EgunMogaji:


You're probably right Sir.

But previous people have used abuse as if iya alata will pull out her glock and shoot baba eleran in an argument.

Baba e fit still happen o lol.... When you they argue with enough frustration, the next thing you'll hear is; shey u're arguing with me, wait first am coming..

EgunMogaji:

You're probably right Sir.
But previous people have used abuse as if iya alata will pull out her glock and shoot baba eleran in an argument.

You are too much Bro.

Hajji M.

The "gun abuse" happens everywhere, even in the U.S and Europe!
People get into small arguement and the next thing, muthefucker draws his gun and shoots the other.

Like every other thing in life, there are Pros and Cons.

While legalising Guns will allow everyone to defend himself and his family (very, very important!), it also creates easier access for those who should not have 'ordinarily', have one! It allows people who cant control thier anger to terminate human life unlawfully and it is just understandable that the more Guns you have in criculation, the more Gun-related deaths/violence you will have.

Humans in general, are very predatory, by nature and giving them weapons increases that prospensity to remove adversaries, at will.
Having said that, l dont think owning Guns have ever solved the problem of Crime in ANY SOCIETY.
Not even in the U.S or Europe or anywhere.

It only shifts the 'dynamics' to another level.

nineville:
Good day my learned colleagues, My questions are of 2 parts:

1. How do you guys cost painting of your building? Is it per paint gallon or per day spend on the job or per labour involve ?
2. Can we have honest review of the following mid-range paints? namely, finecoat, shield, eagle, value, precious, superior, prestige, princess, president et al. In terms of longevity for both harsh internal and external environment.

Buzz!!!!

My kind of human being.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T42av60IiQ

EgunMogaji:
My kind of human being.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T42av60IiQ

Lol

true2home:
you are fine Sir. What most people does not know is that the exterior wall actually carry's less load that the partition wall in the building itself. The exterior walls usually carry's half the load that sits on it and in some cases, even a quarter of the load. The partition walls in the middle of the house carry direct loads from the roof squarely. Read up on Tributary Areas on columns for more details... Engineering!!!

Nice analogy. Im quoting this post because i have a comment to make on roof load distribution. Will revisit in the morning.

Can anyone Please tell me the pros and cons of Practicing this in Nigeria. Trying to sell the Idea to a client, but he/she doesn't seen to see why. experts and non experts please!

skimanski:
Can anyone Please tell me the pros and cons of Practicing this in Nigeria. Trying to sell the Idea to a client, but he/she doesn't seen to see why. experts and non experts please!

Trying to sell the idea to anyone in Nigeria.....
Why don't you give us 5 reasons why you thought it good to be appealing to anyone in Nigeria to be on his building?

skimanski:
Can anyone Please tell me the pros and cons of Practicing this in Nigeria. Trying to sell the Idea to a client, but he/she doesn't seen to see why. experts and non experts please!

I really wish to do this just to my fence but the fear of snakes no gree me.

bixton:



Trying to sell the idea to anyone in Nigeria.....
Why don't you give us 5 reasons why you thought it good to be appealing to anyone in Nigeria to be on his building?

I don't really know how appealing it will be to any one in Nigeria, hence the reason for bringing it up. What I know is that its appealing to me a lot. 1- beauty of Flowers on Building Walls
2- A whole new Dimension to creativity in Nigerian Architecture
3- The nature feeling that goes with it
4- the fact that flowers/plants have massive amount of varieties that can open a whole lot of possibilities in designing.
I can go on and on.

EgunMogaji:


I really wish to do this just to my fence but the fear of snakes no gree me.

The bolded was my Thinking, but this guys that live in this houses don't seem to fear that. and that the reason why I'm curious. I'm not an Agric Graduate. or an animal student, so wouldn't know what happens in that case, but experts can help me understand.

Architecture in Nigeria seems to need someone to shake off the shackles and explore.

skimanski:



I don't really know how appealing it will be to any one in Nigeria, hence the reason for bringing it up. What I know is that its appealing to me a lot. 1- beauty of Flowers on Building Walls
2- A whole new Dimension to creativity in Nigerian Architecture
3- The nature feeling that goes with it
4- the fact that flowers/plants have massive amount of varieties that can open a whole lot of possibilities in designing.
I can go on and on.

Every conceived idea is achievable only in the instance that the idea is addressed properly to an intending client.

Not just flowers but every plant is a source of additional beauty to its environment.

