Hello house we are almost at the completion of the decking stage of this building and here are the updates of work done so far at site

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Hello all happy sunday and I hope you all went to church today

The pic below will be showing the preparation of the decking as we commence tomorrow and some job done so far on site

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Hello all

We are starting on the preparation of the decking which I will be uploading the pix in a while

eghosajohnny:
Hello all
We are starting on the preparation of the decking which I will be uploading the pix in a while

Good work Eghosa.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:


Good work Eghosa.

Hajji M.

Thank you very much sir,I really appreciate your comment on this thread

Upload on the progress on the decking work

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Happpy sunday great people of nairalan

Here's our update on the progress of work done on decking

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Hello nairaland viewers around the world,here's our progress update of the decking as we prepare for casting

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Happy new week all hope you all had a blissfull weeken.here are the update on the job done on site the past days

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Good!!

Can we see the staircase pics pls

Hello all and happy sunday,a lot has happened on the progress f this project wish I'm to show you now for viewing and as at yeaterday the first floor is almost at the lintels lintel hoping to commence carpenter work today.

Here's our contact info for any advice or enquiries just a call away

07031886484,07014709098

More pix on the surroind beam

@eghosajonny pls help me out wit this.how many blocks will it take to build 3bedroom bungalow all ensuite.thanks

@ OP i observed from your decking reinforcement arrangement that you adopted load bearing wall structure for this project, because i can see that there are no beams in your slab transferring load directly to the columns, rather you have a ring lintel beam. the arrangement is correct for your method but i have a little reservation. For instance before your slab loads goes to the lintel ring beam (note: the lintel ring beam was not design so you wouldnt know if it can bear the load coming on it, but let us assume it can safely bear the load) the two courses of blocks receive the load. The question is what is the strenght of this sandcrete blocks was it design to withstand the load coming on it. What of if this blocks could not withstand this load, then what happens?
this is an extract from wikipeadia about strenght of block in nigeria: (The final compressive strength of sandcrete can be as high as 4.6 N/mm2, which is much less than concrete's 40 N/mm2. Sandcrete is unsuitable for load-bearing columns, and is mainly used for walls, or for foundations if no suitable alternative is available. As material for walls, its strength is less than that of fired clay bricks, but sandcrete is considerably cheaper.

Sandcrete is the main building material for walls of single-storey buildings (such as houses and schools) in countries such as Ghana[2] and Nigeria. Measured strengths of commercially available sandcrete blocks in Nigeria was found to be between 0.5 and 1 N/mm2, which is well below the 3.5 N/mm2 that is legally required there. This may be due to the need of the manufacturers to keep the price low, and since the main cost-factor is the Portland cement, they reduce that, which results in a block that starts behaving more like loose sand.

Research has shown using organic ash to replace Portland cement, which is better than simply using less Portland cement.)

Also this is an article from a researched work carried out on sandcrete block carried out in Ondo state:

(Characterization of the Compressive Strength of Sandcrete Blocks in Ondo State, Nigeria
JO Afolayan, C Arum, CM Daramola

Abstract



Research activities in different countries have shown that the compressive strengths of sandcrete blocks are always far below the recommended values in the codes. This work reports the compressive strengths and the statistical characteristics of sandcrete blocks collected from twenty five (25) different block industries in Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of seventy five (75) of 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm and seventy five (75) of 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm blocks were collected and tested. The results showed that the 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm sandcrete blocks in circulation as at May 23, 2005 had an average strength of 0.55 N/mm2 while those of 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm had an average compressive strength of 0.45 N/mm2 as at November 13, 2005. These values are very much lower than those stipulated by the relevant Codes and Standards. Although statistical analysis showed that the compressive strength of these blocks followed a normal distribution, the overall coefficient of variation stood at 0.54 for the 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm blocks and 0.71 for the 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm blocks. These values are high and they indicate very poor quality control in the production processes. On the basis of the noted poor quality control, recommendations appropriate for improving the strength and effectiveness of sandcrete blocks production in Nigeria are made.)

