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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by michlins(m): 10:06pm On Sep 01, 2021
n3xt:


They’re in Ogun already. Ikorodu is an annex of Ogun state. Just 10 - 20 mins drive.

Moreso, there are more steel manufacturers at the Ogun end than in Lagos end.
whatever they're doing, they should leave things the way they're right now. We're already in a very precious situation. Any further disruption will send everything downhill
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by rmx: 10:10pm On Sep 01, 2021
EgunMogaji2:


The marble place on Akala by Ahleri hotel gave me I think N13,500 for four pieces of 60”x60”.

That’s 1.44sqm for 13500 , cheaper than some tiles
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by somehow: 10:22pm On Sep 01, 2021
Jasobry:
By God's grace,I intend moving into my kobo kobo house in few weeks,as my rent will be due. But with the aim of going green with solar inverter, please advice on best to purchase.

Congrats.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by topsy23: 10:30pm On Sep 01, 2021
Jasobry:
By God's grace,I intend moving into my kobo kobo house in few weeks,as my rent will be due. But with the aim of going green with solar inverter, please advice on best to purchase.

Congrats sir,

Forbyhe solar inverter. The best in the market is XANTREX from Schneider, SMA but they are very expensive.

You can go for luminous brand

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by topsy23: 10:35pm On Sep 01, 2021
PAPAFEELERS:
Please how much is the cost of an armored cable wire per meter/feet etc.

What size of armored cable wire can i use to connect eletricity from the feeder panel on the road into my house?

Going rate in the market.

Cc: Topsy, Rotech, Spyder88,NEXT.

25mm 4-core armoured should be enough since it's a 5bedroom duplex.

Also the distance of the feeder pillar to your house is unknown. We need to consider voltage drop
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaleye2real(m): 10:48pm On Sep 01, 2021
Oflaylay:
Hi guys, who knows how much they charge for rain gutter installation labor? My house is 67meters and the installer is charging ridiculously.

Good day sir, sir have you bought all the materials down and ur location sir...
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by kopell: 10:55pm On Sep 01, 2021
diordaves:


So you true true bury live dog for your house say you dey exterminate termites? What a wanton animal (human) cruelty. And you can confidently publish this crime online. Africa!!!

The road still far if purported educated folks like yourself believe in animal human sacrifice in 2021. The road still far!!!
Bros is fallacious testimony, don’t worry about. It’s our African superstitious belief on all those crap. It’s doesn’t work, those termites will find there way back after it decomposes. He didn’t say live dog sha oooo

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:15pm On Sep 01, 2021
Hmnn. Some things are better experienced to be believed. I was skeptical about this dog issue until I saw it done at two sites.
One is my aunt and the other a customer. The both buried DEAD dogs and have not experienced termites once. It's been over 6 years now and counting And I am talking about very serious termite problem not the occatonal challenge. Maybe there is a chemical that seeps into the soil from the dead dog that is offensive to the termites.

Also yet to be explained is why termites don't eat/attack planks made from palm trees. I had to use palm boards on the smal flat I built in my father's compound on account of the above before I heard about the "dog-effect". I also realised termites have somewhat disappeared from the area but I am still observing. Building was roofed in 2008 or thereabout. As of 2010 I was raising poultry there but I know I abandoned the place after roofing for some 2 or 3 years before using it for poultry

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:31pm On Sep 01, 2021
kopell:
Bros is fallacious testimony, don’t worry about. It’s our African superstitious belief on all those crap. It’s doesn’t work, those termites will find there way back after it decomposes. He didn’t say live dog sha oooo

@ dioedaves, and kopell.

At times, education does not explain some things sir. Are you saying your 21st century education will make you believe there are no witches and wizards, jazz, etc? Come to my place(Ijebu Igbo, ogun state) and you will believe.


No disrespect meant pls

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by michlins(m): 11:38pm On Sep 01, 2021
olaolu11:


At times, education does not explain some things sir. Are you saying your 21st century education will make you believe there are no witches and wizards, jazz, etc? Come to my place(Ijebu Igbo, ogun state) and you will believe.


No disrespect meant pls
an organization in the USA is willing to pay up to $250,000 to anyone or group who can perform paranormal activity under supervised environment.

Maybe ijebu people can cash in

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:38pm On Sep 01, 2021
Pls can I have the idea of roofing cost(wood only) to roof a 45 by 24 structure. It has a shootout of 10 by 6. Measurement is in feet pls. Thank you.

Incidentally, does anyone know any inverter repairer in Lagos/ogun state axis that will not use my inverter as "scapegoat"? If yes, phone number/ address pls. Thanks
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:43pm On Sep 01, 2021
michlins:
an organization in the USA is willing to pay up to $250,000 to anyone or group who can perform paranormal activity under supervised environment.

Maybe ijebu people can cash in

Lol. True? Will "bulletproof" be counted as paranormal?
And my brother has experienced tree jinn called out for him by a 21 year old boy. I wasn't there though. He was in the place for IT. That was in 1991
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:52pm On Sep 01, 2021
michlins:
an organization in the USA is willing to pay up to $250,000 to anyone or group who can perform paranormal activity under supervised environment.

Maybe ijebu people can cash in

Some things are better left unsaid. Voodoo/jazz is real. Those of us in village see it real. If there is no paranormal because of "education", how did the term necromancer come to be. Or is it an African word?
Have you heard of someone being "summoned" home from abroad because he has stayed too long. When you knot tie for long, you tend to disbelieve some things.

No need to go abroad. Come to Ijebu Igbo and I will introduce you to some people. You will come back here to give testimony. Lol

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by olaolu11(m): 11:57pm On Sep 01, 2021
Roof expert in the house. What is your take on these two. Tha normal 6 feet zinc and the 8 feet aluzinc(I don't know the actual name)?
My church is considering either for roofing because of paucity of funds
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Nero2424: 12:39am On Sep 02, 2021
n3xt:


Go the traditional way. Bury a dog on your site.

It worked like magic for me! It sent termite colony away from my neighbourhood.


Where did you get the dog you buried?

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by hslbroker2(m): 1:56am On Sep 02, 2021
Nero2424:



Where did you get the dog you buried?
ekuke is everywhere, u can get from 5k

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by hslbroker2(m): 1:57am On Sep 02, 2021
olaolu11:
Roof expert in the house. What is your take on these two. Tha normal 6 feet zinc and the 8 feet aluzinc(I don't know the actual name)?
My church is considering either for roofing because of paucity of funds
sumo is one of the best aluzinc out there 8ft is ok for u

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by hslbroker2(m): 2:01am On Sep 02, 2021
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by hslbroker2(m): 2:10am On Sep 02, 2021
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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 2:19am On Sep 02, 2021
Jasobry:
By God's grace,I intend moving into my kobo kobo house in few weeks,as my rent will be due. But with the aim of going green with solar inverter, please advice on best to purchase.
Congratulations sir. It's advisable to have another alternate source of power to complement the solar system and include it in the planning.
I wish I could advise on the wind turbine from personal experience but the guy that did my wind turbine couldn't get it to work even though it has been mounted.
Raining season would make solar charging very slow with the battery draining to very low level that won't make it last except you want to use phcn or generator to be complementing it.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bobkezel(m): 4:07am On Sep 02, 2021
gbadexy:

Congratulations sir. It's advisable to have another alternate source of power to complement the solar system and include it in the planning.
I wish I could advise on the wind turbine from personal experience but the guy that did my wind turbine couldn't get it to work even though it has been mounted.
Raining season would make solar charging very slow with the battery draining to very low level that won't make it last except you want to use phcn or generator to be complementing it.
I wish you could shed some light on the wind turbine..
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by MonsterLoader: 4:13am On Sep 02, 2021
Greenarrow01:



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No vex abeg
No vex


Bro
Please give me your WhatsApp. Want to talk to you about something private regarding a post you made. Thanks.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:25am On Sep 02, 2021
olaolu11:
Hmnn. Some things are better experienced to be believed. I was skeptical about this dog issue until I saw it done at two sites.
One is my aunt and the other a customer. The both buried DEAD dogs and have not experienced termites once. It's been over 6 years now and counting And I am talking about very serious termite problem not the occatonal challenge. Maybe there is a chemical that seeps into the soil from the dead dog that is offensive to the termites.

Also yet to be explained is why termites don't eat/attack planks made from palm trees. I had to use palm boards on the smal flat I built in my father's compound on account of the above before I heard about the "dog-effect". I also realised termites have somewhat disappeared from the area but I am still observing. Building was roofed in 2008 or thereabout. As of 2010 I was raising poultry there but I know I abandoned the place after roofing for some 2 or 3 years before using it for poultry

The problem with most of us is we believe in oyinbo bullsh*t.

That’s why all we do is copy copy.
_________

On this thread alone, we’ve got more than 5 testifiers and we’re still dragging the nonsense. Just do a search on this, there are over 30 testifiers on a single thread on another nairaland page?

