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ruggedtimi:
A Nigerian man is currently heartbroken following an action of his girlfriend who slept with her ex boyfriend for a paltry sum of money.

A man who has been financially assisting his girlfriend who is currently a student has cried out to Joro Olumofin about how she had s*x with her ex boyfriend for N15,000.

Read the heart-rendering story below:

Never keep a woman who chat to her ex still.
She has no reason in the whole wide world to keep tabs with her ex.

EgunMogaji:
Excellent. I'm only bringing the pipes (N5 / foot), manifold (not sure if available in Nigeria but prefer US quality versus UK quality) and outlets (want uniqueness that is uncommon) from here. The other small stuff will come from Nigeria as well as the plumber that will bang it all together under my direction.

Edit:

I only saw 180 degree bending spring, does this mean that you can bend it to any angle that you want?

Baba U are dising our pipes again abi
Ok go quench Una fire with una supirior pipes.
I heard wild fire Don burst again.

9icetoo:
no puncture in four years. the tyres were replaced last year July. the tyres came with the car in 2009.
alignment issues caused the replacement. the rear tyres still had a lot of meat on them. however as recommended in the owners manual and by the Michelin tyre service center, the four tyres were replaced.
this tyre center has a pressure gauge fitted to their pressure hose. this pressure gauge is calibrated and coloured from white to green to red to guide technician so as not to overinflate the tire even during fitting. these operators are regularly trained by Michelin. engage them in a discussion and you will marvel at how much they know about tyres unlike those FRSC knob heads.
so tyres were always handled by pros and would have lasted longer than 6 years if not for alignment issues.
6 freaking years and same car travels to villa and back (600 odd kms) every xmas.
goes to Enugu from ebonyi sometimes and a few burials and weddings outside the state in between.
FRSC are a bunch of scallywags.

Ok I take it no nails on the route,The tyres in my wife car do not last more than 2 years max, something must puncture and I hate patch so she just had to replace them with good threaded tyres

battleaxe:
@All

Many thanks for your valuable contributions- well digested. And I think there are others who are benefitting from this.

I need some more help though- as guessed by eriko, steel pillar carrying tank is cast into a tall foundation. It would be absolutely impossible to drop it, modify and re-stand. Anyone with ideas to modify this, pls share.

I know it isn't a distance issue because there are other bungalows fed from a 2nd lower tank on same stand, and supply is excellent.

My assumption is that because the supply is going up, against gravity, for the duplex, hence the sluggishness.

I will work on the option of increasing the supply line, while retaining the distribution piping.

Does anyone have an experience with power showers? As they have an inbuilt pump, do they help with pressure at individual showers?

Thanks again all.

Power shower is just another option of what I suggestion, its a shower with a little pump inside,That brings you back to the power source.If you can gt over the power supply to the power shower then you are good to go.

n3xt:
You just can't stop making sense. @ OP, Raise your tank! You really don't want to see a flooded house due to leakage caused by leaking pipes.

As for pumps, boosters etc, no be everything dey work as rated o. I have this stuffs and I can tell you how disappointing it is with all the amount invested. They should work in places where there's quality assurance. I mean your pipes, fittings/faucets are built to standard specs and not here where anything goes (pipe is pipe).

how about if this pump is put just before your shower and it supplies just your shower?, cos in my house where Im typing from that seem to be the case

ice4u999:
First, you want to install a booster pump to supply water to home at a certain pressure. What are the things to consider: you need to know what you would want your end pressure to be, knowing your end pressure would enable you ask yourself if your PVC piping is rated for sure pressure.

As we all know not all PVC piping are rated properly and most of our local plumbers heat the female end of a PVC pipe of the same size to expand it and then insert male end of another PVC pipe with glue instead of using the proper fitting. That is a problem right there because that end or joint can easily fail under pressure.

Now we know about fittings and how some Nigeria product are not usually done to code.

The next issue now is to use a booster pump you will require a constant supply of water to the pump i.e. Your over tank must never I mean never run go dry. Why must your overhead tank never go dry? Because if it does your pump will air lock and also create air gaps in your piping. Air gap in your piping could result to water water hammer within pipe. The negative part to this is that years to come crack will begin to appear at certain joints which will eventually result to failure. Air locking in your pump and line is an easy fix by installing a level control switch in your over head tank.

