₦airaland Forum

shelliz:
Good day all! Please i need help���� My project (a block of 2 flats with concrete parapet and stone coated roofing tiles) was built with 5 inches blocks, didn't know of it until recently. I base abroad and the building was entrusted in the hands of a family member.What are the risks of building with 5 inches blocks? It's as if my world is crumbling �� I read somewhere that such structures are not solid. Please help me, advice me on what to do. I have spent all my savings erecting the structure. Thanks

Not everything you read from some where is entirely true.
It's just a way to promote better ways to do it.
Though the blocks don't look like 5", but nothing will go wrong with your building even if its 5" blocks.
The most important thing is doing your foundation/sub-structure well.

Talking about getting worried, from the pix, it appears apart from the columns/pillars put at the ends of the building there seems not to be any intermediate. Is that not also supposed to be a concern since your structure carries a concrete fascia?

Rubbiish:
Septic tank & soak away are detached.
10' x 10' for septic tank & 6' x 6' for soakaway.
9" blocks with properly reinforced columns, carrying midway beams.

Oh......that's the first time I'm hearing it called that.
I hope the Op knows the type of inspection chamber he enquired about.

Rubbiish:
Should be within the range from 300k to 450k depending on d type u want. But if your land is waterlogged, it will cost u more.

Please can you describe the type of inspection chamber that costs such amount to construct.
Or you can put up pix.
Thanks

ceelog:
I understand you now. They spoke English. I think their are From KD south

Ok. Correct people dey that side sha.

ceelog:
Wholesome? Did you mean that the job I taken from start to finish?
Was just discussing with the masons this morning as I was passing by a site...they were more than ready to migrate and do a plastering for a duplex and the window hood.
They said that's how much they charge here in Kd...small or big job ooo

I meant they prefer to take whole jobs especially if the distance from their house to site is far. That way if the bargain is right and if doing the job based on daily pay will take say 5 days. They will run it in 2 or 3 days and use d remaining for logistics/miscellaneous.
But the price is good.
Hope you speak or understand Hausa or whatever language they speak

Alkanelly:
it is a 4 unit of 2 bedrooms all ensuite with visitors toilet.

Beautiful.
You have a good land/terrain there.
Please which axis of PHC is that?

ceelog:
Just shocked to find out that masons in Kaduna charge 500N nd 300N for big and small window hoods. Even plastering per partition is 800N. Labor is damn cheap here and the outcome is very usually very good.

I think the pattern mostly in the north is the job is priced wholesome.
Every region has got their own labour rates which corresponds to their cost of living.
As long as the outcome of job done is good then it's okay.

Alkanelly:
Hello guys, am some how excited to have started my project. Here are few photos for your eyes. The weather has been a bit challenging in port harcourt but things are still going on gradually. For the foundation a mix of 1:2:4 is used.

Congrats.
What's your structure type?

I guess the tie he puts on is given to him by James bond.
2 different colours on separate pix

Wawu

Godyke:
The down side of this technology is that it causes tyres to wear out easily than normal tarred road. A friend who went there to work with his car came back complaining of how the road has been wearing out is tyres under short period of time

Apologies but please kindly check the tyres of your friend if they are not yet expired. Check the expiration code by the sides.

Concrete roads are done in most communities in Bayelsa State. So it's not new.
They should just ensure that the surface is not too smooth.

The only problem I have with this road as shown on the pix is that the sides are exposed. They should use sand/laterite to lap the sides of the concrete so it does not wear out too soon.

Babs612000:
Please just want to know price of doing normal window hood dressing of rooms and toilets I've just be quoted N3k per room and 2k per the toilet many thanks.

Size of windows matters sometimes. But if it's regular sized windows you can bargain for #2500 &#1500 . The more the windows, better less bargain.

Can anyone remind us what Chief.(Rtd.Gen, Ex-President) OBJ say about FFk

skelefish:
columns, lintels & slab. thanks

3/4".

skelefish:
Hello house
What size of granite is best suitable for concrete work?
That is in inches. thanks.

cc hajivince bixton

Please specify your type of concrete works

Wilfredpat22:
I am talking of only foundation. I intend building little by little. Got any idea how much it will cost. My land topography is not water logged but your average normal land. Design is 3 bedroom with only the master bedrooms ensuit.

Yes, foundation alone. It could be less than that. I quote figures based on certain factors.

Given the topography you stated, the next thing would be what's the level of your land to existing road, etc, etc.

Imagine..........

Wilfredpat22:
Please esteemed people on this section

I really need your help on this. How much can run a foundation for a 3 bedroom storey building. Will 200k be enough?

People who have built their houses should please answer me and help a hustling sister trying to make it in this buhari régime without a man

Sis,
Irrespective of regime, the foundation for your building type which largely depends on your soil type, topography and structural design will take you within the range of #3.5M upwards .

FFF......

So you do know very well that the election outcome is in the hand of God, yet your party men have been up and down visiting Omisore.

What is the visit for?

There are 2 sides of a coin.
There are 2 sides of a story.
There are 2 sides to politics.
There are 2 sides to an agenda/propaganda.
There are 2 sides to voting.
There are only 2 political parties with recycled politicians.
There are only 2 regions producing President /Vice President.

Though the 2 eyes may see,
The 2 ears may hear, but
Whatever you do make good use of the 2 sides of your brain.

If this news is anything to go by and true, then PDP should desist from shouting witch hunt/black mail by the opposition because this invariably is much more a black mail.

I see no reason why PDP will want Omisore to support them now.
It's kind of hypocritical.
If they had done their home work he would not have left the party even if they deny him the party ticket.

If it be true that he's joining forces with APC, then they better tie all lose ends.
Let APC winning Osun be another lesson to PDP and if PDP wins then it will be a shame on Omisore's own part.

Good luck to both sides.

Any one can predict what will happen that day.
Will the delegates not be the same people who voted in the national chairman?

It would have been better to pick a different state within the Niger Delta to do the primaries since the national chairman is from same state.

Trying to say any aspirant who does not like Rivers State as venue is against restructuring, etc, etc is quite funny.
You are seeing aspirants who have held national positions at one point in time or another and have not visited the state in that capacity. They are only here to get the resources here on the land and do not have the interest of you or the people.

Your interest cannot supersede theirs otherwise you will lose out at the end no matter who you pitch your tent with.

So many Tele guided illiterates.
No wonder the politicians keep taking every one for a ride and still earning big time.

Suzzyyy:
Hello Nairalanders! Plz help! I hv been scared and confused abt a risk I want to tk so I decided to share for advice.

Im 29 and I hv a boyfriend who is 33. We hv been happily dating for close to 3 years now, he once helped me financially in a good way with 100k when I had problem with my little business, then he was doing pretty fine with his business, I sell plastics and hez into cloth business. But somtin happened last 2 months, he had terrible problems with his business and lost almost everything including his shop and in a bid to salvage his situation he ended up owing many pple, when all these started he didn't tell me, thou hez a kind of person that likes handling his problem alone without disturbing or telling me which I don't like bcus it somehow makes me feel less important and useful to him, I got to know when he changed, his attitude, moods and everything changed, hez always disturbed, thinking and always visiting pple, he payed less concern and attention to me, don't even call and when I call, he will be in a haste to end it, I became confused, so I had to asked what was going on, he said nothing, I got upset and insisted he must tell me, he then opened up, I felt so bad and almost cried, since then I have been trying to maintain his upkeep and sometimes give him money which hez not comfortable with.

The problem now Is that im scared, he asked for a huge amount of money from me which is 700k, he wants to start all over again in his cloth business and also clear some debt, and I can only boast of 820k home and abroad as a business woman, i just feel he saw my account balance before asking for this, Im scared to loose the money and him too. I love this guy but im so scared of doing this, he helped me when I needed money, but this sacrifice is bigger than me, he showed and detailed everything he will be doing with the money, Im just confused to gamble with my life savings, I know I might sound ungrateful what if the business or our relationship crumble? Won't I be stranded and doomed? My business is not that strong and we all know how most of sacrifices like this ended for people. Is this kind of risk worth doing for a boyfriend

Plz advice me on what to do, plz.

[/b]One true turn deserves another[b]

If you're scared to give the entire amount, kindly give only that which you can afford to let go without any hard feelings if things turn sour.

Let those who know Dino or those who are residents in Kogi State cum his constituency tell us what exactly is his contributions to them.
Just be specific and if you're a political resident please don't bother to quote.

Shampoo77:
What is fake news? Reno is correct. The problem with Nigerians is that they don't read to get information and yet they argue, quarrel and even resort to insult when those who are informed gives them information.

Make use of Google and read extensively.
Whatever you don't understand ask questions.

Only in Nigeria people tend to believe anything even simple things that can be sourced freely from the internet.

There's a loop hole in the laws of the land as to what qualifies one to stand in for an elective position.

The problem in this country is blatant hypocrisy.

People are clapping hands for Reno blasting Sani.
You all need to read extensively on and about HSBC to understand what it is and its owners.
Don't just read paper headlines, read extensively and from more than one source.

ashjay001:
Pple like u, create mountains out of mole hills!

A family relative, manages less than a hundred birds, if family n friends don't chip in, she would have collapsed!


I mentioned BBC!

With d way she talks, Bruce can't hoodwink her! Though, an experienced manager would be preferable


Once she learns d ropes, she's gonna blow!

We wish her good luck as she accepts the offer.

ashjay001:
U still need to open ur mind! So, Obj farms, is being managed personally by Obj?

Or, u think she was d only one managing 300 birds?

Think big, open ur vision! I dislike Ben Bruce, but enjoy his/our cinemas(AMCON bailed him out)

You have no idea about agric business.
And you think 300 birds is too big for her alone to manage that's why you compare it to OBJ farms.

How much do you think they will pay her on a monthly basis?