₦airaland Forum

n3xt:
Baba, the thing dey!

A bank in Orile Ilugun will never forget their experience.

I wouldn’t know if they’ve been able to carry away the door of the vault from where they thieves left it on the main road.
The vault door was there for several years and till date no one can understand how the thieves carried it without using a crane.

If you take a travel down to Orile Ilugun along Abeokuta road, Oyo state you can ask the resident about this story.

It's possible, that's the job of a carefully planned and executed vault heist!

Mayor78:
Really. Make them enter bank in the night where they don't need much effort to find raw loot. Usually the only security they would encounter is two police officers, then they can use the juju to locate, access, and open the vault and behold raw loot.

Millions of punters play daily or weekly lotto in Nigeria, America, Europe etc. Would the juju not be effective in winning these lotto. Weekly Euromillion jackpot runs in hundreds of millions at times. Why not come and apply juju to win these raw cash. Does these juju owners or their armed robber patrons dont want to get rich?? Just asking!!

About 97% believed juju or whatever dark power exist, even educated people find it difficult to extract themselves from that belief.

Throwback:
Palliative Hunters!

This your work no get closing time?

So will go home and still loot their own property, forgetting they have already arrived at home.

It's good selected looting are taking place and political establishment are purposely targeted, it will make the government and politicians realised the anger and anguish they have caused....if they fail to reform and improves the general situation, the next one will be full unstoppable revolution!

n3xt:
Hmm!

We don’t know who ordered the shooting.
We also can’t get footage of LCC CCTV 5 days after the event.

This is Nigeria!

This will be swept under the carpet like all other incidents that happened, the culprits will go unmasked and unpunished.
If you know how this things work the order definitely comes from defence headquarter and Buratai got clearance from the presidency(Buhari), the Lagos State governor can't pretend he doesn't know shots were about to be fired!. They only need to get a unit of the military to do the dirty job.
The incident is generating international interest and every country are watching what the Nigeria government are going to do, the good news is all countries recognised they were unarmed peaceful protesters and has evidence the Nigeria soldiers did it and nobody is believing the fake news mantra of the federal government.
Nigeria is just a few steps away from full blown revolution!

n3xt:
Just as Ambode promised to give us the report of what happened at Lekki Gardens Building Collapse

How long will it take to extract data from a CCTV camera? 120 hours or weeks?

Less that 2 minutes!

earthrealm:
welcome africa, where people believe in money rituals and sacrifies, yet non of them is in forbes top 100,000 list

I still don't understand that deranged mentality, maybe I never will!
They believes human can fly in form of a witch and non has been able to fly to the nearest city talkless out of the country. Lol

qdlvy:
Yes o. The way we think ehn.

That's the problem with our mentality anyway..... Religion (devotion) vs Science (evolution) hence we are easily being controlled and cheated on, I have always believe if you want go forward go with Darwin literally and if you want go backward go with the gods.

gurunlocker:
There's nothing like juju? Are you talking generally or with the situation concerning dog sleeping?

I am talking generally.....because anything that happened unconsciously we attribute to undisputed supernatural forces.

qdlvy:
You guys actually believe it's juju making you sleep?. Someone else said they have juju that can make bullets not penetrate. C'mon guys!

Same thing they believe human head/body parts are ₦£$€¥ money minting machine or will produce a divine intervention to make someone rich!

mufutau55:
Oga mi. Thanks. I cannot argue this with you o.
Beleive in what you beleive. My mic is OFF now.
This is not open for discussion.

Hajji M.

Definitely man! Because I know 90% of the 4 dimensions of human activities (physical, emotional, energy, mental) are done unconsciously and 1% are done conciously inwardly and outwardly, and everything will looks accidental and divine intervention. Same thing as how unconscious you are will determine how much of your destiny is accidental and anything accidental we always want to attribute to some extraordinary forced elsewhere.

mufutau55:
I remembered quite well o. Antidote to make you immune to the juju mi o. But you young generations are into churches and Mosques too much... you dont beleive in them no more. So use your Bible and Quran, and see if it will work. But only God can totally save us o.

@EgunMogaji2 knows where to get the antidotes.

