Tools Cabinet

After completing the temporary sink, it's on to the next project, a "Tools Cabinet" to keep all of my gardening stuffs.

Thinking that the cabinet is to be placed outside and exposed to the elements, I should build one out of wood.

I did a sketch of the cabinet and went to a nearby construction material shop to purchase the raw wooden materials.

I bought additional materials just in case I make a mistake along the way. This is a snap shot of what I had bought:

a) 2 pieces of 9mm plywood in the back.
b) 6 pieces of 2" x 2" wood
c) 5 pieces of 8" x 1" wood
d) 1 box of 1" screww
e) Redwood wood finish (varnish)
f) 1 bottle of thinner
g) 2 drill bits

You can see from the picture above that I had cut out all of the 2" x 2" to their respective lengths.

The next thing I thought would be to fix up the support pieces before I cut the shelves pieces. I am also considering how to fix the shelve support pieces so that it can vary in height. Anyway, no more cutting until I can confirm this.

I sand the surface of the wood to try to get a smooth surface where I can apply varnish.

This is still a work in progress... to be continued...

Temporary Kitchen Sink

Hi again.. Many months have passed... Did not do much with the reno. My mum suffered another stroke attack... So been busy with her.

Anyway, back to our house... We are still searching and considering on the wet and dry kitchen. Before we decide, we need a temporary kitchen sink to wash our utensils. Hence, we had to continue our search.

I planned to make a tabletop out of wood but came across this writing desk at AEON for RM169.00. (Forgot to take pics before sawing)

The tabletop of tge desk is Madeira  of chipboard. Does not look like it will withstand water abuse. In order to make it more resistance to water, I sprayed 2 layers of white paint and 2 layers of clear varnish over it.

I fastened the top to the legs and drop the sink in.

Oh, forgot to add that I had to drill a hole in the sink to fix the water faucet. 

Next is to fill in the piping.

The structure was a little short for me, so I added 4 flower pots to raise it up. Coyld not find any re-enforced hose around the house to fix to the faucet, therefore, I used a temporary hose to connect the system up.

I put the system to test and ran it for 5minutes. Everything seems to be running fine.

We had a burst hose the next day. The hose could not take the pressure. Headed out to Tesco and bought a toilet hose for RM8.00. Replaced the hose and this is what it looks like now:

That's all for now.

Deco

4 Jan 2014

We bought some flowering plants to decorate the place up a little.

Some photos of the plants that we got:-

Petunias for hanging basket

 

 

 

Cosmos, Melampodium & Marigolds for external planter

 

Planted Sunflowers in the garden

Unifi installation (Internet and streaming TV)

27 Nov 2013

Today, Telecom Malaysia (TM) came to install and connect the Internet modem.

The good news is that developer had already ran the optic  is open. Which means that the telephone line could not make or receive calls. We have to connect the phone to the master room upstairs in order to use the phone.

4 Dec 2013

One week after our installation, and the network is down. Called up TM and made an appointment for technician to come and check the connection.

9 Dec 2013

Today, service technician came to check the line and connection. He suspected the connectors were not installed properlly, hence, changed all the connectors. Including the ones at the distribution box outside our house.

Still, there were no signal coming into the optical modem. He used a device to measure the signal, and it was way too low. Therefore, he suspects the connection between the distribution box and the house is bad. 

There was nothing else he could do and had to head back to check with his supervisor.

11 Dec 2013

Called the service tech about the status of our bad connection. According to his supervisor, the connection outside is managed by the developer. Hence, I had to make a defect report with the developer, and I did so. Was given an appointment for the following Monday.

16 Dec 2013

The developer site supervisor came to find out about the defects on the internal phone line problem and the external optic connection problem. He then arranged for the relevant contractor to come and rectify the problem on the next day.

17 Dec 2013

The internal wiring contractor came but could not do anything as the external wiring problem needs to be fixed first. Hence, another appointment with the external wiring contractor was arrange the following Tuesday.

24 Dec 2013

Fortunately, this time round, the TM technician and contractor came together to rectify the problem. It was found that the external optic fiber was connected to a wrong port. Thank God, we have our internet back. The next thing will be to get the internal phone line fixed.

Furnitures

15 Dec 2013

Thought I just post a pic of the chair we bought:-

We chose white instead if this colour.  We will search for a side or coffee table to go with these two chairs. We did not like the chrome legs.

We bought the above chairs and dining table set from mylano, and a sofa set from ibenz.

The above chairs cost RM1,200 each.

The Dining set with 6 chairs cost RM4,990.

The sofa set cost RM2,900.

Forgot to take photos of dining set and sofa set. Will update when they arrive, which is about a month later.

Electrical Works Update

18 Dec 2013

Its a while since my last update. Been busy procrastinating. Anyway, here's an update of what had been done so far.

Holes were cut to prepare for installation of down lights:-

Dining area

Living room

Next I needed to paint the plaster ceiling before they install the lights. 

Got a quotation from a contractor who quoted RM12,500 to paint the exterior and interior of house. A voice called out to me:"Expensive!" Hence, I asked him about painting the newly installed plaster ceiling only. Guest what, RM2,000. 

I decided to roll up my sleeves and do it myself.

Painting plaster ceiling

Bought this tub of 18 liter white paint for RM68. Painted all the plastered ceiling with a quarter remaining. Was told not to use it on the walls as it will develop powder after a few years. Did not know that and painted some parts of the wall. Will have to repaint the wall with new paint later.

Below are some pics of the completed paint job:-

Dining area ceiling

Dry kitchen ceiling

Meanwhile, we continue our search for lamps. 

We got a pair of this lamp for our living room. Hopefully it will fit in well. Keeping fingers crossed.

Did not take the other lights and fans cos they don't allow. Will update when they are installed.

Now, will show pics of installed down lights:-

Dining hall

Living room

Yard 

I will update more on the lights after the next installation.

30 Dec 2013

Today we installed some more lamps and fan:-

Living

Dining

Staircase

Family hall & balcony

 

External view

  

Plaster Ceiling Works

28th October 2013 Monday

Today mark the start of our plaster ceiling installation.

Dining Area

The installation begins at the dining area

Here the supporting beams are installed first.

Next the unwanted beams are cut out to get the opening at the center.

Up goes the plaster ceiling.

The wire and support for the fan goes into place.

The surface is then even out with plaster to give a smooth look.

29th October 2013 Tuesday

The plaster ceiling installation continues today at the living area.

The process is the same as the dining area. 

Here, I only took pictures of the almost completed work.