Renovation Secret & Tips Revealed, Secret&Tips contractor wont tell you
Renovation Secret & Tips Revealed, Secret&Tips contractor wont tell you
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Sep 27 2012, 04:15 PM
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24 posts Joined: Sep 2006 From: Kuching, Sarawak |
wish i can import the indon worker to kuching..
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Sep 27 2012, 05:04 PM
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Added on September 27, 2012, 4:34 pm i though sarawak also has indon worker..nowadays no local want to do labor work... [/quote] the problem is i don't know how to find one, and if i find one, don't know whether he's really good or not.. got quotations from 2 different contractors and the cost amounted to more than RM65k.. |
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Oct 5 2012, 03:35 PM
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Oct 5 2012, 04:46 PM
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and also, my house is suffering from a very bad leakage.. i've consulted some contractors and they said my developer didn't do any waterproofing.. and they suggested that i have to install new roof in order to do this.. by the way, my roof is of the lowest quality..
do you think this is the problem as well? Added on October 5, 2012, 4:54 pm QUOTE(tomjason @ Oct 5 2012, 04:01 PM) hi bro, thanks a lot tomjason.. that really helps how i'm going to proceed with my 'repair' project.. actually it's a brand new house but unlucky me, the developer is really irresponsible.. don't want to entertain my complaints at all.. and now i need to do major repair on my house at my own cost.. in general it seem that your soil is a bit 'turun' or 'mendap' this can be avoid if the contractor properly do it properly. Let start with : Wall partition & car porch & drainage walkway: If i just look at the wall partition only, it normally due to the contractor did put / 'tanam' horizontal besi (can be steel 'link' size 6 or 7, or can put steel Y10 ) between the existing wall and new wall. This always happened if the contractor did not put horizontal steel tanam at existing wall (about 1 feet) to old wall, it wall crack after few year. Secondly, the correct way to joint the new wall and old wall is to hack a bit the plaster of the old wall then, place your new batu bata then replaster again. hope you under stand. Unfortunetly by looking porch picture, the crack is along between wall and porch, suspected your tanam turun a bit. Suspected also, your contractor did not lay down BRC steel at during the concrete. Drainage: by looking at the picture, seem you fondation turun (suspected your contractor not properly do it, or you soil turun). To rectify this, hack the plaster then inspect whether your beam crack or not, if just plaster cracking, then just replaster. Fence: Mostly did is just plaster cracking due to the batu pasir crack. For the last picture, this is maybe due to plastering, from my experience , if we use batu pasir for fence we will always this kind of crack, the batu pasir itseld if crack causing the plastering crack. Hack the plaster and lay the 'wire/steel net' and replaster. TQ This post has been edited by qaf1010: Oct 5 2012, 04:54 PM Attached thumbnail(s) |
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Oct 8 2012, 08:59 AM
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thanks tomjason for the suggestion.. i'm still trying to figure out why there's a bad leakage at my wall.. might be the way they did the roofing.. that's why water can seep through the walls.. the leakage happens at walls next to my living room & kitchen pillars..
anyway, do you know roughly how much is the upah to install new door & door frame (incl. removing old door & frame)? i got quoted RM260/door.. |
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Oct 8 2012, 04:06 PM
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24 posts Joined: Sep 2006 From: Kuching, Sarawak |
QUOTE(tomjason @ Oct 8 2012, 09:22 AM) hi bro, thanks again tomjason.. was asking about the upah cos i need to change all my doors.. the ones installed by the developer were of very bad quality.. even need to change the door frames..i believed your water leaking problem is due to water seep thru your concrete gutter that do not have water proofing. for upah pasang pintu is normally RM100 and upah varnish or paint door is Rm150. have to do skim coating as well.. the walls are very rough (whole house).. my house is a DST corner (24' x 58 1/2').. can u roughly estimate (including painting the whole house)? |
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Oct 9 2012, 08:54 AM
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Jan 10 2013, 12:02 PM
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any recommendation for skim coat material & sealer to remove hairlines / cracks?
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Jan 12 2013, 11:56 PM
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A quick question.. Which one is to be done first? Sealer to remove hairlines on walls then skim coat or the other way round?
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