Rejuvenation of our Kitchen and Master Toilet: Day 22 - (26th May) Citygas connection done and Electrical works follow-up :)

It seems that when it's time for things to be done, it would be done almost at the same time !

First to appear today was the Citygas authorised gas technician who came to turn-on our gas. It appeared to be successful but the EF hob didn't worked as promised ... because the inner-ring flame could not be activated on a stand-alone basis ! As well, one of the burners seemed to take a long time to stabalise because upon ignition, we must press the nob slightly longer before we can release it ... We have asked EF to send their guys down to check .... and they would do so on Thursday ...

Ah Tan and gang appeared there after to follow-up with the remaining electrical works... They were quite good but as usual, Ah Seng would complain and rant when doing the installation... One hiccup was that Ah Tan forgot the cover for the washing machine point as this was required ... He ended up rushing down to buy the cover (which was of another brand - not MK) ....

At night, Uncle dropped by to collect payment for the carpentry. He also shared with me that the reason why he was able to offer a very cheap price was because he paid cash upfront for all the works - hackers, tiles, tilers, painters, electrician, plumbing, carpentry .... basically everything ... This was because he will earn rebates from paying by cash (ranged between 3-5%) which would be settled at year-end ... Thus his cashflow is usually back-to-back.... and timely payment by us would help to alleviate his cashflow ... I told Uncle that such info should be shared with his clients so that we know what to do ... However, I also told Uncle that doing so has risks because if his sub-contractors give sub-standard work, he would suffer because he had already paid in full upfront ...

I pointed out to Uncle on the unsatisfactory carpentry works, especially the larder. He sort of flew into a rage and called up Amax to give him a earful ... Uncle promised that he would rectify all the carpentry defects and handover the carpentry works to me in our desired condition and design. He told Amax in Hokkien ... "I want you to dismantle the larder and make a new one .... I will even pay you in cash if you are going to charge me for it ... You can throw and burn the old one and I will throw and burn each one that is not in a satisfied condition .... This is a simple job ... why can't you do it ??? If you don't know how to do it, I will teach you how to do it ... "

Bottom Line - While Uncle may err on the side of Project Management, he will always insist on the quality, regardless whether he will lose money due to his sub-standard subcontractors. This is one of the key virtues which I feel that Uncle has over alot of contractors, especially my previous one. [You may want to flame me over the 2nd sentence, but this is my personal opinion.]

Pics from Day 22 -

Connecting the flexible hose