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itswell1:
Is this not gravel in finer sizes?

well, it's called different things in different parts of the country but i think the proper name is dug gravel. do you have any experience with its use?

engineer Abdul wasiu, I'm seeing you and i know that this material is commonly used in some parts of Niger state so please kindly offer your opinion if you can.

dear members, peace be unto this house, please do any of you know what the sand shown in the attached picture is called and what its made use of in a building with satisfactory result, your views are highly needed.please nairaland builders say a word on this, it's very important.

comprende:
I would appreciate some professional guidance from the house please.

How many coaches should be laid after lintel. My engineer said three coaches inside and two on the outside walls.

I am worried cos I don't want the ceiling to become too low after POP might have been done. If a ceiling fan is installed, an adult raising up his/her hand should not be hit by the rotating blades.

Experienced builders, Kindly help. How many coaches should be laid to provide sufficient clearance?

and lest i forget, you can use pop ceiling and ceiling fan together if your ceiling is high enough, some even use four block courses, please Google for oluwa champion/ iamalone hto see where four courses was used after lintel here in nairaland.

comprende:
Thank you sir!

As for the pillars, I am not a building professional so it wasn't my idea, but was advised to include pillars cos of the weight of the roof. Also, you will notice that the house is narrow and long. So that also contributed to pillars being included.

first i would advice you to go with three courses of block, because of pop, secondly, a house with high ceilings would definitely be cooler than one with a low ceiling according to simple physics, third, you used pillars on your house because you would be installing parapet/concrete fascia which is very heavy because it's made from reinforced concrete, that's probably why your builder asked you to use two blocks on the outside walls since the concrete fascia would act as the third wall, you can crosscheck this with your builder since only him knows his reason.

i see nothing wrong in the action of the villagers, Fulani herdsmen dressed in military camouflage have been robbing and kidnapping people along the highways in nsukka enugu state for about five years now. rip to those that died in the miss up.

Xtopher123:
Something is cooking for another Nairalander

nice designs

opal4real:
Nice one.

The lintel is not all round unless you are posting a different pix.

Also German floor is advisable whether dry or not. I'm having issues with my tenants because I bought a house that was built without a German floor and it's on dry land but the walls keeps peeling and cracking despite all effort. I keep renovating before a new tenant moves in and I've left it vacant for 6 months now until I get a permanent solution or probably resell it.

your major problem is that you did not use a damp proof membrane, it's a polyethylene like water proof material spread on the foundation after compaction. i consider that more important than a German floor in preventing dampness.

bashorunbazok:
Many people are blinded with hatred. Did he not order thesame for Christians going on pilgrimage recently?


President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N160 to $1 exchange rate for the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission’s (NCPC) operations.

The commission’s Executive Secretary, John Keneddy-Opara, told State House correspondents after briefing Buhari on the commission’s activities at the State House, Abuja.

He said: “As you are aware, he has approved $1 to N160 for the conventional exchange rate for this pilgrimage operation and he also agreed that he will continue to encourage us, particularly as we drive to ensure self-sustenance, to make sure that the pilgrims are able to pay for the pilgrimages by removing government sponsorship.

“This is a journey and we are sure that we are going to succeed. So, he was very happy with the entire process. We are praying that God will help us to be a source of strength to Mr.

President, so that the Federal Government and states will spend the necessary resources on other things while the pilgrimage is self-funding as time goes on.

“We are already running four pilgrimages in one year. The first is the Easter pilgrimage, which has passed, the Youth Pilgrimage which we termed operation catch them young, the family pilgrimage and the overall pilgrimage. For those going to Israel for the 11 days trip, it is N379,840 and for the youth pilgrimage, it is going to cost N357,000.”

Nigerians on pilgrimage, he noted, can now undergo skill acquisition programme organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission and Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture, towards training them in the area of agriculture.

He added: “We are introducing the pilgrimage pilot lottery scheme that will enable people who are lucky to be able to go on this trip without much dependence on the state and the Federal Government.”

