Porthos:


if you want the sketch done, I could help. Even elevations, roof plans & 3d. Thats the part I can really answer. Maybe others here can help with your other questions……

EgunMogaji:
I'm looking for a bungalow thread where dpc was not done until much later in the build.

Thanks.

PS: done by a pro builder.

FastShipping:


Mine was not done until recently. My builder is here in property section but no thread was ever created about my project. Work to continue on Jan 03.

EgunMogaji:


This was in ikorodu I think.

FastShipping:


No sir.

I was surprised my builder told me it was unnecessary to do German floors and bunch of pillars. He only doubled up the blocks for foundation on one side and the back side with four short pillars in the back, two high pillars on one side where there is a slight slope. Also did two pillars in the front. No chain lintel anywhere. He called it waste and unnecessary.

The builder is here in property section and top two engineers here. He is part of nairaland first generation engineers. No one has done more Lekki construction in property section than him. I just gave you a hint.

EgunMogaji:
Question for Ibadan boys

If I have approval to plant a structure on my plot already and i decided to plan an accessory building. I am assuming that i will need to get another approval.

If so what level of detail is needed in Ibadan knowing there is an existing plan with site detail, septic system, etc

EgunMogaji:
I'm looking for a bungalow thread where dpc was not done until much later in the build.

Thanks.

PS: done by a pro builder.

EgunMogaji:


Okay I found the thread I was looking for.

https://www.nairaland.com/1373960/construction-diary-semi-detached-bungalow

EgunMogaji:

This was in ikorodu I think.

FastShipping:


No sir.

I was surprised my builder told me it was unnecessary to do German floors and bunch of pillars. He only doubled up the blocks for foundation on one side and the back side with four short pillars in the back, two high pillars on one side where there is a slight slope. Also did two pillars in the front. No chain lintel anywhere. He called it waste and unnecessary.

The builder is here in property section and top two engineers here. He is part of nairaland first generation engineers. No one has done more Lekki construction in property section than him. I just gave you a hint.

mufutau55:


Especially with that your nice dry land... I am not surprised.

Hajji M.

olumide4christ:


[b]@EgunMogaji,

[b]After looking at the thread you found, I think I understand what you mean. However, as a professional, let me say that standards require you do a ground floor slab/bed (german floor as the laymen call it) before continuing your superstructural walls. NOTE:

1. From the method used in the thread you quoted above, there is no cost savings as the capping beam over the foundation walls is made of concrete, with waterproofing additives at that, you would still cast the ground floor within the room spaces later; thus no cost savings, just that you are casting the floor later.

2. The ground floor bed (german floor) ought to be cast as a monolithic element (that is without any break or construction joint); however, with the "no german floor" method, the floor within the room spaces are on their own (independent), while the capping beam on the foundation walls are on their own (independent). What this means is that if for any reason settlement takes place, of which it almost always does, your walls will settle at a different rate/pace, while your ground floor bed within the room spaces will settle at a different rate/pace, because the walls and floor are not monolithic. The end result - cracks at the edge of the floors in your rooms, which are not easily repairable.

3. If after all that has been said above, you still intend going the no german floor route, I would sincerely advise you to take a trip to the building mentioned in the above thread and see how the building is faring, 2 or more years after.

It should be noted that these standards were designed by the white people to achieve certain things and have been c=scientifically proven, and so, they should be strictly adhered to, even though they might cost us a bit more. Like they say, prevention is better AND CHEAPER than cure![/b][/b]

brabus:


Not necessary if you're not adding another floor or making a major remodel.

This is Ibadan, Naija and not Washington DC, USA where you require permit for everything.

Just use your church mind (if you're familiar with that term) to do what is right structurally.

mufutau55:


That one, you are talking about Aventures. I thought I linked you with the thread before.
Ask Aventures... the house is finished now...

https://www.nairaland.com/1373960/construction-diary-semi-detached-bungalow

Hajji M.

EgunMogaji:


It'll be a separate structure entirely.

Could the town planing folks do a drive by and notice that "hey wait a dang monuto, this ain't what we approved!"

FastShipping:


I change them like underwear.

brabus:


no es necesario

brabus:

EgunMogaji:


Gracias mi amigo, El Presidente de NextHome.

brabus:
@Fastshipping,

I told one of my client I'll win "Grammy" (don't correct me, I'm not drunk) with my ongoing builds. My prayer is God should give all of my contemporary clients the fund to complete to taste!

Opon Ise Ile kiko ti sun. Construction don pass "na so we dey do am"

But here, our people call it packaging (as if I care). There's no special difference between "Four Flat" and "MultiDwelling Apartment", they are both a building constructed by different people. One was conceptualized and constructed by the people who live in the moment and while the other is constructed by people stucked in old way of doing things.

FastShipping:


That is one of my points. The engineer who was doing my thing from the beginning is fantastic when it comes to doing good structures but he is inept when it comes to doing new designs (contemporaries and modern). The guy understands good and solid structure but design wise, he is poor. Imagine someone still stuck in the past and went ahead to erect round columns in front of my sun room after I instructed him to give me rectangular or square columns. Imagine building an arch in my dining entrance and one ugly bar with arch when there was no place in my floor plan calling for bar. Such nonsense are not meant to go with contemporary designs. Some lintels were built as arch ways. I got a nairalander to correct the craps but the person I gave the work to for correction was even worse. He created a window somewhere without a lintel. I was screaming at him the moment he sent me pictures of what he thought were good work. It cost me some dough to breakdown the anomalies.

Nairaland is blessed with riffraff and professionals as well.

segzy14:


Oga don talk

FastShipping:


I no be oga o

FastShipping:


I no be oga o

I will call you this Saturday. If I don't, ping me.

FastShipping:


No sir.

I was surprised my builder told me it was unnecessary to do German floors and bunch of pillars. He only doubled up the blocks for foundation on one side and the back side with four short pillars in the back, two high pillars on one side where there is a slight slope. Also did two pillars in the front. No chain lintel anywhere. He called it waste and unnecessary.

The builder is here in property section and top two engineers here. He is part of nairaland first generation engineers. No one has done more Lekki construction in property section than him. I just gave you a hint.

FastShipping:


No sir.

I was surprised my builder told me it was unnecessary to do German floors and bunch of pillars. He only doubled up the blocks for foundation on one side and the back side with four short pillars in the back, two high pillars on one side where there is a slight slope. Also did two pillars in the front. No chain lintel anywhere. He called it waste and unnecessary.

The builder is here in property section and top two engineers here. He is part of nairaland first generation engineers. No one has done more Lekki construction in property section than him. I just gave you a hint.

FastShipping:


The land is dry. Only you know the person I'm talking about. I just stopped using him because he was always busy with his Lekki works.

Two more Nairalanders worked there before too. I am on another nairalander now. Hopefully this one is last nairalander. I change them like underwear.

FastShipping:




Of course I change people easily. A builder has to leave when he is instructed to do something the way I want it done and he turns around and do something else or brings up "we can't do that here in Nigeria" or tells me "this is not obodo oyinbo".

There is nothing special about artisans that are in Germany, UK or USA. The only difference between artisans in the western world is their ability to be professional with the way they handle things. They make sure things are done right, timely and perfectly. They are calm when working. The perfect outcome is what they are after before getting paid.

On the other hand, Nigerian artisans make it look like they are doing you a favor. They are not always professionals. They are mostly not open to new ideas. Most of them are stuck in old way of doing things.