megacontrol:
Hello people,

What are the best practices to employ in plastering external walls (fence in &out, gate house) and BQ such that screeding will not be necessary and still get a good finish?

Apart from good workman, are there other tricks? Sand type, mix ratio or other technique to apply.

Main building was screeded inside & out.

Thanks always

You may add a drum of pop emulsion paint alone with 3 drums quantity size of mixed plaster sand/cement mix and plaster with it.
Since it's not a structural component, you may try first on a section of the security post but I know it would give a better smoother finish.

Caveat: I'm no authority in the construction industry but my post is based on my experience producing and supplying white cement/gypsum cement filler mix as dried powder ready to use and graffitex.
There are different ratios of sharp/smooth sand to powder fillers to give varying degree of smoothness.
It may interest you to know that graffitex is basically mixture of powder filler and very smooth marble dust that is a bit smoother than plaster sand and adjusting the ratios would give varying degrees of smoothness.

money121:

Yes sir we supply nationwide

0.45mm @2,900 permtr

Including logistics?

olukaygold:

Including logistics?

Client pay for logistics

megacontrol:
Hello people,

What are the best practices to employ in plastering external walls (fence in &out, gate house) and BQ such that screeding will not be necessary and still get a good finish?

Apart from good workman, are there other tricks? Sand type, mix ratio or other technique to apply.

Main building was screeded inside & out.

Thanks always

I don't know your location,so I can't say much about your Sand types (different location with different Sands) but try 1:6 mixing ratio, tell your Masons to re-shine the wall smoothly when they're about to brush their Work(finishings).

Hello everyone, how much do you think will cost me to fix interlocks in a half plot of land, please?

olukaygold:

It's VERY good if you can afford it, right from foundation to Plastering even your concrete blocks as well (You cant be practicing 1:2:4 mixing ratio and when your concrete blocks could be easily cutoff with hand trowel).
Modified
But I normally use 1:4:6 mixing ratio for Concrete I no be Dangote and for block settings 1:8, plastering 1:6(both inner and external Walls)

1:4:6
Really!

rotecch77:
Good afternoon sir/ ma I really appreciated you all both that gives good remark about my ability here and off here and those that says negative things about me .. still I appreciated you all
It’s not easy to get this money so also it’s not easy to manage a good name in construction industry in Nigeria without any small or big problem at times, bcs so many things attached to this profession and others profession as well.

But all in all I appreciated and also apologize to everyone here including my cleint MR Akins
Thank you all

Don’t mind My English bcs I don’t speak queen English.
Thanks once again

This is the right thing to do, Rotech ��

michlins:
the distance between the channels is way too much sir. Those standing channels are load bearing units and the tanks are meant to rest on them. The way they're standing, they will be holding up the components of the tank stand instead of the tanks.

This is from the little experience I gathered doing this not an aspersions on the quality of your job.

Thank you and good morning

Thanks for your comment, may be it’s from the angle you viewed it. The distance is about 2.3 *1.7m and the H Beam is 8”. It will also come with many bracing,
The foundation is combine footing design.
He did same thing for me here last year ( pics attached )
Although I will still let him know your view about it
Thanks,
Well done with your good work May God be with all of us.
Amen

money121:

Client pay for logistics

Thanks for your prompt response. How much should I budget for logistics from your location to Akure/Ekiti. If I'm buying 200sqm+

akinola98:


Rotecch, I am just seeing your public apology here . It is accepted but remember what my other conditions attached to this public apology request …. Stop parading yourself as a civil engineer or builder… u are not . Pls tell your client WHO EXACTLY U ARE so the cards are laid down from day 1

Secondly, as said before, I owe u 250k for plastering balance but I will hold unto it to pay for the corrections in the job you did for me . If there is any change left ( which I doubt ) …. I will credit your bank account

Lastly, I thank all the noble men and women on this forum that waded in, looked at all evidences given, took their time to post fair messages here … in order for this issue to be resolved….. I APPRECIATE U SIR/MA …. You are wonderful fellow Nairalanders .. God bless

Well Said!
Good advice

Olusojisorunmu:


1:4:6
Really!

