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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 6:07pm On Nov 10, 2016
Truthinlife:



Not yet,
You and I will talk.
I just need an estimate for the plumbing for now.

no problem sir. thank you
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 6:25pm On Nov 10, 2016
Madam

I have sent it again, abeg check please.

gabbytabby:
I just checked i no see your email o.


Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 6:27pm On Nov 10, 2016
LooooooooooooL grin grin
He could be a reformed man who knows (its possible to repent). Maybe that's the reason for the new moniker.

back2sender:

I knew he was the one. The pattern naa the same
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by erico2k2(m): 6:59pm On Nov 10, 2016
gabbytabby:
Thanks QC1 might be taking you up on the offer soon lol.

I have not quite firmed up summer 2017 but its a toss between Greece and Canada.

Looking to relocate to Canada in 2-3years time. I know Toronto and environs but want to explore some other areas. I was initially attracted to warm parts of the USA cos of their reasonable real estate. It is now a no go area for mua. I wont even go enroute the US the way I am feeling at the moment.


U wan run leave is here angry
In Urubebe's voice " We will not take this grin

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by erico2k2(m): 7:00pm On Nov 10, 2016
mavverick:
LooooooooooooL grin grin
He could be a reformed man who knows (its possible to repent). Maybe that's the reason for the new moniker.

Me.I just dey observe Oo0oooo shocked
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by spyder880(m): 10:29pm On Nov 10, 2016
Qc1:



^^^

Update


I've narrowed those builders mentioned above to two and I've contacted both of them. I believe I can't go wrong with either of them. I'm going to continue to update you as this progresses, why? In Trump voice..."This is not just any build, this is a movement!"

A movement not to get brabruised again !!! lipsrsealed


smiley

Very good. I will vote for abdulwastecx. Wishing you all the best bro.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gabbytabby: 10:38pm On Nov 10, 2016
Na so. Oh.

I am being dragged.


erico2k2:

U wan run leave is here angry
In Urubebe's voice " We will not take this grin

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 5:35am On Nov 11, 2016
This is the house with cement screeding

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 6:29am On Nov 11, 2016
Oga truthinlife, do you have mechanical drawing for this, if yes let me see so that i can help with the qoute , also materials to be use determine the cost, for example if you are using Nigeria made pipe for the cold water supply and copper pipe for the hot water supply the cost will lesser, but if you using encho pipes and fitting, technogreen pipe and fittings mean you most ready to spend more money but the quality is there

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Truthinlife: 9:20am On Nov 11, 2016
bixton:
. Plumbing is two part...piping and fittings installation assuming you have the required toilet/bathroom, kitchen fittings to be installed. It will cost you about #100-#150k to buy the plumbing materials and workmanship to pay plumber for the works.
Oga,
Thanks for the response you gave here. Please I have similar question but ours is 5 bedroom duplex ( ensuit). Considering present cost of materials, what's the rough estimate of material and Reasonable amount for labour to do plumbing of the place (piping); i understand size of building and other factors come into play. Assuming it's just 5 bathrooms, kitchen, laundry room. I will appreciate your response pls.
Thank you.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Truthinlife: 9:24am On Nov 11, 2016
rotecch77:
Oga truthinlife, do you have mechanical drawing for this, if yes let me see so that i can help with the qoute , also materials to be use determine the cost, for example if you are using Nigeria made pipe for the cold water supply and copper pipe for the hot water supply the cost will lesser, but if you using encho pipes and fitting, technogreen pipe and fittings mean you most ready to spend more money but the quality is there
I apologize for resubmitting my question not knowing you have responded. I will sure search for the mechanical drawing and send to you: yes we will use Nigerian made pipes and copper for hot water. So what should o expect on average cost of piping.
Thanks again for responding.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 10:37am On Nov 11, 2016
In my experience, I found that with the screeded cement wall, the paint that I used was somewhat less. It also meant that the finish after painting was very beautiful, when you also have water splashes it easily washes off.


twinskenny:
This is the house with cement screeding
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 10:42am On Nov 11, 2016
Oga rotecch77