On a general note painting is the final layer on any building that gives it its complete aesthetic sense and every home owner would want to add more onto the building to increase its beauty and value.

Flowers can be placed on walls but not in the manner of your uploaded pix at least not in Nigeria.

Choose a pattern that will make the home owner not to get bothered about snakes,rodents,etc,etc.

To me the idea is OK, I once lived in a building of this nature and I spent about 7yrs there, their was no case of snake, if you look at ikeja GRA. You will still find some of this house,although I believed there is a flower that do chase snake away, am not an horticulturist any expact on this field can educate us more

bixton:


Every conceived idea is achievable only in the instance that the idea is addressed properly to an intending client.

Not just flowers but every plant is a source of additional beauty to its environment.

On a general note painting is the final layer on any building that gives it its complete aesthetic sense and every home owner would want to add more onto the building to increase its beauty and value.

Flowers can be placed on walls but not in the manner of your uploaded pix at least not in Nigeria.

Choose a pattern that will make the home owner not to get bothered about snakes,rodents,etc,etc.

That is your Opinion Sir. Hence the reason why I asked the Question. I needed the Opinion of Different side of the argument.

Regarding the Bolded, The picture is a real life picture not a drawing. So mean it is done everywhere overseas.

rotecch77:
To me the idea is OK, I once lived in a building of this nature and I spent about 7yrs there, their is no case of snake, if you look at ikeja GRA. You will still find some of this house,although I believed there is a flower that do chase snake away, am not an horticulturist any expact on this field can educate us more

I hear there are flowers like that too as a result understand that its livable. Thats what I was trying to sell.

skimanski:
Can anyone Please tell me the pros and cons of Practicing this in Nigeria. Trying to sell the Idea to a client, but he/she doesn't seen to see why. experts and non experts please!

Is this bougainvillea?
It used to be a big security feature in the 90s. We had it on our fence.

Like everything in Nigeria, the first issue is maintenance. Do you have a gardener that will be doing regular trimming etal?

Our bougainvillea eventually got so unwieldy that it brought down part of our fence.

If the idea is security, not decoration, all a determined thief needs is tarpaulin.

My immediate thoughts.

EgunMogaji:


I really wish to do this just to my fence but the fear of snakes no gree me.

You took the words out of my mouth, as a matter of principle, I don't want any flowers, trees or the like on any of my building, l have been offered several fruits, flowers etc to plant on my properties, I politely turn it down, snakes like to hide in flowers, trees, banana trees, coconut trees and green plants generally, although I also know we have reptile fumigation but I can't deal with spraying chemicals often to deter snakes, so @ Op, it is a Big NO for me, even if l buy a luxury apartment in any high brow areas in Nigeria, all trees, flowers etc already on the property must be cut down before I take ownership of it

skimanski:


The bolded was my Thinking, but this guys that live in this houses don't seem to fear that. and that the reason why I'm curious. I'm not an Agric Graduate. or an animal student, so wouldn't know what happens in that case, but experts can help me understand.

Architecture in Nigeria seems to need someone to shake off the shackles and explore.

Mr. Skimanski, you're being modest here Sir. We all know here that you've unleashed the Nigerian architecture out of her bounds.

There are as such as snake retardation plants.

skimanski:



That is your Opinion Sir. Hence the reason why I asked the Question. I needed the Opinion of Different side of the argument.

Regarding the Bolded, The picture is a real life picture not a drawing. So mean it is done everywhere overseas.

I am not criticising you.

As regarding the bold. You're trying to market your idea in Nigeria and not overseas.

I grew up in PHC and when I was about still in primary school in the estate where my parents are there were certain bungalows that had flowers on their walls which was as a result of flowers not tendered to that grew onto the walls and not necessarily in the instance of wall beatification and the flowers were cut down obvious to the usual reasons.

We are talking about putting your idea on actual building walls and not fence wall.

If your intention is to sell your idea as you have in your overseas real life pix to a client in Nigeria then I wish you good luck and when you do actually get a client who agrees to that in Nigeria be kind to put it up here too.

EgunMogaji:


Mr. Skimanski, you're being modest here Sir. We all know here that you've unleashed the Nigerian architecture out of her bounds.

There are as such as snake retardation plants.

I seriously doubt all these snake retardation plants ooo
The one i had in my former compound didn't stop snakes, they were still coming.

snakebeat:

I seriously doubt all these snake retardation plants ooo
The one i had in my former compound didn't stop snakes, they were still coming.

