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 The makeover of my humble abode, Sharing my renovation journey

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post Nov 11 2013, 04:03 AM

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The vent blocks wall was up but there were some mistakes where the blocks patern is supposed to be in horizontal order but not vertical... The contractor admitted the overlooked mistake and has got no choice but to demolish the entire vent blocks wall... Actually I really felt quite 'sayang' to knock them down...but i just failed to convince myself having it in vertical orders.... sweat.gif

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The previous wall has been demolished and rebuild in horizontal order..
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Some thin wire mesh strips were placed in between when laying these vent blocks.
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The wire mesh strips
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post Nov 11 2013, 04:13 AM

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Under-coating and skim-coating job..
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Car porch was prep-ed with another layer of cement for tiling job later...
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Bought quite some random pieces of peranakan tiles like following pic for the entrance foyer. I want it in radom patterns to achieve the quirky + vintage touch... tongue.gif
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post Nov 11 2013, 04:29 AM

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Cracking my head whether to get this Samsung fridge or Toshiba's. Samsung's max 650liter, Toshiba has 650 or 710liter...

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post Nov 11 2013, 10:23 PM

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QUOTE(cheeliew @ Nov 11 2013, 08:03 PM)
My advice is to go for the biggest liter you can get for the fridge. Ask yourself, how often would you change fridge
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Hahaha...that's exactly the same advice from my mum and my other married friends... They said it is sure no regret getting the biggest fridge... thumbup.gif


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post Nov 11 2013, 10:43 PM

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QUOTE(weikee @ Nov 11 2013, 10:30 PM)
Bigger mean more energy consumption. Bigger mean storing more stuff, and sometime we tend to leave many stuff inside till we forgot about it. Go for what fit your family. Just my 2cents
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True also...i think 650 little should be already good for me as there is only 2 of us at home...i think in future if got kids also enough geh... tongue.gif
Now im just undecided which brand to get, samsung with digital inverter, 10 years guarantee; Toshiba's without digital inverter but with 5 stars energy saving and 12 yrs guarantee. Obviously, Toshiba's looks more impressive with the fiber glass door... wub.gif

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post Nov 11 2013, 11:09 PM

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As it is now going on with the under-coating, there are some walls especially outdoor's and the courtyard's need to do mold-removing at the first place before the basecoat. This procedure is necessary to prevent resurface of mold patches and paint-peeling in the future...
It is done with the high pressure water jet, generated from the small machine below.

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The whole area is like a snowing scene, with flying 'snow flakes'... tongue.gif
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post Nov 11 2013, 11:27 PM

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QUOTE(weikee @ Nov 11 2013, 11:19 PM)
650L is consider big, maybe paying 2 - 3Kwh per day, that about RM 1.20
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I'm one of those who likes to stuff things into fridge, including gingers, potatoes, bottled sauces, cooking herbs and even some dried ingredient like dried red dates... Those are inherited habits from my mum.... tongue.gif

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post Nov 12 2013, 11:38 AM

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QUOTE(limhm1 @ Nov 12 2013, 08:04 AM)
I plan to go for Toshiba 710L and hopefully it is good. Better get the biggest fridge or else my mum will put another old fridge in the wet kitchen.  rclxub.gif

Using Sharp now and the quality is only so so.
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Lol! I can imagine a new fridge and an old fridge side-by-side in a modern kitchen! laugh.gif
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post Nov 12 2013, 11:45 AM

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QUOTE(sovietmah @ Nov 12 2013, 09:52 AM)
I am using hitachi 600L inverter.
one day average bout 1.5KW till 1.7KW.
On and off got open the door at morning at at night few times, got 50% stuff inside.
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Only utilize 50%? Do you cook?
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post Nov 12 2013, 12:51 PM

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I really wonder how do you guys keep your fridge so empty...my friend just husband and wife with a 4 years old kid have their 650L fully packed till I bought a small carton of juices for her son also no space to store in fridge... rclxub.gif
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post Nov 12 2013, 05:01 PM

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QUOTE(weikee @ Nov 12 2013, 03:06 PM)
Spend a day, and check what is inside. You be suprise many already expired.
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Have to do frequent house keeping then...
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post Nov 12 2013, 05:02 PM

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QUOTE(adrianjc @ Nov 12 2013, 03:53 PM)
Think of constantly wiping off finger prints... all this mirror finish items usually takes more care to look nice.
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My kitchen cab also glass..... doh.gif
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post Nov 12 2013, 06:52 PM

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QUOTE(limhm1 @ Nov 12 2013, 06:41 PM)
Don laugh. It is common amongst the chinese familes especially if you have elderly folks at home. My mum is trying very hard to convince me to put the old fridge in the wet kitchen so that she can put a lot of stuff during CNY.  notworthy.gif

