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Rejoice04:
Goodevening house.

Please your professional advice is needed.What can be done to remedy this damped wall.

Your input will be greatly appreciated.

@gbadexy and anyone that has a solution.

Note the plastering was done in January this year and DPC
was not done due to management of fund.

Thanks.

Quite obvious from the attached pictures, DPM and DPC was omitted during construction process, resulting to movement of moisture (dampness). Meanwhile using of bad plaster sand (with salt content), poor workmanship in mortar joints, vegetations e.t.c. can also result to similar defects.

In solution, I advise you employ one or combinations of the below listed techniques.

1. Insert a new DPM or DPC; it's technical in approach and will cost you quite much but it's a lasting solution.

2. a. Hack off existing plaster from wall (within the affected level) and expose through about a course layer below the external ground level.

b. Apply about 3 layers of bituminous paints and cement wash at intervals

c. Plaster the affected wall with water resistant admixtures.

3. As mentioned earlier by gbadexy, carry out concrete flooring around the perimeter of the building.

Thanks

HENDRICK123:
Good day gurus in the house, please is this an advisable concept, the land is 45-45ft and the land is a dry type, it's meant to be a residential project

To start with, I advise you engage a professional and relate your concept with him

Jdesigns:
Greetings to all our muslim brothers and sisters

Also, like how much would digging of foundation cost around Ikorodu axis

Thanks in advance

Greetings
The answer to the question you asking is relative.
There is a standard price rate for excavation per cum. Calculate the cum of total foundation excavation from the drawing multiple by the rate. Its going to help you bargain with labour.

My observation..... please on that plan where is the kitchen? What's the rationale behind having the windows less that 1m? even in the sitting room? A whole lot of coordination and spatial issues on that drawing.

My advice, engage a professional, at least for the client's sake.

Thanks all the best

Currently the blocks are going and it's my pleasure to share with you progress of work so far till date.

We commencing blockworks with the timeline of five days

Work had resumed on site a long time ago but we have been so occupied to keep updates. Apologies please.
Amongst this, we have had issues with funding from the client, because we committed to delivering not only quality but sustainable works we recognized the challenges and bear with the client.

Foundation
The foundation is completed on schedule, we have three courses of blocks at the front of the building and seven courses at the rear, this was due to the steppy nature of the soil we had mention earlier. Consuming total of 1200 9 inches blocks.

Spetic tank
The spetic tank is 85% completed. To reduce burden cost of back filling, the soil excavated from the soil is used to backfill the foundation.

Backfilling and Oversite concrete
Total number of 5 trips of 20tons laterite filling was bought in addition to backfill the foundation which compacted manually at three intervals.

Oversite concrete was recently completed, despite the fact that the client shows his concerns as regards the projected cost of carrying out this activity, we kept our stand, stressing the importance of following construction standards by using fabric mesh and having a damp proof membrane.
This was difficult for him and we understood him clearly, But again it pays to do it right at first attempt. We couldn't compromise even if we had to carry out some at our own cost.

Successbay:
A very bright morning to professionals in the house. Please I will be grateful if I can get a realistic quotation for plastering a 4 bedroom bungalow and a 1 bedroom BQ. Finer details of property are;
4 bedrooms, each bedroom with its toilet/bath (together)

A study room (not up to the size of a bedroom though)

A waiting area

Living room

Kitchen and store.

The BQ is made up of the sitting room, 1 bedroom, kitchen, toilet/bath (together).

In addition to the cost of plastering, I will appreciate if I can get a realistic time frame for plastering a property like this, paying attention to fine details.

The site is located around atan area of Ogun state.

Thank you.

Good morning, as you have requested, it's important you attach corresponding architectural drawings to obtain a realistic quotation and timeline for plastering the mentioned property or least, a site visit is made to obtain physical measurements.

Thanks

Excel70:
Engineers in the house, if after consruction you notice a column is failing or cracking, what should you do to remedy the situation

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In your approach to correct or contain these defects few questions needs to be asked, as it will give a precise insight. No two structure is 100% identical Like...

