₦airaland Forum

jaydacorsair: Thanks @everyone for your contribution. Honestly I am not happy but I still believe its not late yet. I think I will go with what Adventures and Spyder suggested. Now my question now is,' are we going to change the rods on the pillars(outer pillars) or destroy the whole pillars and do a new one.

brabus: Did I hear collapse? WHY? Because it wasn't a raft or pile or what?

Here is a timeline picture of a similar project we did between September to October 2012 for another Nairalander in diaspora. I can give the address for you all to check the integrity of the structure and mind you we used gravel as against using the GRANITE.

[b]Project Cost: [/b]N3.8m (Foundation - Roofing)

diordaves: It is always advisable to engage the services of a reputably qualified professional for foundation design. It is not what one can toy with. Get it wrong and one may be in for a whole lot of grief.

Lawali; you may cut corners with aesthetic stuff but not with foundation. Get the services of a professional and take him to site and possible do a soil test. Only then can you be sure of what type of foundation that is appropriate for your site.Foundation does not allow any cosmetic approach.

Segcy Moor made a valuable point. What you must also know is that foundation is not only about dampness to be corrected with DPC like your post suggests. Foundation main function is to spread the dead and live load of the super-structure. All foundation settle which is not a problem. The problem is if the foundation is not appropriate for the soil type; one runs the risk of substantial differential settlement which may lead to cracks and possibly collapse

The problem with Lekki axis is well documented. Normally one should carry out a soil test but this adds to the overall cost structure hence the tendency to adopt the safe option of Raft Foundation where no soil test was carried out. Expensive it may be but one could hardly go wrong if well executed. The huge advantage with Raft Foundation in Lekki environs is that it not only helps with dampness; but so fortified (all round "chaining"with Rods that substantial dangerous differential settlement of the foundation may be eliminated completely. The lekki area because of the sandy soil type and water logged nature is susceptible and can induce differential settlement.

Aventures: can this old baby go for 450K

Aventures: Happy Day

olawonder: Hello to OP, congratulations on the completion of your house; pls I'd like to know what the price of a plot in this area is, you dont hv to say how much u paid for yours but kindly say how much in approximation one should expect to pay for a plot. Your answer is highly appreciated, thank u

Aventures: "The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."
John 1:14
Believer, YOU can bear your testimony that Christ is the only begotten of the Father, as well as the first begotten from the dead. You can say, "He is divine to me, if He be human to all the world beside. He has done that for me which none but a God could do. He has subdued my stubborn will, melted a heart of adamant, opened gates of brass, and snapped bars of iron. He hath turned for me my mourning into laughter, and my desolation into joy; He hath led my captivity captive, and made my heart rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Let others think as they will of Him, to me He must be the only begotten of the Father: blessed be His name. And He is full of grace. Ah! had He not been I should never have been saved. He drew me when I struggled to escape from His grace; and when at last I came all trembling like a condemned culprit to His mercy-seat He said, 'Thy sins which are many are all forgiven thee: be of good cheer.' And He is full of truth. True have His promises been, not one has failed. I bear witness that never servant had such a master as I have; never brother such a kinsman as He has been to me; never spouse such a husband as Christ has been to my soul; never sinner a better Saviour; never mourner a better comforter than Christ hath been to my spirit. I want none beside Him. In life He is my life, and in death He shall be the death of death; in poverty Christ is my riches; in sickness He makes my bed; in darkness He is my star, and in brightness He is my sun; He is the manna of the camp in the wilderness, and He shall be the new corn of the host when they come to Canaan. Jesus is to me all grace and no wrath, all truth and no falsehood: and of truth and grace He is full, infinitely full. My soul, this night, bless with all thy might 'the only Begotten.'"

olawonder: Hello to OP, congratulations on the completion of your house; pls I'd like to know what the price of a plot in this area is, you dont hv to say how much u paid for yours but kindly say how much in approximation one should expect to pay for a plot. Your answer is highly appreciated, thank u

remmyz: Any construction engineer in here? if any, kindly forward a list of building material needed for a 3 bedroom flat...
land already acquired.
location:- baruwa ipaja
email:- tesleem@teesoftconsults.com

Shawls: Please, how much is the kitchen vent double door?
Can I have the phone number of the tiler? Very neat job.Thanks.