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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 8:25am On May 01, 2018 |
AngelicBeing:You are still very correct sir. The bill gates and mark zuckerberks simply did things in a different way and lots of people embraced it when found useful. I maintain its very possible for an entrepreneur to become very rich in Nigeria than anywhere else due to our size. One just needs a unique and effective product or service to render. I once mentioned about the possibility of using rice husk ash now in abundance in Nigeria due to the rice revolution as a pozzolanic material that could be used to partially replace cement and still give a stronger concrete but the spambot deleted my post and banned me. There are good business opportunities for entrepreneurs with some money to finance it in the country if they are willing to take the risk. only the risk takers significantly change the world and make it big. 1 Like |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 8:28am On May 01, 2018 |
gbadexy: It is not just any bamboo to be used. There are specific species of bamboo for such purposes, the age, treatment against infestation and rot.. While its still an on going research and still debatable. Clearly it can't be used entirely for high rise buildings except there will be a combination of steel and bamboo. But for bungalows it can used and if any government intends using such for buildings it will fall into the low cost housing scheme. It will take a crazy thinking minister/commissioner for housing in this country to get a suitable construction firm to actualize it and then I wonder which class of citizens will live in it even if it's given out free. Even mad people in this country will laugh. But if the wealthy and influential in the society builds such and invite we all to come spend some holidays there, we will all gladly accept the offer and even want to extend the stay. |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 8:40am On May 01, 2018 |
mufutau55:me ke? Noooo esin waju ni teyin wo sare sir |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by spyder880(m): 9:02am On May 01, 2018 |
MY TAKE ON BAMBOO AS MAIN REINFORCEMENT MATERIAL. No technological breakthrough can ever occur without some daring introduction of a mix of alternatives to the laid down methods. However,care should be taken to ensure that the alternative shouldn't usher in structural problems in the future. Let me start with the Nigerian situation, it is estimated that Nigeria is growing at such an alarming rate in one direction, population. These people will need to live somewhere decent. In some parts of the country, we are already experiencing a heavy overcrowding problem, especially in the cities. To preserve more lands for industrialisation and agricultural uses, we don't have much choices than to build upwards, and this is where the problem for bamboo uses starts. Proponents to the use of bamboos understand that it can support mainly bungalows, or floor works, this makes its uses minimal. Then again the treatment of bamboos will have to go through the rigours of the failed Nigerian quality standards, which are not being well regulated. People can bribe their way through most regulations, iron rods reinforcement are not being monitored properly, how much more bamboo. People may start to fake the treatment chemicals and sell them to unsuspecting people. I have pictures of a ceiling work ( in one of my rented rooms) where I sprayed the wood with chemicals and two months later, termites ate the whole new ceiling wood, even digested the chemicals and the ceiling fell. Termites attack Nigerian bamboos so much, some of us always building knows that bamboo used for supporting a deck is almost useless as a support after two months, as the thousands of small holes bored by termites have weakened the bamboo. With the impatience of Nigerians in everything, who will have the diligence to treat bamboos till they attain the right moisture content level before use? 2 Likes
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by AngelicBeing: 9:07am On May 01, 2018 |
spyder880:Hmmm, nawao, Lol at faking bamboo treatment chemicals, chai, I give up |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 9:18am On May 01, 2018 |
bixton:Thanks for the further clarification sir. perhaps we may have the ideal specie of it here. I agree with you that we won't readily embrace it unless some people we feel are privileged use them or the oyinbos package it and give it a fancy name, putting a lipstick on a pig according to our egbon here. 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 9:24am On May 01, 2018 |
twinskenny: You got me laughing hard Now who will bell the cat. |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by earthrealm(m): 10:18am On May 01, 2018 |
twinskenny: guess i am joinging the party too late, i belong to so many car forums, and is norml for most of them to overhaul/rebuild their engines,..while here ordinary to change engine oil or transmission fluid, people balk at it. it all boils down to common sense, dont tackle what you know/feel you are not qualified for. i designed and installed my inverter/solar system by myself, used a local electrician to do the nitty gritty jobs like climbing inside ceiling to run cables, and climb the roof to mount the solar panels...to some others its a mission impossible, to me its a piece of cake 3 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by spyder880(m): 11:01am On May 01, 2018 |
These pictures are not meant to discourage anyone who wants to use bamboo as a reinforcement member, but I couldn't help but inspect the bamboos in the first of my sites I visited this morning. All of these tiny holes, are walkways created by the strong termites. For the weaker bamboos, they couldn't survive. The talk about the treatment must be taken seriously, since the termites are as corrupt as all other things in this country. 2 Likes
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Marpol: 11:07am On May 01, 2018 |
Who knows where I can get this please?
