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rabcnesbit:
Hello house. Please how many bags of cement roughly will a septic tank (10ft x 8ft x 10ft) and soakaway (7ft x 7ft x 8ft) consume. This include the setting of the blocks, 4 pillars/columns, big beam in the middle and full casting. Many thanks.

Please house, any response to above. I have an on-going argument that need resolving quickly. Thank you.

Hello house. Please how many bags of cement roughly will a septic tank (10ft x 8ft x 10ft) and soakaway (7ft x 7ft x 8ft) consume. This include the setting of the blocks, 4 pillars/columns, big beam in the middle and full casting. Many thanks.

rabcnesbit:
Good day house. Hope you are all well. I need your advise please. I visited my building for the first time since the work started (building is now nearly completed - roofing and plastering already done, but thank God floor tiling not already done yet). Despite the fact that paid for an approved building plan, the builders still got most of the internal measurements wrong! I am just baffled and completely speechless! How difficult is it to read the measurements in a plan and follow it! I wonder whether some of these building artisans can actually read and write! The worst of it all is the master bedrooms in the downstairs flats. Believe me that I am not exaggerating that you will struggle to put in a double bed (forget a king size) and you won't have any room left for even a small dressing table, and the space they demarcated for wardrobe is only wide enough for a single wardrobe. I mean this is meant to be the master bedroom for the Mr and Mrs, and you can only squeeze in a single wardrobe! Anyway, to cut a long story short, I am thinking of breaking one side of the wall (the one demarcating the room from the corridor) and extend it out a bit.
For some reason, the stupid people made the corridor as wide as a football field at the expense of the room, so there is space to extend the wall out). My big question is that (too cut down on costs) can I use plaster board partition, like they use in the UK, US etc, for the new internal wall, which is just one side), instead of blocks. Or is this something they do not use/do in Nigeria? Thank you.

Thanks all responders (Iruosonabrugwhe, datacoven, diordoves, bixton and Thehistoryguy). If as has been indicated that studs&plasterboard won't necessarily be that much cheaper, if cheaper at all, than bricks. So, looks like it's gonna be bricks.

Good day house. Hope you are all well. I need your advise please. I visited my building for the first time since the work started (building is now nearly completed - roofing and plastering already done, but thank God floor tiling not already done yet). Despite the fact that paid for an approved building plan, the builders still got most of the internal measurements wrong! I am just baffled and completely speechless! How difficult is it to read the measurements in a plan and follow it! I wonder whether some of these building artisans can actually read and write! The worst of it all is the master bedrooms in the downstairs flats. Believe me that I am not exaggerating that you will struggle to put in a double bed (forget a king size) and you won't have any room left for even a small dressing table, and the space they demarcated for wardrobe is only wide enough for a single wardrobe. I mean this is meant to be the master bedroom for the Mr and Mrs, and you can only squeeze in a single wardrobe! Anyway, to cut a long story short, I am thinking of breaking one side of the wall (the one demarcating the room from the corridor) and extend it out a bit.
For some reason, the stupid people made the corridor as wide as a football field at the expense of the room, so there is space to extend the wall out). My big question is that (too cut down on costs) can I use plaster board partition, like they use in the UK, US etc, for the new internal wall, which is just one side), instead of blocks. Or is this something they do not use/do in Nigeria? Thank you.

meetdopi:


Yes, I have. I must say it's an organised establishment. Very cordial and responsive. Working towards using their services for my build, pretty soon.

Thank you.

Tompeters:
Please house, I was told about how these ceiling boards with designs can be fixed and it'll look like POP.... Please I want to know what materials are needed to make this possible...


I'm currently handling a project and I want to do something like that....

Please I need your suggestions

This is something I will be very interested in as well. Please let us know when you find out more info on this.

mufutau55:


Please ket us know who the person is o.
So we can be on the lookout. Thanks.

Hajji M.

Don't want to broadcast his name/company publicly (trying to be fair and give him the benefit of doubt just in case it was a genuine mistake), but if anyone is particularly interested to know, then pm me.

bixton:


Ohk
You can get his attention by showing him the site layout plan and let him use that to correct his estimated mistake if he can. Just let him know his error while seeking an alternative.