So my brother it comes down to what is the easiest and cheapest with less headache instead of starting from then beginning it is simply by rising the height of your tank. The tanks simply feed all outlet by gravity. No science to that. And as a brother said increase the pipe diameter from tank which will reduce restriction to the small diameter piping going into the house. At least with this solution you don't have to worry about pipe ratings, strength of the glue your plumber used, the short cuts your pumbler used to keep more money in his pocket and end pressure for various outlets.

But if you still choose to go the route of installing a pressure pump a quick guide to look through for pressure calculation will be 4th class power engineering book. Because this pressure pump work well overseas because they tie in to a city supply main line with constant supply.

thanks

Yep I get all that,but in this case the tank has been done cast to the ground by the OP,so I was offering a quick xcape as a suggestion, however the best practice is to get adequate height for your tank not to experience this but height of tanks do have limits
Reason, if you are building a 6 storey building blocks of flats, waht do you do regards water supply?
See why the boaster is necessary.

mufutau55:
True to that... then the artisan must pour the concrete nicely. Most lintel by Spyder only uses regular wood but look how nicely they come.

Hajji M.

Thats cos he uses one particular tool, the concrete poker aka romance machine, this brings out the Fat yes the FAT to the surface, when this dries its smoonth

mufutau55:
If the Supervisor was there and not seeing that the wood were not straight to form a good lintel, then he was not doing good supervision.
If you want a better not just adequate, to meet your level of expectation, then tell them to use marine plywood..
That is one thing I like about Spyder... look at all his pillars and lintel, you won't even know there is a granite inside... very smooth outside, I have seen others with lots of hunchback, no attention to details...

Hajji M.

ehe, I think when it comes to bends or curve, one should use ply wood, cos you can work them into shapes and forms

EgunMogaji:
I'm using 1" from EWT to my manifold and then 1/2 to distribute directly to each tap. This should help tremendously with pressure especially with using a manifold.

you sure the 3/4 wont be in a better place to be used instead of the 1/2 you are proposing?

FastShipping:
Buy from ebay. That's where I'm getting mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLAR-HIGH-PRESSURE-WATER-PUMP-LOW-COST-BASIC-KIT-PUMP-PANELS-CABLES-/131433357454?hash=item1e9a09e08e:g:4qMAAOSwZjJU5KtW

This would not solve that pressure problem though as this will pump water to the tank only.

EgunMogaji:
Small solar cell with a battery will solve this.

You guys need to stop suckling at the nips of NEPA, it's 2016

$129.00

yeh this sounds nice but these do not come with the pump or do they?
the ones upstairs do though.
However if the can power the presure pump then all good

FastShipping:
Buy from ebay. That's where I'm getting mine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOLAR-HIGH-PRESSURE-WATER-PUMP-LOW-COST-BASIC-KIT-PUMP-PANELS-CABLES-/131433357454?hash=item1e9a09e08e:g:4qMAAOSwZjJU5KtW

600-700 galons per day, , thats very impressive,Im on this boat too

battleaxe:
Just regular PVC pipes.

@Kola, you're right. It's 1 inch.

The height of the tank would not make a difference in this case since the plumber still dropped the feeder pipe to the bottom before distributing.

I still need ideas from people who don't have this issue in their builds- how did you resolve it?

Who told you the height of the tank scaffold dont matter , since we do not use pressure pump in 9ja the true pressure we get is that given to us via force of gravity,same way ur electric heater will not produce pressure to your shower if not in the proper height.

titiakins:
surely you can't say the price of materials are the same everywhere in Nigeria

Nah they are not, the cheapest building materials are in Lagos,but the most expensive place is at the villages.

FastShipping:
They have solar powered pressure pumps now.

what would it be powering? all of the house pressure ie shower or evry?

diportivo:
Same guy

ok cool
but where is the guy who did ur Bross own reside these days?

adanny01:
Thats what i meant by saying that the "thread is the only enforceable factor to consider". Expiry dates and manufacturing brand cannot be enforced. Infact, the FRSC is struggling to enlighten car users of ban on used or tokumbo tires but has been difficult.