Dear Sir,

Please what is your budget for the construction going on.i mean completion to roofing of the building.

Regards


Akinbaba

Akinbaba:
Dear Sir,

Please what is your budget for the construction going on.i mean completion to roofing of the building.

Regards


Akinbaba

The budget for the carcass is 7.6m and for the roof and sheet is 2.8m this comprises of the wood and labour and the sheet is stonecoated

Coming along nicely sir good work

Akinbaba:
Dear Sir,
Please what is your budget for the construction going on.i mean completion to roofing of the building.

Regards


Akinbaba

The budget for the carcass is 7.6m and for the roof and sheet is 2.8m this comprises of the wood and labour and the sheet is stonecoated

bumps:
@eghosajonny pls help me out wit this.how many blocks will it take to build 3bedroom bungalow all ensuite.thanks

You will need 3600 blocks to get the project done

Aventures:
@ OP i observed from your decking reinforcement arrangement that you adopted load bearing wall structure for this project, because i can see that there are no beams in your slab transferring load directly to the columns, rather you have a ring lintel beam. the arrangement is correct for your method but i have a little reservation. For instance before your slab loads goes to the lintel ring beam (note: the lintel ring beam was not design so you wouldnt know if it can bear the load coming on it, but let us assume it can safely bear the load) the two courses of blocks receive the load. The question is what is the strenght of this sandcrete blocks was it design to withstand the load coming on it. What of if this blocks could not withstand this load, then what happens?
this is an extract from wikipeadia about strenght of block in nigeria: (The final compressive strength of sandcrete can be as high as 4.6 N/mm2, which is much less than concrete's 40 N/mm2. Sandcrete is unsuitable for load-bearing columns, and is mainly used for walls, or for foundations if no suitable alternative is available. As material for walls, its strength is less than that of fired clay bricks, but sandcrete is considerably cheaper.

Sandcrete is the main building material for walls of single-storey buildings (such as houses and schools) in countries such as Ghana[2] and Nigeria. Measured strengths of commercially available sandcrete blocks in Nigeria was found to be between 0.5 and 1 N/mm2, which is well below the 3.5 N/mm2 that is legally required there. This may be due to the need of the manufacturers to keep the price low, and since the main cost-factor is the Portland cement, they reduce that, which results in a block that starts behaving more like loose sand.


Research has shown using organic ash to replace Portland cement, which is better than simply using less Portland cement.)

Also this is an article from a researched work carried out on sandcrete block carried out in Ondo state:

(Characterization of the Compressive Strength of Sandcrete Blocks in Ondo State, Nigeria
JO Afolayan, C Arum, CM Daramola

Abstract



Research activities in different countries have shown that the compressive strengths of sandcrete blocks are always far below the recommended values in the codes. This work reports the compressive strengths and the statistical characteristics of sandcrete blocks collected from twenty five (25) different block industries in Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of seventy five (75) of 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm and seventy five (75) of 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm blocks were collected and tested. The results showed that the 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm sandcrete blocks in circulation as at May 23, 2005 had an average strength of 0.55 N/mm2 while those of 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm had an average compressive strength of 0.45 N/mm2 as at November 13, 2005. These values are very much lower than those stipulated by the relevant Codes and Standards. Although statistical analysis showed that the compressive strength of these blocks followed a normal distribution, the overall coefficient of variation stood at 0.54 for the 450 mm x 150 mm x 225 mm blocks and 0.71 for the 450 mm x 225 mm x 225 mm blocks. These values are high and they indicate very poor quality control in the production processes. On the basis of the noted poor quality control, recommendations appropriate for improving the strength and effectiveness of sandcrete blocks production in Nigeria are made.)

My oga himself i always read your thread though never comment,the beam in stragetic area was placed those were the remaining rod in the pic above



Thanks

Here are update on the progress of work done so far

Hello all

We have being progressing on site for some days now and we have built the security post too pix is below

Hello all and happy weekend

The pix below is the progress of the work so far on site

Hello nldrs

The project is still ongoing as we are at the parapet stage

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Hello nldrs

The project is still ongoing as we are at the parapet stage

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