₦airaland Forum

diordaves:
@ megacontrol, I think the above suggestion is about the best preferred and may well be the solution.

With cracks it's all very simple to jump to conclusions and pin it on differential settlement, poor foundation construction or poor soil. But what is so often overlooked is poor lintel construction and this is not necessarily chain lintel.

I have had a good look at the photos of the cracks you posted and can hazard a guess that your lintel construction MAY have been poor. The cracks may be a failure of the lintel to distribute the load from the roof.The lintel may not be long enough.

So take the plaster back to bare bricks, take out the lintel and construct a proper long enough lintel. This will distribute the load better.

Whatever you do, don't paper over the cracks. Take the plaster back to the bricks, have a good look at the lintel. Chances are, the lintel is too short or no lintel at all !!!

Look at the crack close to where the lintel is supposed to be and you will understand. That crack is too close to the upper windowhood, evidence that the lintel stops there. Point of failure. Too short lintel length. An undersized lintel will not distribute load effectively.

As regards the bold.
How long enough should a lintel over a window of 1m be?

Houstency:
The burden of proof lie with those peddling the rumour now. If Lai , FG and APC are serious at this point they should come up with something concrete. The media trial as to stop, to save us stress and embarrassments from the irredeemable and programmed zombies who have commented earlier.

Everybody is a zombie as far as the name Nigeria and Nigerians is anything to go by.

emmykk:
There is no truth in that statement there is no way a bank will give you 156m without collateral so this is all jargons.

Go and find out well.
Not everyone is an ordinary citizen. Some persons even the office they occupy and title attached to their name is enough to get loans from any bank.

Aliyu Mustapha: Who invited you to the United State?

AA: I was invited by many organizations in United States.

I'm yet to understand this statement?

This is like asking someone where are coming from and the response you get is "from outside".

More so, there's no notable name being mentioned that Atiku met on this visitation.
Every thing seems to be vague and left open for speculation.

mountmoriah:
that is true but take note, though; if drywall cracking or surface distortion is severe or there are other indications of significant settling or potential structural problems due to fault foundation but not all wall cracks are cause by fault foundation.


Contraction and expansion: The materials (paint, plaster) that make up your wall contract and expand because of fluctuations in humidity levels and temperature changes. This is usually a problem if the wall is within a room that is periodically air-conditioned or it faces the afternoon sun quite a bit. The movement of contraction and expansion can cause hairline cracks to appear.

Low quality paint: Inferior quality paint results in poor paint adhesion on your wall, which leads to cracks over time. In addition, using different paints for each paint coat can also cause cracks on the wall.

No corner way around it, Keep your paint consistent and use a high-quality product. It might cost you a little but it pay off, it’s better than suffering for it in the future

Impatience during plasterwork: Sometimes, patience is the best way to go. Not letting cement plaster completely dry before applying paint is actually quite a common factor attributed to cracks. So put on some Netflix and chill out! It’ll be better than buying new paint to redo your walls.

Poor paint job: Painting an entire house can be a huge amount of work, and it can be tempting to rush through it. But mistakes like missing out layers, or not letting previous layers completely dry can hamper your overall efforts. A good paint job takes time, so plan around it!

I'll have to disagree with some aspects in the bold statements.
I don't see how a paint will cause cracks on a wall...............

Apart from bad foundation,etc,etc, cracks of any nature on walls are mainly caused by anything that has cement added to it and the moisture content effect.

mountmoriah:
foundation is the most important things in every building construction, but having said that, this problem can still be fix 100%

Only a collapsed building can't be fixed.
Every other thing will amount to spending money and sweating.

Chekitaut:
I do not think there is remedy to this, this would hv being avoided if a chain lintel is apply to the structure, crack mayb cause by soil settlement or weight of the roofing.

We have said this numerous times, chain lintel or not, does not prevent walls from cracking.
A good house is as good as its foundation, the nature of blocks used and mortar mixture.

megacontrol:
please i need professional suggestions on the best and most practical way to fix this crack.

you will notice it is along the same path on both the internal and external sides of the wall

thanks

Just get a good mason to come do the repair.
The repair method is not what can be explained to understanding. It's only when you see it done, you'll get the drift especially if you've not done it before.

Please is there any foreign media house that covered Atiku's visit to the USA?

spyder880:
We're doing the internal walls of this house. ..........

Please how much do your guys charge for plastering?

See as Nigerians are celebrating Atiku going to America like the movie of Eddie Murphy--Coming to America..........

I still don't under Saraki's look on his face...

immhotep:
cc lzaa

You need more of the prophecy into your to be received before midday.

immhotep:
FG borrowed N6.1trn from pension assets – NPC
ON JANUARY 16, 2019

The Federal Government has borrowed about N6.16 trillion out of the N8.49 trillion pension assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme.

