The separation wall at car porch was up. It was my thought to keep it as simple as possible, but still allows some air flows...this is kind of a common design but I bet it is less likely to looks obsolete overtimes...

I've also hacked down one of the concrete pillar to have wider main gate. Was thinking to use the pillar which is shared with the neighbor to hold the gate but the pillar was found not suitable as it is just constructed with sand bricks...we afraid that it might not be strong enough to carry the weight for a gate over 14' width, thus we added BRC concrete to the existing pillar... So, the width is now left 14'3".





This post has been edited by maxxon: Nov 1 2013, 05:33 AM

We learnt a lesson today where we didn't take note on the exact location of the concealed wiring on the living room's wall. After the plastering, it really can't tells where exactly are the concealed wires...so, it gonna be problems if we happen to drill on the wire later when installing the TV wall-mounting-bracket.
Hence, we got to hack a small portion on the wall now (to take measurement on the wire's location) instead of taking risk of redoing the wiring later if we happen to drill the wrong thing...

Went to Houz Depot to buy some stop cocks for bathrooms to replace the old ones..
We bought some Filton brand's which are given 5 years warranty and it was at a 40% off.
Following are the price after discount.
3/4" - RM58.50
1/2" - RM54.00





This post has been edited by maxxon: Nov 1 2013, 06:17 AM

Dear Maxxon,

My house also used the Doe brand stop cock like in your picture. Can I replace with the filton one that you bought?

Take photos on where all your wiring and pipping for future reference. Cheers

If it's of different modesl/brands, u've got to hack the wall unfortunately...

I took a video recording the 'scars' on all walls but it was taken after the plastering work of this wall... I should have record it earlier and take the x,y location too...

Wiring don't go sideway. Will sure have problem future because is not standard. Get measuring tape measure the height and do some marking or take a photo.

The new pillar is it for swing gate? Did not see clear, but I notice no steel frame / Mount for your gate. Usually contractor will put the mount when building up the gate pillar. You check with your contractor how he going to put the mount later.

Just a suggestion, take photo/video before conceal
1. all wiring/cable laying position.
2. all piping laying position.
Its a lot of work to take those photo/video but its useful/convenient for future reference.

Oopss, didnt notice someone have suggested.

This post has been edited by mck_cf: Nov 1 2013, 10:28 PM

This is straight from the DB box...so they should actually make it goes up to the ceiling and drops down again right? I really hope if I know all these earlier and should have set my requirement on wiring before work commence...





It should be a folding/swing gate (undecided yet). I think my contractor overlooked this.
Thanks a lot for your reminder really..
Actually we did try our best to visit the site as frequent as possible and try to identify any mistake before it's too late...but there are lots of things that we are not familiar with and lack of experiences...
I do hope the contractor could help me to do a better supervision but I think they are too busy with too many projects on hand...
Anyway, i still have to learn the hard way to solve all these problems...

Do you think I can hack a portion on the pillar to 'plant' the mounting in with cement?
If not, should I just get the gate contractor to do something like the following picture?

I only thought of taking the video after they do the plastering...other wall is still able to agak the position but this one coz the plastering width is too wide already...
Since my contractor didn't follow the standard drop down system...i think just the photo/video alone is not so easy to get the exact position...
For future reference and record, I think I should take some effort to do the x,y position measurement for these type of non-standard wire/pipes laying..

Very lazy job, is only extra 6 meters cables at most.

No need to plant la, just do like the picture you attached.

Never mind, next house you do better

Haha...next house? I need a break of at least 10 years then...

For the hooks, you can just use wall plugs. With concrete pillar, it should hold up your 14 feet long gate, regardless folding or swinging.

Looking at your home renovation makes me want to buy another place and do another renovation project. But unfortunately still recuperating... the mind is willing but the pocket is dry.

Yup, should be fine with the wall plugs way...luckily that I'm not so fussy with the look of it's hooks...

Haha...doing renovation is truly stressful but its excitement of watching the transformation is priceless too I guess...
The 'bad eyes' that wanting to change almost everything and desires for all the 'good' and pricey stuffs is definitely the killer bomb...

I think yours will sure gonna be a big project, looking at all your post on home designs...

This post has been edited by maxxon: Nov 27 2013, 02:26 AM

Finished mine almost 2 years ago already and living in it now. A lot of smaller things still not done with regards to decor and other smaller furniture, just stuck to the basic stuff. While there were some things that i wasn't very happy with but honestly in every renovation there is always something the owner doesn't like. Good thing is though that it is not obvious to guests unless pointed out.

Big project? ...can only dream about it for the time being.

This post has been edited by adrianjc: Nov 8 2013, 09:57 AM

I realised that sometimes the renovation and decors are more on the intention to please the guest...so, I keep reminding myself, making it a 'home' to suit my lifestyle rather than spending the unnecessary to please someone else/guest.

This post has been edited by maxxon: Nov 11 2013, 04:31 AM