EgunMogaji:


So you just mentioned 3 separate levels of defense

Not sure what the issue is, seems that we're on the same page.

that's my own plan o
If God provide for Me, I might use alarm system because I have plan using solar inverter for 24hours electricity.

You can't waste your money on alarm systems and be waiting for phcn to bring light

n3xt:


Man yi, o ti e le. Baba Mori may not be burgled or assassinated but do you know Baba Lasisi dey service Iya Mori engine while he's away.

Baba Mori also need to setup cams and intrusion detection systems not for burglars and assassins but for known enemies.

lol, this one na the local everyday palava

agarawu23:
that's my own plan o
If God provide for Me, I might use alarm system because I have plan using solar inverter for 24hours electricity.

You can't waste your money on alarm systems and be waiting for phcn to bring light

Baba Ijebu alias Kowope

agarawu23:
that's my own plan o
If God provide for Me, I might use alarm system because I have plan using solar inverter for 24hours electricity.

You can't waste your money on alarm systems and be waiting for phcn to bring light

Agarawu, you live in Israel right? Why are you behaving like a local and waiting for PHCN to bring you light?

Spend some of that millions you stashed and go solar

By the way, the God stuff. Even the guys who brought us their God still don't rely on him

n3xt:


Baba Ijebu alias [size=20pt]Kowope [/size]

you can say that again

agarawu23:
lol, this one na the local everyday palava

Waste of money.

Enter the 21st century and just send off her panties for DNA testing sporadically

They do have DNA testing in Nigeria.

EgunMogaji:


Agarawu, you live in Israel Tunisia right? Why are you behaving like a local and waiting for PHCN to bring you light?

Spend some of that millions you stashed and go solar

where the millions
Abeg o
I am still hustling to have that millions like UNA

No matter the size of the build, we all need to be security conscious.

KolaShangOne, the best form of defense is attack. Knowing fully well that petty thieves attack your neighborhood very often, investing on a rottweiler or dobberman won't be a bad idea. If it's not doing anything, let it just continue to bark and terrorise the neighbourhood.

Dog no dey use electricity nau! And it's always on guard day and night.
No buy bingo o, Bingo na ashawo wey dey follow highest bidder.


Brabus

n3xt:
No matter the size of the build, we all need to be security conscious.

KolaShangOne, the best form of defense is attack. Knowing fully well that petty thieves attack your neighborhood very often , investing on a rottweiler or dobberman won't be a bad idea. If it's not doing anything, let it just continue to bark and terrorise the neighbourhood.

Dog no dey use electricity nau! And it's always on guard day and night.
No buy bingo o, Bingo na ashawo wey dey follow highest bidder.

that's where my mallam sule and his friends will fall in .

I am not into dirty shitts so I will be expecting hungry boys looking for house to burgle

agarawu23:
that's where my mallam sule and his friends will fall in .

I am not into dirty shitts so I will be expecting hungry boys looking for house to burgle

It's 3:24am. Go and check Sule in his room with Adija. He's sleeping but your Terrier is not.

Your well trained dog must bite at slightest provocation. Sule won't because he will use his discretion to determine threat level. Neither will your alarm system trigger only when there's robbery or an attempt.

EgunMogaji:


Waste of money.

Enter the 21st century and just send off her panties for DNA testing sporadically

They do have DNA testing in Nigeria.

you will be surprised this local drama ppl don't know what's DNA.

I agree that we have to be vigilant after putting our life's on GoD but still HE is still in control of our life's.

n3xt:


It's 3:24am. Go and check Sule in his room with Adija. He's sleeping but your Terrier is not.

even your alarm system do break down.

Mere knowing that sule and his friends are in my compound is enough to scare them away cos they are not sure if he is asleep or not by that time

agarawu23:
you will be surprised this local drama ppl don't know what's DNA.

I agree that we have to be vigilant after putting our life's on GoD but still HE is still in control of our life's.

Stop saying that, there's legit DNA in Nigeria

The embassies use them to validate that a child belongs to a US citizen before they give citizenship.

http://paternitytestnigeria.com

http://www.dnacenter.com/international/immigration/embassy-nigeria.html

Nice one on security this night! God is the surest protection.

My favourite bible passage Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

agarawu23:
even your alarm system do break down.

Mere knowing that sule and his friends are in my compound is enough to scare them away cos they are not sure if he is asleep or not by that time

Here with go again with that self-defeatist Nigeria stuff

Professional alarm system don't go down. It's a modern electrical device with no moving parts.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tpf-nigeria-crash-idUSBRE9980JU20131009

Nigeria aviation minister calls air crash 'act of God'

"We do not pray for accidents but it is inevitable... We do everything to ensure that we do not have accidents, but it is an act of God," she said. "We do not speculate on the cause of accidents."

