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Properties › Re: Please I Need A Rough Estimate To Roof This Project by joycluv: 12:00pm On Nov 14, 2020

abraolas1:
i will like to ask question as regards Cameroon Zinc ......how much is it in the market ........and whats the difference between it and Aluminium ..how did you go about getting the exact woods for the building ...i recieve a qoutation which i seems to be too much for me and am looking for way to reduce cost.

any help with this will appreciated

thanks

My dear, their quotations will always be too much and scary. So focusing at it will discourage you and might result to you abandoning the project. To your questions: (1) Aluminium is thicker in gauge than Cameroon zinc. Again, some Cameroon zincs contain iron which make them rust after some time. (2) Cameroon zincs are 15pcs in a bundle (2ft x8ft per pc) and costs 17,500 for the plain ones as at last 2 weeks that I roofed my own. But I used the new one they call "animal skin design- a bundle of it was 23,000 as at that time. (3) As for woods, like I stated earlier, I had some trees which I cut. So when those ones finished, we counted the number to purchase which were just few pieces.

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Properties › Re: Used 14 Feet Solid Metal Gate - N150K - #SOLD by joycluv: 9:21am On Nov 14, 2020

EgunMogaji2:
I think he’s just joking that he’ll carry am come to Enugu for another N150K

No be small thing ooh. But the gate make sense sha. Looks strong. Please what gauge of pan is that?

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Properties › Re: Contact us for POP Ceiling Design & Wall Screeding by joycluv: 4:27pm On Nov 12, 2020

Well done bros. Please does this pop ceiling require nogging at all? If yes, what should be the noggin spacing? Again, how do you charge for the job? Urgent response please...

Properties › Re: Please I Need A Rough Estimate To Roof This Project by joycluv: 2:47pm On Nov 12, 2020

ebijimi7:
for both

It would not be enough even with the cheapest materials. I just completed my own roofing (3bedrooms) using Cameroon zinc. I had some trees which I cut and sawed so I only bought just few pieces of wood. I had to buy the materials myself, so no room for ripping off. I negotiated labour to the last kobo(70k) for both the wood work and the installation of the zinc and I didn't raise the roof too high, yet I spent about 640k. So you can now see why I said that 500 can not be enough.

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Properties › Re: Please I Need A Rough Estimate To Roof This Project by joycluv: 6:20am On Nov 12, 2020

ebijimi7:
Good day guys please I need you guys help mostly the carpenters in the house.
Please I have a budget of 500k to use for roofing my 3 bedroom bungalow please will it be enough And I intend using stone coated roof just like the one attached below and please also I'm open to any suggestion thanks .

Is the 500k for both the wood work and the roof panel or just for the roof panel?

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 9:03pm On Nov 11, 2020

jaytime:
The price depends on the size of the project and the location. Please chat me up on 08123275855 for discussion.

He didn't chat you on whatsapp for you to put up the pix. So why does he need to chat you up privately for you to state the prize of what you posted...?

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 3:26pm On Nov 11, 2020

write2obi:
No. It's not.

what's the difference between the two and then the current prize of the suspended type. Thanks

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 2:31pm On Nov 11, 2020

write2obi:
Cont.. From my previous comment.
Pic5: Samples of 7 inches PVC ceiling

Pic6: Ceiling done with Suspended ceiling

Pic7: Ceiling done with suspended ceiling

Pic8: A sample of Suspended ceiling

. please, is this suspended ceiling the same as Nigerite ceiling boards?

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 2:28pm On Nov 11, 2020

write2obi:
Cont.. From my previous comment.
Pic5: Samples of 7 inches PVC ceiling

Pic6: Ceiling done with Suspended ceiling

Pic7: Ceiling done with suspended ceiling

Pic8: A sample of Suspended ceiling

Properties › Re: Wooden Laminate Floors In 48hrs! by joycluv: 11:23am On Nov 03, 2020

Are these in the markets?

Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 8:03pm On Nov 02, 2020

smalldocta:
Hello all,
I am at the roofing level of my block of 6 flats of 3 bedrooms in the eastern part of Nigeria and would love to get a second opinion from the pros in the house about cost for planking/roof covering. My project manager said the area of the roof is 600 meters and flashers 124 meters. The king post is going to be 12 feet and I am considering using the Aluminium 0.55mm long span covering. Plot is 510m sg and developed area is 204m sg. Can the pros please advise me of how many rafters, 2*2*12 (hard and soft), facia board and covering that is needed for this project. I was quoted Rafter x18-440 pcs, Rafter x 12 200 pcs, 2*2*12 (hard) 350 pcs, 2*2*12 (soft) 450 pcs, facia board 30. Construction is not my forte, so please help a brother.

