Next step, undercoat (1 layer - Min), the color paint (min 2 layers).

TQ

alright got it thanks for the info!

Update 28Jan complete

step for the wc installation:


method how to remove screw & wall plug



remove and clean ready for installation:








completed but need touch up at bottom insert cement. I prefer not to install any screw to the WC just use cement.

Update today 3 Feb:

My friend house is completed.

The color chosen by owner.

Today i went to buy mine and my mom water filter cartridge and this water filter system direct from factory. This factory produce the yamxxxx water filter and a lot more. I hv known this factory for long time..since RO system, alkaline without electric others from this factory. Many seller and dealer take from this factory and rebrand to their system. I cannot reveal the factory name. They give me dealer price very much lesser than market price.You will suprise the price direct from factory compare to outside market. I dont want waste my money to buy brand such as Cxxxxx brand, Coxxx and other cause they are overprice and the filter is more a less the same as mine. You will suprise, Price compare Cxxxxx,Coxxx with mine filter is 10 times higher. This factory, they said they import the ingredient from korea ( i saw a lot of material for catridge at their factory) and they reproduce their own filter catridge.


Below is my latest water filter, been using for about 1 1/2 years (this is compressor cooling type and not electronic cooling) its time to replace my filter and my mom filter. I like this filter system, water taste very good, PH level measure not so alkaline about 7.x (if you want PH 8 also they got, different type of catridge) pls remember some others sell you cheap cause they are electronic cooling.




These are the filters, i bought 2 pair for my mom also.



bought today (very cheap):




Below is my friend water filter set bought today cause he kirim. monday bring to my office.



This post has been edited by tomjason: Feb 3 2018, 11:18 PM