dannie007:
From Experience, I will advice Tilling first before installing doors but the Subframes should have be installed.

Some Tilers will want to take a Uniform Level and this will affect the doors because they might be of different level.

To save yourself stress, additional cost and also who is doing the door stress also.
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Skydivine:

You are talking from the perspective of wooden doors. For someone using iron doors, it is better to install the doors first before tiles. This is more so because the subframe and the door of metal doors do not come separately.

Ourown:
Can you please help me review this quotation for the German floor foundation? I wasn't expecting this to be more than 1.5m.

michlins:
doors before tiles. The tiler will take up every available space below the door to ensure that ants or whatever doesn't have space to move

OkanlawonB:


Good and very realistic rates, i don`t think it can be cheaper, you may only have some left overs from quoted quantity of Granite and sand.

Ordinarily the digging of the foundation will cost more than 70k. The pricing of all the items are reasonable.

For the water supply it will pay you in the long run if you dig a borehole right away although it cost more innitially instead of buying water.

Billions123:
Happy New Year , Everyone.

Please what is the best way to deal with an artisan (carpenter) i paid to work on my site who keeps giving me excuses?

The project was timelined for 1 month but it's over 2 months now, i don't live close and my aged parents can't do much.

His balance remains a tiny bit, he keeps telling me he will go tomorrow to finish the job with no show.

Wetin I fit do this guy? I would be visiting the site soon.

Free2Fly:


That's Nigerian Artisans for you.
They complain of lack of jobs, but when they see one, they quickly mess it up
Involve security agents officially or unofficially, if you know his house or workshop.

Next time, if you're not around, don't link up with an Artisan directly.
Go through a referrer, whom you can contact and put pressure on if the werey Artisan starts showing the typical colours.
Once they know you're not around and there's no capable hand on ground to hold them accountable, just forget it.
They'll show you pepper.

Ourown:
Can you please help me review this quotation for the German floor foundation? I wasn't expecting this to be more than 1.5m.

diordaves:


1. Get a Bill of Quantity (BoQ). This will throw so much light on the cost structure of the project. Most homeowners in Nigeria build blindly - as the spirit led. This blind approach is what contractors and artisans take advantage of to defraud. B of Q also comes handy relating to budgeting and cashflow management. So when you call for quotes for example, you already know the quantity and type of the materials needed and price (subject to price increases) and all you are interested in is the labour charge. It is difficult for a contractor to inflate material quantities to defraud. Share the B of Q with the contractor or artisan so everyone is singing from the same page.

2. You said your area could be flood prone. So know that your foundation MUST BE HIGH, minimum four courses high. If you are doing BoQ, let the Bill guy know this to correctly calculate the right amount of sand for backfilling and filling. YOU MUST DO GERMAN FLOOR or else you risk damp issues in future.

3. Don't bank on digging your soakaway to fill your foundation. You will not save very much as there is the cost of shifting the sand from the soakaway to the foundation. In most cases, soakaway sand is better used to level the compound.

4. If you could achieve a borehole, do so immediately and build a protective structure around the borehole and use the structure for storage. The cost of water will bankrupt you in no time if you don't have a borehole. If borehole is not possible in your location, buy a GP tank to store water and then go on your knees and pray. A site without access to steady supply of water na wahala and gbese.

twinskenny:


Pop
Tiling
Screeding


Or

Pop
Screeding
Tiling

Ourown:


Yes boss, my plan is to use cabinets for storage

Beframia:

Check this link and other topics by the same Op.

https://www.nairaland.com/7690775/diy-practical-class-estimating-comfortable

OkanlawonB:


Good and very realistic rates, i don`t think it can be cheaper, you may only have some left overs from quoted quantity of Granite and sand.

Ordinarily the digging of the foundation will cost more than 70k. The pricing of all the items are reasonable.

For the water supply it will pay you in the long run if you dig a borehole right away although it cost more innitially instead of buying water.

drizzle0007:
Good morning guys.

I want to tile my 79sq/m area in Owerri.
29sq/m for parlour, 50sq/m for rooms, kitchen and passage.

I received two quotation for tiles.
First person quoted me 632000, saying it's 8000 for a sq/m

The other person quoted:
For parlour 8600 per carton for 21 cartons. 60x 60
For parlour 8400 per carton for 26 cartons. 40 x40.


Please which is more realistic and advice able to go for. I don't know much about building and really confused

Sabibouy:
Hello house, pls help me check this quotation for a 4 bedroom bungalow German floor foundation I got from an engineer

moviclade11:

Thanks for the advice . I will buy materials myself in bits. No free money anywhere



I don’t know about your agreement with the engineer, price of materials may vary depending on location and scarcity (everyone knows sharp sand is often more expensive during dry season). But what I’d advise is you buy materials yourself and try to be present for the process so you can monitor the usage yourself, nobody can accurately predict the amount of granite or cement that would be used.
So you can start by buying 2 trips each of the sand and granite, you can decide to pay for the entire cement and ask them to supply it in bits as the project progresses, other than that they’d use broken bottle to shave off your hair. From my little experience in dealing with people

Sabibouy:
Hello house, pls help me check this quotation for a 4 bedroom bungalow German floor foundation I got from an engineer

kkonsults:


Buy trailer of Granite (30 tons) instead of small lorry, you’ll save a lot that way.

Sabibouy:
Hello house, pls help me check this quotation for a 4 bedroom bungalow German floor foundation I got from an engineer