renovation part 4 : window grills

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after installing the lights, next up is to put up window grills.... i know some people dont see the need for window grills but for me, is definitely a MUST especially when we stay so high up.... there are actually quite a number of companies which do window grills but most of them reside in the north... since there are already so many BTO in the north, not many of them will want to come over to the west side for just one business...... so i just gotten the contact from my mother-in-law who just did her window grill recently.....

Heng Door & Renovation
No. 21, Tuas West Avenue
Singare 638435
Tel: 6452 5212
Contact person: Andy Ting (9339 8889/ 9002 5476)

Asked Andy to come down for a quotation last week and he quoted $1600 for the window grills (3 bedroom & service yard) as well as bi-fold door for kitchen..... wanted to do glass door for my kitchen but due to space restriction, we have to go for bi-fold door or else we wont have space to put dinning table..... I would say the price he quoted wasnt cheap, slightly on the pricey side but since we dont know other contacts, we have to make do with it.....

window grill panels

frame for window grills

bi-fold door

set up frame

the staff brought over all the raw material & will set up before putting up onto the windows.... they were quite efficient, finished setting up in about 1hr+

support for window grill

i thought they will just drill in the window grills but apparently they have this extra piece of metal which act as support for the grills....

window grill

i chose the aluminum grill & sprayed paint to the original window frame colour... according to Andy, this was the improved quality whereby the grills looked slimmer but actually made of thicker material... I seriously cant tell the difference after they put up the grills but lets just hope it's really of better quality....

kitchen door

haha... now the kitchen door really look like a toilet door..... i mean after all, that's the common material used for toilets..... some of our neighbours didnt put kitchen door but i think it's necessary especially when you on the air-con or cooking alot of stuff.....

on the whole, i think this company is still ok.... the only thing i dont like is that Andy like to sweet talk & he LIED!!!! when mama asked him whether he will get the professional to install the windows, Andy said all his staff were pro since he only hired chinese.... i was like ok..... i dont care about his workers' races as long as they can do a good job... BUT on the actual day, all the staff who came were foreign workers!!! think they were from Myanmar or something.... dont get me wrong, i am not being racist here.... but dont LIE TO ME!!!! at least they did quite a decent job or else i will scold that bloody Andy like mad!!!!  hence, i wont strongly recommend this shop unless you cant find any other choices =)