₦airaland Forum

snakebeat:
This is entirely not true.
Usage of DPM depends on the land, swampy, water table & all that. It's mainly recommended for waterlogged areas. Though it's preferable to use it regardless of the land, but it can still be compromised like hardcore & wiremesh, if the building is on a dry land....

I think we are missing the point here,the damp action is enhance fru what they call capillary actions
Def: It is defined as the movement of water within the spaces of a porous material due to the forces of adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension.
So as you can see,this has nothing to do with water logged area, in as much as there are plant growing in that land this will happen, its basic science.This is Y Engineers developed the sense of DPM, and the basic Idea round it was to create a layer to permanently separate or prevent rising water from getting to the slab and this separation was achieved cheapest by putting polyethene or plastic sheets between sand and concrete.

twinskenny:
blocks look different from naija own

we rarely use hollo blocks in the south south, all of our blocks are mainly solid

Ytechconst:
Yes ooo. Julius Berger started from somewhere. We'll surely get there by His Grace. Thanks Appreciate.

Nice, well done

EgunMogaji:
Please explain/show this when possible.

Me think its bending back excess rod.

EgunMogaji:
Seems to be quite a lot of pillars on this build.

Can you explain why this much on a bungalow?

Thanks.

I have my pencil and paper ready and sitting straight in my chair. In fact I might just drag out my old school uniform to complete the ensemble to represent the seriousness that I'm giving this subject

Ahah I'm writing down names of Noise makers

Origin:
is it economical for large scale work .
I intend using for little wall plastering but would like to know how many bags would be required to large concrete mixes.
Please I really need all the professional opinions we can get.

Is there a best brand or are they all the same

Sorry to ask.why would you want to use it on a wall as against flooring where water seeping is perceived?

EgunMogaji:
Over here we use a rubber paint to seal walls to make basements waterproof, can the same be done?

You mean like epoxy if spelt right?let me give a bit of I sight to damp.have yoy been in a house where you put clothes in the was robe and 2 weeks later they smell stuffy and some white stuff forms at the edges? ?or a situation where U observe wall sweating. However the effect is felt more where u have water logged grounds.my parents house was like that.I had to brake the floor and re do it with nil on under

phyllosilicate:
I could remember how Okonjo Iweala was shouting how Nigeria was broke, how Nigerians should tighten their belt because of the falling price of crude oil and that Nigeria would borrow to be able to finance the 2015 budget. But in just 3 months almost 60% of the Budget has been generate just from petroleum products alone, not including revenues generated internally and other export.
IF THIS MUCH COULD BE GENERATED WITHIN 3 MONTHS WHEN OIL PRICE IS ABOUT $50 PER BARREL, WHERE WAS OUR MONEY GOING TO WHEN IT WAS $110 PER BARREL?

Let us see what they would achieve with this sum in the next three months. Won't it be safe to say this is a yard stick to me sure the performance of the govt of the day?

EgunMogaji:
Can anything be done to salvage this situation if the owner/builder reconsiders?

I dont think so to be honest

EgunMogaji:
I'm pretty much set on pillars, mesh and waterproof.

One question, what is the life expectancy of the plastic in concrete?

for ever,it does not disintegrate.If you notice every single concrete work on ground works goes on top DPM

kcsystems:
Iron mesh and re-enforcement is not an alternative to DPM.

Not all client will accept to use DPM due to cost factor. Many don't believe concrete can be damp and if it damp the floor tile will resist it some may say.

Concrete will always absorb water from undernith just like red mud sand will absorb water..I Don not think for the size of this house that the cost of waterproof is going to be significant. I just think it's importance should be re emphasised.

KanwuliaJara:
I WILL!

Remain small the Man go order probe to how E mama take born am

Bern1992:
Hw dt one take concern m

Kerosene is still #180 in ma area despite all d appointments

Buy gas cooker

EgunMogaji:
ChinoSXL is a shipper on here, hopefully he'll come in and give a quote. I've only shipped cars and from California. He's in Texas and should be much cheaper since he's a consolidator and the distance is much shorter.

Ok noted

truckin:
Still at your service. Call or sms

30 tone to Alakaiah,cost?

Nice one, keep it coming

EgunMogaji:
Not massive if you have the know how.

