twinskenny:
lovely house and good review God bless you sir

mufutau55:
@Diordaves
Thanks for the review of those two guys. They are good.
Building projects is not an easy thing.
Especially for the kobo-kobo guys like us from afar.

Hajji M.

blacksta:
@diordaves

How much did that water stand cost....

ThAnks

blacksta:
Dear House


Currently doing a soakaway about 12 feet from an existing borehole... What are things to take in consideration.. So that the two never mix

diordaves:


Just under 400k. But the capacity is for 6 water tanks and 40ft high. These are determining factors when it comes to cost.

diordaves:


Just under 400k. But the capacity is for 6 water tanks and 40ft high. These are determining factors when it comes to cost.

mufutau55:
@Diordaves
Thanks for the review of those two guys. They are good.
Building projects is not an easy thing.
Especially for the kobo-kobo guys like us from afar.

Hajji M.

gbadexy:

I'm on the ground sir! you are perfect example of what a good elder should be sir.
May God continue to give you wisdom and good health.

diordaves:
There is the misconception among homeowners mostly that you can build cheaply. The truth is building a house is never cheap; any how or any way or the type of structure you are putting up, the truth is this won't be cheap to cross the finish line.

It is this misconception that mostly underscore problems between homeowners and contractors/suppliers. Homeowners tend to massively underestimate the amount of details, time, materials, labour cost and professional fee(s) involved in the execution of projects. This is why when we homeowners ask for quote, almost always that quote falls well above our expectation in monetary terms and then we cry fraud. To be honest, sometimes there is no fraud or attempted fraud in some quotes - it may just be the reality; building is not cheap. There are genuine professionals out there both contractors and suppliers that will deliver exactly the quality of product asked for without stealing from the client.

I've just finished my latest project and had to contract the services of Gbadexy and ThatHistoryGuy both here on Nairaland property section. In this forum, we kick against adverts from contractors and suppliers and at the same time we homeowners including myself criticize a lot contractors and suppliers stealing from clients - this is also true. So in the grand scheme of things we don't give contractors/suppliers enough space to showcase their integrity here and get good references where applicable.

I did a multi million triangular business with Gbadexy and ThatHistoryGuy - from London - Lagos - Warri. We never met, I don't know these suppliers in person but I must say it is only fair to give them good reference here. I was in Lagos for a better part of the finishing but I never bothered to meet them in person. This was as a result of the relatively smooth process of the transactions and the delivery of the products to Warri. I must say both were professional in conduct and the quality of the products paid for and delivered met expectation.

Gbadexy

Supplied ALL paint from priming to final coat. The choice of colour(s) is mine, but quality is by Gbadexy. This was excellent. Logistic (delivery) from Lagos to Warri was very satisfactory. Communication, negotiation and planning from the UK was good this included exchanges on whatsapp photos and samples. I didn't notice any cry for data as is often the case with Nigeria home base. See photos.

blacksta:
Dear House


Currently doing a soakaway about 12 feet from an existing borehole... What are things to take in consideration.. So that the two never mix

mrsteel:

I think there should be some considerable distance from your soakaway to borehole

blacksta:


Please provide details of the builder.... Thanks

diordaves:


Where is your location? He's local to Warri and it's environ. To contract him away from this zone, may be too much of a challenge for him.

What do you think?

diordaves:


God Bless you too. Keep up with good integrity; that's the formula for success.

blacksta:


Apologies ... Thought he was Lagos Based ,, Any recommendations

gbadexy:

I'm on the ground sir! you are perfect example of what a good elder should be sir.
May God continue to give you wisdom and good health.

twinskenny:


Baba there is something for you at arochukwu... Client is planning to import paint but already told him no..that we have good paint here... Will send you details on WhatsApp

blacksta:
Dear House


Currently doing a soakaway about 12 feet from an existing borehole... What are things to take in consideration.. So that the two never mix

blacksta:
Dear House


Currently doing a soakaway about 12 feet from an existing borehole... What are things to take in consideration.. So that the two never mix

bobkezel:

You need not worry, before the sewage from a soakaway gets to ground water level from where the borehole water comes, it has to pass through a lot of strata ; permeable, semi permeable and non permeable. Before it finishes passing through this stages it gets naturally purified. That's the nature's way of purifying impure/ contaminated water that perlocates through the soil.
But then, the borehole should be sunk very deep, prevention is better than cure.
Also if the area is prone to flooding, that's when you should be more careful.

bixton:


Yes, nature has a way of purifying itself.
But you should also consider that the deliberate activities of man are what destroys the ecological balance of the earth. Don't try such even if the depth of your borehole is 1000 metres.
Nevertheless what you are proposing does not apply in an ideal environment.
Practically the way we build soakaways in this part of the world is in no way the proper thing. Soakaway or septic as the case maybe are not supposed to be built as single or double chambers/tanks. One ought to have a separate chamber/tank where such wastes are first treated by natural occurring elements or by artificial means before discharging such effluents into the environment.

If we value our health, we''ll value our environment.

Even if it's a single chamber, as far as the chamber is anaerobic the sewage undergoes bio degradation in there. It's not like it travels "fiam" to the underground water, before it reaches the underground water it travels slowly over a long distance/time and most gets dried up in the process. And as it travels it still undergoes degradation and purification. Atimes the surrounding soil gets saturated and this makes the sewage stagnant thereby undergoing further degradation.
Although flooding can mess up the whole process, that's why I said he should be more careful if the area is prone to flooding.
Artificial treatment of sewage can be done in a day and you drink the water same day. But this natural process of treatment takes time.

OALandAgents:
hello all

Edglad:
hello good morning just thinking if we don't advertise what we do or what we sell how then can we benefit from this group becuz everybody here is into Construction and there are many things our brothers here do or sell that we might not know then when we need their services we contact people from outside then come this forum and complain. I stand to be corrected

Edglad:
hello good morning just thinking if we don't advertise what we do or what we sell how then can we benefit from this group becuz everybody here is into Construction and there are many things our brothers here do or sell that we might not know then when we need their services we contact people from outside then come this forum and complain. I stand to be corrected

DaniellaDokubo:
Dear Engineers,

Please I need a critical review or criticize this semi detached building plans for me. In addition kindly provide a fair estimate to finishing. Can this plan sit on a half plot of land?

Awaiting your desired and useful feedback please.

Thank you

DaniellaDokubo:
Dear Engineers,

Please I need a critical review or criticize this semi detached building plans for me. In addition kindly provide a fair estimate to finishing. Can this plan sit on a half plot of land?

Awaiting your desired and useful feedback please.

Thank you