@ arnoldfish . I don't want to say anything it's too early . Thanks everyone .the burden has being removed . 3 blocks for dpc is good to go , good to go " good to go ? Make I know who do NYSC for this forum . I only know of one sure dude ' others me I don't know oh they got their certificate from Cambridge university !!!

EgunMogaji:


Here with go again with that self-defeatist Nigeria stuff

Professional alarm system don't go down. It's a modern electrical device with no moving parts.

any electronics can break down no matter the country of production.

Do we Nigerians have the electricity to power them? NO.

Installing such in a house without 24hour power supply is a waste of money to me. I cant use such in my house without a solar power cos my source of power cant rely on phcn and generators.

agarawu23:
any electronics can break down no matter the country of production.

1) Do we Nigerians have the electricity to power them? NO.

Installing such in a house without 24hour power supply is a waste of money to me. I cant use such in my house without a solar power cos my source of power cant rely on phcn and generators.

1) Yes. Many of them are solar powered, free power.

Certainly cheap products break all the time, the phone section here is filled with woeful tales of chinese knock off phones. I've been using iPhones sine the very first one and I have the latest one as well as ALL Apple products except for their server (no dinero). I bring this up to show that it;s not about country of manufacturer. ALL Apple products are made in China. But levels are different in terms of quality of components.

Try to change that mindset Sir, if you care. It's not the norm to have electronics that fail in 2016.

You don't have to use anything I recommend in the discussion, just as I don't particularly care for the God stuff, it's just conversation

Life is like a buffet, you take what you can eat. What I don't like is certain quarters always dismissing stuff as "experimentation". That flippant attitude isn't good for growth.

I recommend this site to all forward thinkers

http://www.instructables.com

Miscellaneous:
Another analysis was carried out, many people use granite dust in their construction of houses and they always argue that it is very good but in my lab tests, I observed that the granite dust seems very hard to bond with the cement & coarse aggrega8 and when I tested the cube strength, it was far below the required value for a 7-day period. Now, why is granite dust still preferred as a fine aggregate even, when it ought to be rejected by all sane human ?

Can you publish the summary of your report here for all to see, so that we can all learn from it

n3xt:



Do you mean the same Iyangaku GRA where most political assassination in Ibadan happened is one of the most secure areas? It can't be. I schooled in the GRA and I cannot count the number of assassinations and failed attempts that were carried out during that time.

Of recent, Bola Amole, the owner of BIMS African Food Store UK was killed there.

________
Alalubosa GRA

Don't remind me! I lost a cousin who's a week older than me to those boys who were trying to rob him at gun point inside the estate about 12 years ago.
I also lost a friend there too by Alalubosa river which is the escape route.

Same thing with NIHORT, Jericho, Onireke GRA, Aleshinloye, Forestry. Those areas are just too silent which makes it easy for those boys to operate.
_______
Bodija Estate

I can only ask which Bodija is it. Is it Bola Iges? Or Sunday Alalades? Or where Akala's driver was shot dead? Or the regular Kara Mayhem? Or where Mrs Adesiyan (Wife of the Police Affairs Minister) was abducted? Or where a family of 3 who just relocated to Nigeria after 18 years sojourn in Canada were burnt to death few weeks after arriving motherland?



I still wanna know the safest part of Ibadan?

You seem to know much about Ibadan. I plan to relocate to IB city in the next few years. The places on my mind that I want to choose from are Kolapo Ishola GRA, Akala Way IMPA GRA Akobo and Samonda/Aerodrome GRA. What do you think about each one of them? In terms of serenity, value for money, elitism and class.

agarawu23:
white ppl don't even care about your paper. The service you are rendering is their concern. God can bless anyone with natural intelligence be it baba mufu, engineer lagbaja, baba lati, baba Abdul etc.

Honestly, l have been trying not to "comment" on this area of discussion for some days because l get riled when l hear people with sub-par level of education, use this line of argument, to console themselves!

I can tell you authoritatively that for every little thing you want to do "Abroad", you have to be certified!
Even ordinary street cleaner has to do some "Safe Pass" or Training and get issued with a certificate of "training completion", before he or she can sweep that street.
Ditto for al menial jobs, like window-cleaning, Security-Gate-man, bus driver, e.t.c

You wont even get the opportunity (They wont even consider you) to show-case how good you are at "laying blocks" if you dont have a Builder's certificate and training.
First, they would ask to see your "Certificate",ONLY after which ......you can now prove your COMPETENCY in the "practicals"

Sebi you said you can drive \construction equipment, right? Did you go for any "formal training" that involves Pen and Paper? Do you have a Certificate to brandish for such training?
If not, be you the best operator in the world, you cant even go near a Construction equipment in the "Oyinbo Kontiri".

Its only in Africa, especially in Nigeria that "Artisans' compare themselves with trained and well-educated Professional!
They are aeons apart, believe me.