We think those people are stupid or not smart? Or haven’t tried other solutions? Or they’re asking anyone for money?

Can anyone who has ever used snipper or any of the useless chemical combination that contaminate our soil/water tell us if it has ever stopped termites?

_________

I think the way these things work is that the termite king/queen has preference. The workers always go for his/her first choice/order in any given situation.

They’ll attack your wood when they run out of stock.

Call it superstition. It worked like magic for me and I never had to expose myself or anyone around me to hazardous chemicals while trying to exterminate pests/insects.

It’s a free gift. Thrash it if you don’t want it.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:33am On Sep 02, 2021
Nero2424:



Where did you get the dog you buried?

I plucked it from the tree bro grin grin grin

Dog like every other being die. Even medical students do get dead bodies from accident or unclaimed corpse.

All you need to do is “ask around.”

Next?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 4:37am On Sep 02, 2021
olaolu11:


Incidentally, does anyone know any inverter repairer in Lagos/ogun state axis that will not use my inverter as "scapegoat"? If yes, phone number/ address pls. Thanks

#co-asking
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 4:46am On Sep 02, 2021
bobkezel:

I wish you could shed some light on the wind turbine..
The charge controller on the turbine isn't charging although the turbine supplies voltage. I'm suspecting the technician didn't get the connection well. We both thought the three wires from the turbine was live, neutral and earth instead of three phase and he used a two wire cable with a kind of aluminum shield and he used that as the third connection.
I will get that sorted hopefully in the coming days if the turbine isn't damaged already.
My observation so far, wind system can't be used alone. The wind isn't constant. Although it would be charging all through at intervals. Some times fast, sometimes slow and other times not charging but overall charges would be supplied. It would also work during rain and at night.
My premise is based on the movement of the blade.
Solar too doesn't charge consistently too though. It rises and drops even on sunny days but the main thing is that the cumulative supply charges the battery fully.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 4:50am On Sep 02, 2021
n3xt:


#co-asking
Go to arena at oshodi. That's where it would eventually be taken to by any neighborhood repairer.
I've repaired it before and you would get it same day.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by michlins(m): 4:53am On Sep 02, 2021
olaolu11:


Some things are better left unsaid. Voodoo/jazz is real. Those of us in village see it real. If there is no paranormal because of "education", how did the term necromancer come to be. Or is it an African word?
Have you heard of someone being "summoned" home from abroad because he has stayed too long. When you knot tie for long, you tend to disbelieve some things.

No need to go abroad. Come to Ijebu Igbo and I will introduce you to some people. You will come back here to give testimony. Lol
there's money to be made here. Don't sleep on it

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 5:00am On Sep 02, 2021
gbadexy:

Go to arena at oshodi. That's where it would eventually be taken to by any neighborhood repairer.
I've repaired it before and you would get it same day.

Smiles.

What if I tell you those guys at arena aren’t always legit? It’s always a 50-50 probability.

Here’s what I do though when any of my device/equipment fail, I keep them in store till someone come to pick up for free; go for a swap deal; pawn it for few nairas; give it to the kids for their experimental projects.

I don’t bother myself with back and forth cos I value my mental health and I don’t want to slump and die chasing mad folks.

One of my client here has a similar experience with a circular saw purchased from Arena. He did it my way - count his loss, bought a new machine and moved on.

This doesn’t mean there are no legit guys at Arena o!
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by DFAMEGUY11S(m): 5:04am On Sep 02, 2021
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by gbadexy(m): 5:16am On Sep 02, 2021
n3xt:


Smiles.

What if I tell you those guys at arena aren’t always legit? It’s always a 50-50 probability.

Here’s what I do though when any of my device/equipment fail, I keep them in store till someone come to pick up for free; go for a swap deal; pawn it for few nairas; give it to the kids for their experimental projects.

I don’t bother myself with back and forth cos I value my mental health and I don’t want to slump and die chasing mad folks.

One of my client here has a similar experience with a circular saw purchased from Arena. He did it my way - count his loss, bought a new machine and moved on.

This doesn’t mean there are no legit guys at Arena o!
I can relate at the bolded. I appreciate peace of mind when I sold a bus I gave a driver to use for transport.
I try to put closure and move on quick. Life is complicated already.
If you don't want to go to arena for repairs, you could swap on negotiation like you earlier suggested.
I did that also with my supplier there.
I doubt an inverter can be repaired elsewhere if those guys at arena couldn't fix it though.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by n3xt(m): 5:29am On Sep 02, 2021
michlins:
there's money to be made here. Don't sleep on it

https://cfiig.org/investigations/

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