After several no-shows, the window contractor finally showed up this morning, Fri 14-Mar 08, to replace the windows in the toilet and bathroom.
Last Fri 7-Mar the ID and I went to a mirror & frame-maker at Kelantan Road to cut a hole in each of 2 pre-cut windows panes that the ID had brought with him.
BEFORE: Old iron windows in toilet and bathroom:
I was puzzled when I saw the two glass panes, both approximately of the same size, when the glass for the bathroom window should be much larger than the glass for the toilet window.
The frame-maker took a look at the panes, and immediately growled, "Laminated glass!#!!## This is gonna cost you."
He charged us $40 to cut the 2 holes which was settled by the ID, though I had made an attempt to pay the glass cutter. The ID said it would be absorbed into the window cost! Normal price for cutting similar holes ranges from $7 to $15 per pane.
AFTER: New windows installed:
HDB's approval for the toilet top hung casement windows required the contractor to use laminated safety glass, otherwise I would have used normal frosted glass which is easier, and thus cheaper, to cut.
When the fabricator realized the window pane for the bathroom window was incorrect, he redid the window pane. As a result, what was installed in the bathroom was a larger window pane without the cut hole for the ventilation fan. The ID will get the pane cut later.
Last Fri 7-Mar the ID and I went to a mirror & frame-maker at Kelantan Road to cut a hole in each of 2 pre-cut windows panes that the ID had brought with him.
BEFORE: Old iron windows in toilet and bathroom:
I was puzzled when I saw the two glass panes, both approximately of the same size, when the glass for the bathroom window should be much larger than the glass for the toilet window.
The frame-maker took a look at the panes, and immediately growled, "Laminated glass!#!!## This is gonna cost you."
He charged us $40 to cut the 2 holes which was settled by the ID, though I had made an attempt to pay the glass cutter. The ID said it would be absorbed into the window cost! Normal price for cutting similar holes ranges from $7 to $15 per pane.
AFTER: New windows installed:
HDB's approval for the toilet top hung casement windows required the contractor to use laminated safety glass, otherwise I would have used normal frosted glass which is easier, and thus cheaper, to cut.
When the fabricator realized the window pane for the bathroom window was incorrect, he redid the window pane. As a result, what was installed in the bathroom was a larger window pane without the cut hole for the ventilation fan. The ID will get the pane cut later.
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