Lastpage!

coldwater:


You seem to know much about Ibadan. I plan to relocate to IB city in the next few years. The places on my mind that I want to choose from are Kolapo Ishola GRA, Akala Way IMPA GRA Akobo and Samonda/Aerodrome GRA. What do you think about each one of them? In terms of serenity, value for money, elitism and class.

I left Ibadan more than one and half decade ago but the report reaching me hasn't tell me anything fantastically new.

Samonda/Aerodrome - how can I ever forget the Radio Nigeria newsflash always on repeat "The University of Ibadan has been closed down. We advised all..." That's totally a student area (Eleyele to Ojo). Once you hear that announcement, just go and get leaves from the nearest bush because students are on rampage.

Ibadan is cool and good but how I wish the government can clear up the mismatch and start to resettle some communities in new areas to develop the City Center. Ogun govt is doing this already and pretty soon they'll start yielding the result. I think Akala's government tried a lot opening new areas for people to build garages and chicken coop I'm not looking for trouble o. Anyway, I've heard about IMPA Estate but never been there. Never been to Ibadan for more than 10 days since past 15 years.

What made most part of Ibadan to be insecure is the mismatch.

Lagos was able to clean up this mismatch. Now you know where to buy if you wanted to be with your class. Although there are still areas where this mismatch exists but it far better than Ibadan.



Brabus

There's nothing on the face of earth that cannot fail.

Apple ended with Steve Jobs. Tim is acting another movie entirely with Apple Phablets, iOS 8 which bricked so many iPhone 6 users, SMC Update which causes Yosemite and Mountain Lion users to experience batteries draining fast and so many anti-Job acquisitions like buying of Beats by DRE instead of Building Innovations.

A lot have happened to Apple's "It just works" slogan. Now it's Plug and Pray. From Antennagate to Bendgate and Scratchgate. We've seen it all.

It's like someone is from a related field.

Anyway, above is the rant of a diehard fan and user of all Apple products since the day of iPod. #bringbackourapple

_{Don't talk to me about Jailbreak and knockoffs o. I've registered more than 10 devices on Apple website and I'm sleeping on 4 as I type.}

Even Ruckus Wireless in the US knew us a beta-tester of their very good product in Nigeria for over a decade now.


Brabus

n3xt:


Because Naija pros are using it. Meanwhile, the real pros constructing on the Atlantic uses sharp sand. Even Julius Berger (they don't know it all) got dredging site all over Lagos with well treated sharp sand.

yea, many pros are using it. But, we all know that they feel it is good because of it's colour enhancing properties & engineers always neglect tests to ascertain it's credibility.….

EgunMogaji:


So it fails strength test I'm assuming in high tensile usage areas.

I believe that it gives superior look and feel quality, can it be used in areas where ultimate strength is not required?

Thanks.

you are right but, the look & feel shouldn't be enough. Let's be really sincere, is there any structure where the best ( I.e ultimate ) strength is not required at least for serviceability?

n3xt:


Just yesterday, I had expert roof design company visit one of my site to design a minimal load yet safe and sturdy roof trusses on my structure.

We planned using exposed beam trusses in some areas.

please, help me ask the engineer how complex it is to carry out the design & analysis in terms of duration because, I am thinking it is time consuming even more than slab, beam & stairs altogether.

abdulwastecx:


Can you publish the summary of your report here for all to see, so that we can all learn from it

I would give the detailed report later in the day. I need to use the right values in my summary . Moreover, NEPA is not helping for now.....

Miscellaneous:


you are right but, the look & feel shouldn't be enough. Let's be really sincere, is there any structure where the best ( I.e ultimate ) strength is not required at least for serviceability?

I'm just a consumer not an engineer though so I think it's acceptable for say stained concrete floor.

But I'll yield to you guys that has done the test.

Miscellaneous:


please, help me ask the engineer how complex it is to carry out the design & analysis in terms of duration because, I am thinking it is time consuming even more than slab, beam & stairs altogether.

Not at all! First visit to the site 2 days ago and I handed the roof plan, the section drawings and the 3D view to the installer that came visiting. Yesterday, a senior engineer came for physical inspection and to take measurement of the building as-built. Also to discuss the materials proposed for the job. I have them dwg format of the drawings. Today, I'm expecting a detailed engineering drawing with the quotes for the job.

Building size is over 500sqm.


Brabus

Miscellaneous:


you are right but, the look & feel shouldn't be enough. Let's be really sincere, is there any structure where the best ( I.e ultimate ) strength is not required at least for serviceability?

Research have it that a combination of River sand and crushed granite (20 - 30%) gives the best value for money and achieve peak compressive strength which is more than using sand alone.


Brabus

anikkyshaya:



am walking majestically....... Lol lol not with stick oo. Thanks sir

who they impassionate me. EfCC come see oh.