Dominionng:




Please permit me to point some things out before a novice stumble on this thread and make a decision based on the quoted.

Is Wall Screeding mandatory in home finishing? NO!

Is it necessary? YES!

Without wall screeding, what options do I have? Paint your wall textcoat paint or normal emulsion paint and keep repainting after a couple of Christmas since Modern silk and decorative paints is a joke on a nak*d concrete background(even if Baba Lati the bricklayer spends a decade plastering it)

Probably the comment is meant for those building for commercial purpose? If not, who builds a home he wanna reside in and think of ROI? Not everyone want to build their home like a low-cost housing estate! Coz I will have few cash left if I purchase a salvage option doesn't make clean titles cars "sheer waste of money"

Whoever said main purpose of wall screeding is to have smooth walls?

After all...

Dominionng:

May God bless your wisdom Sir. You are PRETTY good with words, I give you that! Probably you missed the discussion topic which is "Wall Screeding being a sheer waste of fund", because the epistle up there still didn't defend that. That assumption is WRONG! not partially, but TOTALLY!

Like I said, what option do one have without a good wall screeding? Prep your wall, paint it textcoat or normal emulsion and move on. You'd still have a good night rest. Can modern faux painting be applied on a nak*d concrete wall even if it prepped for a decade? NO! Probably you wanna change the NO to YES and let's deliberate on that.

Forget the so called screeding people do on walls this days, with the right mix and application, do you know that POP wall screeding is fire and heat resistance? Probably the former doesn't count but the latter is the main reason why it's widely accepted in Africa, South America and India. To call that "a sheer waste of fund" is a joke!

On the average, 300k for a standard fully detached duplex and half of that for a 3 bedroom bungalow on projects that cost millions, with its advantages, a sheer waste of funds? Please Bros...

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Hajji M,

I have read where all our expert Builders (almost everyone of them) have pasted on their construction projects.. "Now we are into Screeding stage".

How come none of them can answer the question the gentle man asked?
I am trying to provoke someone to answer the question, though.

I have never done (that is if l even know) this thing they call "Screeding" in any of my builds but l do know that we use 'white chalk' (Efun, white plaster or what ever name you wish to call it) to paint the wall first, to allow the final colour to stand out.

That is an age-old tradition ..... but this "Screeding" term got me all confused so, l need help there too.
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Dominionng:

On the average, 300k for a standard fully detached duplex and half of that for a 3 bedroom bungalow on projects that cost millions, with its advantages, a sheer waste of funds? Please Bros...

Coincidentally, we deliberated on this on a thread few weeks back. These were my replies to some comments. Will be back to answer questions.

befto:
Haji M, You be Minister already ooo. We know your scope

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Hajji M,

I have read where all our expert Builders (almost everyone of them) have pasted on their construction projects.. "Now we are into Screeding stage".

How come none of them can answer the question the gentle man asked?
I am trying to provoke someone to answer the question, though.

I have never done (that is if l even know) this thing they call "Screeding" in any of my builds but l do know that we use 'white chalk' (Efun, white plaster or what ever name you wish to call it) to paint the wall first, to allow the final colour to stand out.

That is an age-old tradition ..... but this "Screeding" term got me all confused so, l need help there too.

@lastpage I am really shocked that every one dey bone that question. My worry is that the burning statement came from someone I know is quite involved in building...but the beauty and smoothness of it entices me.


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I actually dont mind folks "calling me out" .....as far as they are objective and factual about it.

This my coconut head may even need replacement one of these days, so maybe they would be doing me a favour, by doing that!

"Screeding" Experts, make una come assist us for these B.I.G Kweshion! I am not a screeding fan as i consider it to be a waste once one buys good plaster sand, mix 10 pan of plaster sand with 2 of sharp to 1 bag of cement and makes sure the plasterer makes it 1
inch thick I don't know why you would then need to screed on top of that.



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Dominionng:




Coincidentally, we deliberated on this on a thread few weeks back. These were my replies to some comments. Will be back to answer questions.

EgunMogaji:
Am I the only one thoroughly confused about this?

Someone should please explain in an elementary manner and preferably with pictures

brabus:


Screeding in pics below. We screed because of imperfections and also for same reasons drywalls/plasterboards were used by you guys to achieve a smooth surface.

Some pics of before and after

abdulwastecx:
plastering can also be done to be very smooth that you may not need to screed the wall.
here are some pics from my ongoing renovation work

abdulwastecx:
plastering can also be done to be very smooth that you may not need to screed the wall.
here are some pics from my ongoing renovation work

abdulwastecx:
plastering can also be done to be very smooth that you may not need to screed the wall.
here are some pics from my ongoing renovation work

brabus:


We're not contesting that but definitely you're not planning to use Dulux sheen in the wall. If you're doing finecoat, you're may be fine.

I won't forget how this caused big trouble between myself and a Nairaland client on a renovation project.

He was so happy with the rooms we Screeded but the ones we painted without screeding nearly caused me my life until we fixed everything.

We've gone past those experiment stage. If you're not screeding, just get your emulsion and texcoat paints jeje.

EgunMogaji:


I like this and wouldn't even mind leaving the concrete finish and just applying sealer if done right.

If money wasn't an object I would have used a concrete pour for the entire building from foundation.

EgunMogaji:


I like this and wouldn't even mind leaving the concrete finish and just applying sealer if done right.

If money wasn't an object I would have used a concrete pour for the entire building from foundation.

EgunMogaji:


So there's an option.

Can you show pictorial evidence of the difference from the collection?

EgunMogaji:


So there's an option.

Can you show pictorial evidence of the difference from the collection?

brabus:


Option 2: Special Painting

Who needs screeding when you have this type of paints? And they last forever.

befto:
Oga Brabus.
What kind/type of pain is this? I like this

brabus:


Option 2: Special Painting

Who needs screeding when you have this type of paints? And they last forever.

EgunMogaji:


That is what we would call stucco over here.

EgunMogaji:


That is what we would call stucco over here.

brabus:


Yes, there are lot of options but just as there's a big difference between heaven and earth, the difference between them is so clear.

Option 1: Bricklayer Rendering and Emulsion Paint.

I'll choose this option when considering fence, maintenance room, store, and other rooms alike. However, I'll do my best to make the finish look good with FEW decorative designs and blend of other elements such that whoever is looking at the painting won't see any imperfection.

Compare the 2 fences below, painted by the same Painter. We use the same paint but different design. Which one will you choose?

brabus:


Now you know! All these special paints are available here in Nigeria. I wonder why we don't have many of these guys displaying their jobs on Nairaland.