Let me tell you one secret, if you contract the roofing job to the "engineers/or whatever name they are called", they will be buying the wood batch by batch until the work is completed. They don't buy them once because they would not want it to remain. But when its you buying, they would force you to go and pack the whole timber market and drop for them. Then they will be wasting it any how.

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Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 6:32pm On Nov 02, 2020

donforeign:
I am about to roof my house and it's a 3flat. I am budgeting 3.2 mil for it ,don't know if it's too much. I will want to do parapet and use metcopo roofing sheets.

I am really scared for this aluminum guys, what do you expect me to do to avoid being cheated?

You really need to take your time to acquire and equip yourself with as much knowledge as you can about roofing before venturing into it.

Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 5:19pm On Oct 31, 2020

mvphenryeto5:
How did you manage to spend 973k on woods and roofing sheet

It's very possible. Roofing is not as expensive as these thieves in the name of roofers make it to look. But it requires brain on your own part. Read my first post above and you will understand it better.

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Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 4:05pm On Oct 31, 2020

HEADYWORLD:
I was a victim too, those aluminium guys are thief ...

I tell you. I made sure they didn't see my money not to talk of stealing it coz I have other things to do with my hard earned money

Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 3:31pm On Oct 31, 2020

Joshcoli:
2020 has indeed being a year to remember from Covid-19 to EndSars and the dollars is just skyrocketing. Alot of people are hoping the dollars comes down though it's at 445 to a dollar still we move

It's indeed a challenging year

So today I made a deposit of 300k as part payment for th roof

0.45mm Ovum Baked
Roofing 304m @ 1,680 - 510,720
Flashing 54m @ 1,680 - 90,720
Cladding 62 Unit @ 1,680 - 104,160
Accessories - 30,000
Installation - 50,000
Transportation - 18,000
Total - 803,600

And I pray for God's grace to finish this house

Wishing you all the very best

Bros, shine your eyes for these aluminium guys in this country. "Flashing 54m, Cladding 62 units totalling 194,880. Hummn! This is where they kill and bury people alive. Am speaking from experience. They will collect such huge amount from you, then buy few Square meters and bend the required units and then pocket your hard earned money before your very eyes without you knowing what has happened. And as for the main roof, I can bet you it may not even be up to 280sqm. Am speaking from experience.

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Properties › Re: My 3 Bedroom Bungalow At Shimawa by joycluv: 3:07pm On Oct 31, 2020

[quote author=eddybongo101 post=95528946][/quote]congratulations bros. Getting a roof over a house is not an easy thing nowadays. I just finished the roofing of a 3 bedroom bungalow yesterday but I didn't spend up to 650,000 naira for both wood work and roofing sheets installation with every single material inclusive in the 650,000. But the reason is this; (1). I had some trees which I cut and sawed, so I only bought few pieces of 2x4 to add up. (2). I used Cameroon Zinc instead of aluminium. (3). I negotiated the labour to the last kobo(70,000) for both wood work and roofing sheets installation). I know this may sound strange but it's real. In fact, I later realized that it is these "roofers" that are making roofing look like one big deal. Before I settled for Cameroon zinc, I called about two persons to measure the roof. One said it's 280sqm while flasheets is 97m. The second person said it's 268sqm while flat sheets is 76m. I became suspicious and asked them why the flat sheets are not measured in Sqm. The second guy was innocent enough to tell me their secrets. He told me point black that they use to increase the measurement to get some money and that they can never tell you the flat sheets measurement in Sqm because that is where they use to cut peoples throat. But after much persuations, he told me the exact Sqm of aluminium that will be needed for the flat sheets and that the actual roof measurement was 232sqm( though I didn't use aluminium again). And as for the flatsheets, I bought 64sqm of aluminium and they cut and bent them for both parapet, ridge caps and the rest. I paid 115,700 for everything. But remember that the first guy said it's 97m x 1850 per meter which will give 179,450. You can imagine how much they would have stolen from me and then make me think I used it for my roofing.

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Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 6:57pm On Oct 20, 2020

mufutau55:
May be because your roof is now hiding their houses.

Hajji M.

Oga Hajji, the tenants in mud houses I was referring to are the so-called professional engineers who claim that the roof of a house must touch the heavens before it can qualify as a modern house. Yet they themselves are tenants in flat roofed mud houses

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 5:29pm On Oct 20, 2020

GoodFaith:
At no time will I Have a roof over 14ft
my bus stop is 14ft (bungalows)

My dear, I did 14ft for my 3 bedroom bungalow and I was talked down on by tenants in mud houses as if I committed a forbidden act.

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 12:05pm On Oct 20, 2020*

EgunMogaji2:
Question for Architects and Builders.

