yinkarh187:
Good evening, please I'm a fresh Civil Engineering graduate about to finish my NYSC by October.
I'm currently seeking for any job as a civil/strucutural engineer.
I am proficient in a wide range of civil softwares including Staad pro, Revit, prota structures, Civil 3D to mention a few. I'm also conversant with manual concrete, steel and timber design.
Please any form of opportunity would be highly appreciated.

AZUH:
yes thanks sir . I had to remodel the chickens pillars . Dpc is still down but I have learned from my mistakes . Thanks to N3xt . He sent me a helper . Na to demolish am remain .

Rexology:
Please, is it necessary to chain all the wall of a 3bedroom flat with lintel?

rotecch77:


Actually the primary purpose of lintel is to cover the opening void top area to receive block or brick
There are others material aside concrete to cover such area I.e specially made thick plastic, steel beam, reinforced concrete.

So it’s not compulsory to chain it round but if you have enough money to do so then you can go ahead to do so it’s will gives some secondary purposes.

More so if you have columns in the building and you chain it round it will help to transfer load to the columns then from the columns to the soil.

Rexology:
Please, is it necessary to chain all the wall of a 3bedroom flat with lintel?

Rexology:
Please, is it necessary to chain all the wall of a 3bedroom flat with lintel?

coldcandy:


To save some money: Chain the external walls, for interior walls only put beam on door ways.
If there's money: chain all walls! It helps to stop further propagation of cracks caused by heavy weight of roof

Focusmind:


This is the same thing my plumber is saying. He said it is easier to carry out repairs on chambers than with T pipes.

n3xt:


Wouldn’t a roof beam have done a better job instead of a lintel?

diordaves:


Let me attempt to ease your confusion. Please note that EVERY HOUSE NEEDS AN INSPECTION CHAMBER be it plastic, pre-cast or in-situ built.

This forum can be a rich source of information regarding building, but occasionally, some fancy impractical dreamy ideas are propagated by some. They see some solutions abroad or online and without a full understanding of the situation and solution, start calling for such to be implemented in Nigeria without marrying the abroad (internet) solutions with the practical reality in Nigeria. This T-pipe and chamberless home is a dreamer idea.

You need chambers to have access to periodically clean and maintain your drains. Not only when the drains are blocked. You should clean your drains minimum twice a year. The chamber offers the possibility to do so without disrupting the drain network.

You need chambers to isolate the problem when the drain is blocked. This is particularly important in a block of flats. For example, you have a block of flats and Flat B is blocked. With chambers, you can isolate Flat B and deal with the problem without affecting other flats unlike T-pipe where you need to shut down the whole drain system just to fix a simple problem. And with T-pipe, any blockage will affect the whole flats. This is a cheap amateur plumbing solution. Not professional.

Now abroad solution and applying same to Nigeria. It is a legal requirement that homes MUST have inspection chambers. In the UK, we call it drains. This is where waste water and rain water flow into in the first instance and then into the council drains. No building will pass mortgage or planning approval with T-pipe as chambers. This is just a fancy idea.

There is this flat I wanted to extend and modernised here in the UK. The extension means the drain needs to be moved. My council turned down the application because they weren't convinced there's enough room to include a proper inspection chambers.

So go with your plumber. If you don't like the aesthetics of protruding chambers, do the chambers below ground level or at street level. But chambers you must have for periodic maintenance of your drains. Not only when they are blocked.

coldcandy:


Yes. That's the job of the roof beam. But many homeowners dont do it cause of finances. Some people just fill up the block holes of the top course

EgunMogaji2:


You see I was like this too when I was in America. Making grand plans and plots.

Living in Nigeria for the past 18 months has clued me in to different things.

There’s a reason farmers go to farms and not farm next to their houses, mostly.

My landscaping is limited to flowers and strategically placed specific trees. I have about 25 trees that I have on my 2 plots. The central courtyard has two palm trees.

But in any case we’re all free to pursue our happiness.

Happy Sunday. I feel like going fishing today.

yinkarh187:
Good evening, please I'm a fresh Civil Engineering graduate about to finish my NYSC by October.
I'm currently seeking for any job as a civil/strucutural engineer.
I am proficient in a wide range of civil softwares including Staad pro, Revit, prota structures, Civil 3D to mention a few. I'm also conversant with manual concrete, steel and timber design.
Please any form of opportunity would be highly appreciated.

n3xt:


Isnt it better to steward them to do roof beam which is far more important than chained lintels?

coldcandy:


With roof beam, you still need columns to transfer the load to the foundation. With this our kobo kobo bungalows, how many columns do we put in them? We just use 2x6 wood as beam and trust the blocks to carry the load.

n3xt:


With the aid of a simple diagram sir, please can you explain how you intend to use brick chambers to achieve the above that PVC inspection chambers can’t achieve.

Abolarin91:
Like 25 trees ! Hope it won't look like forest, I will love to see the picture o

EgunMogaji2:


It won’t.

Trees are actually the ecological solution to clean air, not grass as much.

I have some small flowering trees like Crepe Myrtles, 3 shade trees, some conversational crop trees and palm trees.

I’m good.

bebe2:
@segzy14 pls have u seen the pics i sent u?

https://www.nairaland.com/2239130/plan-6-flat-2-bedroom#32405588

n3xt:


With the aid of a simple diagram sir, please can you explain how you intend to use brick chambers to achieve the above that PVC inspection chambers can’t achieve.

diordaves:


Now let me put back the question to you: look at the T-pipe I have attached and tell me how you would carry out blocked or maintenance work without tearing down the whole drain network if T-pipe is installed instead of chambers?

rotecch77:


Actually the primary purpose of lintel is to cover the opening void top area to receive block or brick
There are others material aside concrete to cover such area I.e specially made thick plastic, steel beam, reinforced concrete.

So it’s not compulsory to chain it round but if you have enough money to do so then you can go ahead to do so it’s will gives some secondary purposes.

More so if you have columns in the building and you chain it round it will help to transfer load to the columns then from the columns to the soil strata

Abolarin91:
Hmmn! I should do this too whenever money is ready to build house

n3xt:
Attached below is premium PVC inspection chamber. All these stuffs are in Orile

EgunMogaji2:


Even in ordinary Ibadan.

The technology is out there, remains application.

Spyder880, I know you’ve used this.

diordaves:


Let me attempt to ease your confusion. Please note that EVERY HOUSE NEEDS AN INSPECTION CHAMBER be it plastic, pre-cast or in-situ built.

This forum can be a rich source of information regarding building, but occasionally, some fancy impractical dreamy ideas are propagated by some. They see some solutions abroad or online and without a full understanding of the situation and solution, start calling for such to be implemented in Nigeria without marrying the abroad (internet) solutions with the practical reality in Nigeria. This T-pipe and chamberless home is a dreamer idea.

You need chambers to have access to periodically clean and maintain your drains. Not only when the drains are blocked. You should clean your drains minimum twice a year. The chamber offers the possibility to do so without disrupting the drain network.

You need chambers to isolate the problem when the drain is blocked. This is particularly important in a block of flats. For example, you have a block of flats and Flat B is blocked. With chambers, you can isolate Flat B and deal with the problem without affecting other flats unlike T-pipe where you need to shut down the whole drain system just to fix a simple problem. And with T-pipe, any blockage will affect the whole flats. This is a cheap amateur plumbing solution. Not professional.

Now abroad solution and applying same to Nigeria. It is a legal requirement that homes MUST have inspection chambers. In the UK, we call it drains. This is where waste water and rain water flow into in the first instance and then into the council drains. No building will pass mortgage or planning approval with T-pipe as chambers. This is just a fancy idea.

There is this flat I wanted to extend and modernised here in the UK. The extension means the drain needs to be moved. My council turned down the application because they weren't convinced there's enough room to include a proper inspection chambers.

So go with your plumber. If you don't like the aesthetics of protruding chambers, do the chambers below ground level or at street level. But chambers you must have for periodic maintenance of your drains. Not only when they are blocked.

n3xt:


In addition, watch this video to know the importance of a lintel in a house.

https://structville.com/2020/04/chained-lintels-in-a-building-what-are-the-implications.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uItWSBP00i0

TCD:


Thanks for sharing.

If I have an already constructed solid wall and want to create a door in it, is it possible to create a lintel for the door?

diordaves:


Yet again you are missing the argument or confusing the situation. The photos you attached are PVC chambers as the case may be. The OP is being advised to do away with a professional plumber to my opinion because he advised the OP to adopt a superior plumbing solution to include chambers.

If I may add, PVC chambers are not flexible. They may not conform to your building drain network design hence the need to build the chambers to align with the design of the built. This is one of the reasons we do certain things we do in Nigeria; to conform to the practical reality in Nigeria. Not that Nigerian builders are st u pid and we abroad people are smarter.

Going forward, some are saying the modern approach is substituting T-pipe which I have attached for chambers. That chambers are not necessary. Egun said they are ridiculous though for personal reasons he qualified.

The call for chamberless home and substituting T-pipe for chambers is a ru bbish idea really. Any plumber that does that doesn't know what he or she is doing. Not that PVC or pre-cast chambers don't work. They do. Any which way, the home needs inspection chambers.

Now let me put back the question to you: look at the T-pipe I have attached and tell me how you would carry out blocked or maintenance work without tearing down the whole drain network if T-pipe is installed instead of chambers?