I don't need to show him the plan. He went to the site to physically measure it! And the truth is that I do not intend to use him any more (even if he came back with a correct estimate based on correct measurement). He's already failed on first impression, which is very important.

bixton:


How you came to meet the fellow we don't know but I'm sure you must have seen his handiwork most especially if he's doing it directly and not to sublet before you requested for a quote. It's always something you can discuss with him as you're the only one with the machete to decide.

Found his details on a thread of his on Nairaland.

bixton:


I will just want to assume he was reading the wrong side of tape and forgot to do proper conversion.

2277sqft =211sqm

Even if we give him the benefit of doubt and go with your assumption, I think it casts a big doubt in his competence and professionalism if he can not even measure correctly (a core part of his business)! And the fact that when he did the estimate, it came to N8+ million, it did not occur to him that something must be wrong somewhere! Even if I was building a mansion in Banana Island, I wonder whether it will cost me N8+ million for ordinary stamp concrete of a plot (or less) of land

Peace and good health to you all. I don't know whether I should cry or laugh! I engaged a stamped concrete artisan to visit my site for measurement and then quote. Below is the quote he gave! Now, bear in mind the site is just over 1 plot (about 700sqm, with a building already on it, so the total area that needs stamped concrete is probably less than half of 700sqm). I am not sure which site this guy visited or where he studied mathematics. His quote shows a total area of 2,277.4 sqm, resulting in a cost of just over N8million to floor a compound of less than a plot (and not even polished stamped concrete, but the cheaper unpolished one)! Is this guy for real!

rotecch77:



The prices is reasonable provided he give you imported materials and very thick pipe (what am seen here imported materials price, although it's not stated on the list.)
More so 1" ,4" pipe price can still be reduce by 100-200 each but others fittings can be reduced by 10-100naira .


The quantity of pipe can not be accurate from here because we don't know how far your safety tank and suckaway is to the main building.

The bath top he means (7nos) should be bath tube but you can ask him to expantiate what he means.

Many thanks!

A happy weekend to you all. Below is a quote for plumbing work for the OUTSIDE of my building (One storey of four 3-bedrooms flats, two up, two down). Are the materials quoted all necessary (especially the one that states Bat top at N20k each. No idea what this is) and are the quantities correctly estimated (not deliberately inflated), and the labour charges reasonable? Thank you.

Hmm. For N60million, I think I would rather invest my money in bricks and mortar than shipping containers

Anybody ever patronized Frakem.com, and if so, was it a positive or negative experience. Thank you.

spyder880:


Geepee or Innoson over storex. I own and have used all three.

Thank you sir!

Good afternoon my peeps. Storex or Geepee water storage tank, which one is better, or are they both okay? Thank you

diordaves, EgunMogaji and Rubbish, thank you for your replies with regards to the concrete flooring.

Good morning house. Peace and good health be unto you all. Please assist me with my confusion. If you ask 10 bricklayers about flooring your compound (concrete flooring), 5 will probably say you do not need BRC wire mesh, while the other 5 will say you do! Who is correct; why the opposing views? Thanks

Idealer:
Check out this concrete layering technique on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUgW5uLruHg

This is not concrete laying per se. It is some of decoration known as pebble dashing. You apply a plaster of cement, and then apply the pebble dash.

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Hmm, I think I prefer your before house the way it looks (finished) than your after (unfinished)!

spyder880:


I have used tiles in the past, and even melted tar to provide a water leak proof surface, but I am looking at something new for this current work I am doing. I am exploring a method called "felting" this is a way of using rubber felt to spread and stick over the tank base act as a waterproof membrane sealing the tank base floor.

The 'felting' you are referring to is the common method used for flat roofing in the UK when people build extensions, lofts and garages. Obviously it is water proof and durable, though not as durable as thatched roofing with slates, roofing tiles, roofing sheets etc. But you still have the issue of accessing the tanks for maintenance, and installing a ladder outside to reach the tank might not be practical aesthetically and security wise. An idea might be to construct the tank stand above where the stairs are, and build stairs (internally) to a trap door leading to the tank stand.

