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EgunMogaji:
Personally, I would wait. Who knows maybe the renters would do it for you even.

Nice suggestion.

mufutau55:
I think the last time I bought them was at N1,500 each
I installed them on the wooden doors but forgot how much my carpenter charged.

Hajji M.

Thanks Hajji for the info.

EgunMogaji:
An excellent opportunity for an unemployed youth Nairalander.

I don't know anything easier than changing a door lock.

Bros you are right changing lock is very easy and a valid candidate for DIY. But what will you do when you are not on ground. I guess I can follow Maverick's suggestion and do this last when everybody don commot for my site

mufutau55:
OK. Best way to do it... if it is not broken don't fix.

Hajji M.

Na so Hajji. So any suggestions on market rate for the cylinders (good ones) and also the labour rate for installation?
The guy that gave me installation rate of N700 per door also gave me the price of the cylinder. He quoted 1K for ordinary cylinder and 2.5K for original England. I however want second opinion because N2.5K in fifteen places na big money in this Buhari era.

mufutau55:
Are you replacing the Chinese locks that came with it? I heard the bundled locks are less to be desired and may worth changing.

Hajji M.

I am not replacing everything bros. I have been told 15 of the locks are faulty but the rest are okay so I am changing the 15. If any of the remaining have issue later, I will change them too.

Folks I need the price of lock cylinders for 3ft China doors. I need about 15 pcs. Also kindly advice how much is to install the door lock. I have about 65 Doors that I need the lock with door handles installed. I have got a qoute of N700 per installation but with the quantity of the doors I seek a better bargain. Thanks.

ice4u999:
Live in Calgary but work in the Yukon

QC1 and ice4u99 you guys are my neighbors na. We all be Albertans.

mufutau55:
Thanks Allcopacetic, of course now I do know a reliable distributor now.. truly I did not know you deal in electrical cables too.
Now I know where to turn... I actually spoke with and communicate with Taiwo Ikusemoran. And unfortunately when I told them my
quantity, I did not get any more discounts. I shall be in touch with you for better prices and pickup original at their factory.

So far my quantity is below:

1.5mm = 25
2.5mm = 15
4mm = 7
6mm = 3
10mm = 5
Coaxial Cable (for TV) = 10 (But I can pickup this anywhere with low price, does not have to be Coleman or Nigerchin)

Thanks...

Hajji M.

Bros Allcopacetic sells cables o. I bought all my cables from him at a reasonable price. At least from the little I know about him he no fit sell fake and if there is any issue related to the cable later I know where to run to for complaints

Tiling work and soakaway work almost completed. Kitchen cabinets and closet work.loading.

Recent look of the tile work for the building external walls.

AleAirHub:
Can the fund be transfer to Nigeria Dom account

Yes for sure but you will bear the additional bank charges

chybaz:
Im in need of $$, about 1000$ cash or bank transfer, reach me pls

I can do $10K. How do you want to proceed?

Wina4ver:
8k needed, I just got $1k though slightly higher than 315.

Yes, I can send naira first before dollars is sent to me if seller has someone that can vouch for him or her.

Serious minded people only. Scammers pls keep away.
Thank you

I can do about $10000 at today's rate. Let me know if you are interested

Tritri:
@fash78 Thanks i just shoot you an email.

The name.and number of the guy that did my windowhood has been sent to your email.

skimanski:
Oga hajji. Will look for time to get to that property, as I haven't been to that area for a while now.

Hello my brother. I raised the concern of odour when Septic Tank and soakaway are connected together as Hajji mentioned. Can you please provide a schematics of how the vents should be placed on each pipe for each chamber and also any other place the vent should be located. Thsnks

mufutau55:
I have seen it done either way... but personally, I will have the POP and screeding done same time before the tiling to minimize the dirt and stain on the tiles. Even though the tiles can be cleaned later spic and span.

Hajji M.

That is what I wanted to do but the tiler said it is easier to clean a dirty tile than get a screeded wall soil with sand and cement while tiling

Guys any advice? I am about to do some internal wall screeding. The floor tiles for the rooms where the wall screeding to be done is not yet laid. The tiler is suggesting completing the floor tiles before the wall screeding is done. Can you guys share your experience with tiling and screeding? In what order should this be done?

Dominionng:
Picture update! That was how my Oga beat me to it Will come back to create my picture story.

Project scheduled for 4wks but completed in six due to reasons beyond the control of both parties. Above all, we keep the client happy as we appreciate the opportunity.

Dominion

Please feel free to post more pictures of your work. I only posted the few ones you sent to me.

Tritri:
sent pls confirm.

