Staff Cecil Lee Posted August 29, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted August 29, 2022 Hi Cecil, we have moved in on Saturday. Thank you for your previous service. I wanna check with you because friends are telling us don’t put welding photo on the bed frame as per photo, is it true it’s bad? Long time ago pre 1999. Very common to have in fact a large wedding photo frame hung above the bed. Thus no issue. Just that for those who have a toddler, they love to pull on the wedding photo and it can drop down and cause injury. Such a tiny one may hit one's head etc... More to do with common sense then Chinese customs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted September 9, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted September 9, 2022 Remember: Common sense prevails! Or rather comes first! LOL Client: Hi master. Can I have black Color for my dining table? Thanks! Ugly but can lah sorry subject to personal taste. LOL Client: No worries hahaha old man (like me).. prefer light colours or woody colours.. never own black.. other than black cars.. that's all scared house dirty.. lots of black ants cannot see them... even red ones hard to see Client: Hahaha. True true. Now we pick grey haha Okay.. personally, grey sounds ATAS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted September 20, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted September 20, 2022 Hi Cecil can we place this mirror door at kitchen entrance? Hdb dun allow to hack. So putting mirror looks bigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted September 20, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted September 20, 2022 Hi Master Lee, may I check with u, would it be ok if we swop our sink & stove position? Thank you Bad choice: 1. Above the current sink are wonderful waste pipe of #07-9xx where their sink deposits .. gold... sludge directly above it. This means that the stove will be directly below this lovely waste pipes. Hopefully can add substance and food can taste better. 2. Common sense says no to a stove with it's backing with windows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted September 30, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted September 30, 2022 Advice: For our TV console position, is it better facing to be in yellow or blue? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted November 27, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted November 27, 2022 On 7/29/2022 at 9:34 PM, Cecil Lee said: Which recessed ceiling lights should I install in my home? OR Square lights or round ceiling lights? Source & Credit: 1. Frankly, this has nothing to do with Feng Shui. Yes, based on Common sense. 1.1. There are some claims that square lights have higher luminous efficacy. However, there is no argument, here that both square and round lights are of a flat panel design, thus, they should be of equal luminous efficacy. 2. Personally, I always prefer round ceiling lights. Why? 3. Majority of the light installers use a drill with a circular saw attached to it. And the diameter of the saw is just nice so that a circular/round ceiling light can easily be mounted once this hole has been drilled. 4. Contrast it with that for a square light. You don't see a saw capable of sawing a square hole right? 4.1. To install a square light, a circular hole has to be drilled / sawed. Next, a workman (work-person) has to use a linear saw and start to prepare a squarish hole. And the quality of this square hole is at the mercy of this person. If this person is not skillful or had sawed a larger hole, this is what can happen as shown in the above photo. This is why I personally prefer this one: That's Me! What about you? Another case of badly cut hole to fit a rectangular light… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted December 6, 2022 Author Staff Share Posted December 6, 2022 Want to place a bench seat along the window area of a condo/EC where the windows are not shielded by an RC roof-line? Think again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted February 24, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted February 24, 2023 A client showed me this: a tangled mess of blind strings. Windy home… This can be quite frustrating especially trying to untangle it. Source & Credit: A mum has warned parents to be careful with kids around blinds after her child came close to choking herself on a pull cord. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted April 4, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted April 4, 2023 My unit is directly above a coffee-shop Source & Credit: Singapore Home D.I.Y. Rat at aircon compressor?? Asking for my aunty. She stays at hdb 2nd floor, above a coffee shop. Last week her whole house aircon spoil so she got aircon man to come service (same guys who installed). They found that compressor had broken down. But the whole system was only 1yr+ old. When they opened it, the technicians found wires were broken, and they concluded that it was bitten by rats and asked her to get town council to come and look. But aircon company was nice enough to say they will replace the broken parts for her this time. But if it happens again next time, it will be payable. Questions: 1. Really? Rats can bite the wires until whole compressor spoil? My aunty asks why rats can go in but rain water cannot... 