Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Renovation Progress - Patio & Room Doors

All our weekends have been dedicated to sanding down the patio and room doors.  We bought another 3 doors from a lumber yard in Klang.  Apparently these doors were from a KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu - Malaysian Railway) office.  It's solid, heavy and a unique in design.

The sanding down was done by machine while the edges had to be done by hand by sand paper.

The Patio doors were white on the outside and brown on the inside.
So we had to sand down both sides.
Two of the three room doors which we bought from the lumber yard.
Before and after the doors were sand down
A close up of the doors



Saturday, June 2, 2012

Renovation Progress - Patio Door

If you've read our blog post here, we wanted to recycle and reuse the French doors at the existing house for our patio area which is also at the same location.  As usual, our Contractor had discourage us to reuse the door and advise us to buy new door, giving reason that it cannot be sand down to the original wood or that it would be expensive to re-varnish it.  

Because the doors are still in good condition and we felt that it adds character to the house.  And because hubby dearest was a DIY and handyman, he took the challenge.  

The French doors dismantled
Trying to remove the white paint to get the wood color
The wood is scratched when using the metal brush
So hubby uses a sander
Much better and faster
The difference between before and after sanding down
Because the glass edges could not be sand down using the machine, we tried using a paint remover
We applied the paint remover to the wood and waited for a while until it bubbled
But it was hard to remove the paint and it didn't come out 100%
Have to think of another solution on how to remove the paint









Friday, June 1, 2012

Renovation Progress : Main Door


The frame of the 'awesome' main door has finally been completed. Hubby's DIY and handyman skills were put to good use.  Credit must also be given to three experienced carpenters that we hired for the day.  These three men actually work for a teak furniture and their kind employer has allowed us to hire them on their off.

As for the main door itself, it has been partly been completed.  Now all that is left to do is fix the lock and varnish the door and frame.

Men @ Work
The completed main door and frame
The muscle men
Drilling is though work
The main door frame fitted into our new home
The floor is raised so that the main door frame can sit
The wood for the main door and frame
Wood for the main door
The almost completed main door ~ left to fix the lock and varnish