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jaytime:
Call me on 08123275855for sample pictures click the link on my profile.

I cannot see any PVC samples in the link you provided.

ricki:
hi NL1960, is there any chance your bro. (the logger) is around western part at all. As it seemed i will be need a consultant like him soon for my project in both lagos and ogun state (all wood build) mostly wood rather just like american and european build. itried to PM you but can't find the pm thing. Been following this thread for some time now.

@ricki. He is not in the western part of the country. He is based in Edo north and he mostly works within certain areas of that Edo north.

cinzo:
They might finish you oh. Those guys are out for blood! The guy I bought from is a Nairalander and I met him on this forum. After series of telephone calls to and fro we finally met at the market last week saturday and he was really helpful. Bought everything I needed from him.

Thanks. Please, if you not mind, is it possible you send me the guys email or phone contact?. My email is 'migiets@yahoo.com'.

cinzo:
[color=#990000][b I know what you are talking about. There is a company I checked out in Apapa and their tiles sre very good though expensive. Their 60 by 60 italian is around 3300naira per sqaure meter.

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Bros, no vex. I want to buy at Orile because i believe i can get a good bargain there. Since you bought your vitrofied tiles from there, it means you know a vitrified tile. I just want to know how to know a vitrified tile at Orile. Can i just go there and say i want to buy a vitrified tile and they will give me a vitrified tile?.

cinzo:
[b]What is vitrified tile

Vitrified tile is a tile which has been processed in such a way that it has very very low porosity (and water absorption) which make it stain resistant and very strong.

Is vitrified tile better than marble or granite?

Vitrified Tiles have far superior properties compared to marble or natural granite because being a manufactured product their quality is controlled whereas in naturally occurring marble and granite good quality is just a coincidence. Vitrified tiles posses much better mechanical strength, scratch resistance, resistance to acids, alkalies and chemicals, resistance to staining etc compared to marble or natural granite.

Marble has a relatively lower abrasion resistance compared to vitrified tiles. It is calcium carbonate which is strongly attached by Hydrochloric acid which is commonly used in toilet & floor cleaning. It yellows over extended time duration whereas vitrified tiles retain their colour for decades.

Polished natural granite shows several surface defects and a good quality is just a matter of chance whereas vitrified tiles are guaranteed for consistent good quality. Marble laying is very cumberrsom and time consuming whereas vitrified tiles may be laid in a matter of hours and put to use after 48 hours.

Excerpts for this article were taken from www.asiangranito.com

What needs to be studied here is the cost factor. Apparently the Vitrified tiles seem to have an advantage and also durability to command a higher price.

But are we willing to shell that extra money for aesthetics and maintenance sake is the million dollar question.

Another point to consider is where people who would like to buy an apartment can actually tell the builder to use these tiles over conventional flooring techniques.[/b]

Considering the environment we lived in where so many fake products are being sold as the original or where 'what is not' is being sold as 'what it is', ow can i identify a vitrified tile at Orile?. I know that when somebody goes to the market and says 'i want vitrified tiles, do you have it', the likely response from the seller is that he/she has it. That is my fear. Would not mind paying a little extra for originality and durability.

cinzo:
For tiles I spent above 500k and I bought 13 bundles of PVC for around 200k . My tiles was a mixture of Italian, Spanish and China. Vitrified is the way to go.

Thanks. Never knew there are vitrified tiles at Orile. I bought some tiles there about 3 years ago. Are vitrified tiles made only from a particular country or are there Italian, Spanish or China vitrified tiles?. On a recent trip to India, i saw some fines and good tiles in the hotel that i stayed and when i asked, i was told that they are vitrified tiles. So i have had this impression that vitrified tiles are from India because what i hear in Nigeria is Italian and Spanish granite and marbel tiles and china tiles but never a strong mention of vitrified tiles.

cinzo:
Bought tiles, toilet fittings and PVC on saturday from a Nairalander at Orile.

@Cinzo. Nice house. Congrats. Please if you do not mind. How much did you get your tiles and PVC?. Iam about to move to the stage of tiling and PVC for my project. I want to use PVC in all the rooms. I have never liked POP. The guy that installed my roof said he is also into PVC installation. So i have not yet decided whether to buy or tell him to buy and install.

My brother-in-law, who is a tiler has told me to buy Vetrified files when iam buying tiles. What do you think.