What about cocoa?

EgunMogaji:


What about cocoa?

Don't know much abt cocoa sha

But virtually anything green attracts snakes
My neighbour saw one in his bedroom lastweek, how e take reach there nobody know. But they have plenty of plants in their compound. The man don clear everything after the incident

just drop bitter cola around the compound. u won't C snake

snakebeat:

Don't know much abt cocoa sha

But virtually anything green attracts snakes
My neighbour saw one in his bedroom lastweek, how e take reach there nobody know. But they have plenty of plants in their compound. The man don clear everything after the incident

That is the point, snakes are cunning and smart creatures, they are good at hiding in places you list expect, like you pointed out in your post, anything green attracts them, they like flowery & greener ambience and deception is their second name, on a lighter note, your moniker is enough to scare them away, I hereby recommend you plant flowers on your build, Lol, kidding with you though, I, honestly can't deal with having any kind of plants or flowers on my build, I prefer the whole place to look blank, let me see only the interlocking blocks alone, I hate to see reptiles

yak:
just drop bitter cola around the compound. u won't C snake

Really? I have heard about this method before, do you imply ordinary random dropping or chewing it and dropping the whitish stuff all around the place, even at that, that will be for a short term, once it rains, the bitter cola is washed off, I heard they also have good chemicals that pest company can spray either bi-weekly all over your build but that will be additional expenses, Na wao

skimanski:


The bolded was my Thinking, but this guys that live in this houses don't seem to fear that. and that the reason why I'm curious. I'm not an Agric Graduate. or an animal student, so wouldn't know what happens in that case, but experts can help me understand.

Architecture in Nigeria seems to need someone to shake off the shackles and explore.

Having plants like this on your house walls is, for me, an invitation to snakes or lizards or rats to get too close to us. It's an attractive look but I think, too, that when the climbers mature trespassers could use them like a ladder. These are the reasons why I'd pass.

skimanski:
Can anyone Please tell me the pros and cons of Practicing this in Nigeria. Trying to sell the Idea to a client, but he/she doesn't seen to see why. experts and non experts please!

For me a big no no apart from the reptiles and rodents problem the house just will look too busy.

It will be a tough sell

yak:
just drop bitter cola around the compound. u won't C snake

Your best and PROVEN mehtod is to plant Tobacco plant (short, plant with large, hairy leaves like that) in your compound.
I swear, if you see any snake within 100ft of wherever it is, come back for me.

On the issue of using flowers to beautiyfy the walls, l have seen it in many places outside Nigeria but we know that the environment determines the 'kind of architecture', as they say.

In foreign countries, most dont have snakes at all (too cold a weather and snakes are warm blooded and wont survive there; same reason lizards are not common over there) and where they have snakes, it is not found in urban areas as those areas are already built up and sanitised properly.
They also use the climbing flowers to create a natural insulator for walls, so as to keep the inside of the house warm and conserve heat.
So, aside beauty, it is very functional over there.

If you compare that to Nigeria, we have warm, tropical weather where such animals can thrive and reproduce.
We have dirty gutters, barren bushes and we have a penchant to throw dirt everywhere, creating a breeding ground for such rodents.

The probability of having a snake (or lizards and other unwanted visitors) climbing that beautiful, hanging flower, is very high.
I HATE SNAKES!

I will not plant it on my walls but my compound has so many flowers and Palms.
I love plants.

Seeing all the comments here and 100% of us are afraid of snakes.. i didnt expect a whole @EgunMogaji to be adraid of snakes o.. I thought you should catch them with hands sef..

If i see snake in my house, I'm packing my things and leaving the house for the snake. Its his / her house henceforth.

On a more serious note, apart from the fear of reptiles, in the long run, the fence walls weaken and eventually collapse.

The picture posted by @skimanski, i think the root of the flowers (majorly climbers) are put in a basket so that it doesnt weaken walls.
The ideal flower is one without deep roots. There are many ways to prevent snakes in your house.

luvablesam:
can i get help from an architect or builder on a full estimate for a school with 9 classes,3offices,4toilets and a library..please its urgent.help

do you still need the estimates?

AngelicBeing:
Really? I have heard about this method before, do you imply ordinary random dropping or chewing it and dropping the whitish stuff all around the place, even at that, that will be for a short term, once it rains, the bitter cola is washed off, I heard they also have good chemicals that pest company can spray either bi-weekly all over your build but that will be additional expenses, Na wao

just drop the whole cola.