You see, when you say stuff like Ban tokumba tyres puts you in same l ine as FRSC guys, why ban? even in the wes we buy used tyres, there are shops whom sell used tyres gotten from accident or scrapped cars.these tyres have the legal thread limits.Anyone who drives abroad can attest to this dont just take my word for it google used tyres in teh USA or UK. http://www.usedtyres.org.uk/

9icetoo:
yes. a lot of people drive their cars only within city limits and have never ventured beyond the state borders. such people probably drive to work in the morning and back home in the evening clocking less than 800 kilometers a month.
an average tire lasts about 60,000 kms when properly maintained (alignment, balancing and inflation pressures).
60,000 kms by 9600 per year gives you a little above six years.
I am talking from personal experience here.
car is a family owned kia soul.

So they do not have puncture in the whole 4 years, knowing the bad state of cleanliness on our 9ja roads,
In 4 years if you do not get puncture by nails or screws, something will tear your tyre, or some one will put 2much air.Im finding it strange you can use tyres for up to 4 years in 9ja

titiakins:
what I'm saying is,

Use the environment you find yourself to your own advantage


For instance, if I'm to build in a village, instead of buying blocks I would make my own blocks

and if you have labourers that don't charge too high, instead of employing new ones that are charging too high,
It's better you bring your labourers over from where ever to your site

PS: say no to daily charging

Still did not answer my contribution, the labour cost is not the issue here rather cost of materials which are bound to be more expensive in the Village than in the city.The only part that would be cheap is the cost of labour and Land.

Plz anybody in the PH axis who k nows any carpenter who Does this renting of wood?

FreeWorld23:
if this my Oga can avoid buying wood despite sleeping with dollars, who born me?

DropShot:
I understand your sentiments and emotions.

However, the plea bargaining is more effective with these big thieves than prosecution. They have amassed too much wealth that prosecuting them can drag for years without getting better returns even after successful prosecution. Imagine getting Omisore successfully jailed for five years after prosecution without getting him return the N1.3 billion!

Nop I do not agree, if you steal and found guilty, go to jail, no one should be bigger that the lawas of the land, unless they are not telling us the full story here
it more like agree you returned some money and we will never bother you again or else EFCC would be o n your case for the next 10 years.

mufutau55:
I like this guy... making me laugh. I hope I am not late into answering this. There is nothing wrong in using used planks for decking.

When I was about to deck my project in December 2015, me and my Builder (Aventures) had to look for way to save money on the decking cost becos I am a poor man. Actually like you, I had to go back to my Grandfather's Cocoa farm in the village with cutlass and hoes to do some work and gather money, but still the money was not enough. So Aventures came out with the idea of renting the woods and bamboo for the decking... we saved over N250k from the cost. The planks and bamboos we used have been used before, we also used plastic laid on the planks to preserve the planks and also to make the deck slab come out good. After our use, the same planks can still be used about five times more.. because they were still in good shape and not bent either. After the deck cured, the carpenter came and removed his planks and bamboos to be reused.
I also used recycle planks for the lintels on both ground floor and upper floors... It saved me quite a bit of money.
I believe in idea of recycling and conservation, so reusable of anything possible is what I like. In my previous project, its used once and dispose the planks and bamboos; shared to the residents around the areas for fire wood... this ideas is wasteful. Planks can be recycled.

So go ahead and use good used planks and bamboos for your decking/lintel project... it will save you money.

Note: All the monies in this Forum is controlled by EgunMogaji o, I have nothing to do with it... I am a kobo-kobo project man.

Hajji M.

baba U don come again with this your kobo kobo level, coco farm ke or you mean the bank ,show us teh way oh, we dey route 69 dey wait you ohhhh
I think this is what Im going to do, rent wod as my Build nah the original kobo kobo construction,one year two blocks

FreeWorld23:
i have dealt with a carpenter in Lagos who have his wood already and these are the best ppl you can use to cut cost cos they will charge u together with their materials and the advantage is; they won't want to lose the job therefore you will be given a reasonable price and if you do the calculations, you will see you will be paying less or nothing for their materials since it's their own and they will be going back with them.