Why did we standardize on 6" and 9" blocks?

Is it a code requirement?

And Pyramid roofs? 5" block is now a taboo, flat roof is now a curse. Low roof is now an indication of wretchedness and so on. But funny enough, majority of those who make it their profession to condemm these things are tenants in mud houses yet they discourage low income earners from building a low cost apartments for themselves and families. Very soon they will tell us that bungalows are no longer in vogue

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Properties › Re: Building 2bedroom Semi Detached (2unit in1) Bungalow @Nsukka Enugu by Engr Dubem by joycluv: 12:31pm On Oct 13, 2020

Dubemcapital1:
Why? It's fine, its more secured

Good to hear that. But what about toilets, did you also use them for the toilets?

Properties › Re: Building 2bedroom Semi Detached (2unit in1) Bungalow @Nsukka Enugu by Engr Dubem by joycluv: 5:06pm On Oct 11, 2020

Dubemcapital1:
Yes

wow! I thought they said metal doors are not good for internals

Properties › Re: Building 2bedroom Semi Detached (2unit in1) Bungalow @Nsukka Enugu by Engr Dubem by joycluv: 6:21am On Oct 11, 2020

Dubemcapital1:
Day 52 to Day 56

6th Oct - 9th Oct 2020

Materials, details and value

5bags of BUA Cement @2500= 12,500

16 locally made metal door delivered

. Are you using the metal doors for the internals?

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 4:14am On Oct 10, 2020

Josnac:
That's small..I would recommend 1x9.
See attached image.

Alternatively, you can convert the roof of the front porch to "Gabe-roof" if you are trying to avoid having the beam covered.

Well noted. Thanks

Properties › Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by joycluv: 12:55pm On Oct 09, 2020

adezie:
the lobby space between the dinning and the kitchen can be used as store.

Exactly my observation. I wonder how people design/manage homes without a store or even extra space for keeping certain things. To me, I would rather not have a dinning or all these ante rooms but must have a storeroom.

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Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 7:54am On Oct 09, 2020

Josnac:
Okay.

That apart, can 1x5 planks be used for facial boards?

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 10:21am On Oct 07, 2020

Josnac:
Wonderful!!
Anyway, you can send me pictures of the front porch via the link on my signature..best to see before further assessment.
Beat regards.

. OK. Thanks very much. But the little challenge is that I don't have the pix that shows the current state of the house now and the house is in the village

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 8:56am On Oct 07, 2020

Josnac:
Wonderful!!
Anyway, you can send me pictures of the front porch via the link on my signature..best to see before further assessment.
Beat regards.

. OK. Thanks very much

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 7:04am On Oct 07, 2020

Josnac:
Well, 1..it affects the internal height/ceiling level of the building.
2. It equally affects the aesthetics.. because most times the front porch beams are almost entirely covered by the roof eaves and you know this is part of what gives the external areas of the building it's beauty.

Though these things don't really matter for some, but I always advice the standard 2-course blockwork for the beams.

Thanks for your time my brother and sorry for bothering you. The real situation is that the other walls have 3courses of blocks on top of their lintels while the front porch has only one course. We didn't actually notice until after the roofing wood work was completed. Now the entire one course and even the beam are almost covered already and the roofing sheet is yet to be installed. In this very situation, can the front porch arc/beam be lowered by one course to remedy the situation. How best can this be achieved? Thanks

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 5:18pm On Oct 06, 2020

Josnac:
Oh..I get it now, for me it isn't.
Contractors/house owners do that when they want to cut down on costs.

Please What effect is it going to have on the house?

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 4:15pm On Oct 06, 2020

Josnac:
That's what I'm trying to make you understand that the parapet beam is yet to come up. What you have on the porch is a beam and not a lintel. The porch beam is resting on the general lintel.

Measuring from the top of the DPC to the bottom of a lintel gives you 2.1m..but from top of the DPC to the bottom of the porch beam, excluding the slight curve is 2.325m.

See this attached project picture.

I clearly understood you but am actually referring to another build not really this one you are building. So to put it better, is it normal to have one course of block on top of front porch lintel/beam as its final level. NOTE: The house in question does not have any parapet or any other beam after the one course. Thanks for your time

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 8:31am On Oct 06, 2020

Yes. Your explanation is clear. But the issue here is that house has two courses on top of the lintels while the porch has only one course on top of its own lintel. The question now is whether that one course of block on top of the front porch as its final level is normal noting the fact that there is no beam or parapet. Thanks

Properties › Re: Picture Thread: Ongoing Remodeling Project: Umuahia. by joycluv: 4:12pm On Oct 05, 2020

Trust you'll do wonders to this structure as usual. Plz, how proper is it to level a front porch with only one course of block?

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