Speechless.
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Yalar, in the wet kitchen okay wat.... As long as not side-by-side with the new Toshiba fridge lor.. tongue.gif
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post Nov 13 2013, 02:15 AM

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QUOTE(S'aimer @ Nov 12 2013, 10:39 PM)
My current fridge is 411L but i only utilize up to 70% and there's only 2 of us. The fridge is consider big for me though so a 710L is quite big even for us

Frankly, its about whether you are a heavy user of the wok, require many spices, ingredients to prepare soup 2-3times, lunch and dinner everyday. Some even buy a week's worth of food to cook for that particular week. So the usage is different for each family habit, not about the size of the family.

For eg, I'm using electric hob, so no wok cooking on it and my cooking style is like 2 or 3 times a week, and sometimes once a week. But I bake, so need fridge space for my baked stuff.

Anyway, using an old fridge is ok in the wet kitchen. My parents have 2 fridge side by side, one of them is i think a single door commercial fridge, the glass type, similar to that used in restaurants serving steamboat, just smaller. And all their food stuff put inside also. I see it also, i don't bat an eye over it. tongue.gif
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I cook moderately, my aim is to cook at least 7 meals in a week as I would like to reduce eating outside. Self-cooking-meals are definitely more healthy..
Furthermore, I love food and I enjoy cooking. biggrin.gif

Seriously, if I have an existing fridge before moving in and gonna have wet kitchen, I would also place it in the wet kitchen. Too 'sayang' to trash it, isn't it? (Of course, it is provided that the old fridge is not too 'old' and not having heavy electric consumption).
It is perfect to store all cooking stuff and raw material in the wet kitchen fridge, and keep another fridge in dry kitchen for things like ice-creams, cakes, milk, juices, beer, fruit jam,etc... If that's the case, the fridge in dry kitchen do not need to be in gigantic size actually... tongue.gif

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post Nov 13 2013, 02:20 AM

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QUOTE(cheeshion @ Nov 12 2013, 08:34 PM)
I had same headache months ago. Must get the biggest size you can afford now, 600-700L will be just nice even for a small family. Fridge is a long-term investment, if you are lucky it will stay will even till next house.
What brand the best? Very subjective answer, just believe yourself...
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Perhaps, I just have to blindfold myself and point a finger to choose...

Btw, it's true that fridge does last for ages...the fridge in my mum's place is now around 16 years old and still running strong... rclxms.gif
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post Nov 13 2013, 02:30 AM

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QUOTE(sekkee @ Nov 13 2013, 12:11 AM)
Good progress so far.
Looks like you are enjoying yourself !
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I do quite enjoy the process... smile.gif
Every part of it is a learning for me, and eventually learnt to accept some imperfections too...
I just hope that I have another one month's time to spend so that I won't be so stress on the completion due date...
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post Nov 16 2013, 02:54 AM

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Progress updates as of 11th week:-

The storage heater has been installed in Master bathroom. It is a Joven 35L heater tank.
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Copper piping from storage heater to rain shower and long bath.
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The windows' frames have been installed. As these windows are just made of standard materials and not the 'big material', hence the sub frame method is not so suitable as the holding surface is not gonna be big enough. So, they installed the main frame straight away. This type of installation is normally done before the plastering of window edges, but as my contractor has already done the plastering before frame installation...we have got no choice but to hack a bit on all edges so that further cement can be added in to seal the gaps and hold the frames.

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Some edges are with kinda big gaps... doh.gif
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Slight hacking on all edges.
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Filled up the gaps with cement and plaster.
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post Nov 16 2013, 03:10 AM

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Finally starts tiling job... sweat.gif

First of all, the tiles need to be soaked with water...
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Tiling the kitchen wall.
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Tiling the bathroom's wall.
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post Nov 16 2013, 03:23 AM

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Concrete table top for the semi-recessed basin. It will be the Johnson Suisse Arosa.
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Making the concreate table for the counter top basin JS Jupiter. We found that the concrete height is too high as there gonna be a counter top basin sitting on it..we are lucky that the error was identify early hence avoided major hacking...
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post Nov 18 2013, 04:58 AM

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QUOTE(adrianjc @ Nov 17 2013, 06:03 PM)
Nice progress.

Yup... always good to let your contractor see the type of sink and faucets you'll be using or at least bring it to the site and see for yourself. Better safe than sorry.
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The water closets, basins, and faucets are already sent to the site. The plumbing work is done by an indon guy and i had so far pointed out few errors on the plumbing job... Perhaps there was communication break down in between him and the site supervisor.....
That makes me so busy keeping an eye on the details...until wanna go back home town also feel so uneasy to leave...

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