Yes sir...me and my clients na kobokobo house we dey build

Here's a YouTube link to a video of a good job done by a painter in the east supplied by gbadex/regal paint to by a member on this thread.
I appreciate his graciousness in making the video available and I used the general term "east" to not reveal the exact location as advised.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aJhKFrHbmY

MMotimo:
If and when Bolu messes up, his customers are welcome to publicize it on here. I beg to disagree that nobody knew it was Bolu doing the POP. I am very confident that offline, a number of people already knew and had formed their own opinions about the quality of his work. Should he keep quiet while Rotech77 casts aspersions on his labor and impacts his reputation? I salute his boldness, I would do the same. His calling out his colleagues is a challenge to anyone he has wronged to come out. If you cannot accuse him of poor work, your opinion about his voicing out means zilch. Air his own dirty linen here , that’s the only fair response rather than talking about throwing and bussing.

This is not Rotech77’s first case in the last year. If my memory serves me right, isn’t this the 3rd time he has been called out since summer 2021? That’s like 3 times in the last year alone. Isn’t that how N3xt started? Or should we wait till there are20 accusers? Small time, the advisers will start harassing Akinola98 to delete his posts and cover Rotech777 so that the next customer doesn’t see the previous scandals. If your reputation is worth protecting, that reflects in the way you do your work. Abi should we blame village people for these repeated issues and absolve him of all blame?

Sentiments all the time! Who did this to us? Customers should cuddle/cajole/pet contractors they paid to do a good job? For real? If you need supervision for the job you are taking as a professional, then disclose that to the customer upfront so that expectations and renumeration are aligned. No offence but it’s absolute nonsense for a professional to expect to be supervised. If you are paid to do a good job, there are no excuses! The buck stops with you. Even in the office environment, your employer wants results, not excuses! You’re either competent for your role or you are not! Abi Rotech777 is an intern, novice builder ni? Somebody bills like an experienced builder and when he messes up, the customer is asked to “work with him “ aka pay him more to resolve the problem like say he has a bottomless ocean of funds.

Redgem, I thought money121 did your roof? Are you saying same roof is leaking?

He wasn't the one that did the roofing...he only supplied the roofing sheets from Lagos

Dashlish12:
. Well u are quite correct sir; Register survey copy only. Good morning

Turn off.
why not get at least Excision first before selling? At least you get to sell at a better price.

rotecch77:


Thanks for your comment, may be it’s from the angle you viewed it. The distance is about 2.3 *1.7m and the H Beam is 8”. It will also come with many bracing,
The foundation is combine footing design.
He did same thing for me here last year ( pics attached )
Although I will still let him know your view about it
Thanks,
Well done with your good work May God be with all of us.
Amen

well that's from the angle of view but the ideal distance for two tanks is 6ft by 7ft. The size of the bottom of 2,500 gallons is 4.5ft at most. Two of such is approximately 9ft. Now the load bearing units are 6ft apart and the projected part is 2ft at both sides culminating to 10-11ft space. The extra 1-2ft is for the plumber to be able to move around and do the connection.

This way, majority of the load is on the channels which act as pillars making the tank firm and sturdy. The weight of the water is transferred directly to the foundation.

This is how I work though

olukaygold:

Thanks for your prompt response. How much should I budget for logistics from your location to Akure/Ekiti. If I'm buying 200sqm+

Since you are buying aluminium we need to know the longest length of the sheet, that will let us know d type of vehicle that we load it and price

michlins:
well that's from the angle of view but the ideal distance for two tanks is 6ft by 7ft. The size of the bottom of 2,500 gallons is 4.5ft at most. Two of such is approximately 9ft. Now the load bearing units are 6ft apart and the projected part is 2ft at both sides culminating to 10-11ft space. The extra 1-2ft is for the plumber to be able to move around and do the connection.