Confirmed. Will get back to you soon

mufutau55:
Yes.. I have post this link to the Off-Topic/General" thread, so other may come here to educate people who is willing to learn and not argue blindly.

Hajji M.

Thanks sir.

Nigranks:
@Fash, nice house. I am looking for help with a foundation project. Can you recommend your builder?

Please look through this thread from the beginning and you will see the contact number of the person that was handling this project. Please note the person is no more working on my project due to irreconcilable differences. You can see the reasons in this thread if you care to know why he is no more working on my project. That is all I can say.

Tritri:
@fash78 Can u pls share the number of the window hood guy .

Please send me.a PM
I will talk to.the guy first and then reply to your message with his number. I don't want to give his number out without his permission. I hope you understand

mufutau55:
It is already in the Properties Forum, just a different thread... but when it gets to Front Page and al the little school kids hijack it then it won't serve its purpose anymore.

Hajji M.

Can you please post the link to the right thread here sir?

mufutau55:
@Erico2k2 .... Whenever a thread makes it into "Front Page" you see people coming out with various theories.
They should join us in Properties Forum discussions for better understanding... I am out of this thread, you should too.

Hajji M.

Hajji please let's move this topic to property section and let's have professionals in the house give us their opinion. I believe a lot of people can benefit from this topic including myself.

ice4u999:
But dude I will advice you consult a plumber. Trust me my brother it is not worth saving a few dollars now only to spend thousands later. Get it right once and save your self the headache of draining your septic tank every month for not connecting it to your sock away.

Peace

Trust me bro I am using a plumber to do this work. Whether he knows what he is doing is another question. He is the one asking me whether I would prefer him to connect the septic tank and soakaway together to drain excess water from the septic tank to soakaway or if I prefer that both tank not to be connected. When I asked him what is the best practise he said he prefers the two not to be connected because of odours slippage into the house. When he said that I got worried.

This kind of thing need to be standardized to help the client. I should not be the one making decision like this there should be a standard for how septic tank and soakaway should operate.

Now you have got me worried about constant filling up of the septic tank if it is not connected to soakaway to drain the water and my plumber is saying it is possible there could be slippage of odour into the house if they are connected

What man go do now ?

jjagz:
I hope this doesn't get lost in the myriad of responses and the OP sees this.

What is classically done in our climes is to have one hole partitioned into 2 parts which are;

1) SEPTIC TANK: This is where toilet waste i.e faeces are flushed into. Bacteria (which is why it is called SEPTIC) decompose it into SLUDGE which settles and WATER which floats. This tank is usually made with concrete ate the bottom to prevent the sludge from getting into surrounding soil. At the top of this tank is a connection through a hole, pipe or whatever to the septic tank that allows water to drain into the soakaway pit if the water above the sludge becomes excessive. NEVER DIRECT WATER FROM SINKS OR BATHROOMS OR KITCHENS HERE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN SOAP AND OTHER CHEMICALS THAT WILL INHIBIT THE BACTERIA AND THE SEPTIC TANK FILLS UP QUICKLY LEAVING YOU LITERALLY WITH BIG UNDECOMPOSED SHIT.

2) SOAKAWAY PIT: Which is what we call the whole set up at times. It is normally larger and the floor is left bare to allow water literally SOAK AWAY into the ground. Water from sinks, bathrooms, kitchen sinks etc should all come here, including the excess run off from the septic tank( remember from above). SIMILARLY TOILET WASTE SHOULD NOT BE DIRECTED HERE FOR THE SAME REASON IN CAPITAL LETTERS ABOVE.

I hope I have clarified and and not confused you more.

You're welcome.

Thanks for the explanation. My question is aboit the connecting pipe from septic tank to.the soak away, won't there be odour sipping into the kitchen through the waste water drain lines because septic tank is connected to the soakaway?

I am.presently digging my septic and soakaway and I have asked the plumber to keep the two tanks not connected because of the above reason, am I being unnecessarily afraid? Please advise. I still have time to tell him to connect them together if I can get a solid proof that it won't cause me grief of odours sipping into my kitchen down the road.

Tritri:
@fash78 Nice window hood design how much were you charged for it?

For juat his labour the guy charged me N1500, N2000, and N2500 depending on the window sizes. I paid for other materials like cement, sharp sand, quarter rods, and plywood.

Sinking of the precast soakaway and septic tanks

Kitchen walls tiling .......

More tile works for the external walls.

And my best POP design for my living room ----

mufutau55:
Very nice finishing... Good work. Glad things are going well.

Hajji M.

Thanks Hajji for your encouragement.