He said he was in the State House to brief the President on the activities of the commission.

“I came to brief the President on the activities of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission. Earlier, my colleague, the Chairman of Hajj Commission had come to brief him.

“I had to tell him where we are and how we started the commission and where we are today and our prayers. I want to say that the President was very happy with the commission and he said the commission has done very well.”
http://www.thenationonlineng.net/new/buhari-okays-n160-to-1-for-christian-pilgrims/

bros, what is wrong, he shouldn't do that for either Christians or Muslims but we know he's doing it because the vast majority of pilgrims are Muslims, Christians probable make up less than 5% of all pilgrims yearly.

anochuks08:
full plot, but I ve another 4 bedroom plan on half plot

nwanna, are you an architect?

akeensbussy:
Don't let anybody deceive you here, you can actually build a low cost house.. and some people believe is not possible.

This is my second project since last year.

Don't be afraid to start your own house..it is not as hard as people make u believe.

Start doing it little by little, stage by state and always monitor your project yourself if possible.

nice post, please endeavour to show the final cost upon completion, i would continue to follow your thread.

Joygalore:
Nice thread.I am following.
I just finished building a twin 2 bedroom flat and intend building 8 mini flats for rent.I felt I was cheated when I built the twin 2 bedroom flat.
I was told to budget 10m for the 8 mini flats
Thanks Op

where are you building it?we can handle your job with all honesty, we're currently a block of twelve flats in anambra state, i would launch the thread hopefully by next week.

dotman10:
am really learning from this posts.....

please i want to ask, how can someone get the designs of different types of 3 bedroom flat to build....or do you just decide how u want it to be?

you hire people like us to design it for you.

Kieldgreat:
Oga Egan, greetings.

I've been thinking of a way to monitor OPs project for 5-10yrs. It's classical thesis case. If you know, Abeg tell me.

The problem with this part of our world is info collection, storage and dissemination.

If the project passes the 5-10years test, he won't come back and tell me the doubting 'thomas' how wrong I was, he won't store the information, on how to run an apartment on a slim budget, in a place accessible to all and where dissemination would be seamless from the hot desert sand of bornu to the creeks in bayelsa.

And if it fails, he won't like the biblical prophets go up to the mountains and tell it to his people, one less way in getting oneself an affordable home.

bros, i can boldly say that atleast 75% of all currently existing bungalows in Nigeria does not have columns and were built with hand moulded blocks, in your arguments, you failed to notice how the op cut the greatest costs is not from the price of blocks since the price difference doesn't matter much given that he used only about 2000 blocks. i would launch a thread later on the secrets pf low cost housing

anochuks08:
No, he meant something like this

thanks, that's exactly what I'm referring to.

akeensbussy:
You mean this right...

anochuks08:
No, he meant something like this

thanks, that's exactly what I'm referring to.

akeensbussy:
Moulding the block myself is the most cos effective. imagine if I had bought the block at the rate of 120 naira per unit that will amount to #276,000. If u deduct that u will how much I was able to save.

please, i would really like to see the floor plan since I'm in building design profession and always looking for new concepts to take from, i can Whatsapp you if you're not comfortable pasting it here, just snap it with your phone and yes moulding the blocks yourself is an easy way to control both the cost and quality/strength of the blocks but it's stressful and requires your presence. God's favour in your build.

this is my choice of thread, paste your floor plans, let's analyse it, i have a particular interest on low cost design.

marsoden:
Apparently you need to read what the Op wrote again and digest it.

i have read and reread it and i can't see what I'm missing there,maybe you should point it out for me.

akeensbussy:
Cost of Moulding blocks (6inches)

Sharp Sand 23k (Man diesel) X 3times = 69k

15bags Cements @ #1600/bag X 3times= 72k

Workmanship is #700/bag X 45bags = 31.5k

Water provision = 10k

miscellaneous = 5k

Total = #187.5k

Total block produced= 2,300 units
(1bag of cement moulded 50units of blocks)

to be continue.