Back to classroom to ask @Spyder et al a question on plumbing.

When doing plumbing, how is the toilet waste (from toilet) and used water (from bathroom, kitchen etc) distributed?. What i mean is that do they go into the same soakaway or to diffferent soakaway or is it that the toilet waste goes into the soakaway while the used water from bathroom, kitchen etc is allowed to follow into an adjoining gutter.

NL1960:
What do you think of the idea whereby hollow blocks are used and then solid blocks are used for the final layer?. With this, you do not need to do a concrete layer on top of the final hollow block layer.

I ask the this question earlier but nobody has thrown any perspective on it.

[quote author=prince_onx link=topic=698906.msg10004707#msg10004707 date=1327027754]@NL1960: do you have a particular reason why you plastered the downstairs first?[/quote]There is no particular reason. The work is still on-going. I took these pictures when i went home for xmas. I was told that the most difficult is the plastering of the decking so they decided to plaster that first. That was what led to the plastering of the entire downstairs.

Fhemmmy:
So how many rooms in total ?

Shuoooo. You no do identification and counting for Nursery/Primary school?. . lol. Ok. make i help you count the rooms. One (1) room for down and three (3) rooms for up. That makes a total of four (4) rooms.

[quote author=Demain_man link=topic=698906.msg9999386#msg9999386 date=1326975587]^^^^ O'l boy! you sabi book o! 
This na 1st Class you just make so o. Welldone and welcome to the job market 

This your house look big oo. How many rooms altogether?[/quote]You are right. It is quite big. It is my country home. So land and space were not an issue because there is so much space in the compound. The configuration is:

Downstairs:
Large sitting room
dinning area
kitchen
store
visitor's toilet
visitor's room (ensuite)

Upstairs
large master bedroom (ensuite)
moderate family living room
large room (ensuite)
moderate room (ensuite)

jerryben12:
Good job! Abeg make you post cost breakdown of the roof.

The 0.45mm Bush Green oven baked step tiles aluminum cost me in total about 780k. I got four quotations. Two gave almost N1m while the other two gave about 780k. I became confused and then i went back to revise the lesson notes i made from Oga Spyder class. So i contacted the aluminum company i suspected they are going to buy from. The aluminum company sent their own guys there to measure and sent me a quote of about 800k. That was the tie breaker because i just called one of the guys and gave him the job. The 20k differential was because of labour. While the guy quoted 50k for labour, the aluminum company quoted about 80k for labour.

As for wood, i just sent about 300k to my brother that is handling the project for everything. He is a logger. So i did not actually buy the wood from the market. He went into the bush to fell and cut the best wood. It is a red wood and it is considered the hardest, strongest and best wood around. You can see the redness on the wood frame.

another view.

after roofing (0.45mm bush green step tiles )

@Spyder. After being in class for sometimes, this is what i came up with on roofing of my project. Hope say i pass?.

After wood work

spyder880:
Better to answer this question with some pictures of hollow blocks not covered.

What do you think of the idea whereby hollow blocks are used and then solid blocks are used for the final layer?. With this, you do not need to do a concrete layer on top of the final hollow block layer.

spyder880:
It means that the wooden supports for the ceiling will be done. They will not hang the ceiling boards because I have not yet decided the type of ceiling I will use. Some rooms will def carry POP.

Thanks. Somehow, i have never liked POP. It has never appealed to me. I want to use PVC for the main sitting room, family living room and all other rooms of my duplex. I hope iam not commiting an interior finishing crime by opting to use PVC for the main sitting room.

spyder880:
Roofing woodwork workmanship settled at N130,000. This amount will include the wooden skeleton, the ceiling noggings, the outer scaffold labour, the ceiling installation. Roofing starts tomorrow morning.

What does this really mean?. Does it mean that the ceiling boards will be installed as well?. If so, what type of ceiling boards are you using?.

Am Alone:
Yes bros, mosquito net was installed as well
The thing is that, the mosquito net is the sliding type.
So all you need do is slide and open the casement and slide back. . . .

@Steo,
Thanks Man

Thanks. Is this approach the only way of doing it?. If there are other ways, please state it.

NL1960:
@Am Alone. Seeing this your casement windows, were you able to put mosquito nettings on the windows?. If so, how was it done. Iam saying this because iam wondering how casement windows will be opened if mosquito nettings are on the inside or outside of the windows.

