spyder880:



Thank you my people, the first time I had a good look at the plans for this house, I built a mental picture of how the finish will look like. Still battling with the costs while dreaming a superlative completion for this house. Only that everything is costly in PH, the fight goes on sha, but we shall win!

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spyder880:

Not done a wardrobe recently but this was done in my house this November, a kitchen cabinet for N100k


Oga spyder God bless you for ur insight and help to many. Please where can one get granite around port harcourt. I'm learning from treads here and need a quary to granite. Granite in PH is too expensive so looking for a good quary around. My fellow nairaland ogas if you know please give the infor.

Thank for the infor.

Neatly dressing in the electrical components.

nice work, can you give a rough estimate the cost for this duplex up to this level.

spyder880: Neatly dressing in the electrical components.

Nice job our chairmo,
But i can notice some trowel mark on the walls,
I think using brushes on the wall after plastering gives it a better finish, Just my opinion though.
I knw it can easily be taken care of by screeding the walls.

koman:


Nice job our chairmo,
But i can notice some trowel mark on the walls,
I think using brushes on the wall after plastering gives it a better finish, Just my opinion though.
I knw it can easily be taken care of by screeding the walls.

Thank you Sir. The work is above average, but not perfect. We shall be improving everyday.

Picture updates. ..

Working on the parapet fascia dressing

Completed portions

spyder880: Completed portions

looking at this portion, will rain fall from this roof?. This is how average completed roofs in the US look like and rain doesn't fall from it.

spyder880: Completed portions

That is what I call smooth... Your guys are good and you are a good Oga too..

Hajji M.

Empiree: looking at this portion, will rain fall from this roof?. This is how average completed roofs in the US look like and rain doesn't fall from it.

Because houses are required to have "gutters" here.. if not, the Building Inspectors will be knocking on your house with that thick papers.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:

Because houses are required to have "gutters" here.. if not, the Building Inspectors will be knocking on your house with that thick papers.

Hajji M.

Obviously, this doesn't have gutters or am i missing it?

We already bought roof gutters waiting to be fitted. PVC water channels.

Empiree:
Obviously, this doesn't have gutters or am i missing it?

NO. I don't see any gutter either and it's not required in Nigeria. I believe Spyder880 also mentioned that some owners prefer natural water falling off his roof.. But I have also seen other houses where Spyder installed roof gutters... It's left to the owner of the house what he/she wants.
Although my house is an aluminum roof, I still have gutters on it...

Hajji Mufutau

spyder880: We already bought roof gutters waiting to be fitted. PVC water channels.

Aha! Just what I was explaining to him... We were posting the same time.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:

NO. I don't see any gutter either and it's not required in Nigeria. I believe Spyder880 also mentioned that some owners prefer natural water falling off his roof.. But I have also seen other houses where Spyder installed roof gutters... It's left to the owner of the house what he/she wants.
Although my house is an aluminum roof, I still have gutters on it...

Hajji Mufutau

Yea, he just posted pix of "gutters"

Another house where roof water channels was installed in a house I built in Enugu.

spyder880: Another house where roof water channels was installed in a house I built in Enugu.

Does it have to be so ugly and deface the house?

I won't put it no matter what cos its too ugly.

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Does it have to be so ugly and deface the house?
I won't put it no matter what cos its too ugly.

You probably won't see it like that when its all painted with the house.
Believe me, Oga Spyder does not and will not entertain uglyness.

Hajji M.

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Does it have to be so ugly and deface the house?

I won't put it no matter what cos its too ugly.

We are thinking alike . I like the idea but not the visual effect. Lets see how it will look after the painting (ala Oga Hajji) if Spyder will agree to give us pictures....

Parapet fascia plastering, done.

The external walls are also getting some attention

As expected, the rains has been causing some serious setbacks to the work.

Like washing off our cement dressing on the walls, we're losing time and money here.
We are still waiting for the rains to stop.

POP loading. .......... expect some beautiful designs as we prepare.

So it's true that rain has been bothering builders. I am following a project that needs to be decked in Southwest since early August, but i keep hearing rain this rain that could not let them move forward. I thought super was playing games.

Empiree: So it's true that rain has been bothering builders. I am following a project that needs to be decked in Southwest since early August, but i keep hearing rain this rain that could not let them move forward. I thought super was playing games.

He is not playing any games, the conditions of weather is intense this season. Enugu, Owerri, Abakaliki, PH and Aba keeps wet daily for the past few weeks. I know it will be same story in Lagos and Ogun states. We lose money building houses daily.

Have some compassion for some builders, in the picture I am going to post below, the building collapsed after some heavy rains of 3 days. I stopped there and asked some questions and the blame goes to the supervision crew. Going ahead with a decking casting with the owners insistence, and not following the laid down procedures. Sometimes, some supervisors are even unaware of best practices in safe building construction.

Sad story in pictures.

Thanks for this @ spyder880. Sad for owner of this building. Money gone down the drain.

spyder880:
Sad story in pictures.

For the Oga Client, this is live and learn... Too bad for him, all that money wasted.

Hajji M.

Updates from the back of the house.

Some POP activities ongoing.

Of course it would look like a mad house downstairs, peeping from the top.