FastShipping:
Having a laundry room between kitchen and dining room is something I have never seen done before. Consider moving the dining close to the kitchen. A dining room should not be that far away from the kitchen.

abdulwastecx:
here is the floor plan

erico2k2:

there are two flaws in your floor plans Oga mufutau already spoted the lack of window in the master B/room WC, the next flaw is that your dinning area is far from your kitchen,it requires food to come out of kitchen unto living area then to dinning area.The reason open plan kitchen came i nto be was to address this issue,I recon you should adjust your plan so that the laundry room goes behind the kitchen and the kitchen is adjacent to the living room and just behind the dinning area, you can make it open plan with arch opening or just put a door to seal out smell and frying smoke,wh yah say

FastShipping:
Having a laundry room between kitchen and dining room is something I have never seen done before. Consider moving the dining close to the kitchen. A dining room should not be that far away from the kitchen.

FastShipping:


As a matter of fact, the whole plan is flawed. The laundry room should not be anywhere near the kitchen or living room. The laundry room should be close to the bedrooms in the building. How can one bring out dirty clothes from the room and pass through the living room and kitchen before getting to the laundry room? He should scrapped the closet in-between the two small rooms and create a laundry room there. A closet can be re-created for the small room by cutting part of the kitchen space.

abdulwastecx:
Good evening room, I am about to start the construction of a three bedroom flat for a a nairalander in Port Harcourt. I find it interesting to share the cost analysis, some small structural design procedure and construction process so that other prospective building owner can contributes and also learn from the job

erico2k2:

I agree with you to some extent however, the idea of laundry room close to the bedroom would be a no brainier, ie imagine the washing machine spinning to dry at 11pm, too noisy ,if you check most new built houses in the west, washing machine is in the kitchen under the kitchen work. as for the *bringing dirty clothes through the living room to the laundry * you got me choking , I would like to think there is such thing as laundry basket.But on a serious note, he does need to do some changes, I will upload my plans here too, mayB you guys can check for fault as well cos two heads are way better than one.

FastShipping:


I know in Europe they do have laundry built in the kitchen. In the U.S, we normally have it in a separate room close to bedrooms. U.S homes have laundry rooms. I have never seen a house in the U.S with laundry in the kitchen. About doing laundry at 11pm, why would anyone do laundry at 11pm? Laundry is something normally done mostly on weekend mornings till afternoon.

Mgbadike80:
to u all, u need to know that the average Nigerian is secretive with knowledge which why u hardly see any floor plans on this board, even the legendary Spyder880 now hoards building plans which is quite pathetic. the most painful part is that almost all who posted their building plans have it criticized and improved upon
so based on that this young man should be praised for rising above the common idiosyncrasy of our fold by releasing this floor plan online. the simple trusth of the matter is that the plan is ok as it is, it can become better by either interchanging the position of the kitchen with the laundry room or combining the kitchen together with the laundry room. this second option would allow him to obtain a three or four feet deep veranda at the back of the kitchen if he so choose. the real problem with the plan is that it lacks d ability for someone to move from the bedroom to the kitchen without been seen by guests in the living room. but that shortcoming is the price for a compact plan that would be affordable to build.

abdulwastecx:


225mm head course, means a 9" concrete beam place ontop of the building serving as the final course to receive the roofing truss ( tie beam and rafter).

Light reinforcement means Nominal reinforcement ( a minimum reinforcement of say 2Y10 down and 2Y12 up), though you need the 1/8 iron tie rods spaced @ 4ft (1.2m) center to tie the roof truss to the building.

Concrete foundation footing is what people commonly or mistakenly called blinding.
Blinding is a weak concrete no necessarily of the strength of the main structural member intended to protect, which help protect such member from the surface of the soil below.
Concrete strip footing can be define as a type of shallow foundation ( shallow foundation <= width or with depth < = 1.5m) which carries uniformly distributed load ( load from load bearing partition walls). we have normal strip and wide strip ( due too poorer soil and low bearing capacity),, wide strip requires reinforcement against shear stress.

abdulwastecx:


I love the criticism and i think they are all positive.
with regards to the laundry position, i think i will change it to make the kitchen closer to the dining area.

Introduction of additional wall to make solve that problem will render the living small small and will make that area very dark since natural light will hardly come in due to lack of window

Mgbadike80:
i love ur humility, excellent cost analysis and ability to take criticism very well.i hope we can work on something in d future.

snakebeat:

Nice analysis sir.
So it means foundation footings should be done after blinding, but most people lay foundation blocks on the blinding, without any foundation footing. Does this have any serious structural implication on the building? & what is the purpose of blinding? Since both blinding & footings are concrete?
Thanks.

abdulwastecx:


blinding : blinding should be done before main concrete footing, its made of weaker concrete to protect the main foundation footing from adverse soil condition like moisture. It's commonly used on reinforced concrete foundation like pad footings, reinforced wide strip, raft foundation etc.
For a strip foundation without reinforcement ( iron bar) no blinding is really needed

snakebeat:

U're good sir...
Are u done with the school project?
No more update...

cooldudeng:
Booked!

FastShipping:


I know in Europe they do have laundry built in the kitchen. In the U.S, we normally have it in a separate room close to bedrooms. U.S homes have laundry rooms. I have never seen a house in the U.S with laundry in the kitchen. About doing laundry at 11pm, why would anyone do laundry at 11pm? Laundry is something normally done mostly on weekend mornings till afternoon.

Mgbadike80:
to u all, u need to know that the average Nigerian is secretive with knowledge which why u hardly see any floor plans on this board, even the legendary Spyder880 now hoards building plans which is quite pathetic. the most painful part is that almost all who posted their building plans have it criticized and improved upon
so based on that this young man should be praised for rising above the common idiosyncrasy of our fold by releasing this floor plan online.

sule4:

Everyone needs to slow down on the criticisms. In the U.S! Seriously! My laundry is right after my kitchen. I'll show you many 6 and 7 bedroom homes, with two living rooms with that same pattern. The Plan in my opinion, needs the living room closer to the kitchen and ventilation system in the masters bathroom. Since there's no steady electricity supply in Nigeria, that might mean a window.
This young man is open hearted; let's not try only see flaws in his work without appreciating his creativity. There's no such thing as impeccable/ perfect, except for fissions.

PHfinest:


Some of the criticisms were hash but in defence of chief Abdul u threw a few punches below the belt of another Nairalander doing a good Job.

These builders work for clients and will need their permission to release floor plans. I for one will not grant such for security reasons.

FastShipping:


Okay if your kitchen is after your kitchen. Is your laundry in between your kitchen and dining room too? Some of you think making a constructive contribution is synonymous to criticism. No one here has criticized the young man.

Go ahead and post your 6, 7 bedroom home plans with laundry situated beside or inside the kitchen itself.

FastShipping:


As a matter of fact, the whole plan is flawed. .

FastShipping:


As a matter of fact, the whole plan is flawed. The laundry room should not be anywhere near the kitchen or living room. The laundry room should be close to the bedrooms in the building. How can one bring out dirty clothes from the room and pass through the living room and kitchen before getting to the laundry room? He should scrapped the closet in-between the two small rooms and create a laundry room there. A closet can be re-created for the small room by cutting part of the kitchen space.

PHfinest:


The above sounds harsh to some of us.

sule4:

Please reread where I said the dining area should be closer to the living room.
Put up your own email address here, let me send you pictures. Abdul is doing a great job, just putting up with some of y'all. Believe it or not, he's an intelligent and patient man. I I'm Not.