This way, majority of the load is on the channels which act as pillars making the tank firm and sturdy. The weight of the water is transferred directly to the foundation.

This is how I work though

This your Design is nice and I termed it as cantilever system.
Both this and the one I showed up there will work very well.
The load from the tank will go straight to the 4 top round H beam ( this stand as the beam) then the load from the beam will then transfer to the standing 4 H beam ( Column) then this will now go straight to the foundation……

This is a lean concrete mix( 1:4:6) with poor strength. Don't use this mix if you are constructing storey building.

Kobokobo build should NOT be a death trap.

olukaygold:

It's VERY good if you can afford it, right from foundation to Plastering even your concrete blocks as well (You cant be practicing 1:2:4 mixing ratio and when your concrete blocks could be easily cutoff with hand trowel).
Modified
[b]But I normally use 1:4:6 mixing ratio for Concrete I no be Dangote ;[/b]D and for block settings 1:8, plastering 1:6(both inner and external Walls)

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0.55mm

money121:

Only suppllied her roofing sheet we didn't handle the installation, although we took the measurement but she prefer her installer in benin to handle the installation

Thank you for the clarification, Sir. I will modify my comment.

redgem:


He wasn't the one that did the roofing...he only supplied the roofing sheets from Lagos

Thank you

Abidec76:
Nigerians can't stop amusing me. They usually cast one another at any given opportunities, so quick to call name's as well.
It's really disgusting and amusing how people praise someone and when things go wrong they come out to cast that same person as if the person had wronged them from the onset. No one is perfect Abegi. Rotech 777 had been doing an amazing job since have known him and his attention to details is one of its kind but nevertheless he need to improve on his supervision level since he is earning from that as well.

In Nigeria, getting a complete package Artisans is usually very hard although Baba Imran is doing a great job and he should keep up the good job.
A company can only last long if trust is established against monetary benefits.
Let's learn to build our company first and with time it will bring in the huge profits in the long run.

Oga Bolu (Pop guy) you need to work on yourself as well. You don't join force's to cast someone most especially someone who do give you contract. It speaks high volumes of who you are �

@Akinola so sorry for your experience sir, money isn't easy to get by and I understand your frustration, nevertheless do not do what you don't want others to do unto you. It's doesn't sound matured of you sir on how you stood so low on name callings .
Both of you are acting like women � which is so childish.

Pls let peace reign and we all should move on.
Let's remember that no one is above mistakes, let's learn to take corrections and work on the negative feedbacks so we can achieve a better tomorrow.

Peace.

I knw how close rotech and bolu(pop) were on this platform...but him speaking up about the roof, is nt bad at allll...if he didn't speak up and the pop later has issue,one or two pple will say he's an accomplice with Mr rotech thereby putting his own job at stake

The pop guy didn't complain about block or pillar he only complain abt the wood which is related to his own work

You want pple to speak up yet you want to put blame on those speaking up

Oyami lenu sir

diordaves:
So it is now Bolu's fault. So much misplaced aggression coming from so many quarters.

There is a situation and Bolu is being pointed out by the protagonist as the cause of the situation, so you expect him to shell up and not say anything?

Any reasonable person will fight their corner and defend their work. I'm struggling to see why the aggression is directed at him.

MMotimo:


Thank you for the clarification, Sir. I will modify my comment.

Uwl ma

somehow:


Turn off.
why not get at least Excision first before selling? At least you get to sell at a better price.

. Well if u are familiar with most of the land in this axis (lacampagne) directly from the family you'll know it the buyer that does that bringing his surveyor to chart up the land and making sure the land doesn't fall under government aquisition (which is what most Realtors around here do) then the buyer proceed to make payment to the family before embarking on getting any Title on the land. P.S: I only sell land that belongs to family as their land agent. Thank you

Rotecch77,

I want to believe you have settled with your client offline?
Next time, do everything you can to avoid bringing (Client vs Engineer) online. If you think I dey lie, go ask Brabus or N3xt. The internet never forgets.