Hajji M.

There is nothing like Juju, there are no invisible or dark forces that put anyone to sleep ....he may be a heavy or deep sleeper... it's only chemical mixture that react with the blood to ignite semi and fully unconscious mode, it could be in form of oral or internal adminstration.

n3xt:
I agree. It depends on the project.



The best practice is to wait until the weight of the roof before plastering the walls to reduce cracking.

If it’s a load bearing wall, it’s better to wait until the roof has been installed before plastering or when the mansory work has attained its maximum strength.

However if it is frame structure, you can start soon as possible as the additional weight of plastering is very insignificant.

If you’re doing a flat roof design, it’s better to plaster the parapet walls first before roofing.

So in all, it’s better to keep the house water-tight before rendering/plastering the walls. Roofing before plastering is the best plractice.


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In abnormal situations though, we’ve plastered before roofing.

Pic 1: Plastering parapet wall (Flat Roof Design)

How would you call the system where the structure and block work are done simultaneously?

AngelicBeing:
I agree with your post

Sadly that's the reality we have to live with!

Badgers14:
I still have a dream that one day, we all will be able to enjoy our homes burglary proof free..

Man, I don't like staying in my own house... it makes me feel trapped. I have never been in jail before, staying in my house makes me feel like I am in prison or in a house arrest , metal door, burglary proofs everywhere

Could you imagine living in a house like this (picture..below)....

Enjoying your environment, soaking up all that views etc... those natural lights , sitting out , telling your kids, grandkids , niece, nephews, cousins about your war stories how this all started, reminiscing some glory days...

.. that will be nice..

Unfortunately, Nigeria houses will have to do with burglary proof for the next 30 years or more, The security situation is too precarious to take the risk without one. Until Nigeria embrace community policing, restructured and equipped police service, prosperous economic climate, massive personal and public job creation, good educational system, better public utilities and most importantly mentality therapy etc, the security situation will never change.

The quality of glasses we have in Nigeria are also poor, in the pictures most of the glasses are treated and don't charter with one bang, the street, public transport, private compound are littered with security cameras that makes it easy to trace and identify suspect of burglar incident, fire and theft insurance is also security that ensure victims are compensated for their damages or property lost.

Yes, it's liberating and gives sense of freedom to live in a house without burglary, no dark curtain to shield indoor.

Sometimes we install burglary proof in soft target in the house, especially backdoors or hidden entrances.

Omonjoe:
Hello All,
Hope we are all safe!
Pls, do I need to do parapet dressing before roofing the house? My bricklayer just brought this to my notice after wood work of the roofing is done.

I noticed Spyder880 does roofing before parapet dressing in one of his project, the guy is an experienced builder, if he followed that sequence then it could be a good idea.

joycluv:
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.

That's very funny, I keep wondering what they will be saying when the roof of their mudhouses not that high.

n3xt:
Any day, any time I will always choose non-brand names over those big brand names in Nigeria.

Expensive roof without great installer is still a bad roof.

I’ve not done any business with money121 but I’ve known him for a very long time (when Lekki Gardens was just getting started). The truth is “His installations are always outstanding and that’s what make a great roof, not the expensive price tag.”

I’ve bought roofs from the biggest brand names in Nigeria and I’ve not seen anything unique to make them better than the other brands (that I’ve tested and used).

#MyPersonalOpinionHere

Brand is just a name, for me, once the quality of materials and technology used conformed with the requirements I will gladly buy it, I bought a Kobo kobo Topcraft high pressure cleaner because I knew the technology and quality is from Karcher which is very expensive.
Big brand = pay big for using my name

spyder880:
If it's for rental, people tend to love the idea of "living on top". Maybe because of they want to see more of their environment outside as most bungalows in Nigeria are fenced in like prisons. I will rent an apartment on top faster than an apartment below.

