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laudate:
It is time to revive this thread again. Now that price of cement has gone up, everyone is looking for alternatives. Someone posted this remark recently, on another thread.


I want to know if this chap's estimate of 5 million will cover the building of a 3-bedroom bungalow using stabilised laterite bricks. Where is Godspikin, please?

mynd44, lalasticlala can we move this to the front page? We need ideas on alternative building materials.

It is very possible, very very possible. BUT there don't seem to be much experience people who know how to building using red brick. I have always nursed the idea of using red bricks to build house at 50% cut off on current concrete blocks.

A lot of our old houses were built using mud, including story buildings that are still in existence today. You wouldn't know they are mud houses except they tell you. But why would Nigerian neglect using it just shows the sickening bandwagon mentality that has eating us all. Most of the things we do is BECAUSE other people are doing it, not because it is right or because we BENEFIT any visible thing. Most people use Toyota because it is very common as lot and lots of other Nigerians are using it. Do you know that Nissan is cheaper and as rugged as Toyota, even Volks Passat?

When I look at the westerner we like to imitate for every damn thing, come and see what they magically do with red bricks. Search the internet and beautiful houses built using red bricks but here we like to feel pompous.

The fastest way to build ...
https://www.nairaland.com/1233943/contact-us-electrical-mechanical-plumbing/15

Fellow Nairalanders,please I need your help.I'm a seventeen year old guy in secondary school,a boarding one at that but I have a problem,the fear to talk to girls or associate with them.I'm the gentle type but I'm always scared to just talk to a girl.And it really affects me.There was a time I and a girl were chosen for competition.As we were being questioned,I couldn't even ask for her opinions before answering because of the fear.Please what are your opinions and way out to this?Thanks.

happney65:
I used laterite to fill up my land and level it up after the Foundation..It now goes for 17,000 per truck and i bought 5 trucks.Excluding the Price for Labour which was over 50K for filling.However i do not support using it for building...It does not look good enough to me jare..

People in developed worlds use it, they also use woods to build houses. Are they stupid for using such or is Nigeria much richer than them?

The problem I feel we have here is that we do not have good hands that know how bring out the beauty of red bricks.

[[color=#000099][/color]This is really an eye opener. Tnx op

For your red bricks (laterite as d main ingredient) building... contact us today... check the link below.



https://www.nairaland.com/2818337/why-should-use-red-bricks

contact us for the supply of granites,sharp & plaster sand.Also for all types of filling sand for your sand filling jobs in lekki or any location in Lagos.

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30 tons trucks are also available for haulage and delivery of the materials.

This article was originally posted in 2013, just incase you cared to notice.

Hmmm. Long read.
I concur. With the cost of building growing exponentially, we really need to consider alternative designs, use of materials and methods. Its unfortunate that an average nigerian doesn't appreciate the beauty, durability and functionality of a building if building it is cheaper than the average, built using locally sourced materials and/or built using other unique methods other than the usual cement-block method.
We need to appreciate the power of simple plans yet having contemporary facades, eliminating or converting dead spaces for other use, use of certain materials locally sources cos they do the job fabulously.

Why build a house that is so large? Why not build spaces as to be used
Not many designers and owners realize they spent a lot in building spaces that turn out to be dead spaces
Our love for partitions has succeeded in fattening our budget n creating a wrong psychological effect on occupants
There are building methods that cost far less than using blocks and sand. If our schools and homes were build using some of these methods, many ppl would have been labdlords by now. Building using SIP, sandbags, wood, container designs come to mind
Finally, ppl all over the world are cutting cost by building "tiny houses". These has proven to cut down the budget by a little more than 50% depending. I discussed this with family and friends, even ventured to try and build one just to make a statement. But I learnt something- here in Africa, we will call you cheap if you dont go conventional... we ll call you stingy if you buy only what you need. We ll call you jobless if you try to fix things by yourself. We ll call you poor if your house is small, affordable and concise abd we ll call you other derogatory names if you use locally sourced materials n methods.

The above are built with stabilized laterite here in cross River state. The builder works nationwide

laudate:
It is time to revive this thread again. Now that price of cement has gone up, everyone is looking for alternatives. Someone posted this remark recently, on another thread.


I want to know if this chap's estimate of 5 million will cover the building of a 3-bedroom bungalow using stabilised laterite bricks. Where is Godspikin, please?

mynd44, lalasticlala can we move this to the front page? We need ideas on alternative building materials.

