The Last Last Last Lap Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Saturday, October 18, 2008

Ah, with all the list of outstanding works, there are actually additional works not mentioned.  We managed to achieve few more things today. 

There are still, and we feel a lot of things left outstanding.  Renovation works will still be carried out tomorrow.  We are just wondering how we will be able to clean the house for the move in on Monday.

Additional items:

01.  Fixing of Rinnai Cooker Hood
02.  Commissioning Rinnai Cooker Hood
03.  Create new false ceiling for Franke Island Hood
04.  Fixing Toto's Kitchen Sink
05.  Re-positioning Dining Lights
06.  Fixing bracket for Main Door's lock
07.  Fixing Led Night light under Master Toilet's vanity
08.  Fixing power plug in one of Living Room TV Console
09.  Commissioning TV signal
10.  Change all windows roller balls, including balcony sliding doors
11.  Lay black tiles under the washing machine

Rinnai Inner Fire Hob and Franke Island Hood

Rinnai Hob n Franke Hood

Toto Kitchen Sink

Toto Kitchen Sink

The rest of outstanding works [Update]:

01.  To vanish the parquet floor
  -  Left with the Main Entrance

02.  To install Franke Island Hood
03.  To fix electrical items - Left with Kitchen area
04.  To commission electrical outlets - Left with Kitchen area
05.  To measure boxing up of lights and to order the Acrylic light shades -  Delivery on Saturday
06.  To fix Guest Toilet granite top
07.  To fix Guest Toilet vanity wardrobe
08.  To fix Guest Toilet lock
09.  To measure for kitchen solid top
10.  To install kitchen solid top
11.  To final coat timber stain for balcony
12.  To touch up [paint] - interior and exterior - Left with Living Room, Kitchen and Guest Toilet
13.  To fill up holes at false ceiling and paint - Left with Kitchen area
14.  To fix taps and mixers at kitchen, master and guest toilets
15.  To install lock at main gate
16.  To fix curtain rods and curtains
17.  To fix glass at Master Toilet
18.  To fix glass at Guest Toilet
19.  To fix mirror at Master Toilet
20.  To de-wax and polish floor tiles
21.  To clean windows
22.  To fix kitchen back splash [wet and dry areas]
23.  To commission Daikin Air-con
24.  To install doors for kitchen top hung cabinets
25.  To install doors for kitchen tall cabinets
26.  To rectify [re-laminate] Master bedroom door
27.  To 'iron' laminate at Main Door
28.  To clear all debris
29.  To re-laminate Guest Room door

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Shopping - Headache No. 1 Written by : Reiki Sanctuary Date : Saturday, May 10, 2008

It was a long day.  Chiauw picked us at about noon.  She had earlier gone to Sungei Kadut to get samples of the wood for the bedrooms.  That saved us a trip - initially, we were supposed to go there with her.

Our first stop was to a sanitary ware shop somewhere in Jalan Besar.  Gosh, I didn't know that Jalan Besar is such an area for all kind of household things.  Chaiuw wanted to show us an alternative of the white ceramic kitchen sink, at a lower price but with a proper (and bigger) basket waste.  Surprisingly, the price is soooo much cheaper than the one we saw last week.  Anyway, more of headache about kitchen sink later.

At the same shop, we took another interest.  We had earlier intended to bring over our existing kitchen hob to Reiki Sanctuary as it still looked new.  Guess, it might now change our mind. 

We saw a sleek Rinnai [model RB2CG] glass ceramic kitchen hob and liked it instantly.  The size was just right with two Inner-Flame technology burner.  Ah, hold on to your chair - this hob was not cheap!  It was slightly more than $800! 

Chaiuw teased that should we want to have it, we would be her first home client ever to get a kitchen hob more than $400.

Rinnai RB2CG Glass Ceramic Kitchen Hob

Rinnai Glass

The Inner-Flame Burner Technology

Rinnai Glass Fire Technology

What is Inner-Flame Technology?

The purpose of the unusual design is to create a coherent, unified
flame that rises under the center of a pan, then flows outward, bathing
the entire bottom of the pan in flame. This approach heats the pan with
greater uniformity and improves the efficiency of heat transfer from
the flame to pan, which is good for even frying without getting burned
food.

In addition to aiming the ports inward, two other design
factors assist in shaping the flame. One is that the burner sits
slightly below the surface of the cooktop, helping the individual
flames to coalesce toward the center as they rise through a hole in the
cooktop surface.

Secondly, and more importantly, the burner ports are angled slightly on
the horizontal plane. The effect of the flames shooting out an angle is
to create a fiery vortex. The swirling flame is meant to accomplish two
things. One, it assists in driving the flame outward across the bottom
of the pan, helping to evenly bathe the pan bottom with flame. Two, the
vortex creates a pressure drop that assists in drawing air in for
combustion allowing for a strong consistent flame.

Will sleep with the thought whether to go ahead ..

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