Hi,

Can all the sifu-s provide labour cost estimation (exclude material cost) for the following:
1. construct brick wall (2 x 31 ft) with 5' height. I am planning to put in hollow stainless steel tube in between the walls.
The total area of brick wall should be around 220 sqft.

2. Clean the garden (total area = 300 sqft) and dig the ground under.
Lay batu concrete and pasir kasar and install interlocking paver.

3. hack off the existing door frame (glass door) and install a new door frame (for solid wood door).

4. Install polycarbonate at the ground floor roof. Size = 11' x 1.5' and 4' x 7'.

5. Install a small roof (roof tile) near the second floor window. The width should be around 5'.


Location is USJ.

Thanks.

Hi Bro,

I m replying this because I just came through what bro tomjason shared about the light weight steel roof truss. Since this thread is so call a Renovation Secret & Tips Revealed, so I would like to give the correct information to all.

1.Design
Steel roof truss have to be designed by engineering software, according to the roof dimension, shape, roofing material, ceiling services, m&e loadings etc, to determine the size of truss, anchor bolts, fasteners to be applied. The most important of light weight steel truss is the truss connections details, which is the numbers of fasteners/screws to be applied. For an engineer, there are no such a minimum of 3 fasteners/screws per joint. This Myth is from the truss installer based on their 'experience' and most of them have been brainwash that 3 fasteners is the minimum along the years. If you engage with this kind of 'experience' installer, then you have to becareful that you might put yourself under high risk roof.

2.Material

Material Galvanised Steel (GI) AluZinc Zincalume (Blue Color/ White Color)

Yield Strength 345Mpa up to 550Mpa min 550Mpa

Coating Zinc coated Aluminium/Zinc Coated Aluminium Zinc Coated

Thickness 0.48 - 1.0mm 0.48mm - 1.0mm 0.48mm-1.0mm


From the chart about you can easily know that AluZinc/ Zincalume Steel performance is better than the Galvanised Steel not only strength but also the corrosive protection.

3. Noise from the Joint.

All the roof truss is designed to move (pin connection), this is to counter the wind load or lateral force. Changing of temperature will also cause the truss expansion or contraction. Definitely there are many ways to overcome the noise, fibreglass insulation for the ceilings, bracing for the structure etc.

I hope this will help all the forumer and do always remember that experience truss installers can carry out a good installation works but not design the roof truss base on their experience.

My sifu want me make a wall partition for praying altar. Where can get it done? Any pic to share?
4ft x 8 ft.

hi,

Who want any renovation advise, u can PM me.

TQ

Hi Tom Jason, if u dun mind can you share with me the calculation formula.. tq

Hi, can I have the formula please if you are still maintaining it?

Thanks in advance.

hi all, if all of you need to tint your window, we can provide free on site quotation. USA window film. If you interested to DIY install, also can PM me. Give me the measurement of your window, tint specs and also colour.

(Advice needed)

Hi, newbie here.
my parents wanted to renovate our house and found a contractor contact from a magazine (more like a pamphlet), his name is Wilson.

This Mr Wilson is based in Seremban and my house is in Serdang. He claimed that he had did quite a lot of construction and had a construction company.

My house was 22x70 sq ft. The renovation that we planned to make was
1. Extend both ground and 1st floor to the end
2. extend the front living room 5sqft forward
3. make some partition by building walls
4. repair the roof which was always leaking
5. change the floor tile with 2x2
6. painting and wiring

He promised us that it will be done within 6 months and until now he had just came for around 5 times.
1st time is when coming to make quotation,
2nd time is to clean the roof
3rd time is to continue cleaning the roof,
4th time is to clean the parking lot cement
and 5th time is to continue cleaning the cement.

He gave us alot of excuses that he got dfficulty in getting permission to proceed from the local authority, although he gave us a floor plan, but the plan is in wrong format.
When i asked him why is it takes so long time and what can i do, i ended up get scold from him and he even asked us to go to the MP to get approval. When we asked from the floorplan from him, he said it was his company's property and dont want to let us have it.

So no choice, he had wasted around half year basically doing nothing for us, so we had decided to go to MPSJ ourself. At that time we found out that the floorplan he did was in wrong format,and the officer incharge was very effecient. The following few days they already follow up and send an architect to draw a plan for us.
So the question is, is this contractor im hiring is a reliable one? He had FFK us most of the time, and asked for money a few times (about 50k from total 130k his estimation eventhough seems like no progress at all).

So a few opinion i need from all the sifu's here.
1. Do i need to wait for him to continue after got the plan and approval from MPSJ or i should hire another contractor/ ID instead?
2. Do anyone have any contact of contractor/ internal design based in Serdang/ Kajang/ Putrajaya with good reputation/labour/ efficiency with reasonable cost?
Thanks.

look around your area anyone doing major reno.
you can talk to the owner and contractor.

1. better as that contractor already in your area and people knows how to settle your area's bandaraya.
2. get comments on the owner to see if the contractor is honorable and QC the work done.
3. if only the labourers on-site just get the contact of the boss from the house owner.
4. if it is major reno i don't recommend you pinch the contractor's laborers to do it for you cheaper - but if it is for something things like tiles and painting then should be ok.

Anybody with experience renovating a standard 22 x 75 single storey to double storey? Mind sharing what is the minimum cost for that assuming it is not a very elaborate renovation with superb ID or anything?

thanks for your suggestion sir =)

15k lump sum

Really? When was this? I might need to pm you for contact u dy when I need it.

ya lor..depends also how much u want to make double story

hi TS,
kindly pm the formula as well. It looks very interesting. Nice reno BTW

I did mine excluding wiring, extend kitchen + tiling, table top + bottom, plaster ceiling, painting, car porch tiling & side wall, under-stairs storeroom (concrete) + some piping. RM 17K

Can any kind soul pm to me the renovation formula? Tks.

I want to extend back area 5 feet long, both ground and first floor. Proper piling and MPKl approval.
How much excluding tiling and wiring?
Klang area.

Thanks.