You can do a 3-bedroom with 5 million naira... Very possible.

swagifted:
This article was originally posted in 2013, just incase you cared to notice.

But a lot of the points raised in it, from beginning till date are still quite valid. Cost of cement has gone up, yet alternative building methods are NOT being explored. And the housing deficit in Nigeria exceeds 17 million houses annually. What is the way forward? we need to keep debating and searching for viable solutions, in order to make progress.

Glomorte:
Fellow Nairalanders,please I need your help.I'm a seventeen year old guy in secondary school,a boarding one at that but I have a problem,the fear to talk to girls or associate with them.I'm the gentle type but I'm always scared to just talk to a girl.And it really affects me.There was a time I and a girl were chosen for competition.As we were being questioned,I couldn't even ask for her opinions before answering because of the fear.Please what are your opinions and way out to this?Thanks.

Does this look like the romance section or health section of NL, to you? Or are you just being deliberately mischievous by posting a non-related comment on a thread like this one?

mallamabank:
The above are built with stabilized laterite here in cross River state. The builder works nationwide

Nice Samples..My only question is..
can they be as durable as concrete-built houses (do they last longer?)

fxbot:
It is very possible, very very possible. BUT there don't seem to be much experience people who know how to building using red brick. I have always nursed the idea of using red bricks to build house at 50% cut off on current concrete blocks.

A lot of our old houses were built using mud, including story buildings that are still in existence today. You wouldn't know they are mud houses except they tell you. But why would Nigerian neglect using it just shows the sickening bandwagon mentality that has eating us all. Most of the things we do is BECAUSE other people are doing it, not because it is right or because we BENEFIT any visible thing. Most people use Toyota because it is very common as lot and lots of other Nigerians are using it. Do you know that Nissan is cheaper and as rugged as Toyota, even Volks Passat?

When I look at the westerner we like to imitate for every damn thing, come and see what they magically do with red bricks. Search the internet and beautiful houses built using red bricks but here we like to feel pompous.

You are so-oo right! In fact, with all the universities that we currently have, I would have expected them to conduct more research into how to make stabilised mud bricks stronger and safer for use, in addition to how to mass produce such blocks for affordable housing programmes.

State govts should start insisting on using these laterite bricks and mud blocks for mass hosing projects wherever possible, in order to popularise its use, and bring costs down. They should also partner with organisations like Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) etc, in order to train artisans, builders, brick layers & others on standard best building practice, so they can acquire relevant skills in construction of houses using stabilised laterite bricks and mud blocks.

laudate:


But a lot of the points raised in it, from beginning till date are still quite valid. Cost of cement has gone up, yet alternative building methods are NOT being explored. And the housing deficit in Nigeria exceeds 17 million houses annually. What is the way forward? we need to keep debating and searching for viable solutions, in order to make progress.

red bricks ti take over

mallamabank:
The above are built with stabilized laterite here in cross River state. The builder works nationwide

Hi, are those stabilised laterite blocks mass produced, or are they moulded one-by-one from the laterite on ground, at the project site? Kindly confirm. And are each of those blocks mixed with cement, when they are being made?

topsy23:
oNigerite is using the same method to build house in Nigeria. There is a completed project in portharcourt rumuji area. No stress and very fast. 3bedeoom flat can be deliver within 2weeks. There is another on-going project with the same method along Lekki -Ajah road immediately after the second toll gate. We handle Electrical and plumbing installations for them.

I have posted one of the pictures here, so that we can see exactly what it looks like. But how durable is it? It looks as if the walls are thin and can easily be pierced or shattered by a sharp object. Or am I wrong?

What about the interior? Is it insulated? What material are the boards made of? Won't it get too hot inside the building?

Would these Nigerite houses be as strong as those built with laterite bricks or stabilised mud blocks? Kindly read up more about houses built with stabilised laterite blocks on this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/3142733/building-interlocking-bricks-photos/2#down .

Here is another thread that deals with construction works: https://www.nairaland.com/1376075/alternative-building-technology-application-nigerian

jojoki:
I used the Hydroform Bricks materials for a clinic construction like 3 years ago. It was a wonderful experience then

laudate:
Are those the pictures of the clinic? Wow! Nice!! Can you kindly give a rough estimate of the budget spent on the building then? We can adjust for inflation and run the current numbers, to see if it beats using the wet construction method. What was your experience on site, using these laterite bricks?

