hagjay:
Good day everyone, I am a recent graduate just concluded service. I studied architecture . (Fut Minna), I'm looking for a job
I will be glad if anyone can recommend me to work with a Firm.
Current Location >>>Rivers state

meohio7777:
some guys visited my site that they are from Lagos state government threatening to put a stop to the ongoing work on my site in Ajah axis unless I pay them 200k. I am wondering if anyone have had such encounter. Attached are the papers they served my project manager.

GoodFaith:

Why not use good one single tile same for all the floor

ChiefSupplier55:
https://www.nairaland.com/chiefsupplier55

mufutau55:
Off-Topic Thread - To Discuss Anything and Everything that doesn't fit into an individual thread.
Let's discuss everything pertaining to Building Constructions, Real estate and some more.

Note: Please no products or services advertisements... there are plenty of other threads for that already. No buying and selling on this thread.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Off-Topic Thread - To Discuss Anything and Everything that doesn't fit into an individual thread.
Let's discuss everything pertaining to Building Constructions, Real estate and some more.

Note: Please no products or services advertisements... there are plenty of other threads for that already. No buying and selling on this thread.

Hajji M.

Royruky:


Is the free delivery limited to only Lagos or it covers the whole of Nigeria?

bixton:


It's still on the affirmative.

bobkezel:

Hello bro, must it have a cross beam in the middle?

bobkezel:
Good morning experts in the house,
I have a pressing question
Can I do soak away and septic tank without columns/pillars?

Tammynator:
Gurus in the house, I have a question that has been bugging my mind for a while now.
Sirs/mas, if I'm going to do a DPC ( pour concrete on a DPM), why then should I bother myself with all the partitions during the excavation of the foundation? Why not just get the external diameter, and make some partitions and leave the rest? For instance, instead of digging toilet, ante room, parlour dining, kitchen, store, all the rooms, etc. Why not just a selected few out of all those and then, do the full partitioning after the DPC has been done. I hope I'm understood. Thanks.

Jonecbosco:
What's the estimate of materials needed for
1. Lintel
2. Decking of the attached plan
It consist of 3flats on each floor ( one 3bedroom and parlor apartment, two 2bedroom apartment)

bixton:



Are you referring to middle with regards to the decking slab or ?
If I may ask did you introduce columns at certain points during construction ?

yaliyu963:


Definitely. you can do that. you can hollow fill the blocks for strength taking a careful attention to the soakaway section

meohio7777:
some guys visited my site that they are from Lagos state government threatening to put a stop to the ongoing work on my site in Ajah axis unless I pay them 200k. I am wondering if anyone have had such encounter. Attached are the papers they served my project manager.

yaliyu963:


in the name of cutting cost, stop endangering lives of others. you dont quantify material cost for decking with architectural plan. you do that with the structural drawing, designed and detailed by a structural Engineer.

please, stop endangering lives.

if you dont have structural drawing for this, send the soft copy to jalyhconstrut@gmail.com so that my boys can design it for you free with bending schedule.

bobkezel:

I mean a beam being introduced in the middle of the block works. After which block works continues to deck level.
There was no columns.

bixton:


It is a matter of choice depending on circumstances around.
If you feel there's no need ensure you don't exceed 5 or 6 course on the first day before rounding up the next day.

bobkezel:

But is there any implication to this?

bixton:


It is a matter of choice depending on circumstances around.
If you feel there's no need ensure you don't exceed 5 or 6 course on the first day before rounding up the next day.

diordaves:


Omo, I beg to differ with most of your recommendations regarding this enquiry.

One: All soakaway/septic system should have columns - this is best engineering practice. When people come to you for advice, always recommend and encourage best practice. Soakaway without columns is cutting corners - Period.

For the poster to come here with that post, it may be true that someone on ground with knowledge of the soil condition may have recommended introduction of columns and beam which is a superior advice. But here you are I guess with no knowledge of the soil condition encouraging an inferior solution.

Two: After 5/6 courses, all round beam (chaining) should be introduced to prevent unintended collapse - best recommended civil engineering practice. After the next 5/6 courses, beam again and then deck.

Death from soakaway collapse in Nigeria is an unreported world. This is preventable death by spending just a fraction more to recommended best practice in health and safety.

Imagine Nigeria with poor quality blocks that will be constantly wet and soaked as a septic tank and then you construct such soakaway without columns and beam. - to me it's an accident waiting to happen especially during the raining season over time.

So building a safe soakaway is not a matter of choice like you posit. It's a conscious deliberate decision.

diordaves:


Omo, I beg to differ with most of your recommendations regarding this enquiry.

One: All soakaway/septic system should have columns - this is best engineering practice. When people come to you for advice, always recommend and encourage best practice. Soakaway without columns is cutting corners - Period.

For the poster to come here with that post, it may be true that someone on ground with knowledge of the soil condition may have recommended introduction of columns and beam which is a superior advice. But here you are I guess with no knowledge of the soil condition encouraging an inferior solution.

Two: After 5/6 courses, all round beam (chaining) should be introduced to prevent unintended collapse - best recommended civil engineering practice. After the next 5/6 courses, beam again and then deck.

Death from soakaway collapse in Nigeria is an unreported world. This is preventable death by spending just a fraction more to recommended best practice in health and safety.

Imagine Nigeria with poor quality blocks that will be constantly wet and soaked as a septic tank and then you construct such soakaway without columns and beam. - to me it's an accident waiting to happen especially during the raining season over time.

So building a safe soakaway is not a matter of choice like you posit. It's a conscious deliberate decision.

bixton:


There are no implications whatsoever. It's just done as a safety precaution.
In the absence of not doing columns, I'd rather advice you do a weak concrete mixture to fill your block holes to that point. I want to believe your mason understands block bonds especially at the joints(edges/corners).

bobkezel:

You are right to an extent, but let me chip in something.
My neighbour build his 1st soakaway with pillars/columns and cross beams but unfortunately it collapsed. He rebuilt it 2nd time without pillars/columns, he only introduced beams in the middle. This 2nd one without pillars is intact.

Adedward:
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