Oga Hajji Mufutau, apologies for disturbing you again. I wonder if you know a welder that can construct water tank stand that you can recommend? Thank you

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/4421393/armed-robbers-delta-beat-white

So the younger managed to escape and ran to the nearest Police station for help, and the police replied " e no concern us" and did not attend. We really have a long long long way to go in that country!!!

aonag:
hello house. at the moment i decided to start following topics here with keen interest. i am a builder at the moment and well, i would say i have seen wowimg designs of everything from the internet to first eye experiences of what really nice homes look like. i spent a few years in europe and for one i must say i am still impressed how terrazzo flooring atill looks extermely beautiful unlike the nonsenses we have in Nigeria. no offence should be taken on this.

To the topic at hand, i am interested in doing flooring for the external part of my house and because its a country home where people dont go often, i am not keen on using interlocking as we all know one disadvantage it has. I also dont see the reason why I would spent almost N10,000 for concrete stamped floor when in real essence, its not worth the value and the beauty fades over time then we know the major one people who try to cut cost use, german flooring (if thats what it is called), where you just apply concrete and smoothen and that is all...

Will you not have the same issue as interlocking blocks and paving slabs - weed and moss growing in between the or sprouting out through the grooves?

Haba, you people can too discriminate sef! Snake swallow N36m, un na nu complain. Monkey run away with N76m, na keep quiet. This poor snake just want to help itself to a couple of juicy balls, na dey ha la!

earthrealm:


cc:rabsnecbit the 410k is complete cost for constructing the tank stand, prepping the foundation and installing?, i think you should try and get another quote and then compare with the original quote....70k is a lot of money to just loose like that -- though its not a total loss, as he has prepped the foundation already...abi am mistaken

I agreed the N410k after a couple of guys here stated the N425k the welder originally quoted was not a bad quote. Yes he has already prepped the foundation, but bear in mind I supplied the cement, sand, water and granite, and he only supplied the labour and the iron rods, reason I believe the 70k for the foundation work is extortion!

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My peeps, I seek your advise please. After agreeing (only a few days ago) with one stupid welder to construct and install a water tank stand (similar to the first picture attached) for a cost of N410k (which some will argue is on the high side) and given him more than half of the money to start the work, the welder now came back to state that the cost is now N550k because the price of the iron has gone up! You will wonder that when an artisan is giving a quote and agreeing a total price, he would have checked prices of materials etc! I am sure if he had gone to purchase the iron and found that the prices have dropped considerably, he would not have come back to give me discount! Anyway, I told him he should forget about the job as I cannot pay N550k (N140k more than originally agreed!) and to return my money. He then sated that he has already spent N70k for constructing the base. This was digging just 4 small holes and filling in with concrete. He bought only the iron and bolts, whilst I provided the cement, sand and granite (2nd and 3rd pictures attached of the construction of the base). I find it hard to believe that he spent N70k for that, am I wrong? Thank you. Building house in Nigeria is just so stressful!

mufutau55:


Yes. Below is the guys who have been working for me for almost 20 years. They are not Nairalanders but they have worked for many Nairalanders thru me. I am in Sango-Otta too.
I do not take any responsibility, just a recommendation, do your due deligence.

Mr. Kola Omidiji - Kamkol Constructions at 08184013057
Tell him Alhaji Mufutau sent you. Also on Whatsapp.

Hajji M.

Brilliant, thank you very much!

mufutau55:


Below is the guy who has been doing my windows for long time. He is located at around Abule-egba area (Lagos) but he works anywhere. I do not take a y responsibilities for his action, this is just a reccommendation, so proceed with your own due deligence. He is not a Nairalander.

Biodun - Abbey Aluminium Works at 08139201200
Both voice and Whatsapp. Tell him Alhaji sent you.

Hajji M.

Are you able to recommend a decent bricklayer (good standard of work at reasonable charges) that can work in Sango Ota sir?