EgunMogaji:
Aventures, Spyder880, Skimanski, KolaShangOne, etc

Question for you guys.

I'm not sure that I've ever seen you guys build a 2 story house without building the lower floor partitions first. Is there a reason why you do not build the pillars and then deck before building out the partitions?

Thanks.

Aventures:
Great Lecture I concur in totality. Also in future it makes restructuring easier.

Truthinlife:

I appreciate sir.

bereiweris:
Gud evening Ogaz In d haus pls can d foundation of aw 4bedroom flat be done In 2days

bereiweris:
Gud evening Ogaz In d haus pls can d foundation of aw 4bedroom flat be done In 2days

EgunMogaji:
Fire Extinguishers/Fire Alarms

We talked about this before. For my USA friends, Costco has a fantastic sale going on for First Alert products.

Fire Alarm in each bedroom, kitchen, hallway. Fire extinguisher in kitchen and garage (each floor sha for una duplex lords). And a Carbon Monoxide detector in a central place. Many people were lost in 2017 due to generator fumes, etc

I picked extra fire alarm for my neighbors.

PS: These have 10 year life batteries in them.

peterphd:
Hello house, I'm thinking of using PVC doors for my bathroom. I'm hoping to get some insight from experienced guys here. How good/bad is it? Durable? Thanks.

Cc skimanski, spyder880

spyder880:


You mean this door?

https://www.nairaland.com/1790503/decking-block-flats-port-harcourt/12

rotecch77:
The https://www.nairaland.com/3851900/general-finishing-5bdrs-luxury-duplex/8#62852444
door is very ok , turkish made,I used it here.

adanny01:


The basic structural difference is that the former is a load bearing wall while the latter is not. In other words, wall is a structural member in load bearing walls while its not a structural member in non load bearing walls.

In design, load bearing walls have loading limits. This load bearing walls approach their load limit with "3-4 suspended floors".

Reason being that, if ground floor walls are load bearing and building has 10 suspended floors above it, all that load will be factored into each and every load bearing wall below. So imagine the load of 10 suspended floors factored into a sandcrete wall at the ground floor, columns are more suitable for that job. So load bearing walls are deleted.

Since there are no load bearing walls, beams and columns must be built with perfection. Block work comes in the way of working towards building a perfectly vertical column.

abdulwastecx:


I think that type of cracks is called mapped cracking, this occurs a lot on plastered wall which may be due to the grade of the plaster sand ( very smooth plaster ) that is why we normally add stone dust to our plaster sand to minimize such cracks or due to the the temperature ( during harmattan season the plaster dry quickly due to loss of moisture ).

Such cracks can easily be corrected by screeding the wall after the wall had dried completely.
You don't have to worry about such

Rubbiish:

Stone dust or sharp sand sir?

abdulwastecx:


Any of the two will do

Rubbiish:

Sir is it not the same functions blocks perform in both block + frame and only frame approach? I thought blocks are non load bearing in both?

rotecch77:
The https://www.nairaland.com/3851900/general-finishing-5bdrs-luxury-duplex/8#62852444
door is very ok , turkish made,I used it here.

Judecapon73:
I'm into aluminium fabrication, I suggest using aluminium door with deco board is the best for bathroom and toilet door ...

peterphd:
Hello house, I'm thinking of using PVC doors for my bathroom. I'm hoping to get some insight from experienced guys here. How good/bad is it? Durable? Thanks.

Cc skimanski, spyder880

bixton:
Are you referring to something like this.

adanny01:


In a bungalow with no columns, block wall is a load bearing member.

In a framed structure, block wall is strictly a partition and treated as imposed load. The structural integrity is unchanged with or without the block wall.

In a normal duplex for example, block wall is a dead load. Depending on the building design, the structural integrity of the building will be dependent on the walls. In this case the wall is part of the structure.

Dont forget that block wall is not the only partition type available.

My point is that the building design determines how it is built. My second point is that, in building 1-3 storeys, eccentricity of columns may not be a problem but when you go higher, column eccentricity is paramount. Eccentricity is the main reason why building frames is more difficult because level of accuracy must increase. You can build a single storey building by frame.

Have you heard of cranking of rebar. It is done where the eccentricity of column rebar has been missed. You cant get away with cranking in a high-rise frame structure. That will be a serious structural flaw that cant be ignored. Block wall in low rise buildings leads to eccentricity issues so you might wanna leave partitioning for later.

Also, because block wall is designed as imposed load, it is best practice load the structure only after concrete has cured for 28days.

rotecch77:
@Rubbish,in most home in nigeria we can't mentained wooden door (my own personal research) within few years you will see the door, sagging,cupping,decay, this also happend to some rooms doors also mostly match boarded doors, panel doors.
Thank God new innovations are in town now,

So to me you can use pvc doors ( but good one) Aluminium door, ( you can blend it with haco board or PERSPEX).

bixton:

Are you referring to something like this.

rotecch77:
@Rubbish,in most home in nigeria we can't mentained wooden door (my own personal research) within few years you will see the door, sagging,cupping,decay, this also happend to some rooms doors also mostly match boarded doors, panel doors.
Thank God new innovations are in town now,

So to me you can use pvc doors ( but good one) Aluminium door, ( you can blend it with haco board or PERSPEX).

Rubbiish:

Looks like wooden door