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We are at the lintel level

abdulwastecx:
Check out the pics below sir.

These are the procedure
1. Open your windows/ doors.
2. Open another space on top of your window, this space should be about 1ft in height and should extend into adjacent wall by 18''minimum (450mm).
3. Place your reinforcement and make sure the height of link is less than 9'' ( to cater for the cover).
4. Board your lintel up to 9'', remaining 3''.
5. The 3'' space is used to cast the lintel

As you can see sir from the picture, I place a new column to the right hand side of the door so that the lintel can rest on it, the reason for that was that, there is an existing column that I don't want to chisel because it is an important column in the structure

johnson232:
but how can we pour the lintel, since there is no space on top? or we should destroy the whole blocks and reset on top of the new lintel?
hope u understand my explanation. and pls do mention me when u post the picture.

thanks.

Check out the pics below sir.

These are the procedure
1. Open your windows/ doors.
2. Open another space on top of your window, this space should be about 1ft in height and should extend into adjacent wall by 18''minimum (450mm).
3. Place your reinforcement and make sure the height of link is less than 9'' ( to cater for the cover).
4. Board your lintel up to 9'', remaining 3''.
5. The 3'' space is used to cast the lintel

johnson232:
thanks alot sir..

as regard no 2, during my renovation, we introduced new doors and the site man said the block will serve as lintel. since it is dry, is this safe?

what do u say about starting columns that will support parapet from lintel?
will the pillars be strong enough?
thanks.

Please don't listen to him, put a lintel over any openings because that will always be a failure point. I will post a picture of a similar door openings done on a renovated work.

It is not advisable sir. If your building has no column before lintel, placing one after lintel will over stressed the sancrete block below and such will cause serious cracking or long time failure.

I will suggest you use polystyrene fascia

PeoplesArmy:
Hello House, how many trips of 20 ton trucks will I need to sandfill a 60 x 120 feet of land, assuming I will need to fill 4 feet of sand in the plot? Any help is appreciated!

In meters volume is 18m x 32m plan and depth of 1.2m.

Volume = 691.2cubic meters.
Assuming density of filled = 1.6tonnes /cubic meters
Weight of filled required before compaction = 1105.92tonnes.
Assuming a 20% allowance for shrinkage = 1.2 x 1105.92 =1327(approximately)

Number of trip for a 20tonnage vehicle = 1327/20 = 67 trips

Note: this is a conservative estimate

TLAX:
Yes o. I am taking serious online tutorials and practice on sketchup. Me sef i don tire to dey use hand draw before i explain am to people. serious progress made.

@Positive energy...Are you telling me? I love it and general can do spirits that flows here. It has kept me coming back to NL property section. I am sure build pictures will be on display in its own thread as soon as
progress is made.

Three D home is easier to use and allows clients to have a first hand knowledge of rough estimate of building materials.

EgunMogaji:
Wow ground has already been broken? Excellent.

This is why I like being here, there's positive energy and we seem to always push each other along.

You should leave the plan this way then because a spiral staircase will task the elderly too. Frankly this age issue is why I changed to a bungalow design.

You guys should share some build pictures if privacy allows.

Ok sir. I always like your idea, positive criticism which is good for business. I come online here to see something new from you. We will definitely share more built up pictures when we get to the site

About 75% up to window level. We have a small delay because of town planner people disturbance about approval which ongoing at the moment.

We are planning to get all the building up to window level tomorrow

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johnson232:
lolzzz...
u want to laugh me...

i have a question;

does doing chain lintel round a building have more advantage structurally to a building than the one done on top of each window and door?
someone said the chain lintel does not add anything, it is complete wastage of funds.
how true is this?

thanks.

Chain lintel is very advantageous to a building expecially when it is reinforced round the house.

It solve the following problem
1. It help prevent cracks which may occur at the point where the lintel stop if it is done individually on a lintel.

2. It make the house very flexible, this means you can create a new window openings or door opening without stress.

chubbyG:
Please i don't understand d estimating part I.e the 1506/50....1.6/10

1506 = density of cement
50 kg = weight of one bag of cement

1.6 = relative density of sharp sand

chubbyG:
Please /nr means......??

nr = means number of blocks

EgunMogaji:
Sorry, some other thoughts.

The steps seems overly grand for such a small structure. Consider a single flight or spiral staircase. You can also cantilever out about 2 feet from each side and get a little bit more space on the second floor.

Depending on the situation on the lot you may want to add a small cantilever balcony.

A single flight stair case is out of the equation because the space between the fence and the existing garage is only seven feet and since such stair will start from the back to the front, it will become too tight to enter the stair. Straight flight stair is not great for elderly since they cannot rest half way during flight.

At this point of the construction, a spiral stair will have to be made of steel because the ground floor garage has already been constructed.

Cantilevering is put of the equation because the ground floor of the garage has been deck already before this modifications.

johnson232:
bros take am easy make u for no tear your head o...

all these read read...