@Am Alone. While you were enjoying the holidays, i asked the above question. Now that you are back, please can u give an answer to it.

@Am Alone. Seeing this your casement windows, were you able to put mosquito nettings on the windows?. If so, how was it done. Iam saying this because iam wondering how casement windows will be opened if mosquito nettings are on the inside or outside of the windows.

Quite true. Does the poster expect somebody living outside the country to fly down just to inspect property. Wonder why bordering to post the advert instead of writing it on a sign board and placing outside the property if an intended buyer has to physically be present to inspect it.

Am Alone:
Yes Bros. You are right. My non sliding window AKA casement window have it own hook/hinges but it is hidden so that you can't see it from the outside and from the inside as well. . . .

You know that window cost quite a some of money - lol!!!!!!!

Thanks. Are the non-sliding windows with hook/hinges outside also called casement windows?. In addition, do they cost less than this your hidden hook/hinges?. Need to take a decidion on what i want to use for mine as that is the next stage after the on-going interior and exterior pastering.

I know windows cost quite a lot but i beleive that if i could do a step tiles aluminum roof, then i should be able to afford a medium range window design. .

@Am Alone. I have noticed that some non-sliding aluminum windows that i have been seeing outside have a hook outside but your do not have it and yet yours is non-sliding. I had always thought that the outside hook is needed to hang the window. Please can you throw more light on this.

spyder880:
The pillar designer has completed his works here, but I have not seen or inspected the works. I will be in this site first thing tomorrow morning. More pictures and plans by then.
Roofing of this house beckons, is Spyder ready? Money scarce o! Lolz

No worry. Money go come. When i started my project this year, i never thought i will get to the stage of roofing but with God's grace i have been able to roof it and iam now considering plastering it before xmas. Moreover, when i was seeing the price being quoted for roofing, fear catch me but with what i leanrt from your 'roofing a 4-bedroom bungalow', i was able to roof it. I went as far as getting five (5) different quotes for .45mm and .55mm step tiles aluminum. Btw, na your bush green colour i finally choose.

TBrownAuto:
Am happy with some info from this thread, but we should make proper inquiry about product before buying them.

Am Alone, the truth is that you will not and never get a 1st grade spain tile from the market not possible u can only get them from company here in Nigeria
and again about the china door, most sold in the market are Nigeria market quality for the Nigeria masses that why I never patronise them cause it a must low quality product. Wooden door are better imorted or local and are good u can either use mahogany or mazonia not too expensive but has quality.

Am going crazy about my projet now the finishing is consuming more than I expected and my problem is that am doing it to my taste but it for let
I will in my next reply upload some pics and start will expense brakedown and will make available my source for material and product used.

The roof will be install from thursday but plastering start on thursday plumbering work begin today

How many bedroom is your project and what is the plastering costing you or how many bags of cement are you using?. Iam about to start the plastering of my house first before doing the plumbing in order to take advantage of the present static price of cement and with the removal of fuel subsidy, price of cement might increase next year.

@: Am Alone. Please what is the name and size of the tiles used on the toilets floor and walls. If you do not mind, can you also say where you got them from and the price.

From the tiles shown above, the question is: 'Is there any difference between Vitrified tiles and Porcelain and Ceramics tiles. In addition, is Vetrified tiles sold in Nigeria'.

Bulgary proof on Window.

bathroom:

NL1960:
@caseymoney at al. Thanks for the education on tiles. On my recent trip to India, i happened to stay in an apartment and was trilled by the quality of the tiles used in the sitting room, kitchen and bathroom to the extent that i had to ask the Manager the name of the tiles and he said that they are Vertified tiles. Is there any difference between Vitrified tiles and Porcelain and Ceramics tiles. In addition, is Vetrified tiles sold in Nigeria.

atasteve:
Oga sir, please did you take any pix of this wonder edifice

NL1960:
@atasteve. It is not an edifice o. I just took the pictures of the tiles in the sitting room and bathroom. I will check my camera when i get home and post them tommorow. I took the pictures because i wanted to use them to search for such in Nigeria. What i learnt from the Manager is that the tiles are locally produced in Nigeria.

Below are the pictures of the Sitting room, bathroom and window (decided to include this because of the bulgary).

Sitting Room: