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Concreting the Driveway


We are pouring concrete on the 5m wide driveway

Hopefully when we are done, the finished driveway will look exactly like this

Fence/Gate Pillars light installation ongoing

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Wow! Very Lovely, Oga Brabus.

Hajji Mufutau

Hajji, thanks. Now, I'm gonna get cobblestone for the driveway and also get pigments for a stained finished floor. Thats another weekend project.

This is a beautiful peace of work! I go come steal your house o, brabus

olubuffett: This is a beautiful peace of work! I go come steal your house o, brabus

Thanks.

mufutau55: ^^^^^
Wow! Very Lovely, Oga Brabus.

Hajji Mufutau

Thank you.

Trenching in utilities

- GateHouse Waste and Water Pipe.
- Perimeter Drain Pipe installation (keeping the water off the foundation)

DIY Concrete Driveway: Cost Update

Stone Dust - N50,000
Sharp Sand - N23,000
Gravel - N24,000
45 bags of Cement - N72,000

Labour/Mason - N35,000


Total Cost - N204,000
Total No of Hours - 14 hours

Excellent Job,

Please can you explain why:
- you opted for a concrete slab instead of interlocking tiles for the way?
- How does the perimeter drain pipe work? How is it best installed?
- Is that an inspection chamber on the drive way (the area you covered with a marine wood)

I intend to steal some of your concepts

brabus: Trenching in utilities

- GateHouse Waste and Water Pipe.
- Perimeter Drain Pipe installation (keeping the water off the foundation)

BRB! Eku inanwo o. 'Ileatura o

Please can you explain why:

- you opted for a concrete slab instead of interlocking tiles for the way? COST! Although, I already have some concrete paving stones prepared for the driveway. I just decided to go for the concrete after seeing the inspiration picture.

- How does the perimeter drain pipe work? How is it best installed? The perimeter drain pipe is installed around the foundation of a house to draw water that would otherwise sit around the foundation and possibly prevent ground/surface water from damaging the foundation. It should be installed at a lower level than DPC so as to prevent capillary action.

- Is that an inspection chamber on the drive way (the area you covered with a marine wood) No, it is a well. We dug it at the beginning of the project.

I intend to steal some of your concepts.

segcy.moor:
BRB! Eku inanwo o. 'Ileatura o

Amin! My reply is "Ire a kari o"

Before and After Pics - Kitchen (Madam's office)

Before and After Pics - The Driveway

Before and After Pics - The Well

I dug the well before the commencement of the main project. However, we found out that it was standing right in the middle of the land and the driveway. The well has served us so well and in fact its serving the house and neighbours for domestic water use. Here's what we did to the well.

The well now buried.

Chateau De Brabus - Now and Then

Now...

Till next weekend, wishing you a happy new month!

Can

benimeogu: Can one install PVC Ceiling before electical wiring. The piping is already done but the PVC tech wants to start before the electrical wiring. Please what is your input.
thanks

YES, you can!

Kitchen Glass Block

Fence Capping

By the time I'm done, my fence becomes something close to the picture below.

beautiful fence.