I have been doing stair for ages man! I am beginning to hate "living on top", even with numerous lift options available I still prefer bungalow. Prison fence won't deter anyone once you are a target, plain view itself is security and any suspicious movement or incident can easily attract alarm.

erico2k2:
true but the much needed infrastructure is not there.we talking robotics when things as simple as steady electricity is not there not to talk of the internet wifi etc

Anything less of steady energy supply would be progress in futility.
The world is moving toward synchronised network system, where things are remotely control from distance. During the lockdown children were following visual lectures at home with their teachers/lecturers, if there is steady power supply Nigeria students could have benefited with the same system and wouldn't have be lagging behind as the case now.

Badgers14:
Wheew! My niece and nephews do go out of state for robotics competition.. this kids are 12 -14 years old, their school even traveled to Japan to compete. I was quite mesmerized when I attended one of their events.. I couldn't believe little kids that young could put things like that together...

But in 9ja a final year student or even graduate student could put two pans together with a wheel barrow tire and aye yeah!! They built a car

Our government are nose deep in oil.. politicians empower youths with goats, sewing machine and Keke napep.

O laud have mercy on us!

It's frustrating you have a text book but no equipment to practice with describe typical Nigeria's education.

dongc:
These are common practices in the west....may not be feasible for small naija builders...additional cost of hiring cranes or lifts ...celsa steel very popular in Scandinavian region


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT5ydI1pBXA

There are daily lift or crane hire if you want to move heavy materials up, I think the use of steel mat or steel net for concrete or decking work is feasible for small builders and could save them time.
Materials dealers need embrace new system of building procedures to make it a common practice in Nigeria.

Phylife:
Do we have them here in Nigeria right now?
If yes, I need a contact.
Thanks.

And again, this technology could knock off a lot of iron/structural guys out of work.

I don't know if they are available in Nigeria,
Not really, the iron and structural guy will be trained to do the job in the factory, when changes are made the group of people affected are trained and absorbed to drive the new system, it's all win win situation.

Badgers14:
Very impressive...

Folks are out there advancing technologically, we are still using mallam to dig borehole by hand.. people are still manually digging foundation for a housing project...

Oh , it is well!!

They have gone very far ahead technologically, every move is always about more job creation for more welders, builders, technicians, transportation, materials dealers etc, that's why there's job after school and school dropout alike. Every year the always find ways to expand to accommodate more people.

chatinent:
Sometimes, the truth is better left unsaid.

That mindset that held the country down....reasons Nigeria and Nigerians can't face the true realities of life hence they seek cover and false belief in religion and occultic practices.

Mayor78:
Really?

Please don't give wrong information like Trump, there is no approved vaccine yet for covid-19.

The guy seem ignorant about vaccines!

davodyguy:
I am at plastering stage.

What's the cheaper and better option?

Nothing is cheap these days. Lol

n3xt:
Very bad welding (expensive too) and not the best practice. I actually used them for experimental purpose then (precast coping)

I knew I’ve met the guys supplying those mesh reinforcements here before but I can’t remember where.

If I’m able to lay my hand on this rebar tier, I’ll be just fine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdDANNBsQp0

Propaan + electric welding set gives a better results than electrode, electrode need special techniques to handle .
Tiers doesn't come cheap, that little machine is very very very expensive.

n3xt:

Not bad, you can up it too.

mufutau55:
Those look like same 12mm irons we use for rebar here in Naija.

Hajji M.

Yes, exactly....you find them in different sizes depending on the recommendation for the job....the advantages it's save whole lot of time and the installation goes faster.
I think also cheaper.

Amastermovic:
Thanks I appreciate .. Some of our clients needs there construction work delivered in 1and half yrs 2yrs maybe with this we may save time ... After making a cost comparison of this

The process of fabricating these shapes are not really complex, with the right tools you can do a great job on site or in your personal workshop.

Amastermovic:
Thanks I appreciate .. Some of our clients needs there construction work delivered in 1and half yrs 2yrs maybe with this we may save time ... After making a cost comparison of this

You can also check Groep Van Roey and Steel Bending Company both also in Belgium, I know a construction company that source from there.

n3xt:
I know a company sell this but can’t remember where I met them.

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It’s normally used for load-bearing floors and roof slabs (I know HFP use this for their roofs)

Here it's used for foundations, load bearing slab, storey floor decking works, road construction etc, small scale factory and professional welder produced for projects but it most of them are factory made.