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Help! Neighbour aircon too cold

crotciv — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:30:49 +0800

Dear all,

Help needed!

I am staying terrace house (own property). Last few months, a group of people moved in (they rent the unit). Problem arises where I found my room which sharing the same wall as theirs is too humid and some wooden furnitures grow mould. Worst, that sharing wall is cold all the time and sometimrs even sweat and water accumulated on my laminated wall.

Tried to talk to landlord, and talked to the tenant. Landlord said nothing he cando coz he cannot stop tenant from turning on aircon. Landlord sent the aircon man to service the aircon...but the problem is not solved. Talked to the tenant (who stays at that room), he insisted that he only switch on to 20/21 degree C. But i found the wall is too cold for that temperature.

Dare not to question the tenant much because they are staying with a group of foreigners (ladies) and they only went out for working late in the night.

Any suggestions how to solve this issue?

Airwell ventilation by turbine ventilator

crotciv — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:37:24 +0800

help needed!

2 years back, I found the water discharge pipe in my house was leaking, causing water to flow out from my ground floor (refer picture for clarity). A lot of water came out especially during raining days. To solve this issue without hacking my wall (the discharge pipe was concealed in the wall), I closed the airwell top with roof tiles to prevent water dropping into my airwell.

Problem came....the airflow in my house seems obstructed, especially during raining season and nobody at home. This problem intensified as my neighbor (my house is double storey terrace house) switched on the aircon most of the time, causing our shared wall to be cold all the time. The humidity built up in the house to cause mould.

Now, I would like to install a turbine ventilator on rooftop (the part where I closed the airwell). As seen in the picture, do you all think the turbine ventilator can suck out the hot air/humid air? Will the turbine ventilator (properly installed) have any leaking as I do not want any water drops onto my airwell slab and eventually cause the leaking at ground floor through discharge pipe.

thanks in advanced.

SPA fees, who pays?

crotciv — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:43:21 +0800

I am going to buy a second hand property. May I ask who is going to pay the SPA fees? The seller or me as buyer?

Porcelain tiles grout problem

crotciv — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:47:51 +0800

Hi all, I need advice for my problem at my new house. My house living floor is installed with porcelain tiles (2ft x 2ft) in white color. After moving in for several months, I notice that there are some powdery particles always appear on the top of the tiles. After thorough check, i suspect the powdery particles could come from the tiles grout (white color) that filled up the gap between tiles.

I am planning to ask for wax-coat the entire area of the floor tiles, just the wax used for marble floor. I am thinking if the wax could cover up and coat the tiles grout and i could solve this issue?

Any advice on this or better solution to solve my problem? Thank you in advance.