@Jojoki, can you kindly respond please?

demovertion:
the high number of Nigerians who don’t own a home. A recent study confirmed that over 70% of Nigerians, particularly residents of Lagos, continue to live in rented properties. Affordability remains the biggest problem as many people, despite having decent jobs and a fair income, cannot afford the high-interest mortgages offered by Banks.
This your chance!!!
Not all of us will be millionaire or billionaire but, with this bizz we can create more middle class.
By using laterite 80% 10-20% cement with give you solid bricks.
With machine below.

Hi demovertion, hope you are doing good. I had to move your post from here: https://www.nairaland.com/2970495/quotation-right-2-bedroom-apartment/3#43503422 down to this thread. Hope you don't mind. Did your firm build this brick house shown below? If the answer is yes, can you give an estimated cost of the whole project? How much cheaper was it to build, using stabilised laterite bricks as compared to the normal sandcrete blocks?

laudate:


I have posted one of the pictures here, so that we can see exactly what it looks like. But how durable is it? It looks as if the walls are thin and can easily be pierced or shattered by a sharp object. Or am I wrong?

What about the interior? Is it insulated? What material are the boards made of? Won't it get too hot inside the building?

Thanks for the pictures, You later copied them from the link. The external wall is not something that water can easily damage. The external wall look like a solid materials that is water resistance. The inner wall is like a plaster board that looks like normal block wall after screeding. You can hardly differentiate the wall from normal block wall.
The board is also manufactured by Nigerite. Guarantee will be given to the client after completion but with condition anyway.

The house look like what they build in oversea after completion.

Below is the link for people that are yet check.

https://www.nairaland.com/1233943/contact-us-electrical-mechanical-plumbing/15.


Note: We only handle the Electrical and Plumbing installations for them. and the installation requires a technicality.

Thanks

Godspikin:
For your red bricks (laterite as d main ingredient) building... contact us today... check the link below.



https://www.nairaland.com/2818337/why-should-use-red-bricks

nice. From your experience, what will it cost to build a 4 bedroom bungalow with red bricks ? I need to follow you.

Godspikin:
For your red bricks (laterite as d main ingredient) building... contact us today... check the link below.



https://www.nairaland.com/2818337/why-should-use-red-bricks

Good day,
Please, how can I contact you? This is my email if you don't mind "tolaaries@gmail.com"
Thaks

tkObserver:



Good day,
Please, how can I contact you? This is my email if you don't mind "tolaaries@gmail.com"
Thaks

I have sent a response to your email

The best place to buy burnt bricks and get it acroos to your construction site is at LImult.com.

You can buy burnt bricks from from LImult by visiting http://limult.com/product/buy-high-quality-local-burnt-bricks-l230-h125-w100-bulk-building/ to buy.

Minimum order quantity is 4000 pieces.

Bricks are cheaper and far more stronger.

www.limult.com is Nigeria's No 1 online seller for clay products especially bricks.

Godspikin:
I have sent a response to your email

Can you share pictures of your new projects with us? And please let us know how much it would cost to build a 3-bedroom block of 4 flats. Thanks.

I think it's more suitable for Bungalows, may not be ideal for large scale construction like Duplex

laudate:


Hi demovertion, hope you are doing good. I had to move your post from here: https://www.nairaland.com/2970495/quotation-right-2-bedroom-apartment/3#43503422 down to this thread. Hope you don't mind. Did your firm build this brick house shown below? If the answer is yes, can you give an estimated cost of the whole project? How much cheaper was it to build, using stabilised laterite bricks as compared to the normal sandcrete blocks?

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Hello to you @laudate

I discovered that the picture of the house that you attached to
your February 2017 post is from AUSTRALIA.

====> http://www.legobrickmachine.com/pic/?67.html

Do you know if these people have an office in Nigeria
where they carry out construction work for clients?

Do you have their direct office contact in Nigeria if
they have an office in the country?

It seems like they have a presence in Benin Republic
from the picture of some of their completed works.
===>http://www.legobrickmachine.com/uploadfile/2015710125524244.jpg


The finishing of those brick houses look very good.



Thanks a lot!

All the best to you.

Happy Sunday to you all