You can see I still protect the clients identity despite the fact he’s putting my names out there.

I can level up and make things even moving forward.

Let’s do popularity test.


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I don’t cook up stories. Whatever you see me share here, just ask for evidence.

megacontrol:
Jeez!!!

You say all these to someone that was once your client? Someone that paid your bills at some point and must have been your toast at the time?

You even dragged his kids into it. Man, this is tasteless.

From 2011 to 2016 to 2021, at least one thing appears not to have changed much (if at all) i.e. how you address clients (or anyone for that matter) that you fall out with.

People change contractors in the middle of a project for various reason, but you don't throw the kitchen sink and scatter everything because you're no longer on board.

It is cringeworthy to read.

While you are fighting to defend yourself on all fronts, likewise be wary of those urging you on.

Edit: Unsolicited opinion.

Someone who wanted to kill my friend and family members. You forgot to add that.

Someone who went as far as threatening my pastors

I can share his phone numbers and the details of all his cronies that were terrorizing people all about.

Someone who have no single issue he can lay claim on and yet was all bent on destroying himself.

Someone whose closest ally is ready to share all he knew about our dealings together.

Go and check the thread. I moved on at the carcass cos I’m no longer interested. That’s where issues arise.

Do you think my silence over all those claiming fraud was because I’m weak bro. I don’t do nairaland war.

So you really cared about the client and not the contractor right?

Do you care to ask exactly what brabus did for him?

Two can play the game though.

jabolo:


Yes.

@BrabusNG @EgunMogaji2

You guys are on a roll on this subject.

Thanks.

That’s how we roll here until trolls and cry babies came to divide us.

This is the place where we demystify construction in Nigeria. You bring your wild ideas and we wow it to life here.

We are not here to build for everyone but to build a community for knowledge exchange.

I’ll encourage you to learn how to swim with the sharks as it often get hot in here once a while.

Thanks for the mention. You inspired us to do more.

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You can never have it bad with brabus on your project. He be like say devil dey control some people though.

How can someone who gave you 1st project and second project be complaining of fraud at what point did it happen?
Does it mean he defrauded you while building your first 2 houses and you gave him no. 3 to build?

Let’s reason these things na!

There’ll always be altercations and differences on projects. Resorting to cheap blackmails is not always the fix.

Even my friend whom we have an altercation yesternight wasn’t shy to say it as it is until the devil entered him.

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Abi no be the same 3strikes wey me and him don dey discuss Peter Blitz Truck

Devil is a liar. Walahi egbon e f*ck up gan

twinskenny:



maybe they dont want to sell in small unit?

No quite true. You can even buy 1 bag directly from the plant.

EgunMogaji2:


Could it be based on market research? As in not many interest?

No o! Big construction companies (elected ones) have been using this solution for years in Nigeria but the marketing team were so relaxed to get them to review the product on the public forum.

The promotional items given were so boring. I’d do a better job promoting such a very good solution.

Even @MMotimo can attest to this.

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Imagine the huge savings I’d get if I do not have to plaster my bathrooms before installing tiles.

EgunMogaji2:


Right, no harm at all. That’s the difference between doers, dreamers and lunatics that bark around the forums like carnival dogs.

Lafarge is not doing well promoting this solution. I’m sure it’ll reduce our over-reliance on OPC cement.

A smart approach would have been to give some of these adhesive to beta testers to try it out and give their feedback on public forums.

Naija business people sha

If the adhesive can work on the surface above without using the conventional approach, I doubt it’ll pose any issue on a surface like the one below.

Well my job is to make it work... I have two bags of Supafix to put this to test on different surfaces (wall, floor, wood, steel, concrete, sandcrete block, plastered, unplastered etc).

There’s no harm in trying. 5k experiment can’t hurt.

EgunMogaji2:


I still see mounds of sand and mortar mix though. As opposed to the pic below.

The pic above is a leveled floor as opposed to the rough surface in the pic below

There’s absolutely a need to compensate for the uneven surface but not the conventional way. Just by adding few mortar to the mix.

There’s a big difference between the installation above and the one below.

EgunMogaji2:


I don’t see how the adhesive will handle the uneven floor either but I’m willing to learn new stuff.

I’ve done this and shared here before at OPIC Isheri. Pics below.

Please take note the floor wasn’t screeded ahead of laying the tiles like we normally do while using the OPC cement+sand approach.

Just few qty of sand was added to the tiles adhesive with OPC to fill up the uneven spaces. Nothing more.

I’m not sure the worse of uneven DPC floor would be as bad as the floor below.


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This guy Gbenke has been doing some for years now https://www.nairaland.com/1476839/floor-wall-tiling/1#27325243 I just stumbled on the thread.

diordaves:


I think we've been here before.

