Hello great professional builders/ engineers/...

Over to you as regards the topic. Your expert views and experience will be highly appreciated.

Which one pays off between moulding blocks d buying blocks for a house project.

LET'S roll.

Moulding is far better. Speaking frm personal experience, you might be charged 12_ 15 naira per a block depending on your location. Dnt require a lot of water except when watering the blocks for firmness. No matter the price of sand. It is far better. The only thing is yur time and convinience

Mould your blocks.

Personally, I'll recommend you mould. Get people who can give you a good mix, its way better and less expensive... Plus you will get stronger blocks at lesser costs.

Josnac:
Personally, I'll recommend you mould. Get people who can give you a good mix, its way better and less expensive... Plus you will get stronger blocks at lesser costs.

Are you a professional in block making? Please help us explain the processes involve in block making.

How many block per bag of cement, how many head pans of sand, type of suitable sand, how many required turn time, water process and other factors are expected to be explained

Takoro13:

Are you a professional in block making? Please help us explain the processes involve in block making.

How many block per bag of cement, how many head pans of sand, type of suitable sand, how many required turn time, water process and other factors are expected to be explained

Lol
Well, first off, I'm not a block moulder but a Structural Engineer and I happen to have worked with probably a lot of blocks from block industries and trust me, each and every one of them is strictly profit oriented as in every business venture...and as such, the quality isn't always as great as when you get moulders and pay them to do it at your site, good moulders oo.

You can get someone who would mould, for instance, 45 blocks of 5inches/ bag for like 700-800/bag and trust me, if the moulders know their onions, it will beat anything you can get from the block industries.. Apologies to block industry owners here, I'm not trying to ruin your business.

The number of blocks per bag will strictly depend on your desired quality.. I personally have seen a man build a bungalow with 6inch blocks moulded at 20-22/bag, yea it was a nightmare for bricklayers to cut but that was his choice.
As for sand, very sharp sand is ideal.

Then turning and water will all depend on who you give the stuff to mould, the man who moulded mine na one old papa wey be baba for area, you know like, people commends his work a lot..just look around your environment and also ask around, I'm sure you can get someone to give you what you desire.

Josnac:


Lol
Well, first off, I'm not a block moulder but a Structural Engineer and I happen to have worked with probably a lot of blocks from block industries and trust me, each and every one of them is strictly profit oriented as in every business venture...and as such, the quality isn't always as great as when you get moulders and pay them to do it at your site, good moulders oo.

You can get someone who would mould, for instance, 45 blocks of 5inches/ bag for like 700-800/bag and trust me, if the moulders know their onions, it will beat anything you can get from the block industries.. Apologies to block industry owners here, I'm not trying to ruin your business.

The number of blocks per bag will strictly depend on your desired quality.. I personally have seen a man build a bungalow with 6inch blocks moulded at 20-22/bag, yea it was a nightmare for bricklayers to cut but that was his choice.
As for sand, very sharp sand is ideal.

Then turning and water will all depend on who you give the stuff to mould, the man who moulded mine na one old papa wey be baba for area, you know like, people commends his work a lot..just look around your environment and also ask around, I'm sure you can get someone to give you what you desire.

Thanks sr. I understand your block is not hollow block we use here. Though depend on your chose but we prefer 35-40 per bag for 9" and 45-50 for 6". Please let your moulder turn the sand like three/four hands for good result and must be thoroughly and periodically wet.

Takoro13:

Thanks sr. I understand your block is not hollow block we use here. Though depend on your chose but we prefer 35-40 per bag for 9" and 45-50 for 6". Please let your moulder turn the sand like three/four hands for good result and must be thoroughly and periodically wet.

45-50 blocks/bag of 6"
Really??, how strong can that be??

Josnac:


45-50 blocks/bag of 6"
Really??, how strong can that be??

Is never a crime to go for that number if your sharp sand is sharp enough but is advisable to go low as 40 for better safety.

I will answer the question this way.

Buying and moulding both have their benefits and disadvantages. For example, It's better to buy blocks if you have a limited time to execute the project and have a desired target in mind as moulding takes time to mould and set and there is a limit to what your moulder can produce a day. You can hasten the process by hiring a series of moulders to work concurrently to ensure you meet up.

That said, moulding offers you the advantage of giving you what you want either in terms of quality or quantity or in terms of cost savings as it's cheaper.

So depends on you bro. If you are not in a hurry go for moulding but even with that you have to be vigilant to avoid being short-changed by your moulder who may seek to steal your cement by moulding more than the agreed amount of blocks per bag to save cement to sell off and add to his profit.