These figures were released by the National Pension Commission (NPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, revealing the FG’s borrowing represents 73.5 percent of the pension fund.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/fg-borrowed-n6-1trn-from-pension-assets-npc/

cc lzaa

It's called borrowing and will be paid............
The PMB administration have paid ex workers of the Nigerian Airways; do you know what year that airways stopped to operate?
Do you know how many more ex workers from other government owned assets that were privatized that the PMB administration have paid ?

A visit to Trump International Hotel.............
A welcome idea.
Well his itinerary will enable one know the level of underhand of his visit. The media will let us know by Sunday /Monday.

eyeview:
Your post shows you don't even know about the case.
Which assets all over which world.
Son, this is why apc enjoy media trial. Because they know they can always get thousands of ignorant people like you to shout "crucify him crucify him" without knowledge of the case.
For your info, they didn't find any properties abroad talkless of scattered all over the world. They didn't even find any foreign account on him. Rather he has one or two domicilary account here in our local banks here which wasn't included in his asset declaration form.
Frankly, most of us would have made the same mistake. He had declared it some years ago and thought that was okay.
Secondly, I even have some accounts I had since abandoned which I sincerely wouldn't have added if I were filling that form.
Thirdly, there were no "millions and millions of dollars" found in them as you claim. A senior lawyer actually stated that most CJNs travel for international conferences and are paid travel allowances and estacodes in dollars and what is available in the account is actually a reflection of true entitlements of a CJN level.

Honestly, if you guys will stop jumping up to support whatever APC throws up without reasoning, APC would have stopped this nonsense by now. They feed on you people's ignorance and poverty mentality of seeing 'a big man suffer'

How much is in the account you abandoned?
How much is in the account the CJN forgot to list in the asset declaration form?

So just because a senior lawyer said something it should be taken like that?
What does the CJN need 40 SANs to prove his case?

This issue about the CJN, is it an offence and a punishable one by the authorities going by the laws?

amia:
o boy forget grammar ,atiku is in USA ,in Washington ,to make it worse in trump hotel ,more worse in the presidential suit.na wa o! On a more serious note u need to study how dis things work in USA ,u are speaking out of ignorance ,USA is not lik nigeria were anything goes.as a matter of fact do u honestly think that nigeria is something trump and d USA are aspiring to benefit from?na lie we never reach like dat yet ok.

How do you come to that conclusion?

Nigerians and Nigeria will become victims of high level shenanigans. They won't see it coming because it would be least expected.

Admitwithschola:
Mhen, see as story dey change and goal post dey shift.

I once again learned about timing from this atiku baba. He has strong strategist, strong ones!! You can never see anybody finish, never! Anyone can spring surprises in this life. I have learnt this a long time ago.

You call his going to USA at this time a strong strategy ?
A presidential aspirant making his visit to a foreign country a strategy?
Our leaders have definitely bastardized our thoughts .

Dennis3D:
True.

In. The east. Imo State. It's up to 250K

You can't be buying 30 tons granite to Imo State at the rate of #250k?
Except you're talking about one interior area in the state.
Which quarry are you picking from?

GavelSlam:
Up PDP.

When Jonathan was in power it was the north that stifled the development of the Niger Delta.

It was the north that got Ibori arrested in UK.

I want to believe this is some form of humour........
I do not see where the North stiffled the development of the ND. The way and manner the amnesty programme and NDM was managed is just a clue to the ND lack of developmental sense.
Ibori was sold out by the ND and the north has no tangible role to play in his arrest.

ebuk4real:
And the Onitsha, Warri and Calabar port that will help the country in no small measure is still been played politics with because of the 'put them down policy' against the Igbo? No wahala.

Until we as a country learn to do first things first, there won't be any meaningful development in this 'geographical expression'. But one thing I know for sure is if we fail to address injustice early and keep sweeping them under the carpet, our geographical expression' will be filled with "mess" one blessed day

What was the Igbos doing during the last administration? How come they could not drive the Onitsha port project?

[quote author=seunmsg post=74847566]Delta is another state that will shock PDP. I see APC flipping the state and Ogboru becoming the next governor. [/quote

It wil be hard for Ogboru to win now. He should have waited till after Okowa.
Though there will be more votes favouring PMB from there this time around.

shachris02:
shut up.

The CJN is the head of the 3rd arm of government.

He is being tried and the presiden claims he's not aware? what does that tell you?

Do you know the implications of a CJN being tried? do you know the several levels of security and otherwise implications it portends?

Please kindly highlight the implications of prosecuting a CJN?

Do you know that in some Asian countries, if such is an offence and punishable it will not take the court's 30 days to implement it.............

