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The roofing

We are through with the Kitchen tiles.

... Almost all the iron doors are ready now the metal workmen have to camp in the site for quick delivery...

Ready With window protector

Pop guys setting out the up stairs

mixratio:
that's nice. Please could you enlighten me about the SIZEABLE LOOMP STONE?

Loomps as my tiper Drivers call it, is a sizable stone that is used for dpc before the dpc concrete cast. It also serves as a reinforcement. It should be "rump stone" anyway.

ceelog:
Okay...so it wasn't used at foundation stage. Just bought to be used later? Right? From your experience...should one buy all his iron at once? Even though I will be spacing the foundation and decking over a 12months waiting period?

Very well sir if you have space where you can keep them , its cool, it doesn't spoil.

spyder880:
We are starting a concrete parapet fascia here as from next week.

well-done oga spider, we kno your capablity sir.

Cabinets, kitchen units, wardrobes...

murphyrichy:
Thanks for the reply, like you said it depends on the finishing. I need a simple 4-bedroom house say between 2.5-3m.That's the range am looking at.

Okay, if that is what you want, then you May need to make a drawing first... To specify your choice of bungalow . Thanks

murphyrichy:
Thanks for the reply, like you said it depends on the finishing. I need a simple 4-bedroom house say between 2.5-3m.That's the range am looking at.

Okay, if that is what you want, then you May need to make a drawing first... To specify your choice of bungalow. Thanks

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Tilling and tiles

noble71:
Nice design bro. but I don't support this your strip foundation in a water logged area. reinforced strip foundation would have been better or raft foundation if you have the money. to avoid stories that touch.

Civil Engineer Speaking......

.....Thank you for that good idea. Well Co-Engr. if you take a good look at the soil layers you will notice that the more it goes deep the stronger it becomes, Which shows that is not a stratum Or a re-filled soil. so I decided to go on with strap but in a reinforced aggregate, now we had a pre-cast of about 6" to 8" (dry mixture all through) before the installation of the baskets, two baskets per pillar for the 46pillars, one as a bed and the other a as a carrier after which we cast up to 1ft 6" over the pillars and got the same level in all the straps, that is strap reinforcement as it implies which claimed up to 385 bags of ibeto cement. the initial depth of the footing was 1400m but after the cast work we had about 600m or less than that which I know is better than raft in this context, that is the reason why the blocks in the foundation looks shallow but blocks we know is brace stud in foundations and just a demarcation after dpc. pillars are the load bearers. After which we have to chain the entire foundation up here with 16mm right round and intermediately.

Am not the type of Engineer that will jump into raft because of fear or because people raft their foundation, I think I should be able to first of all find out the kind of soup (challenge) available, only then will I be able to know the kind of Swallow (solution) that will go with it. Weather pounded yam or Fufu.

Yes because it has become a tradition In construction that the measurement are 2 or 4 head pans higher or lesser than each other when it comes to sand and stone etc. but I disagree with that. when you inspect (examine) the work, you as a professional will know The best Approach that is going to suit it. Its very simple. I Am not traditional Engineer but a construction Engineer. Thanks

donbenedict:
I cover the foundations of that house with the Power of Jesus. Amen



Engr Dumbemcapital, carry on!





Have you done forecasting on the building? Foundations sink u knw.. with time when the formation underneath is continually disturbed with water.


Amen O! Yes, It has been taken care of

Amen!!! My brother

Great job brother..please where did u use 12mm rod?



Lintels, floor slabs, parapet. Etc

abike12:
Great job so far! Does the 9m include plastering? Do you mind breaking down the amount spent into stages? Thanks

Yes, at that stage.

Donchuks023:
can we see d floor plancan we see d floor plancan we see d floor plan

Sorry, that will be with the permission of the client.

I love this

Window hood...

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Running a final check on the roof Wood work before the roof technicians starts the roofing is very important to me so went to the roof top for a check.

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Let's see what is going on outside there... Gate and overhead tank stand in progress...

For kitchen units, External wardrobes

Tillers and the aluminum technician visited the site.

LondonCool:
Well done. Are there any picture updates on the progress so far?

Did you engage a Structural Engineer at any stage of the building work?

Yes, of course we have one.

StDonE:
This is definitely Nike in Enugu. That area is full of water. I was building a three storey at Onungene precisely in 2014 around d same time of August and we met a terrible water that was flooding the whole of foundation. And because of d nature of the water there, we needed heavy reinforcement. So at the end; I had spent abt N10 million just from foundation to the first floor. It was a sad experience that I regretted buying the land

Congrats, is not easy to build around there, I know unungene axis very well infact accross that little lake is something else nothing works theere except raft foundation because of the swampy nature of the area and the soil too is something else.

LondonCool:
Waleajewobi,

I'm building a similar 3 bedroom bungalow + Penthouse ( 2 large rooms). I've done the DPC and I was quoted 5,300 blocks to take it to lintel/ declking level.

Thank you sir, I sincerely apologize for not answering this question earlier. Sir that number of blocks are much for 3 bedroom bungalow except if it includes fencing. Thanks

zealed64:
this is lovely.

Thank you sir

iamademola:
well done sir, but may i ask, how do you stop or rectify the hole/holes where the ground water is coming out into the trench?. because to me there seems to be an aquifer.

No aquifer can be as shallow as that, any ways we seal off the hole with concrete cast and filling so they stopped.