PROJECT 915: Wiring-Part 2

Wiring relocation and installation is completed right after the air-con concealing/insulating ended. Basically it’s just wires all over the place, at the ‘desired’ placement that is. Once the plaster ceiling is up, lighting installation will start. The owners are busy sourcing for down-lights and pendant units now. Will update on their venture for 'perfect' economical illumination in the days to come. By the way ... Help! who knows where to get good cheap lightings in KL/PJ besides IKEA?

Total wiring/re-wiring/re-location costs for labor and materials = RM1950 (not including lighting units and switches)

PROJECT 915: Air-Con-Part 2

The air-con concealing, insulation of copper pipes to compressor units and all necessary piping modification is finally done. Looks pretty ugly from the pictures I would say, but who’s going to notice them once the plaster ceiling is up? Don't really know how and why it's the way it is installed in this method. Frankly, as long as it works, that’s all that matters right? At the price the contractor is charging, I guess its reasonable effort. Anyone knows of reliable contractor with better cost?

Total labor and material cost (not including the 4 air-con units) = RM350x4 = RM1700

EXHIBITIONS: Miff, Mafex & EFE

There are a few exhibitions currently going on in KL in relation to Home Furnishing and Furnitures. This includes office, home, outdoor and accessories. Well, these exhibitions are actually for trade purposes but they do open for public on the last day. So for those really interested in knowing the furniture market within our south east asia region, china, hong kong and taiwan, you might want to drop by. MIFF is pretty good in terms of showcasing international designs but the entrances fees is RM40p/person. RM20p/person on the last day. As for MAFEX, is free admission but the design showcases are only so so. Some designs are pretty distasteful if compared to IKEA. But I particularly like the Myanmar pavilion where you can catch sight of exotic handcrafted furnitures. As for EFE, it’s pretty good local stuff spanning a rather big place. Admissions free too. Note that all these exhibitions are trade shows and they are not like IKEA or your everyday home furnishing mall. They don’t sell furniture on the spot but some do sell their exhibits as sample buys on the last day. All in all, it’s good experience for those who just love to see furnitures.

PROJECT 915: Air-Con-Part 1

Today, we have two teams of people cramp into Project915. The wiring people and the air-con squad. Seems that the air-con contractors will need to do some drilling and clobbering too. Most developers already cater for all the necessary piping outlets for air-con installations. The problem is that those outlets and vents might not be the best or may perhaps contain design faults, so I was told. In our case, some owners have occurrences of pipe eruption when using those outlets provided by our developer. Seems that water can’t flow out properly. Worse still, those outlets are again in odd locations. So the safest assurance is to let the air-con people suggest and re-route the piping themselves. Thus, more mess to the apartment. Frankly, it’s as if they’re all having a competition in knocking down walls. You can actually see jubilant expression on this workers faces, literally. Well, all these are necessary before the installation of plaster ceiling walls. And owners will probably need to double check on all modifications before the plaster boards are up next week because amendments or revisions might be impossible after that. So by common sense, this few stages are actually critical and vital to this whole renovation development. Will update the progress in days to come.

Concept 936: Introduction & Pics

This will soon to be my newly rented apartment. About 936sqft in size hence this project will be codenamed Concept 936. It’s a typical 2+1 room loft and 2 small bathroom with one of them being an en suite. Situated at the same location as Project 915 but with a different floor plan layout. Unfurnished but with the essential lightings installed. Unfortunately, no ceiling fan mounted as the ceiling is too low. I’m still wondering why they have such low ceiling! Are all Malaysian residents dumpy and underdeveloped? Furthermore, surely not everyone can afford air-con right? Hmmm…table fan… Anyhow, this will be the second design showcase for the days to come. The aim is to find cost-effective and feasible decoration or minor renovation for this budget rented place. In short, eccentric prettifying approach that is easy on the pocket for single working individual like me tangerine. So wish me luck!

PROJECT 915: Wiring-Part 1

This is what you’ll have to expect when you have wiring jobs. Messy cluttered chaos in a jumble muddle. The contractors are knocking down walls basically to re-route plug and wire points. So just be prepared to have your walls hammered down. Well …not the whole wall of course. But trust me, the place is in a big mess. This issue arises when you need your power points to be at custom positions. Like I pointed out earlier, most apartments have power-points at weird corners. So, if you really need to relocate them, Whar-lah! Notice the wiring works for the ceiling are nicely tracked with pvc tubings. That at least looks more professional. But who’s going to see them when the plaster ceilings are up?