Adhesive is most cost effective on a polished off floor. On a tapped floor (Nigeria style) you will have the added challenge of first leveling off the floor at a cost to enable you use the adhesive proper as a gum. In this situation, you then use the adhesive very sparingly with huge savings.

I noticed you didn't polish off your "German floor" or did I miss it? You are preparing to pour your decking, maybe you are not going to polish this off as well. In these circumstances, I'm not sure adhesive will be cost effective set against the time tested sand + cement as leveller.

If you use adhesive also as a leveller, the cost outcome will be interesting and worthy of note for future reference. And also, the final aesthetic outcome of the layed tiles will also be interesting. Will the tiles be level?

If adhesive turns out to be cheaper and with the same outcome, then adhesive is the way to go instead of interlocking the living room as some have previously suggested.

I really wish I knew the Ijebu Ode guy. He has had a good time with the adhesives. He has done both - using it as a leveller and using it for screed only.

Unfortunately, he’s one of the silent NL folks Egunmogaji2 asked us to respect.

He told me he wasn’t able to achieve 5sqm during his first use but I think he got it right afterwards.

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Well, I have 2 bags that can cover 10sqm to play with from tomorrow. We can do some experiments.

If this turns out well, I’d be looking at hoarding 2000 bags

The +/- N2k price tag is quite attractive in time like this especially for those at finishing stage.

EgunMogaji2:


Nice.

So how are you getting on with the rough and uneven concrete floor? Or is that just my guys punishing me for not supplying enough “pelebe” as at when due?

You really don’t need it 100% perfect it in order to manage uneven surfaces, you might want to try any of the following:

- have a light screed over the uneven surface to make it even (1in should be fine)

- mix the tiles adhesive with the conventional OPC cement+sand to cover the bumps and rough surfaces.
This is exactly what the guy who bought from me in Ijebu Ode did. The project was a renovation job so he had a lot of uneven surfaces to work on.

Until we improve our build processes, a lot of the cutting-edge solutions in the developed might not really work for us.

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Remember you can manage to have a perfect leveled floor but the baba latis will still go ahead to mix on the floor.
I’m currently having that challenge on my ongoing build.

EgunMogaji2:


Okay I think I got my wires crossed. You’re talking about materials used to stick tile to the floor?

If so yes we don’t use cement, we use thin set mortar.

Yes. Supafix tiles adhesives fall into same category.

Thinset mortar already have latex and polymer additives that aid good bonding.

EgunMogaji2:


Me I no dey duel anymore o

What I wanted clarification on was this, "Oyinbo man don’t use cement for their floors na".

Thanks.

You can check it out. Tiles adhesive is the right thing for tiles installation and not our conventional OPC cement+sand screed approach.

3strikes:

- He under quotes to beat other contractors. He will try to change the quotes after you've commence the project. (This is where we first bumped heads)
- He also doesn't respect client's confidentiality.[/b]

Is that all you’ve got?

Brabus underquote to build a 3 floor building for you with just N12m

Anyway, did you pay him extra money on your build?

Was the project delivered within schedule or not?

May I remind you of your pickup line when you called me... You seem to have forgotten how much you begged me and how you told me the stories of....

You seem to have forgotten your message to me when I completed your raft with meagre 2.5m using my marine boards and my dump truck to deliver sand. You’ve forgotten how you jumped for joy and told me you’ve never believed raft won’t cost less than 4.5m and how you’ve been watching closely to see if I’m not cutting corners.

I can send you screenshots of some of your msgs though to refresh your memory or maybe you ask Kazeem

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At what point did you realize Brabus work was unsatisfactory? Remember he doesn’t take money for a new milestone until the client is satisfied with the one paid for.

Was it at the beginning or the middle or at the very end after he has delivered and moved on?

Or you were saving it up??

The gullible ones will buy your stories.

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Please stop doing this in front of your kids o because All liars will become a thief

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I gave you the f*cking house you begged me for. At least give me some credit na


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If I don’t respect clients confidentiality, I’d have leveled up bro. I’ll make you popular for the wrong reasons.

Remember you said you will kill my friend, my wife and my children and you sent your squad after them.

EgunMogaji2:


Say what Amigo?

I’ll buy some tiles tomorrow or next and install on unrendered wall using supafix.

Let’s test the power of the tiles adhesive.

rmx:


How much did you buy the marine board and is it recent

N8200 from Omega in Mushin. Supplied to doorstep with extra 35k.

My last purchase was less than a month ago.

Storey or Bungapent?

#ideasworthexploring

From your internet photographer cum baba lati builder

#NextHome

XL6 Trillion | Atrium House | First Floor Slab Formwork just like the master ordered it.

folmus:


Lodifa fu eni toragba, to sami si igba. Tigba ba sonu! Odigba to barigba, Igbayen loma ri Ami. So damo to bari


Na when you see them you go see your marks.