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mufutau55(m): 11:18am On May 01, 2018 |
Marpol: Try contacting @Allcopacetic here or one of his thread. If he doesnt have it, he will point you in a right direction. Hajji M. 4 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Mohr(m): 11:43am On May 01, 2018 |
Hello Gurus in the house, I recently embark on building a home, can anyone recommend an app on iOS that can aptly track every spending on the project . Thanks, anticipating your reply. |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by dejavus: 12:22pm On May 01, 2018 |
Mohr: App or not it will probably take you the same effort to input your data. Why not use a spreadsheet with some simple formula. You can use google sheets which is accessible on all platforms. Plus easy for you to access if you lose your phone, plus you can export the data. That's what i use and i recommend. 3 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Rubyventures: 12:23pm On May 01, 2018 |
Mohr: Using excel spread sheets will be better, just add in some simple formulae 1 Like |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by ThatHistoryGuy(m): 12:42pm On May 01, 2018 |
Pls contact me for your tiles ,water closet and sanitary wares Delivery to all part of Lagos is free on terms and conditions
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by GoodFaith: 12:57pm On May 01, 2018 |
Mohr: Notepad or word All you need is a break down section I used notepad Block EG Decking 16mm rod--------60 at N1750----------N105,000.00 12mm rod-----400--at N900--------N360,000 or N315,000.00 8mm rod-------60----at--N700------------N 45,000 Cement---200--------at--N1550-----------N310,000 add cements--------5 bag--at---1700-----N8,000 Granite --60 tone-----------------------N310,000 Sand------------------------------------N60,000.00 Binding wire-----2----------------------N 10,500 -----------------------------------------N 0000 2------------------------------ at 250---N 00000 Descking casting------------------------N125,000 Iron bender---- -----------------------N110,000 bamboo----------------------------------N 36,000 Carpenter------------------------------N120,000 Electrician------------------------------N55,000 wood------used-------------------------N130,000.00 wood------------used--------------------N130,000 wood------------------------------------N230,00 General exp-----------------------------N80,000 nails, transportation,hose, engineer, ------------------------------------------------------------------ parapet carpenter----------------------------N115,000 Wood-------------------------------N173,000********* -100 bamboo @ 150 = N15,000.00 -Sawing wood @ 70 = N15,000.00, --nail 2 bags N1500 -I think, I paid N20 more per sawing Trantsport 6,000, loading 3,000 Iron bender-----------------------------N50,000 Rod---------------- 12mm 30 rod --N1,330--------------------N40,000 Left over 5 12mm total use 35 for parparpet Brother need to account for 10 12mm rod---(N13,300) stated he bought 40 rod 12mm, we found 30 10mm 40 rod---N1050-----------------N42,250 8mm 80 rod---N700-------------------N56,000 banding-wire-------------------------N6,000 Casting------------------------------N55,000 cements-----60 bags at N1600---------N96,000 granite and sand-----------------------N85,000 carpenter to remove wood from parapet N10,500.00 Bought 80 bags of cements, Have 20 bags left -------------------------------------------------------------- Roofing wood ----------------------------N 500,000 nails-----------------------------N 15,000 Roof belt--------------------------N 2000 I have nails left before (two)half bags Metcoppo tiles----.55-----------N1,184,000 Carpenter-wood--work 12feet-----N 120,000 Metcoppo tile labor------------N 88,000 transport, materials Other stuff---------------------N 50,000 -------------------------------------------------------- Main Entrance Doors iron Main Entrance into the flat 4@-41,000--1 at 31,000----N195,000.00 Doors---------8-----@--18,000---N144,000.00 4 doors upstairs from staircase- two at fron and two at back One door from kitchen for each flat total four Main Entrance to Staircase 2 -@--20,000---N40,000.00 ------------------------------------------------ Door frames bought wood-----N130,000 labor for each door N500---total N18,000 at N3500 each total doors 34 Total 170,000.00 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by AngelicBeing: 1:14pm On May 01, 2018 |
spyder880:Chai, 1 Like
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by diordaves(m): 1:21pm On May 01, 2018 |
spyder880: Fantastically corrupt Nigerian termites. |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by desiji: 2:30pm On May 01, 2018 |
earthrealm:I just came back from Naija and did my DIY with the cameras and network as well as the satellite installation and the preparation of my Solar which i did myself but the climbing and cable laying stuff was also done by people i specifically instrusted IT is my niche so the configuration of the router and VPN was done by me i can watch my house in Naija from my Base which i tested and it is working perfectly. 3 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 3:23pm On May 01, 2018 |