Do the search

Ithink thats what Im going to explore, since money hard these days

KolaShangOne:
Most houses in Nigeria wait for Nepa before water is pumped. So, it's still same.

Or he an get a pump with a power rating that isn't more than that of his generator. We don't even know, Oga could be using a Milano

BAba u missed waht we where talking about, the pressure pump is like a step up transformer, when you open your tap the pressure pump realizes the water need more pressure and it starts up every time you open your tap, so for that you need electricity each time you open your tap
thats the one Im on about, now check that in the 9ja context, so U go wait until NEPA bring light b4 you open tap ni

titiakins:
you speak like you know anything about building and construction


I just completed a 3 bedroom and d even spend that much (without fittings)... location matters


What's even more annoying is th fact that th building is in the village where building materials and labour is cheap


Next time you have something to say to me, don tell me I'm spewing rubbish!

So i n all you are saying Building materials are more cheaper in the village are you 4 real? Even Bread are more expensive in the village if there are no bakery there.

diportivo:
Yep...plain windows

Hmm Ok ,mine has got a tinted heated window
I jst realize, aint you same one Im chatting to regards 4 year rule in tyre expiration

Lexusgs430:
You have your mind set at achieving this Autobiography 9ja dream.
Write us an Autobiography, when it's eventually completed.

, will surely do,Im taking my time at this, It must come to 9ja with me when I pack my bags.

FastShipping:
Get a pressure pump.

Would that not require a constant electricity?
think 9ja factor lol

Lexusgs430:
Anything not in its original form. The potential of it going wrong, either immediately or later on is definitely enough to put me off(but I am not you).

TBH the only mechanical part that is going to be fabricated is the hole through which the steering column goes fru to meet the rack

xcuggsm:
LARGE BODY OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE SUPPORTS A SIX YEAR TIRE EXPIRATION DATE

Numerous studies written by or for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration support a finding that tires expire in six years.

These studies conclusively conclude the following:

=>Tires begin to weaken and fall apart as they age.

=>The tire aging process happens regardless of whether a tire is on a vehicle or in a temperature-controlled room.

=>Most tires begin to significantly degrade around five years from the date of manufacture.

=>Six years from the date of manufacture, most tires are no longer safe for use on a vehicle
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OXIDATION:
For most tires, the expiration date should be six (6) years from the date of manufacture. Tires age dangerously because of a chemical process commonly referred to as oxidation, which simply means that as the tire components are exposed to oxygen, the oxygen particles cause the flexible components of a tire to harden and become brittle. Over time, the tire will simply fall apart under normal stress, just like an old rubber band. Because this process occurs naturally, it does not matter if a tire is being used, stored as a spare, or simply waiting on a store shelf for an unsuspecting consumer.

As THREAD LIFE becomes less of a factor in the service life of a tire (because of improvement in tyre manufacturing technology which reduces thread wear), oxidation becomes a more serious concern— particularly in hotter climates, like Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana which are routinely the hottest states in the United States. (.... AND AFRICA)

http://www.tiresafetygroup.com/tires-expire-in-six-years/

Did you do chemistry in your secondary school days?
if you did then you need to go and re read about Oxidation, instead of copying and pasting what you cannot comprehend.
There are loads of anti-oxidizing agents in the market.,the simplest one is ASCROBIC Acid.

adanny01:
The truth is that expiry date of tires is not enforceable because very many different factors that cause degradation of rubber which the tire is made of. Heat for example is a major factor so weather is a main factor. It means 4years expiry in country A could be 5 years in B and 6 in C. Within the US a lone, on standard expiry date cannot be enforced. This is just one factor, when you account for other factors, its nearly impossible to get a specific date not that the tire will not expire at a point in time. Like i said in this thread, its not the expiry of tires that is in contention but the expiry period.

Thread is the only enforceable factor to consider. It is highly advised that from 4 years and above, tires of that age become dangerous as the guarantee is well off.

Just like someone mentioned above, its better to buy a new china substandard tire than buy a 10year old standard Michelin tire or its equivalent. If you know chemistry, you will know better.

you forgot the most important part of tyre inspection, if you have ever own a car abroad you will realize the Authority pay bigger attention on the thread depth of your Tyre rather than the manufacturing dates.