EgunMogaji:


Yep, my own Baba Kafaya dug more than that for my garage apartment.

agarawu23:
oga, do u see any extra holes that pillars will sit on in the picture? We still need to follow the thread and see if that's the first batch digging cos digging such for a 5 bedroom duplex is void to 'me' .

abdulwastecx:


You just have to wait for the man to finish

agarawu23:
my baba mufu can't dig such shallow foundation for a duplex, I don't know about your own baba lati

EgunMogaji:


Unfortunately, with embedded Sir. I'm still torn on trapping my family in the house. It's forcing me to think of alternatives.

https://www.nairaland.com/3033198/call-me-sliding-casement-windows

4nobody4every1:
Due to the peculiar security lapses in Nigeria currently, l think it is better to have the burglary embedded with the window, all my windows have burglary. Lol..

EgunMogaji:


My Brother, I know but I'm still torn.

The window manufacturer can and should have designed a system of burglary proof that can be opened from the inside like is mandated over here.

I won't order the embedded security windows until I have exhausted all options to have an openable burglary proof.

P291:
iI guess you can now see how hypocritical you are with this your new post requesting for an answer, and you were there rubishing these so- called professionals.

Experience makes you more aware and gives you an idea not the the technical know -how please. [s] You just don't type with your fingers and castigate some people"s profession, its an insult. [/s]

P291:
iI guess you can now see how hypocritical you are with this your new post requesting for an answer, and you were there rubishing these so- called professionals.

Experience makes you more aware and gives you an idea not the the technical know -how please. You just don't type with your fingers and castigate some people"s profession, its an insult.

EgunMogaji:


I'll just tell you the design that I have for my garage apartment.

The ceiling is 12 coaches high which is about 12 feet, that's pretty high. I'm not using POP so I'll loose very minimal height for the actual finished ceiling. Heat trap will not be an issue because there will be a solar powered whole house fan that vents directly into the attic. There will be two gable vents on either side of the attic wall where the hot air should naturally escape.

I'm also using casement windows that have projections at the top. These type of window will allow me to at least crack open the projected windows during inclement weather or at night. That in conjunction with the whole house fan will make sure that air is moved throughout the house.

You should go for whatever design, style that floats your boat. It's your house and you won't be asking anybody to finance it. If you get a good Architect and a builder that doesn't think he knows what you need more than you then you'll be okay.

Costwise, windows design is the same price, whole house fan is maybe $150 and gable vents can be constructed by local artisan. I talked to my local welder and he thinks he can make the whole house fan. My stuff might look expensive but they really aren't. I just have a knack to thinking outside of the box, and I take my sweet time.

4nobody4every1:
Yeah, l am yet to see anyone like that in Nigeria but it is possible we might have them if you search very well but it may come with extra cost

abdulwastecx:


Lol at that your Windows installer...using plumb in that direction, he is not going to get anything like that.

abdulwastecx:


Lol at that your Windows installer...using plumb in that direction, he is not going to get anything like that.

agarawu23:
hello sir,

You still need to go tru my previous post and read my lines.......this time, slowly pls.

If your conclusion to my post is to castigate people's profession then I owe nobody apology cos even in this section I know building professionals I can give my job and sit back without fear and we all are here for one reason or the other therefore both positive and negative reviews should be tackled.

And my point is?
[size=16pt]I ain't move with the crap you (not u) claim u study about building construction, the best you are giving me physically is what I can buy and not your grammars and degrees.[/size]

Theory without a standard practical to prove is a bullcrap.

P291:
Sorry to say, but your knowledge about a standard construction is limited. Have you seen a structural drawings and design before, have you experienced the construction of a more technical and complex structures before other than all these duplexes you seeing here?

There is a clearly distinctive difference between between an engineer and a builder.

And please don't compare bab mufu to an engineer/ builder/ professional unless you are referring to all structures you have been witnessing without proper engineering works.

EgunMogaji:


Actually, I think Muyesky said that he has done one before I think but need to verify.

