Imas007:
My Fellow Good People of Nairaland,

I want to cast my lintel ,is it professionally advisable to chain the whole building or just the openings?

https://www.nairaland.com/6860261/construction-2-flats-gra-benin#108621097

Quotation for lintel
Wood =#315000
12mm rod, 80piecs, 4500 for one=360000
8mm rod=25pices ,2500 for one=62500
35bags of cement,4300 for one bag=150500
Nail=35000
Transportation from sawmill=15000
Binding wire=6000
Sawing of wood=10000
One trip of sharp sand=70000
Money for welder and carpenter=120000
Work men to do the casting=50000
Total=1194000
Grand total=1200000

I would appreciate your response on this.

n3xt:


If I’m to do this, I’d get creative with the cover like what I’m currently working on in one of my ongoing project. We are using wooden slab to cover our underground pool equipment (pic below)

BrabusNG:


Not sure. That’s not my own project.

It’s just a representation of what we intend to do in almost similar situation.
We did the woodwork today but not yet installed as the pool equipments has not been fixed.

Imas007:
My Fellow Good People of Nairaland,

I want to cast my lintel ,is it professionally advisable to chain the whole building or just the openings?

https://www.nairaland.com/6860261/construction-2-flats-gra-benin#108621097

Quotation for lintel
Wood =#315000
12mm rod, 80piecs, 4500 for one=360000
8mm rod=25pices ,2500 for one=62500
35bags of cement,4300 for one bag=150500
Nail=35000
Transportation from sawmill=15000
Binding wire=6000
Sawing of wood=10000
One trip of sharp sand=70000
Money for welder and carpenter=120000
Work men to do the casting=50000
Total=1194000
Grand total=1200000

I would appreciate your response on this.

MMotimo:




These 2 statements are not the same and the misrepresentation is glaring. The 2nd statement about doing woodwork suggests the woodwork in that pic is somehow connected to getting to the pic in the 1st statement but that is completely inaccurate.

The pic in the 2nd statement has nothing to do with the pic in the 1st statement. The 2nd pic woodwork is typically used overhead and not for storage. The 1st pic is obviously to act as a storage cover for something below or at ground level.

In addition, the 1st statement clearly states that you are working on a project and that statement was made to sound like the pic is from your project.

rmx:


The rising cost of everything is a challenge

I always have a mental picture of where I am at for all projects I do and have milestones. Tiles , pop boards, more cement and Acs of recent,

Just ordered electrical fittings and shelves

Generators , Transformers , lifts and some cables a while ago and on ground

milestones left will be glass works / glass windows and doors and the aluminum roofing then am on the home Stretch

No building efficiency will beat tmt tiger iron rods I bought at 340 earlier this year that I am still using today. Solution for me is always buy right and buy well in advance, the others Na jara

kopell:
Lucky you, how many of us can buy at that volume. Its always better that way if one bank account as good numbers in it lol.

Person2person:
You have to be very careful while buying rainforcement. About 50 tonnes of this was supplied to a site by a reputable company.

smallsmall:


In a serious country, the "source" of this Wicked Act will be traced out and given a very stiff punishment (China will Execute such person immediately), so as to serve as a deterrent to others.
But in Nigeria, we just lament and move on, waiting for the next disaster.

nannymcphee:


I do not see granite here? Do you already have granite or you intend to use sand + cement only?

What is the size of your blocks?

If it is 6", you can get already sawed 1x12, that way you don't get to pay for sawing. 2 of the sawed wood is sold for the price of 1no 1x12 wood.

Ask for a breakdown of the sizes of the wood they are buying. Watchout, what you need is 1x12, some will sell 1x10 or 1x11 for you all in the name of that's "how they cut it these days"

Go get the prices of the wood yourself, they might quote 2x2 or 2x3 for you to brace Arcs & co, you can use bamboo instead(it's cheaper)


Try to get min of 2quotes from carpenter & iron bender

Your transportation quote, ask o, does it cover loading & offloading?

Abeg o, this your 70k trip of sand, is it 4in1 or 2in1 biko?

maysoft:
My great people in construction. Kindly help analyze this building plan plan for my property of 140 feet by 25feet. What adjustments are needed?

gandkiss:


Exactly sir

somehow:


Very true

Real builders don't have the time for long epistle and posting multiple pictures.

BrickDevo:

Kindly upload the pdf, so the dimensions will be visible

maysoft:
My great people in construction. Kindly help analyze this building plan plan for my property of 140 feet by 25feet. What adjustments are needed?

topsy23:


If you are installing POP you will need recess light like i earlier uploaded. Get the original in the market. I have a brand that you can not easily sorce from the market. It's German product called LIPER.

Below is the pictures

Born2conquer:

I met one of the best and honest engineers on this forum and he worked for me, lol! Dude is not active online at all!!! He will hardly even post his works online.

I had to take these pictures from his Instagram page.

E dey pain me sha, because most of the things e do experiment on his sites are things worth “publicizing” but man will hardly post about it because he’s too busy to come online and post epistles on his works.

May God keep blessing every hardworking professionals.

BrabusNG:


I understand the question and I gave the right answer but the screenshot below should help though.

If it was me I’d have asked “Is this your work?” and not “Is this project in Nigeria?” So I'm not responsible for the misrepresentation.

Below is a chat between myself and the client who owns the project showing her like I shared here what we intend to do.

KolaShangOne:


Baba.. I wasn't asking to know if it was your project or not though..

I was asking because of the quality of wood. It looks imported, like "packing case".

I was more interested in the wood and what I can do with it..

Last time I got imported treated wood, I used it for "floating bed design".

maysoft:
My great people in construction. Kindly help analyze this building plan plan for my property of 140 feet by 25feet. What adjustments are needed?

topsy23:


If you are installing POP you will need recess light like i earlier uploaded. Get the original in the market. I have a brand that you can not easily sorce from the market. It's German product called LIPER.

Below is the pictures

twinskenny:

Na my oga o

mufutau55:


We will like to know the Engineer/Contractor o, for future engagement. May be it's someone we already know. Thank you.

Hajji M.