FreeConCiencE:


But I also challenged him on using 6 inches block and he said he had done one before with 6 inchesbblock and that the house is still standing well.......

FreeConCiencE:


Please, what should I do now. Please advise is needed. Because the guy is saying he will go back there tomorrow

true2home:
Simplicity is the new luxury...Ambo like Ambode!

EgunMogaji2:


1) What did the architect specify and 2) Did you follow that plan?

Be thankful that there was no loss of life. Hopefully.

Don’t let your builder roam around willfully without following established known and proven protocols.

FreeConCiencE:


He is an architect and he was the one I gave the contract to

FreeConCiencE:


Please, advice is needed. What should I do now because he is saying he would go back to the site tomorrow

EgunMogaji2:


The house that’s standing well, does it have parapets too?

KolaShangOne:


"He is an architect"

Madam, is that a statement of fact? Or he just told you " I'm an architect "?

EgunMogaji2:


1) What did the architect specify and 2) Did you follow that plan?

Be thankful that there was no loss of life. Hopefully.

Don’t let your builder roam around willfully without following established known and proven protocols.

FreeConCiencE:


But I also challenged him on using 6 inches block and he said he had done one before with 6 inchesbblock and that the house is still standing well.......

KolaShangOne:


Loool. Oga Egun.

Its obvious there's no architect involved. It's just the owner and a guy who calls himself "ENGINEER".

FreeConCiencE:


Before collapsing. No column/pillars anywhere. They just put the long-spanning lintels on 6-inch blocked walls

true2home:
Open kitchen is always lovely. The question is, is it functional in a Nigerian Home?

In my observations, no and the reasons has been stated by others here. I love it so much that a solution has to be provided. The solution in my view is Two-Section kitchen; wet and dry area.

You design it in such a way that the Dry kitchen will be open, while the Wet kitchen will be attached but not opened to the living. So the Dry kitchen will be for SHOW; maybe you mix few cocktail in it

FreeConCiencE:


Don’t say what you don't know. I can send the building approval to you. We used what he designed to get the approval. His name is there as the architect. A registered one for that matter
I don't just want to expose him since he apologized and he's ready to take full responsibility for it.

I just need advice on whether I should allow him to make the correction where necessary or I should look for another person

FreeConCiencE:


Don’t say what you don't know. I can send the building approval to you. We used what he designed to get the approval. His name is there as the architect. A registered one for that matter
I don't just want to expose him since he apologized and he's ready to take full responsibility for it.

I just need advice on whether I should allow him to make the correction where necessary or I should look for another person

KolaShangOne:


Apologies ma'am. When I read your chats, I concluded you're probably even a better builder than your architect.

If he had used 9" blocks, I believe it probably will be able to withstand those loads.

Building with 6 inch blocks is very dicey. It's a slippery slope. I have done it in my "experimental build" and I know its dicey.

In the pic below (experimental build), we put an insitu concrete fascia on 6 inch blocks!

I would have shown more things we did with 6 inch blocks but .....

6" blocks struggle to carry loads except you make them extra strong.

My advice is that, introduce columns at span of 4-5 metres. Your beams sit on these columns. Each column MUST have a footing.

KolaShangOne:


Apologies ma'am. When I read your chats, I concluded you're probably even a better builder than your architect.

If he had used 9" blocks, I believe it probably will be able to withstand those loads.

Building with 6 inch blocks is very dicey. It's a slippery slope. I have done it in my "experimental build" and I know its dicey.

In the pic below (experimental build), we put an insitu concrete fascia on 6 inch blocks!

I would have shown more things we did with 6 inch blocks but .....

6" blocks struggle to carry loads except you make them extra strong.

My advice is that, introduce columns at span of 4-5 metres. Your beams sit on these columns. Each column MUST have a footing.

EgunMogaji2:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9_f3GldYGg

n3xt:


It’s not every architect that can interpret what they draw.

cajoextreme:
Hi
Does anyone know where I can find large/big rugs to buy in Lagos?

twinskenny:
Open kitchen yah or nay?

n3xt:


Smiles.

You really need to go back and understand why I wrote what I wrote

It’s just a sarcastic remark. I know I am fantastically wrong.

Right here we were told Chinese build shitty structures.

kopell:
Please and please get another guy with structural experience to help you salvage the project. Niyi Aventures is structural Engineer, check his signature page if he is not busy. Dennis3D is a very good Architect as well .

KolaShangOne:


Apologies ma'am. When I read your chats, I concluded you're probably even a better builder than your architect.

If he had used 9" blocks, I believe it probably will be able to withstand those loads.

Building with 6 inch blocks is very dicey. It's a slippery slope. I have done it in my "experimental build" and I know its dicey.

In the pic below (experimental build), we put an insitu concrete fascia on 6 inch blocks!

I would have shown more things we did with 6 inch blocks but .....

6" blocks struggle to carry loads except you make them extra strong.

My advice is that, introduce columns at span of 4-5 metres. Your beams sit on these columns. Each column MUST have a footing.

Badgers14:
Following up on the conversation above.. lot of times we have doors in the kitchen, door in the parlor in our Nigerian build as a form of security or deterrent to small children or visitors.

Like no body wants to let all their visitors see their kitchen.. they might be "frenemies " .. you don't want people to see certain things in the house.. or privacy etc.

But outside Nigeria people adjust to it in the sense that everyone knows to stay in their own lane even if you visit someone. No matter if the house is open concept, even if you see orange juice in plain sight, you need to ask the homeowner before going to take it...

I remember I use to live in a one bedroom house way back when here in 9ja.. your friends will just show up to your house.. (remember 1 bedroom face me I slap you so everything is in plain sight).

They say, o boy how far nah.. wetin dey inside this fridge sef (opens fridge ) sees something they like and they are eating already..

Or picks up my TV remote and changes the station that I am watching.. and I am thinking.. I think this is my house

Again, open concept is not for everyone, not everyone will be comfortable in it.. I remember my grandma doesn't like to stay in the city long because she doesn't like the set up and the lifestyle... she likes the village lifestyle...get your firewood, cook, go to that compound chit chat come back etc... very laid back lifestyle..

For me, In my house here in Nigeria I have two living rooms.. I don't keep that many friends and I don't invite that many people to my house and I do send invites very rarely and almost never if my kids are in the house at the time. But when the visitors show up.. they stay in the ante room and toilet is right there.. the other parlor is open concept but no visitors allowed , not even extended family members make it that far in my house..

So every one is different, do what works best for you

EgunMogaji2:


Very true and I agree with your submission.

Life is short, people should learn to indulge themselves. There’s a solution to most issues in life.

spiceeamiee:
Please any one knows where i can get very good and quality internal flush doors? The quotes I have gotten ehnn . please my budget is 80k max. Also where to get Italian internal doors? The ones I saw that I liked, we have to break wall to attach the frames. Tiles have been fixed already and I no get extra money to spend. Please point me in the right direction. Thanks

hamtabfawaz:
Please My people

How much would I get this iron?

EgunMogaji2:


You probably know this but what I’ve learnt from builders on here is to use 9” for external perimeter and use 6” for interior partitions. To be sincere, most, not all, Nigerian blocks are pieces of shyte, structurally.

I hope to introduce a line of blocks made to international standards next year.