Trust you are good.
I used PPR pipe in the end, and TBH It cost more than what I envisaged. However, I like to think that local PVC pipes, as long as they are well fitted and not disturbed (no breaking of walls and when buried underground, the depth needs to be very good to avoid it squashing), they will equally last as long as PPR when running cold. I also used PPR for hot as well, apart from heat loss which is minimal and the fact that non welded joints can have a tendency to leak due to the fact that where there is movement, leaks can happen. Whilst working with heating engineers here, they told me that they always prefer to use compression welding of 15mm pipes in hard to reach areas (like under floor boards) and sockets/joints on surfaces that they can easily reach. Are there such standards in Nigeria or is it anything goes ?

I dont see any problems using copper pipe. Older houses used copper pipes and majority of them are still standing today and no issues.

Please correct me if i am wrong with any of my analysis above.



rotecch77:
Oga truthinlife, do you have mechanical drawing for this, if yes let me see so that i can help with the qoute , also materials to be use determine the cost, for example if you are using Nigeria made pipe for the cold water supply and copper pipe for the hot water supply the cost will lesser, but if you using encho pipes and fitting, technogreen pipe and fittings mean you most ready to spend more money but the quality is there
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gabbytabby: 10:52am On Nov 11, 2016
Wrong its a different world from when the white supremacist were getting away with murder. Now everyone has the right to carry weapons they will organise and protect themselves. The country will implode.

On the white side they have started to taunt, beat and maim the minorities and similarly other minorities will do the same.

true2home:
I followed trump for a long time on the business side. He is not as stupid as he pictured himself to win the election. But my issue is that he was picked by racist and by doing so, he validate the hatred that US has been trying to eradicated for some many years. Now White supremacists are going to start acting a fool and there is nothing we can do about it.



Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by colinso: 10:58am On Nov 11, 2016
For sale
Newly built, fully detached (one storey) house at Bishop street, Ikorodu with borehole, parking space for six cars, six bedrooms, six toilets and bathrooms and constant light, nestled in a serene and secure part of Ikorodu. Price: 20 million contact collins at 08182172541
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gabbytabby: 10:59am On Nov 11, 2016
Done last night whilst half asleep I think I covered every point.

That email is just for Nairaland so you need to call my attention if you send mail. Too many spammers and scammers.


mavverick:
Madam

I have sent it again, abeg check please.

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 11:29am On Nov 11, 2016
Oga maverick, you are right, the issue with Nigeria pressure pipe is that most of them can't withstand medium or high pressure most domestic houses needed, due to low and surbstand materials used to manufactured them, (no standard control of product in Nigeria any more) so once you place 2-5bar pressure on them they will boast so also the China made fitting they with it. ( some Nigerian like cheap thing sha).more so most copper pipe in the market now are not real copper as you might think, so thinking of encho pipe and technogreen pipe now are just the best for standard house. ( this is Nigeria we have sub standard structure) .
They design encho pipe and technogreen in a way that if tonsion force act on a structure (although this doesn't happen much in Nigeria expect where there is a bill board) the pipe will still go back to its position withouts any breakage . so if you are building a medium , high rise or towal building or you need medium or high pressure of water in your building go for tech or encho product, if its bungalow with low pressure bar use Nigeria pipe ( although all hand are not equal)

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by NoToPile: 12:00pm On Nov 11, 2016
Plots available for sale at Ilase , Agbara for 700,000 per plot (non- negotiable). Plots are 60×120 size.

Acres are available at a negotiable price.

Its direct from the Family, not third party.

The Lands are accessible via Agbara market and OPIC estate Agbara (Also called Diya gate). Its at the back of OPIC estate Agbara and Agbara Market.


send a PM for more info.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by jollyfriend2011: 3:14pm On Nov 11, 2016
Please anybody with ideas on the colour of paints best to be used for a bungalow with GREEN roof angry.
It has designed on the windows and the for edges.