paste your floor plan and i would help you with estimation of quantities.

akeensbussy:
Cost of Moulding blocks (6inches)

Sharp Sand 23k (Man diesel) X 3times = 69k

15bags Cements @ #1600/bag X 3times= 72k

Workmanship is #700/bag X 45bags = 31.5k

Water provision = 10k

miscellaneous = 5k

Total = #187.5k

Total block produced= 2,300 units

to be continue.

the cost of your blocks is #81 per block at the rate of 50 blocks per bag.

bigiyaro:
OP, don't forgive nor forget, jst keep doing ur job and plan ur revenge quietly n slowly, don't even give a clue to anyone dat u still habour d incident in ur heart. Strike him wen he least expects n strike him with so much power, force n energy infact by the time u finish with him, him no go know wetin hit am. Even if it takes u 10 years make sure u deal with him.

are you a Fulani herdsman? your name and manner of thinking suggests so.

iykedare:
A Nigerian will rather die on a job than resign. No wonder employers treat us like sh1t.

very true but it also explains why they often fail to show up a day after payday because they have gotten another job or started a business before leaving their jobs, you need to understand that Nigeria is a zoo and the hardworking masses gets treated like lower animals by the beasts in power over them.

nice work, it would be great if you give a cost break down and the floor plan, may God see you through, amen.

nice work,more power.

your designs look both lovely and functional, keep up the good work.

msogunro:
You mean a laborer will use hammer and chisel to break these boulders?

Nah wow!

here in the north, they would set fire on it using firewood or condemned tires and the rocks would crack on it's own then they would break it out easily in big pieces and then further break it with hammers to any desired size needed for construction purpose, it was also common in anammbra back in the days while growing up there but it seems those ones have all acquired modern machinery now.

bloodkiIler:
you're hundred percent correct because am currently in onitsha and that's my hometown too but the problem here is other parties have nothing it takes to remove Obiano and to be honest am tired of that man because i see apc all over him he's just in apga to win second term and he knows that it will be a political suicide to decamp in his first tenure (ask politically dead ekwunife) but who will remove him if not the main opposition which is pdp.
they only need a saleable candidate with our interest in his heart to unseat Obiano

obiano is another okorocha in the making.

Sealeddeal:
when APGA took over Anambra, PDP was in charge but people were tired. Now that Obiano has done nothing to improve the state and has successfully led a massacre against Biafrans,Anambrarians are tired. No structure is needed to remove Obiano. His greatest disadvantage is that he is not a member of ruling party,so no more Abuja rigging. He will suffer the anger of Biafrans. If you want to test what I am telling you,go to street in Onitsha and ask question.

I'm visiting onitsha now and sentiments are highly against that man but one thing for sure is that APC can never win in anambra, a new party is needed.

abdulwastecx:
More updates

nice work but you didn't state your foundation depth.

all apc members and financiers have been saved by the broom and declared saints by ayatollah buhari.

Chelseafan1:
Hello nairalanders, I've been willing to create something like this a long time ago but ive been quite busy and reluctant, this is not to show off but rather to create an awareness that people can still build and own decent apartments and not get unnecessarily fleeced on site.

I designed the house for my mom and supervised it from scratch to where it is now and I must tell you, we made use of materials with very good quality, yet total money spent to this stage isn't up to 5 million yet.

Feel free to ask me any questions, I'll be glad to respond.
Thanks all

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I started off from this thread,

https://www.nairaland.com/3170800/construction-3bedroom-flat-all-ensuite/3#46678938

chairman, I'm having a website designed right now to sell bulk purchase plans online, i would be happy if you're one of the contributors to our collection, it's an excellent opportunity to widen your market and earn a passive income from your collection. if you're interested, please contact me through this email greenermodels@gmail.com

the minister for finance is seriously missing in action, the cbn governor is even more reactive than her but I'm not surprised by our current economic predicament, it's exactly what happened in buhari's first regime.