Before we go far off , I don't think the acronym DIY as used on this thread is right except probably its a Nigerian context. DIY clearly means doing everything yourself and no external help and you ain't paying no other person for physically carrying out a job/work. Anything other than that its either you term yourself as a project manager or any befitting title . Let's educate ourselves accordingly and rightly. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_it_yourself https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/diy 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by AngelicBeing: 6:32pm On May 01, 2018 |
bixton:l disagree with you, l am a DIY advocate, I will construct a 25 story building with bamboo, do conduit wiring myself, I will do the tiles, plumbing, screeding, landscaping myself, I will do the roofing myself, we have YouTube video online to guide me, l will not pay any artisan on my site to do any work, I want to save money and I don't want any artisan to eat my money, after completing the house, l will invite Daboomb, spyder880, Abdulwastecx and every member of property section on Nairaland to come and celebrate with me for been the first man on earth to construct a 25 story floor via bamboo technology and without inviting any artisan to my site 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by yak(m): 6:34pm On May 01, 2018 |
Mohr: I just finished the foundation of my little bungalow all thanks to all the gurus in d house. I called a couple of them for guidance. as for ur question above, I use my wife she can keep records for Africa. just noticed she still has the receipt of the hotel we had our honey moon almost 7 yrs now 3 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by alstacs(m): 6:42pm On May 01, 2018 |
rotecch77: Looking back now, I remember mud houses in my hood growing up actually had bamboos within the walls. The other one I remember vividly was a 2 story building with wooden floor. The wooden floor of the first floor were neatly arranged on bamboos. 1 Like |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by mank1234(m): 6:59pm On May 01, 2018 |
I'll key in to this bamboo revolution. Instead of using rods for my pillar, I'll use bamboo. I'll only use rods for the footing and the starter bar. Cost savings on my mine 1 Like |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bixton(m): 7:00pm On May 01, 2018 |
AngelicBeing: Bravo Sir. 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by akinolaolujide(m): 7:13pm On May 01, 2018 |
mank1234:I would rather prefer it's used for foundation footing self. Please not this tech is still in developmental stage and we must be careful how we apply this it's must be done under extreme conditions of professionalism. All reinforcement code must be adhere to . All the best and God will never allow us witness collapse building . |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Mohr(m): 7:25pm On May 01, 2018 |
Can you please share your experience with me for im about to undertake same. Thanks yak: |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Mohr(m): 7:26pm On May 01, 2018 |
I just finished the foundation of my little bungalow all thanks to all the gurus in d house. I called a couple of them for guidance. as for ur question above, I use my wife she can keep records for Africa. just noticed she still has the receipt of the hotel we had our honey moon almost 7 yrs now[Can you please share your experience with me for im about to undertake same. Thanks |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Mohr(m): 7:27pm On May 01, 2018 |
Can you please share your experience with me for im about to undertake same. Thanks |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 7:32pm On May 01, 2018 |
AngelicBeing: He heheh baba na to bring original schnap o 2 Likes |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by topsy23: 7:50pm On May 01, 2018 |
AngelicBeing: Nice one 1 Like |
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by earthrealm(m): 8:17pm On May 01, 2018 |
EgunMogaji: its the mind set in nigeria,,, very appalling, i change my engine oil, power steering fluid, transmission fluid myself, and all my pals look at me in awe, as if am some astronaut, while others feel am stingy..and dont want to let a mechanic chop my money but overseas, you have more people willing to do such and even more on their cars, and these are people who are ar richer than the avg nigerian..their minimum wage when converted to naira..is what an avg worker would be envious of etc. the so called mechanic, who they call professional has no clue about what he is doing..even elizade/kojo motors isnt left out..i can thump my vchest that i hv saved several hundreds of thousands of naira from diy on my car/home.. truth be told..we have very few professionals worth their salt in this country...many are charlatans masquerading as professionals 2 Likes |
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