It's far more easier for me to restore that than to redesign a concrete mixer that can be bought on Harbor Freight for $150.00

ChinoSXL how much will you ship this to Nigeria if it's unassembled?

Ok its way cheaper at your end then, but what will it cost to ship it to Nigeria?

mayowa122:
Why reason like this?
Where is thy brain?

So U believed that craap

omachonupeter:
Sai buhari, I like him for what he is doing. thank God we have gotten a president who is passionate about the betterment of Nigeria.

How old are U??

emzila:
see ur life, east west road don complete?

how E go complete,its ongoing,how many govt build the bennin sapele and the warri sapele rd? answer me nah

EgunMogaji:
What I want to do is buy, lift if no clear owner, some of the heavy equipment machinery that litters our landscape and rebuild them.

I'll love to have a grader, a Caterpillar of course

that's a massive project, I'm more interested in tools you can use to enhance the building trades, ie molds etc.

cabaliciouscabal:
MuMu Because u did not attend sch for half a day, now means u shouldn't av simple Brain, so if Buhari promised to bring Naira to Dollar equivalent, would dat appen in three month, spare part attendant boy. Your hatred for PMB has even clout ur sense of common reasoning. Foooollll

Ok no problem, without insult what time frame would it be acceptable to wait for, 1 yr,2 yrs or 4??

ramdris:
Expect nothing less for Buhari is leading us....

They are playing with your minds.I sent pounds today 347.so what are they talking about.1 pound is 1.5 dollars

I have been thinking of a Cement mixer,the tech behind it is quite simple
My initial parts would be a drum(rubber)
few angle bars

HI everybody,I an Engineer with building at heart, so I'm bending and delving slowly into civil Engineering,however I have noticed so far on this forum and platform that Builders seem to use same tools over and over again through out the years ie since 1960 ,I have to make a joke here.
Well so I was thinking, how can we wrap up our minds, open the creative ability to accommodate our building needs, right from crane to cement mixers.We have our unique way of building, totally different from the west and it is to this end I recon we can develop our own tools for the building trade in Nigeria.I think if we can achieve just 40% of these locally then we are good to go.Some of us are lucky to live in the West and can through more lights into tools used by trades men and convert them into our local needs.
SO PLEASE SHARE YOUR IDEAS

skyps:
You mean 2.4m is gone already just for this stage? What a waste

If you have a look at my post you will see my propose building in PH,the rains is not friendly so I have stopped,however I have spent almost N1.5M and I aint dug the foundation yet, so my friend as you can see realistically the OP has not gone red in terms of budget to dig a 1Mtr of foundation cost btw N500 to N700(approx 3ft or one shovel leghnt) so imagine if you have 30mtrs in one stretch,concrete steal, blocks, his might be 6 coach in depth,water, Dev fees, floor plan and Engineering drawings alone can cost up to N100K, approval fees etc,building of a house goes beyond braking the ground and roofing your house U know also there is room for mistakes.

kcsystems:
10th day at work
Work in progress:

German floor formwork completed

Concrete cast of German floor completed

Bro I think you should have at least put DPM before concrete mix to prevent damp,ie flooring absorbing moisture from underground since you have no mesh/ re-enforcement

skyps:
You mean 2.4m is gone already just for this stage? What a waste

what makes you think its a waste?

This is really nice, work in progress

mikolo80:
I don't like to talk to ppl who lack home training and etiquette/class so.... believe whatever makes you happy. when you grow up,then we can talk

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franciskaine:
I am not a sadist neither am I a nay sayer. My prayer is dat Nigeria will prosper and nothing more, I had rather u wish ur country wat u wish urself.

Ok I take it you,ve got no answer

Miranda11:
I don't need to provide proof, the GMD has said it that performance reviews will be used where it is possible to retrain staff for them to be more efficient then such staff will be kept, but where there is no value in doing so they will be let go. This is the criteria that is being used. If u know anybody that works in NNPC and who can be honest with you about the reality of the situation then you won't say this. I know pple who work in NNPC and they complain bitterly about the incompetence of the staff there who were employed simply on a man know man basis, they come to work do not add value and get the intelligent junior staff to do all the work. How can NNPC continue to survive like this and unfortunately this is the case throughout the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

it says retirement??/ 60 yrs above and 35 service years, make any sense