Anyways, I just need one window in the garage apartment to be openable and maybe two or three in the main house.

Really, l will love to see how it looks but that will be for my future project which l am planning in the pipe line

EgunMogaji:


I don't see how or where he rubbished any professionals, he stated an opinion and I agree with him.

Lack of a formal degree does not make a person uneducated in a particular subject matter or profession.

I like and would hire AbdulWaxtecx, as an example, not because he's educated (all that degree means squat diddly to me), but because he has passion, integrity, and experience in his chosen profession.

4nobody4every1:
. Really, l will love to see how it looks but that will be for my future project which l am planning in the pipe line

P291:
Sir, is your current builder who is helping you out educated or not?

agarawu23:
oga, i hear u. What else should I say when I am not an engineer/a builder? But a guy who has experienced big structural building from foundation to finishing should have something to say too

EgunMogaji:


My builder is extremely vocationally educated in his profession but he doesn't possess the formal college institutional degrees that you seem to have a hard-on for.

I have no need for degreed professional son my site, especially if they come at a premium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education

abdulwastecx:


Mr agarawu23 has a very valid point, we valued paper too much in this country. I have learned a great deal from these '' baba Abdul '' he was my first teacher. These men are extremely good at what they do

EgunMogaji:


Read this page Sir

https://www.nairaland.com/1410552/security-armored-doors-burglary-proofs/24#36830436

Thanks buddy

AZUH:
27m . This man might go mad oh . All these contractors doesn't care .they think people pick money from a tree . Forget God in this and look for solution . If I spend that kind of money I won't be here on the net " I will be naked looking for the contractor . E better make e kill me oh .

EgunMogaji:


Confirm.

Ijebu Ode tinzs

P291:
Oh! Okay. God will give you the grace to complete it.

AZUH:
Does this house really worth 27m ?

KolaShangOne:
good morning people,
i was robbed yesterday in ibadan and my phones are gone.
If we have pending transactions, please disregard any messages till Monday.

thank you

Sorry about that, desperation, poverty, hunger, frustration, depression, hopelessness, unemployment & other anti-social vices has driven so many young lads into crime in Nigeria, so sad that all the past governments from 1979- Shagari presidency till the current leadership have not been able to ameliorate the stagnation in Nigeria. Churches, Mosques, Voodoo and shrine houses everywhere offering prayers for Nigeria and yet the rot continues

l guess the case of Nigeria requires Angels or Aliens from space to come assist to redress the rot in our dear country, in 2016 other countries are planning to explore different planets/ galaxies, UAE government in the middle east is planning to have driver-less cars by 2030 , other Asia giants are taking concrete steps to develop their country but Nigeria is still battling with 4000Mw of electricity, poor infrastructures and billions in Naira been looted and shared by the elites, the masses are suffering like a sheep without a shepherd and the country is on auto reverse like a ship without a captain, when will all this drama end

KolaShangOne:
good morning people,
i was robbed yesterday in ibadan and my phones are gone.
If we have pending transactions, please disregard any messages till Monday.

thank you

4nobody4every1:
Sorry about that, desperation, poverty, hunger, frustration, depression, hopelessness, unemployment & other anti-social vices has driven so many young lads into crime in Nigeria, so sad that all the past governments from 1979- Shagari presidency till the current leadership have not been able to ameliorate the stagnation in Nigeria. Churches, Mosques, Voodoo and shrine houses everywhere offering prayers for Nigeria and yet the rot continues

l guess the case of Nigeria requires Angels or Aliens from space to come assist to redress the rot in our dear country, in 2016 other countries are planning to explore different planets/ galaxies, UAE government in the middle east is planning to have driver-less cars by 2030 , other Asia giants are taking concrete steps to develop their country but Nigeria is still battling with 4000Mw of electricity, poor infrastructures and billions in Naira been looted and shared by the elites, the masses are suffering like a sheep without a shepherd and the country is on auto reverse like a ship without a captain, when will all this drama end