The main components of the Home Improvement Programme are essential improvements and optional ones like the upgrading of existing toilets or bathrooms.
SINGAPORE: More than 53,000 flats will be upgraded in the latest round of the Housing and Development Board’s home improvement scheme.
Flats selected for HIP this year will benefit from this method which “greatly reduces” the likelihood of recurrence at the same spot, said HDB. The new repair method involves applying a corrosion-retardant coating to the entire toilet ceiling to protect the concrete structures against corrosive substances. A bonding agent is then added to better bind the layers of coating to the concrete, before a final coat of paint is applied.
As part of the trial, HDB used the enhanced method to carry out repairs in the toilets of more than 300 flats that were undergoing HIP. Sample checks on these flats so far have not revealed any further spalling in the repaired toilets.
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