What's the type of structure in question?
Are sure it's just a column that's failing or it's only noticeable on a column alone?
where is this column located in the structure/on floor?
......

Raddie:
Saw this today, could someone help with what its called in English, a guy was saying it's ojagba in yoruba. its used to hold wooden structures of roofs to houses.
could someone explain this to me, just curious .

It's called roof ties

Royruky:
Good morning my people. I saw a video of a remodeled kitchen where the tiles were removed and the walls were screeded and painted. Can someone help with how well to protect the WALLS especially with respect to the area of the kitchen sink where the walls come in contact with water regularly.

I am thinking of using SATIN PAINT for the kitchen walls. Thanks

Possible, you can install back splash at sink level. I believe this would take care of water coming in contact with your wall and prevent your paint from losing its appealing qualities in quick time.

BananaTree:
Don't mind the blogger. Anything to stay relevant.

That point on third mainland bridge is unilag water front

Nkemakonam62:
An agency of the Nigerian government, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Tuesday said there are no plans to sell the Lagos Trade Fair Complex as speculated.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Bureau states that the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) does not intend to sell the Complex, rather the facility would be concessioned through a competitive transaction process,” BPE spokesman Amina Tukur Othman said in a statement.

Prior to Othman’s statement, traders at the complex protested a rumoured sale of the complex by the government to a private company.


The Bureau on August 23, 2017, had announced that the government had terminated of its lease agreement with Aulic Nigeria Limited in some national dallies with effect from August 23, 2017.

However, Othman said the complex had not been sold, instead, the government plans to concession the facilities through a private firm- Messrs Feedback Infrastructure Services.

He explained that the government had “met with the entire traders’ associations to explain the essence of the planned concession.”

Othman cautioned traders not to transact with anyone on “any purported allotment, buying, selling, letting, leasing, charging, and subdivision, construction upon or dealings in connection with the said property and parcels of land in any other manner howsoever without the written permission of the FGN represented by the BPE is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent and amounts to trespass.”

She further warned that any person(s) interfering with the said parcels of land “stand to lose their money as the FGN through the BPE will neither honour agreements, contracts or arrangements entered into – to transact the property and or parcels of land whether.

The BPE spokesman added that government will not refund any monies paid in respect of such transactions.

https://www.akelicious.net/2019/03/no-plans-to-sell-lagos-trade-fair.html

but wait, above picture isn't lagos trade fair complex, thats TBS/race course.

The 150mm drilling process lasted for a day using manual method, terminating at the depth of 20meters. The quality water obtained from physical examination and taste is good for construction purposes.

The pace of work is quite impressive as we were able to achieve blinding, using 1:4:8 and casting of column base (1:2:4) on day 2.

To aid smooth operation of all site activities, we needed to facilitate easy access to good water, we had to sink a borehole. This is covered under project preliminaries.

Having hinted the client on amount of filling sand that would be required for backfill the foundation. He approved the exacavation of septic tank (4m x 2m x 3m). This excavated earth will be used to backfill the building foundation and the Septic tank will serve temporarily as a water reservoir.

The site is been characterized with steep slopes up to -900mm to the site datum at the deepest part. Which will require a lot of filling

Site clearance has been carried out and foundation setting followed up almost immediately. The site soil condition is very firm and stable, however we have a very bad topography having up to -900mm change in level.

This necessitated a stepped foundation (strip), consisting of 18 column pits 750mmx750mm.

Brick et al a multi-faceted indigenous construction company, establishes strong expertise providing quality construction and environmental solutions. Our team comprises of qualified Built environment practitioners. We currently constructing a four (4) bedroom bungalow on a plot of land in Ikorodu area of Lagos state. The client's brief specified a contemporary country home, has to be efficient in energy consumption and sustainable and low budget. The projected analysis and architectural drawing is contained below.

SITE ANALYSIS
Site Area - 648 sqm
Area of building - 169 sqm (26.08%) sqm
Landscape area - 479 sqm (73.92%)

Estimated budget for construction - N4.5million
PROJECT timeline - 6 months

We are mobilizing to site on the 10th of January, 2018, God willing and we will be glad to provide updates as site activities progress. THANKS