Most of the persons calling PMB names given the age difference, don't even have IQs that's supersedes his own.
They are just social commenters.

Shikini:
Lol, Osinbajo has lost it completely.

I know a friend who got 8m for his technical workshop.
He has about 5 staff and several apprentices including engineering students on IT & NYSC.

My wife's elder brother's friend at Ota got 5m for his fishery.
He's the main supplier of catfish in that axis Iyana-Ipaja, Abulegba, Ijaiye, Kola, Agbado, Sango, Ifo, Ota,

You are generalizing.......
There are different empowerment programmes the GEJ administration carried out.
Osibanjo was specifically referring to that aspect of the SURE-P where the individuals were paid #30,000 which is same as the N-power scheme being done by the current administration.
The reason why Osibanjo was making that statement is because the SURE-P was contracted out and the contractors in each state had the leverage of fixing in names in their list as to the tune of the number of persons a contractor can handle.
With that aspect of the SURE-P scheme each individual is paid by the contractor directly and not the FG. I have lots of friends who were beneficaries of the SURE-P but none was paid the complete amount neither were they paid for the duration of which the scheme ran.

jelel6:
Even though I know Prof Sagay would naturally support the government on this particular matter, it's clear for everyone to see that he made sound arguments. Arguments I would like to see fellow attorneys who are of different opinions counter while focusing on the issues at hand and not resort to under-arm tactics.

His points on whether if this was to be a case of murder would the police be expected to wait for the decision of the NJC before making arrest, And the fact the CJN, who appointed the overwhelming majority of the members of the NJC, of which he's the chairman
Cannot be expected to judge his case fairly, those two arguments Particularly resonate with common sense.

However, even if the FG cannot get him before the CCT, I'd still like for them to submit their evidence and present the case in front of the NJC. The aim wouldn't be to get justice now, it will be to expose the alter rubbish that is the Criminal Justice System in Nigeria.

The NJC is the CJN.
So who will they present the evidence to?

There's a loop hole in the law and it needs to be corrected by those whose responsibility it is.
The evidence is clear given that the CJN has admitted. It's now left for they to inform us if its a punishable offence.

dokyOloye:
Yes.
The telecoms industry is making gains today and serving Nigerians better cos of privatisation.
You remember when ppl used to que to make calls in NITEL?

Ancient and deceitful stories about the telecom industry.........
I'm sure you do know that the profits made by MTN in Nigeria from inception till date even with our epileptic power supply cannot be compared with their parent country South Africa in 100 years to come.

Please kindly let us know the gains to Nigeria from the other companies privatize under the OBJ/Atiku administration?
Also tell us the gains from the power sector where the DISCOs have been privatize ?


What's hard for Atiku to say, he'll privatize Aso rock when voted in...........

elengine:
Good evening house. After I finished the wood carcass of my house last year September, I didn't have money to roof it immediately and it has been there as we speak. My question is, is there any risk at all given that the woods were exposed to sunlight from September to November before it stopped. If there is any risk, what can I do to salvage the situation before I cover it by month end. Cheers

No one can categorically and authoritatively give a to fit your interest. I as a person tell my clients a period of 90 days maximum between roofing woodwork and roofing sheet covering. That being so and depending on geographical location our weather conditions changes and varies compared to the normal we were taught in primary school.
You'll need to run a physical examination and the best person to do that is the roofing sheet installer.

Please what's the current price for 0.45 and 0.55 Aluminium step tiles (Tower and First Aluminium brand)

gare:
Why initiate his on project lets see not jumping around looking foe almost completed project to commission, was that part of his promise

Ohhhh, now PMB is the one jumping from almost completed project to commission................
Please who will take credit for the following tasks which are one and same;

The one who took a bucket to the river or another who carried the bucket of water home?
The one who went to the market to buy the food stuffs or another who actually cooked the food for all to eat?
The one who got a lady pregnant or another who actually took care of her?

gare:
Who should i ask

If you're among those who says PMB should not take credit for project(s) completion of previous administration, then you can tell what can he take credit for ?

Atouke:
Stop lying the afam power station is privately owned by the consortium headed by the chairman of uba bank.
These power station was one of those that benefited from President Barack Obama power Africa loans in 2013/2014.
Money was paid to GE for the turbines via this initiative.
These was done during GEJ tenure, buhari had zero input.
Stop taking credit for GEJ good and strategic leadership.

So what exactly should PMB be doing since he can't take the credit?

ceelog:
From the pictures I now understand you

I always associated plinth beams as those tied to individual footings and cast on natural ground. The foundation na no shaking even with earth settlement.

I didn't know reinforced concrete at dpc ws also called plinth.

Thanks for the info

What you're referring to is called "grade or ground beam".