I am planning to build a house but has cash constraints. So my architect advised that i used wood as decking as agaist concrete. Please is it cheaper and durable.

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Where is the architect based? Home or abroad? I have this feeling the architect might be based abroad. If based abroad and has no fore-experience and residence (in Nigeria) experience in Nigeria you want to be cautious. If the architect is based in Nigeria ask him to spell out in details how this can be done. In details mean sourcing of timber. Size of timber. Sawing/cutting of timber to size Installation method: ie wood to concrete bond. And above all the skilled personnel/craftsmanship need to safely install the decking. You should note that in Nigeria building craftsmanship is dying and we now import artisan for simple stuff like tilling and using metals as doors just because carpentry is dying. They are all Okada drivers now. I think wood decking in Nigeria will be more expensive than concrete.[quote author=oolumide]I am planning to build a house but has cash constraints. So my architect advised that i used wood as decking as agaist concrete. Please is it cheaper and durable.

Thanks he lives in Nigeria. Though when i was young my grand uncles house was made with wood decking. Moreover it has always been my dream to build a wood house.

@poster,I asked this same question a few days ago in another thread. The response by spider880 was that it may end up being more expensive. Pls,if ur architect can get it done at a cheaper rate than concrete,let me know,and how much it costs,where to source the wood,and the professionals that can do it. Thanks.

diordaves: ^^^^
Where is the architect based? Home or abroad? I have this feeling the architect might be based abroad. If based abroad and has no fore-experience and residence (in Nigeria) experience in Nigeria you want to be cautious. If the architect is based in Nigeria ask him to spell out in details how this can be done. In details mean sourcing of timber. Size of timber. Sawing/cutting of timber to size Installation method: ie wood to concrete bond. And above all the skilled personnel/craftsmanship need to safely install the decking. You should note that in Nigeria building craftsmanship is dying and we now import artisan for simple stuff like tilling and using metals as doors just because carpentry is dying. They are all Okada drivers now. I think wood decking in Nigeria will be more expensive than concrete.

^^^ Well said Bro!

But some decades back they were doing it in Nigeria, what has changed that will make it difficult or expensive

Did you end up getting your decking done with wood? I am trying to find someone knowledgeable about a wood deck for my project.

Thanks.

oolumide:
I am planning to build a house but has cash constraints. So my architect advised that i used wood as decking as agaist concrete. Please is it cheaper and durable.