I want be like you sir

Proposed five bedroom duplex
Location : suleja, niger state.
Three dimensions designer : abdulwastecx, podosci and Abdulrahman
Size of plot : 100ft x 50ft.

msogunro:
You seem to be familiar with the Suleja area. If you are, maybe you can provide a rough estimate on how much it would be to build this if a 50x50 plot was purchased in that area?

You can put your mail forward

Ebi3go:
Thanks , all for all of your useful post and advice; i think i got the information i need, so i ill start const by next week.

All the best sir

Ebi3go:
Hi all, i and my friends just bought a land and plans to build a bungalow in it, i would want to know if its possible to build a bungalow from foundation to roofing level in just one month, my budget is roughly N4m in bank, Thanks

Ur advice is needed....

Yes you can easily do that with proper planning.

Day one:

get a good block maker close to your site and make payment for all the block you may need.

Procure your sand and gravel (the quantity will depend on the size of your bungalow).

Procure your cement, setting material etc.

Day two:
get you water source ready, get your busic tools like shovel, head pan, weighing balance, etc.

Procure other materials like polystyrene, dpc formwork

Notified your team about your readiness.

Day three : setting out.

Day four : excavation

Day five : foundation pegging

Day six and seven : casting of foundation footings

Week2:
All the foundation work(sub structure)
Filling
Compaction
Dpc construction.

Week 3.
All block work to lintel level.
Ring lintel
Additional two courses over the lintel
Head beam and concrete fascia of polystyrene fascia.

Week 4:
Roofing and noging

Miscellaneous:
Now how do I get books like this when it cannot be found in local bookshops and PDF seems nonexistent

Go to any higher of institutions near you sir. I still go to fut Minna to get some of my engineering books.

I wanted to build this on a 50 x 50ft but due to cost, decided to build a Bungalow

Itydee:
Thanks so much my good friend for the insights and teachings you have imparted on all of us on how to calculate and carry out analysis of the buildings we plan to erect in our respective locations.
May the Good Lord Bless you.
I have a problem I want you o help me solve.
I have a sketch to build a storey building of 8 Nos Single bedroom flat on a 15m x 30m plot of Land in Port Harcourt.
Kindly help me with a tentative cost estimate up to roofing level..
We will have 4 Nos single bedroom flat on the ground floor and on the top floor.
My Site Engineer is giving me outrageous figure and I fear there might be element of scam somewhere.

Ok you can send your drawings to my mail

mufutau55:
Wow! The house don ready o. God bless.

Hajji M.

Amin sir o

EgunMogaji:
Builders should have a basic quality level.

We're not talking about Corian counter tops or Egyptian marble floors.

Just give us razor straight walls, splash free painting on windows, doors, etc doors not opening into doors, squeezing mouse sized restrooms into every nook and corner, properly sloped floors, proper foundations, etc We shouldn't be discussing the properness of Egbosas foundation in Ajjah. The owner shouldn't be asking on a forum if what his builder did is right.

This is not directed at you.

But you do have a point because I think Skimanski can deliver something that I would accept but I can't afford his service so I went with Baba Biliki. The quality of work that Skimanski does should be the standard if we actually had a government inspection agency that took pride in their work.

I went through phases of inspection on some of my builds here with a hired 3rd party Inspector and we're always shocked to see what the mandatory city inspector still sees and ask the builder to correct. I'm talking things that are out by 1/8 of an inch, or wrong wood or something built different from what was approved, something as simple as carving out a closet in a free space.

We should stop blaming the clients and instead focus on an industry standard.

I think.

I am not really blaming the client but I believe all the stake holders have a role to play.

As was stated in your comments, there should be a minimum standard every builders/ architect /engineers etc should achieved in a building construction but the client will need to provide the minimum resources in place.

I believe all building are divided into this two broad category
1 . structural members.
2. Architectural
3. Servicing

1. How do you build a big structure without soil test?
I am sure most clients will not agree to carry out soil test before commencing a big project (one storey duplex and above).

2. How do you build any suspended floor ( one storey and above) without structural analysis and a detailed design of structural members. I am also aware that most client don't really consider that as important.

3.how many client can afford to all hollow sancrete block in a typical building with weak concrete.

4. How many can pay for a leveling operation to be carried out before building construction.

crisisng:
I will like to see how this goes. Cost wise and final outcome.

Our naija builders in the house. Take note oo. If you don't step up your game and bring your A game to the table your jobs will go to mexicans oo

Maybe some of Nigerian developers can't really pay much.

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EgunMogaji:
And if space permits include your LinkedIn profile.

OK sir, my oga

hopefulme:
Thanks. Does the price quotes on the materials extend to areas like kubwa and dutse.The prices seems reasonable. Great work bro

Some variations may occur bit it will be OK sir. Just contact me through the number or email below sir

hopefulme:
Can i use 6 inches block for my internal walls in a similar 3bedroom?

Yes sir

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