spyder880:

@Rastaman20, that wood is the 'agba gum' the saw mill cut version of it. The ones cut locally are not as wide in width as these ones I bought. This wood is stronger than some decking woods.

rastaman20:

@spyder880.Among the two, which one is the best??

spyder880:

The orji wood is not always used to do deckings and lintels in a house, the orji wood is mostly used by furniture makers who use them to make chairs and strong cabinets or many other forms of wood work. The price is high and thats why builders avoid it and use other substitutes which will hold the deck.

The agba wood is very strong. There are various species of the agba wood, we have the
agba gum
agba white
agba red (also used by furniture makers, price as of yesterday is N800)

I prefare to use the agba gum because it is very thick and can be reused several times. It is this agba gum that I used to do deck in my house but its very expensive at the market I bought then. I bought my own for N750 and this one I found for N600 in another distant market. Agba will do this decking very well.

spyder880:

The carpenters are still doing this deck. I want them to be slow and sure of the quality, more pictures by tomorrow. We intend to start doing the staicase and archs by saturday, meanwhile we have to start the projecting deck as soon as possibe. There will be 2 pillars outside the house, we already have the baskets for the pillars made and ready for use. We only need to buy a few rods to form the pillar rods then these carpenters can box he rods with wood and we can then stand the outer pillars. I am still contemplating either to stand the pillar with a POP designed pillar or just cast an 8" x 8" concrete cast and then do the deck, later on we can choose the good POP designs and coat the Unclad pillars. I will discuss this with my client later on.

johnboyy:

Greetings Oga Spider and fellow students.

I stumbled on this thread a short while ago and tell you what, I'm now emboldened to finally get that retirement home done in Enugu.

Oga Spider, thank you for your time and willingness to share with us:

May I take the liberty to contact you in the coming days?.