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Today on site

Future kitchen of d duplex

The first architect i called to site was a nairalander but to my surprise he believed so much in impossibilities. He said since columns were not made from d foundation that we couldnt introduce it again cos according to him anything involving casting cant be joined or added to. The worst part was that he said we cant introduce staircase since it wasnt built as part of the foundation. Though a young graduate i had to look elsewhere cos he was more theoretical than practical. Now that we have inroduced about 20 pillars even though only ten that will carry the decking have matt, have we really breached any structural engineering rule really?

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I think it will be better for me to post expenses after each phase. This phase will finish at the lintel level so i will update financial implication then but so far we have spent about 800k on d restructuring so far

topsy23: Give us the Mechanical and Electrical services installation for this project. A trial will convince you. U can also go through my thread also. My number is 08033643191 or e-mail: atope23@live.co.uk

can u give me a link to your thread?

Work resume this morning

Bill of quantity summary
Substructure : 288,843.00 staircase and first floor slab; 964,688.00 walls 610,670.00 doors and windows 1,087,300.00 wall finishes 1,738,050.00 floor finishes 1,135,029.00 ceiling finishes 677,989.50 fittings and fixtures 350,000.00 services 620,500.00 roof carcass and covering 1,500,000.00 general summary 8,973,069.50

kopell: Men keep your head straight to it, God will help you thru determination and confidence is what matter. Did I had you said you took 10 million loan? What is your idea budget to finish this house.

thank u bros. Nope i didnt take a loan of ten million o. I said i took a loan of 800k less than 3yrs ago to start d business and i bought d property from my savings generated thru d business. The estimate from a rough bill of quantity is 8,973,069.50

So far, we have spent 679,780 naira to get to where we are. I will give u breakdown soon

Gradually resembling our new plan

More walls

Creating new walls

Packing out the debris in preparation for laying of new walls

The german floor of this room was weakend by a tree that burrowed it and was done all over again

Pillars

More short pillars

Casting of short pillars

2by3 for pillars, 4500litres of tank and blocks

20 tons of granite and sharp sound

Ceejayo: Where is this property

Alimosho area of lagos state

More digging

Digging continues

Digging of the new wall foundation commence

We saved over 600 blocks from d demolition and the blocks are so strong

You may be wondering how did i know which walls to pull down. My architect already marked down the walls using the old building plan. My bricklayer too is very knowledgeable.

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They don pull down my house finish o

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Demoliton in progress

Our schedule of work is in phases. The first phase involve demolition of walls and breaking of all the lintels, creation of new walls, doors and windows, introduction of pillars and finally returning the structure back to lintel level

You may want to ask...why do it yourself? Why not contract it out to brabus since we are both in lagos? Firstly, finance. I am a young man in my early 30's who started d hospital less than 3yrs ago. That i can get 10million to buy a ppty within that short period of running d business which i started with a loan of 800k late 2010 shows God's grace and my prudence. So i want to carry that prudence to building without jeopardising safety and quality. Secondly i dont av too much moni left in my accnt so i want to be building from daily sales and i av a mmaximum 6mnth cos my landlord has given me a quit notice already. So even if i want i dnt av moni to contract it out