Some of this issues could have been resolved amicably offline. You see ...you win some and you lose some... That's business.
Just so you know...this little fiasco will taint and will put holes in your reputation, Which will make many possible future clients (especially in diaspora) to think twice before dealing with you.
Always ask yourself ...Do you want to win the battle or the war?

BTW: I fight with my engineer on site daily (well, he is not onsite daily). He resents my guts because I'm not easy to deal with but still a good client... �. Know your customer. They are your best way to advertise...

Why am I writing this? .....Well, I was considering you for an assignment before but was disappointed to see how this escalated.

No love lost. Just make sure your clients can write good reviews about you.

3strikes!!!

Dashlish12:
. Well if u are familiar with most of the land in this axis (lacampagne) directly from the family you'll know it the buyer that does that bringing his surveyor to chart up the land and making sure the land doesn't fall under government aquisition (which is what most Realtors around here do) then the buyer proceed to make payment to the family before embarking on getting any Title on the land. P.S: I only sell land that belongs to family as their land agent. Thank you

Thanks for the response.

rotecch77:
Update on another site, water tank stanchion is in progress, tiling , final lapse of pop work also in progress

Water tanks stand cost sum of 1.5m
Thanks to all our esteemed clients, advisers, well wishers, and lastly to all NL members

How many feet is the water tank?

3strikes:
Rotecch77,

I want to believe you have settled with your client offline?
Next time, do everything you can to avoid bringing (Client vs Engineer) online. If you think I dey lie, go ask Brabus or N3xt. The internet never forgets.

Some of this issues could have been resolved amicably offline. You see ...you win some and you lose some... That's business.
Just so you know...this little fiasco will taint and will put holes in your reputation, Which will make many possible future clients (especially in diaspora) to think twice before dealing with you.
Always ask yourself ...Do you want to win the battle or the war?

BTW: I fight with my engineer on site daily. He resents my guts because I'm not easy to deal with but still a good client... �. Know your customer. They are your best way to advertise...

Why am I writing this? .....Well, I was considering you for an assignment before but was disappointed to see how this was escalated.

No love lost. Just make sure your clients can write good reviews about you.

3strikes!!!

Thanks so much baba I really appreciated sir, all will be fine

ChybuzzDD:


How many feet is the water tank?

30ft from NGL

gbadexy:

You may add a drum of pop emulsion paint alone with 3 drums quantity size of mixed plaster sand/cement mix and plaster with it.
Since it's not a structural component, you may try first on a section of the security post but I know it would give a better smoother finish.

Caveat: I'm no authority in the construction industry but my post is based on my experience producing and supplying white cement/gypsum cement filler mix as dried powder ready to use and graffitex.
There are different ratios of sharp/smooth sand to powder fillers to give varying degree of smoothness.
It may interest you to know that graffitex is basically mixture of powder filler and very smooth marble dust that is a bit smoother than plaster sand and adjusting the ratios would give varying degrees of smoothness.

Can one use graffitex on a wall without plastering?
What is the output going to look like?
Is graftex water resistant, as in it does it permit growth of molds and algae?

Aforxzy:
This is a lean concrete mix( 1:4:6) with poor strength. Don't use this mix if you are constructing storey building.

Kobokobo build should NOT be a death trap.

if you can afford 1:2:4 from foundation to Parapets;Good..but Before you can conclude on the type of Mixing ratio to follow,You need to firstly know the strength you wanted to achieve, different Mixing ratio with different strength for different Work.I manage materials depending on the type of Work and Project Im handling and I cut-short Materials where there're Options to and non of my clients ever complain there's a Wall crack or slight Pop crack in any of my Projects. This is my Ongoing kobokobo Project with less than 4m budget. it's a mini flat Bungalow that consists of 1sittinh room,1bedroom,1bathroom/Toilet,1kitchen,1 laundry room, front door and emergency/escaped door.
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