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Chekitaut:
Size matters but 60tons is good to go.

the building size is 25425mm by 11250mm. what is the cost.

Hello Brothers and Sister. I got this quotation from my building engineer for decking my 4 flat 3 bedroom each. Please i need your opinion on this quotation given to me.
16mm rod 1.5 tonnes 156,000
12mm rod 4.5 tonnes 468,000
10mm rod 1.5 tonnes 156,000
binding wire 3 bundle 7500
labour 150,000

cement 250pcs 250,000
3 trailer of granite 420,000
sharp sand 7 load 280,000
water 40,000
area boys 200,000
labour 200,000

wood work 300,000 including workmanship
please i will be glad to have your own opinion on this quotation. Thank you

Pls how many tonnes of granite i need for decking 2 flat

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Brother Please i join this forum today. I need your total breakdown of decking quotation of 4 flat. i just start the same project and almosts at the decking level. thank you

9ijaMan:
My brother to tell you the truth, the guy is most likely milking you dry! What on earth will he be using a ton and half of 16mm rods for in a small sized 2 x 2 BDF ensuite building deck work. I did some deck work last year and here's my breakdown:

Size of House is approx[b] 40 ft by 100 ft[/b] (compare the size of your house to mine). My house was a building of 4 flats (2 on the ground floor and 2 on the top floor) with 3 bedrooms each (all rooms ensuite)

12mm rods: 5 tons (assuming each ton comprises of 84 pieces). Some tonnes are however made up of 96 pieces of 12mm rods. Bottom line is that I paid per piece for the rods used. I used a total of 436 pieces. The 3 tons he quoted for you may just be fine. I'd rather he makes that 3.5 tons (again this depends on the size of your house).

16mm rods: I can almost tell that my house is bigger than yours, I used a total of 60 16mm rods. This is less than 1.5 tonnes o!

10mm: I used a total of 60 pieces. Barely half of a ton. I guess half a ton should be ok for you as well.

Th labour cost of Iron bender he's charging you is also high. The last job I did, which is most likely bigger than yours, I paid 70k for the iron bender job on the deck work.

The carpentry labour cost is ok for Lagos. I paid 70k for mine so 85k in Lagos is not too much. The materials for carpentry work are also reasonable.

On concrete work:
I'm completely confused with the figures he gave you. To the best of my knowledge, in a concrete mixture, the ratio of sand to granite is about 1:2 (for every head-pan of sand, there should be about 2 head-pans of granite). The figures you presented shows that your guys are asking you for more sand than granite. I hope they really know what they are doing. In my case, I paid for (and got the delivery of) 130 tons of Granite and 75 tons of sharp Sand. We had some left over though which should always be the case for a deck work. It's better to have excess than to have inadequate materials for a concrete deck work. Please verify and be sure that the guy knows about concrete deck work because those figures you gave for your concrete deck (granite and sand volumes) are to say the list ridiculous, except if the guys plan to do a terribly bad job for you!

The labor charge is reasonable although I paid for almost twice that amount (again this boils down to the size of the house).

Lastly, ask him to give you the break down of the steel rod materials in terms of peices and not in terms of tonnage! The definition of steel rods ton varies a lot and you almost certainly will not get it cheaper whether you buy in tonnage or in pieces. The total value of a ton is based on the price of every single piece. Using ton to quote is kind of deceptive. Ask him for pieces.

I hope I have been able to shed some light.

Pls my brother i want you to help me for decking quotation on 4 flat
i will be very happy to read from you