₦airaland Forum

allCopacetic:
Lol, this man you like drama shaaa
We're supposed to wait just to learn that a cutting tool will be used as opposed to chisel and hammer?
Because i can only imagine how laborious that would be in the absence of something like a chaser as suggested by msogunro

allCopacetic:
This is quite lovely. Particularly for exterior walls.

But i see a challenge with electrical and plumbing conduiting.
How do you plan to go about this?

gabbytabby:
With the current rate of sharp sand being about 60k for what is essentially a 12.5 tonne truck.

Is there any research that allows the use of mias as an alternative. Most block makers in ogun and closely linked lagos neighbourhoods use this sand for block making in place of sharp sand. Mias looks to me to be crushed gravel.

AZUH:
He is just too quiet . Let us act more matured .

44chux:
Brabus do u know about this?

Memejem:
There is more than enough evidence to put brabus in a compromising position should he decide to take legal action against most people here on nairaland. The evidence is against him and he knows it.
If he was truly innocent he would have taken legal action long ago.
But anyways I know you're just trolling...how your chicken leg pillars?

mufutau55:
Abi now... it has happened to me several times in the past...
They say buy it now because price will go up... but when we ready to buy the materials, we have to buy it all over again.. double whammy!

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
I will surely prefer to do this with you... see my other msg for quantity for later discussion when I am ready for the stage.
I don't like buying things/materials in advance because they have tendency of "walking away". Thanks you for the explanation.

Hajji M.

ice4u999:
Based on your experience, which company in Lagos will you recommend to someone like me when looking to purchase original electrical parts and other building materials like rods? Also what are some tests that I can carry out that would help me tell the difference between quality and fake especially when it comes down to iron rods and blinding wires.

Also for areas in Lagos closer to the ocean ( Ekpe and ibeju environs) with low water table, should considerations be taken as regards to the materials content of iron rods being used for raft foundations? As regards to corrosion

msogunro:
That would be nice, but it's too big and extravagant for our taste. Our proposed design is much simpler and focused on the view.

msogunro:
Thank you for sharing. Your gate at the Chateau looks great!

This makes me feel a bit better about the idea. I would like the lock mechanism to be welded inside the panels of the gates so that only the key hole is visible. I wish I would have taken a picture of an entry door that I saw with this set-up. I hope it can be done with gates.

msogunro:
Pad Lock vs. Double Cylinder Deadbolt Lock

So, I'm still at the fencing and gate stage and would like the houses opinion on the locks to use.

I hate fumbling with padlocks at the pedestrian and car gates. Has anyone used double cylinder deadbolt locks for both of those entry points?

I know these locks are readily available.

Delgi:
Thanks, God bless you.

sabawex:
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topsy23:
@Hajj you can see that price of cables is not rriendly these days. People building houses these days believe that services(like Electrical, plumbing and AC) are just minor thing when it comes to building construction. The price I sent to you through whatsapp is still lower than the ones posted above because more discount is given to their major distributor. Price of cables increase almost every month in Nigeria now. God help Nigeria

Delgi:
Great thread, please what are the names of the other two UPVC companies there in Badore?

ice4u999:
Truth be told no man building a house (something i for one consider a huge investment) would want to go with choices that he or she knows will fail. All lot of people in Nigeria have no clue what standards are (to be honest). The only reason i know is because of my current position and location. When most people in Nigeria talk about piping it is like "abeg plumber by me 1" rubber pipe."

For those overseas you can tell that for every stage of a house a city inspector will always come by to inspect your built and materials before progressing to the next stage.

Not until we have government agency that are ready to work and enforce these standards and possibly educate more people, we will continue to see these and local manufacturing companies cutting corners to make profit.

Thanks

abdulwastecx:
You just made remembered pipe network analysis.
Water demand is not a factor that reduce pressure head. Water demand will affect your storage capacity

erico2k2:
how about if this pump is put just before your shower and it supplies just your shower?, cos in my house where Im typing from that seem to be the case

skimanski:
@ battleaxe. follow ice4u999 advice. But before you do anything the first step is Raising the height of your tank. If its ontop of the building, take it out and use a tank stand. if you already have a tank stand, you can increase the height or redo a new one. without that, no other process should come first, every other process must follow the tank height process, or others will be a waste of time.

As for pump, do not even go there, because the moment you have a single leakage, there is no going back except to re pipe, and i guess you know what that means

ice4u999:
First, you want to install a booster pump to supply water to home at a certain pressure. What are the things to consider: you need to know what you would want your end pressure to be, knowing your end pressure would enable you ask yourself if your PVC piping is rated for sure pressure.

As we all know not all PVC piping are rated properly and most of our local plumbers heat the female end of a PVC pipe of the same size to expand it and then insert male end of another PVC pipe with glue instead of using the proper fitting. That is a problem right there because that end or joint can easily fail under pressure.

Now we know about fittings and how some Nigeria product are not usually done to code.

The next issue now is to use a booster pump you will require a constant supply of water to the pump i.e. Your over tank must never I mean never run go dry. Why must your overhead tank never go dry? Because if it does your pump will air lock and also create air gaps in your piping. Air gap in your piping could result to water water hammer within pipe. The negative part to this is that years to come crack will begin to appear at certain joints which will eventually result to failure. Air locking in your pump and line is an easy fix by installing a level control switch in your over head tank.

So my brother it comes down to what is the easiest and cheapest with less headache instead of starting from then beginning it is simply by rising the height of your tank. The tanks simply feed all outlet by gravity. No science to that. And as a brother said increase the pipe diameter from tank which will reduce restriction to the small diameter piping going into the house. At least with this solution you don't have to worry about pipe ratings, strength of the glue your plumber used, the short cuts your pumbler used to keep more money in his pocket and end pressure for various outlets.

But if you still choose to go the route of installing a pressure pump a quick guide to look through for pressure calculation will be 4th class power engineering book. Because this pressure pump work well overseas because they tie in to a city supply main line with constant supply.

thanks

StainlessH:
Mr. n3xt hope your attaching the support bars to make for the risers just like in the orange shaded spots in your project picture below?

Just observing in as much as your not yet through with the spiral job.

Also why did you chose to use a base plate against fixing in concrete?

#educationalpurpose

msogunro:
I must have missed the picture of it. Instead of concrete, I hope to use solid mahogany stained black.

msogunro:
This is nice and let's me know what I have planned is possible in Nigeria.