2. How to prevent rats from going into compressor in future? Town council is going down to take a look this week with their pest control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted April 14, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted April 14, 2023 Hi Master Lee, wonder can I do my master room as the follow? Or need to have solid wall as a backing? ++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ +++ Reply: No tall cabinet circled, else, hideous but acceptable Okay understand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted April 21, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted April 21, 2023 No brained, construction noise. Fortunately this is not a permanent thing… Source & Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted May 15, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted May 15, 2023 Of sunny days and facing the afternoon sun.. Source and Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted May 16, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted May 16, 2023 Living above a coffeeshop? a fire incident happening on the 16/05/23(Tue), at 0030-0040hrs, Wee hour in the Morning, The Scdf Were Deployed about the fire at the coffee shop on the Ground Floor@Residential block in Yishun; and the fire had Damaged the Contents of a Kitchen;The Scdf Conducted Forcible Entry into coffeeshop&put off the fire;64∆ evacuated after a'fire break out that took place earlier on@ 747 Yishun St,72.Thanksgoodness no one hurt! Source and Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted May 29, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted May 29, 2023 Writing makes common sense I read that some people do not want to have digital lock for their house. They are scared that in the event of a fire, the firefighters will take a longer time to have to break down the digital lock of the door to be able to go in to rescue them. Or the digital lock will get burned in the fire than they cannot open the door to escape. This means a higher chance of them dieing in a fire. What do you think about this? Source & Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted June 1, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted June 1, 2023 Please don’t expect a miracle cure, here! Same as the sign on a shop: “Once broken, considered Sold!”. LOL What cure? Cure, not to buy in the first place. Else too bad if bought! Live with it, lah! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted June 12, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted June 12, 2023 "this is a WC that we have terminated in the yard room but every now and then, there is unpleasant odour, i try to seal it off with normal plastic tape but still there is some odor occasionally. Aynyone know where i can get hold of stronger, thicker tape that can seal off the odour? thanks in advance" Source & Credit: Once a WC is no longer in use, the sewer pipe that has a U design no longer contains “water” that acts as a seal preventing nasty methane gas to permeate into your sewer hole. That is why if it is not properly capped, even tiled over may not help… as the gas can still leak out to the unit. Causing unpleasant smell… ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ What are the purpose of a "U" curve we see on sewerage waste pipes? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ The proper way to ensure that in later years there is no smell is to CAP it:- [Above] or any similar methods to CAP the sewerage pipe opening left after removing say, a WC Avoid placing a plastic film or simply place a tile over it. As over time, methane gas can easily permeate it.. resulting in a sinking toilet! Unfortunately, worth noting is that the major "disadvantage of capping the sewerage hole means that afterwards, the flooring will not be flat. Unlike the quick and easy method of just tiling it up! +++++++++++++ ++++++++ +++ Others / Miscellaneous: P.S. In the past, one can even apply to the authories to reduce the conservancy charges every month. As the number of toilets are taken into account for the billing. Source & Credit: Dear all, My common toilet has been having a sewage smell on and off for the last couple of years. Tried a few remedies - plumbers resealed the toilet bowl, town council replastered the joints of the big pipes, finally called hdb down to check. The hdb guy’s answer was that 20 years ago, my contractor had cut off the air vent pipe for aesthetic reasons, and now the seal for that opening, which is under the bathroom tiles, must have worn out already and that is why my bathroom stinks. Now I am renovating the whole toilet and I’ve asked for the air vent pipe to be reinstated. My current contractor who is very experienced and has done other work well for us before , is surprised by hdb raising this air vent issue. He says nobody (aside from hdb’s HIP) puts in the air vent pipe any more, and to him the logic is faulty bcos if the pipe is sealed n buried, there’s no way to have any smell, while if the pipe is installed there, there is a way for the smell to escape since there’s a pipe that can develop a leak. The pipe is obviously ugly so I would rather not have it, but I don’t want to deal with this smelly issue again. Should I insist on the air vent pipe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted July 3, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted July 3, 2023 Built in Wardropes especially for HDB flats should take into account future accessibility to the air conditioning trunking. Especially if one has a Bedroom 2 and or 3 Source & Credit: Need to ask Sifu-s in this group. How to replace air cond pipings concealed inside the cabinet ? Does anyone have experience on this matter please ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted October 4, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted October 4, 2023 This is also pure common sense. My first time open door procedure omits it! If you want to sprinkle some salt .., only place perhaps are the toilet(s). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted October 27, 2023 Author Staff Share Posted October 27, 2023 This is not Feng Shui: Any issue with selecting dark wall tiles for a toilet? How’s this? Source & Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staff Cecil Lee Posted February 27 Author Staff Share Posted February 27 Source & Credit: Sometimes one may be aware or be concerned with an issue. But perhaps, the product could or may not be able to deliver as “promised.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Cecil Lee Posted March 27 Author Staff Share Posted March 27 An example of someone who says that he/she is affected by close proximity to a school … Source & Credit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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