Thanks for your input
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 3:31pm On Nov 11, 2016
Well received madam.
I will study it and revert back if i have any questions.

gabbytabby:
Done last night whilst half asleep I think I covered every point.

That email is just for Nairaland so you need to call my attention if you send mail. Too many spammers and scammers.


Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rotecch77(m): 4:06pm On Nov 11, 2016
@jolyfriend.Look at this green roof and the paint may be you can get an idea of what you need on it

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by true2home(m): 4:19pm On Nov 11, 2016
The same right will get a black man killed if they see him with a gun period. I lived in Baltimore for years. I have heard people with licensed gun killed simply cos the first word what " He has a Gun" nobody asked if it was legal or not. Kill then ask Question later. That,s why i refused to get a gun before now. I'm now seriously thinking about getting one. At least, i will have to go out blazing if am going to be killed. I'm sure the smart ones will be just fine. I'm just glad i have a choice. if i can't taking it no more, i will simply go wait it out in another country. I was already preparing to leave in three years anyways. US is not for everybody. After 20years and having lived 16yrs in Nigeria before, i'm sure in a position to determine the place that favor my kind of lifestyle. Success means different thing to different people. I have always been a Village boy; therefore, i dont need all the shine shine stuff to be happy. Just chatting, all is well.


gabbytabby:
Wrong its a different world from when the white supremacist were getting away with murder. Now everyone has the right to carry weapons they will organise and protect themselves. The country will implode.

On the white side they have started to taunt, beat and maim the minorities and similarly other minorities will do the same.

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by preggi(m): 4:56pm On Nov 11, 2016
rotecch77:
@jolyfriend.Look at this green roof and the paint may be you can get an idea of what you need on it
Oga Rotech77 well done. Please could you help with a cream roof? Giving me sleepless nights just to chose the colour of the paint.
Thanks
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 5:01pm On Nov 11, 2016
Thanks Rotech for answering my questions. As per the 2-5 bar, i doubt if most houses get that in Nigeria if gravity fed without a pressure machine or pump.

Lastly, how many meters higher than a shower rose should a tank be ? The calculation that i use is 1m = 0.1 bar. Thames water here which use a mains pump machine is like 1 bar. Will 0.2 bar be sufficient for Nigeria to take a shower ? I hear some say 5 feet above shower rose.


rotecch77:
Oga maverick, you are right, the issue with Nigeria pressure pipe is that most of them can't withstand medium or high pressure most domestic houses needed, due to low and surbstand materials used to manufactured them, (no standard control of product in Nigeria any more) so once you place 2-5bar pressure on them they will boast so also the China made fitting they with it. ( some Nigerian like cheap thing sha).more so most copper pipe in the market now are not real copper as you might think, so thinking of encho pipe and technogreen pipe now are just the best for standard house. ( this is Nigeria we have sub standard structure) .
They design encho pipe and technogreen in a way that if tonsion force act on a structure (although this doesn't happen much in Nigeria expect where there is a bill board) the pipe will still go back to its position withouts any breakage . so if you are building a medium , high rise or towal building or you need medium or high pressure of water in your building go for tech or encho product, if its bungalow with low pressure bar use Nigeria pipe ( although all hand are not equal)
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mavverick: 5:03pm On Nov 11, 2016
Get yourself a colour chart from Dulux or the other paint people. you will see so much choices that after a while self, you fit confuse grin. At least thats what I did.

There is also a Dulux app, so I uploaded the picture of my house and then did a virtual paint, so I got a feel for what it looked like. When that one no do me, I browsed online for inspiration, when I found what I liked, I told my paint people to gimme that paint, and told my painter to nack it on the house grin

jollyfriend2011:
Please anybody with ideas on the colour of paints best to be used for a bungalow with GREEN roof angry.
It has designed on the windows and the for edges.

Thanks for your input

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by preggi(m): 5:18pm On Nov 11, 2016
mavverick:
Get yourself a colour chart from Dulux or the other paint people. you will see so much choices that after a while self, you fit confuse grin. At least thats what I did.

