We restarted the painting of this house today, we are also doing the steps of these flats on the ground floor. More pictures later.

spyder880:


When done well, bamboo scaffolding can last for as long as 6 months, but it should be checked periodically for areas with weaker links and repaired.

Thank you engineer.

Is there anything I should look out for in the bamboo as yardstick for quality and durability?

somehow:

Thank you engineer.

Is there anything I should look out for in the bamboo as yardstick for quality and durability?

When I am buying bamboo for scaffolding, I look out for old bamboo. I call it old because young bamboo are usually hollow and easier to rot or spoil.

Old bamboos are those that has spent a lot of time alive, without being cut down. Many old bamboo wont have green colour on the base, they change colour to light green or even gray. Welcome Sir.

While installing the scaffolding, they should use 5" nail to nail them, and still use binding wire to tie it very well at the joining points and corners. This gives it more strength and stability.

spyder880:


When I am buying bamboo for scaffolding, I look out for old bamboo. I call it old because young bamboo are usually hollow and easier to rot or spoil.

Old bamboos are those that has spent a lot of time alive, without being cut down. Many old bamboo wont have green colour on the base, they change colour to light green or even gray. Welcome Sir.

While installing the scaffolding, they should use 5" nail to nail them, and still use binding wire to tie it very well at the joining points and corners. This gives it more strength and stability.

Great!

Thanks so much.

spyder880:
Inspection chambers for waste lines finished.........

love this low chamber, when the yard in level it will be almost invisible, good job

Building steps to climb into each flat and staircases.......

We restarted the painting of this house.......

Work on the deep well is also in progress.

spyder880:
Building steps to climb into each flat and staircases.......

these steps aren't placed well at all, it doesn't have a landing. How does one make the 90° turn before stepping into the floor slab.

vickzie:
these steps aren't placed well at all, it doesn't have a landing. How does one make the 90° turn before stepping into the floor slab.

We will work on the landing to make it wider, but placing them well will block the walkway and prevent others from walking to their own flats. I have already told my workers what I want them to do after inspecting the work. Thanks for the observation.

Completing the deep well today, the walls were cast all the way up with concrete

Painting the staircase today.......

Completing the staircase painting today........

Some random pictures from some different flats and rooms............

At random...........

Random........

Random

More at random..........

We are almost ready to come out and paint the outside walls.........

You're doing well.


Jisie ike

michlins:
You're doing well.


Jisie ike

Thank you bro.

spyder880:
More at random..........

Good delivery as expected.

The deep well as at today..........

We even hit coal

Enugu is sitting on billions of tons of coal.

Washing out some flats today.........

The staircase today, we will make this staircase to have only one colour.........

Starting the outside walls........

spyder880:
We even hit coal

Enugu is sitting on billions of tons of coal.

Chief, this stuffs looks like ulor, I don't know if I'm right with the Igbo spellings, but it's gotten when you dig wells also

spyder880:
We even hit coal

Enugu is sitting on billions of tons of coal.

wow as shallow as this Well is. God really blessed this country, can you imagine what will happen to our development if government let every state to manage its resources. God knows what we have under the earth in commercial quantity around the country.

spyder880:
We even hit coal

Enugu is sitting on billions of tons of coal.

is this coal or soot

Coal is supposed to be harder

paschal47:




Chief, this stuffs looks like ulor, I don't know if I'm right with the Igbo spellings, but it's gotten when you dig wells also

yes sir. It's in abundance around Awka. Coal is supposed to look pitch black

michlins:
yes sir. It's in abundance around Awka. Coal is supposed to look pitch black

I totally agree with you, I see it around Awka all the time when the site workers start digging, don't know if it's only Awka though