Smiles. Baba agba!

Well done and thanks for all you do.

erico2k2:

I have put a metal door to the stairs to my o be and two bed upstairs, so no way up.Thats where I store my things these days

I gave 4 boots to my concreters last weekend and one of them went home with a pair.

I didn’t complain. I just gave them another job to do and deduct the money for the boot from their fee.

Those guys love good stuffs but they’d rather steal it than save up to buy.

erico2k2:

The rate at which head pans and wheelbarrow disappear or condemn on-site is alarming, even shovels ahah

There are thieves on every site, you just need to make it hard for those who chose stealing as a profession.

Every NextHome equipment on site has a mark of identity. Even our sieve

We too are doing preventative maintenance of all our equipment now that we are working on the slab.

erico2k2:

Elaborate

Baba I dey site right now and we are firing the job.

I’ll free up my time later this evening to do this.

GoodFaith:


I am doing driveway stamp concrete
Around the house using interlock
My reason id to be able to access my pipes

Good idea.

I pray I don’t have leaky pipe issues someday cos all my pipes are buried underground. Although there are manholes installed at strategic points.

topsy23:


That's serious

Unfortunately, there’s nothing that you, I or the government can do about this.

Can you buy electrical cable at N9,000 and sell at N8,500? It’s impossible! The same way with cement right now.

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My suggestion is that we should start exploring alternative to cement in Nigeria. The owner of the project next to my ongoing build is planning to use Supafix after I introduced it to him last week.

I’ll be doing some demos in the coming days.

A nairalander (whom I don’t know) ordered some quantities from me in January. I really wish he could give his feedback on the product.

It’s cheaper and better than OPC. A good way to explore is to do comparative costing between OPC and the supafix in smaller rooms.

Oyinbo man don’t use cement for their floors na

EgunMogaji2:


I figured this out when my wall was uneven and I questioned the bricklayers. They clued me in. So now all my blocks comes from the same machine.

And it’s not only the height, even the thickness of the wall varies.

We are our own worst enemies. This is no different from a man using a saloon car menat for 5 passengers to carry 8 passengers and his only excuse is that the pump prices of fuel has increased.

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Cement Update

Reliable source have it that Lafarge Ewekoro plant is doing routine maintenance and only Lafarge Sagamu plant is operating at the moment. Even the Eastern plant is not operating.
So production is happening in sagamu but there are too many bookings from other parts of the country that those who even booked for 20 trailers hardly get 10.

This explains the increase in the price of cement. Cement price from the manufacturers remains ‘K’ The problems is coming from the distribution network and not from the manufacturers.

As a matter of fact, Lafarge is trying to clear backlogs.

kopell:
Wow, who ever thought somebody could cut corners on the height of blocks. Nigerians I hail, we always pay attention to the strength of the blocks not the height and width. Another eye opening, take it or leave it, this exposure of different kinds of tricks to cheat, we'll make you have more enemies than friends. You are not prefect as we are not as well. People make mistakes in life and correct themselves to be better in there dealings. One thing that amazed me, if an induvial devoted their time to dig somebodies past and make it a duty. I wouldn't understand how that person have time for their own life. Like Dunka said, we are all mature people. People can take time to do their diligent on any contractor here before they make there decisions and who they choose to award their contract to. Even with all this spamming, the guy still excelling in getting contracts and continue to exhibit is knowledge and moving up in life. Can't we just let go. Enough is enough, this page is created to help qualify professionals to exhibit their knowledge at the same time as attracting potential customers.

Baba, na Brabus! Brabus! we go dey shout till I launch my 2nd, 3rd and 4th project

Respect to that bro who despite all odds say “Brabus, I’ve heard all the stories and read all the epistles.... let’s do this.”

For me, this is what separate men from boys.


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I’ve never put out ads for my company. So people like us don’t struggle for jobs because we operate in a terrain that’s largely untapped.
I don’t see how any of the rants here will affect me because I don’t go beyond my set target a year.

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My first 2 clients even though nairalanders are approached me from kobocity. In few weeks, we will be celebrating our first completed project without a shouting match on that platform.

This means the system we built is working. Kudos to those who believed in us and those who threw stones at us. We’ve used all the stones to build a castle for self-builders and first time homeowners.

My name remain Brabus.

henrymor:
Hi Fam,

Thank you for always answering my questions.

Please if I want to use artificial grass for the whole compound do I need to floor the compound. I need answers please.

Thanks

No!

This is how to do it https://www.kobocity.com/d/45-the-hottest-new-house-design-ideas-and-how-to-achieve-them

Drop your question on that thread and our experts will attend to you shortly.