Ileke-IdI:


Talk about lying. . . . lol. The irony of life.

mbatuku2:

Yeah. I'm sure that looking yourself in the face you knew what you said was oxymoronic, deliberating placing SE in the position of SW.

Ileke-IdI:


Will you go and sleep? Do you need apple sauce ni?

Ileke-IdI:


Last time I checked, zinc sheet rooftops were all over Nigeria, so try again.

What's Texas got to do with this? I'm not even in texas homie, checking again, my profile said "Ekiti".

We'll get there, but we've been getting there for 40 years now. I think people are still building new homes with these irritating rooftops.

Ikengawo:


look at the typical american home compared to the typical nigerian one. I can tell you it's cheaper to build the home above then your average lower income working class nigerian one because the americans build smarter

An american home is made of plastic, paper, wood, what is essentially chalk and nails.
the entire thing. For novelty they'll use brick to make it have a particular look, but the bricks are small, palm sized and cheap unlike the nigerian bricks which are giant, expensive (for a brick) and damn near impossible to move around without straining yourself.

the american brick can fit in one hand.

And i dont know why nigeria uses such ridiculous bricks because you have to use more sand and less cement to produce several that are that size. and factories can't produce them cause they're hard to transport.



the same dumb building goes into nigerian roofs. The American roof is paper tar and sand. That's it. How can weather destroy sand? which sand in front of your house has been destroyed before? Use common sense

Nigerians build homes like they're preparing for a train to run through them. In all reality you don't need such a bulky reinforced home. What what? so that it can echo? boko haram?



This is an american roof. It can endure more weather then what nigeria has ever experienced. It can go through hail, rain, sleet, snow, thunder, extreme cold, extreme heat, hurricane, tornado, etc because america gets all of that weather.

You don't need ugly sheet metal roofs that are expensive anyways. Wht not build the same thing out of plastic? what has your roof endured that plastic won't tolerate? rain?


the japanese build homes out of paper and there's no weather they endure that we don't. Did our ancestors not build roofs out of grass?

Ileke-IdI:
It's really irritating to look at.

I think it's about time to start outlawing it on home/building constructions.

Ikengawo:
If you can't afford to build a home don't build a home. It's that simple and it's unfortunate but that's the facts of life.
In Nigeria people that can't afford to build homes ties trash together in the middle of a pedestrian walk way and call it a home. that's insanity. Yes it's unfortunate for the poor but if you're poor you're poor, and you're going to have to find an alternative like renting an apartment.

here in the US most ppl can't afford to own a home. I feel it's not nigeria's fault though. People don't have access to loans in nigeria where in the US that's how 98% of ppl buy homes. The remaining 2% are over night billionaires, atheletes, stars and executives. Even doctors buy houses with loans here and they make several million naira annually.

Clay has been used as a roofing material since before the dawn of civilization. The clay products commonly found at archeological sites can be thousands of years old, and are a testament to the durability and long life of clay--two excellent qualities in a roofing material. Because clay tiles come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, and styles, you are likely to find a tile that suits your structure perfectly.
Insulating Properties
One of the advantages of clay tiles that has kept them a staple for centuries is the ability of clay to insulate, keeping inside temperatures warm in winter and cool in summer. Combined with a natural ability to reflect, instead of absorb, heat from the sun, clay tiles can reduce the energy required to maintain comfortable temperatures in your home. Clay roofs are very common in the American Southwest, where staying cool is in many areas a year-round battle. An additional advantage is that clay tiles allow air to circulate both above and below them, creating an insulating cushion of air between the tiles and the roof deck that further increases the insulating ability of the roof as a whole.

MacLovington: .

Ileke, are you going to give people money to replace those zinc roofing sheets all over Ibadan?

People can even build a house to live in and you're not happy. You want us to turn to Texas overnight, bah?

Na step by step o my dear, we'll get there one day. Amen.

yeye4live: I tink woven craft n clay shud b introduce bak

Ileke-IdI:
A nation that is un able to provide avoidable homes for it citizens . . . should not have this much oil

A nation that is un able to provide avoidable homes for it citizens . . . .should not have a president spending funds to take 106 crook politicians to Brazil.

A nation that is un able to provide avoidable homes for it citizens .. . .should not have politicians building mansions for themselves at home and international.

A nation that is un able to provide avoidable homes for it citizens . . . should not politicians illegally allocating lands to their family and friends.

A nation that is un able to provide avoidable homes for it citizens . . . .should not have crook politicians walking the street in broad daylight.


But guess what. . . .

Ileke-IdI:


Abeg which weather? US states along the equator (like Nigeria) use the same tar rooftops.

Pakavy: but different climates nah,US is in d temperate region while naija is in d tropics.d heat alone upnorth go melt d tar

Adeniyi A.:

guy, the remaining one in ur house don finish...

mbatuku2:

Abi o. Some people just want to do copycats without knowing if it's the best for them. No wonder you see some silly nigerians building houses with black roofs! You dont build houses with bad roofs (tar)in the tropics. Black body absorbs heat. You should build with a material that can reflect heat back to the atmosphere, not absorb it into the building.

Ileke-IdI:
It's really irritating to look at.

I think it's about time to start outlawing it on home/building constructions.

Ikengawo:
We're building hideous cities. If our cities were clean and used modern ideas the people would respect it and themselves a lot more. When people enter a clean bathroom they clean up any mess they may have made, when the enter a dirty one they'll piss anyhow and go home.

Ileke-IdI:
LOL . . . .

Nigeria should outlaw construct companies from using such zinc-whatever rooftops, but if the owners wants it by force, they should be given a time limit to replace their rooftops.

queensmith:

I'm not sure the homes in the US and the uk aren't built a particular way to conserve heat? That will definitely be a bad idea in Nigeria. But what you said about the bricks make alot of sense! Not actually a bad business idea too- green homes, save cash, save the earth make lots of money! lol

Abagworo: I don't often see new houses with corrugated iron nowadays. At least in Owerri and Port-Harcourt. Mostly what we call "step tiles" which consists of metals coated with silicon granules or Painted aluminium in some cases.

Ikengawo:

oboy it's not because of patriotism that you'll lie to yourself



this is a city in bhutan, which is several times poorer than nigeria



and this is Nigeria


We're building hideous cities. If our cities were clean and used modern ideas the people would respect it and themselves a lot more. When people enter a clean bathroom they clean up any mess they may have made, when the enter a dirty one they'll piss anyhow and go home.



Why do nigerians feel they're the only people alive that have to go through hardship. Is it cheap to buy a house anywhere? i'll tell you buying land and building a house is several times cheaper in Nigeria than in America. All these babalowos that come back from the US and build mansions, if you see the boxes they're living in and calling homes in the US you'll laugh, and this is with the same money. It's not cheap to build a home or buy one anywhere, but it's no excuse to keep rubbishing your country. If nigeria looked better people would behave better. Compare Onitsha street behavior to Abuja street behavior or Calabar street behavior to the was people act in Ibadan. Even look at the difference in people's behavior in Oshodi before and after the clean up.