There is also a Dulux app, so I uploaded the picture of my house and then did a virtual paint, so I got a feel for what it looked like. When that one no do me, I browsed online for inspiration, when I found what I liked, I told my paint people to gimme that paint, and told my painter to nack it on the house grin

Thank you Mavverick!!! I will get the Dulux app.

I hail oo
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by 3strikes: 6:47pm On Nov 11, 2016
[size=20pt]This place is getting too boring on a friday for God sake.....oya make una call every body come back here o. I no dey fight again o.

I cant be fighting Trump people here wey won deport me and be fighting my own people too.

make una come o
....[/size] grin grin grin grin grin grin grin

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by amanikondo: 7:14pm On Nov 11, 2016
abdulwastecx:


Trump' s win shows the ugly side of America, the side that want segregation, blatant racism against minorities (AA, Latin America, Muslim America).

From is campaign and all the horrible things he had said about other people other than white male, I think his foreign policues will have negative effect on Nigeria but we are lucky to have China, India and other emerging Asian countries for market

There is nothing ugly anywhere. Trump is a populist & nationalist, Hillary is a globalist. If Hillary is any good, why didn't black come out as they supported Obama and the loud Latinos?

If you want to win an election in the USA, say things that put them first. Not Hillary that is being sponsored by George Soros and corporations.
I am not saying Trump is good, but he is better than Hilary. How has Obama administration worked out for folks.

Also, Bernie Sanders is a progressive, the DNC manipulated everything to let Hillary represented them. If it were Bernie, Trump will never win.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by abdulwastecx(m): 7:16pm On Nov 11, 2016
spyder880:


Very good. I will vote for abdulwastecx. Wishing you all the best bro.

Thank you sir
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by amanikondo: 7:26pm On Nov 11, 2016
rotecch77:
Oga truthinlife, do you have mechanical drawing for this, if yes let me see so that i can help with the qoute , also materials to be use determine the cost, for example if you are using Nigeria made pipe for the cold water supply and copper pipe for the hot water supply the cost will lesser, but if you using encho pipes and fitting, technogreen pipe and fittings mean you most ready to spend more money but the quality is there

You fit give me a quote for plumbing work in Lagos? You go visit site o. let me have your contact.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 8:12pm On Nov 11, 2016
amanikondo:


You fit give me a quote for plumbing work in Lagos? You go visit site o. let me have your contact.

We are ready to visit site o for the electrical grin
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by allCopacetic: 8:21pm On Nov 11, 2016
Been a While i did any serious writing in this section. So Let me share a little something-something with the folks.

Lets Talk Changeover Switches.

Changeover switches are a constant in electrical installations in Nigeria; Domestic or Industrial. A lot of folks are however not very aware of the various designs, presentations and types available to them as options.

Manually operated changeovers are available in two major presentations:
(1)The Off-load and (2) On-load designs.

These are different from MCB changeovers (which are also manual) or ATS Automatic Transfer Switches (which as the name implies are not manual)

Pictured is a 100A Havells On-load changeover measuring about 1ft x 1ftx 0.6ft (this is just one example of an onload type) compact yet efficient.An offload changeover of the same rating would be about one and a half times that size(volume) and weight twice as much.

Offload Changeover designs have a spring loaded engaging mechanism with a side-operated lever. The loud sound you hear when you switch sources, is the sound of the spring forcing the teeth into a mating contact with a receiving part.

On-load changeovers on the other hand are designed differently. usually with bevel gear mechanisms and incorporate a front-facing rotary handle.

While Some are very okay with their offload changeovers some others would prefer the on-load option given the inherent advantages if they knew about it.This is not to say that offload changeovers are not good or that they do not last. Because that is not true (it is ultimately dependent on the brand and quality you buy). The off-load vs On-load analogy is simply akin to comparing a Manual to an Automatic tranny . While some automobile brands still offer both in many of their models, it is agreeable that the later is an improvement and is usually the more desirable of the two.

As time permits, I will be creating a thread with detailed description of the types , information on advantages of one over the other and pictures of the various types and brand designs

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