diordaves:


The 'standard' optimum door measurements for Nigeria is1981 x 838 x 35mm – in most circumstances this provides the required opening width for cabinets and double door American fridge to go through. You may also hear this door size being referred to as a 2’9”. This measurements will fit any well built project. But the beauty of installing wooden doors is that if the door is too wide, knock down the walls to fit the door. If the door is too narrow for the opening, set some blocks to narrow the opening. So in your area look for the above door measurements or something close. You can't go wrong.

[s]However DO NOT BUY THOSE DOORS you attached. Why? The handles are already fixed. If your door space is right handed and the door (handle) is left fixed, that door is near useless for your use. So buy a plain door, hang the door and fix the handle accordingly.[/s]

Go back and look again at my door photos. No handles. This makes the door very flexible for any openings.

Bro’s, do not lead them into temptation with your trial-and-error solutions. You’ve not imported a single door into Nigeria let alone install one to know what it cost (not talking money) those who have towed that path.
I’ve witnessed and done over 100 of those doors and I can tell you those who did regretted the decision.

Well, we need more experience though. So people should feel free to experiment after all it’s their money!
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The owner of the doors below is an old member of this forum. He loved everything foreign and hated naija local tinz

His friend imported the doors below into the country but his engineer condemned it and my Oga gullibly bought them for his own project.

The rest is history! Money wasted.

I wish a lot of us can be could bold enough to come and share our construction experience and the things we wished we did right but as a black man with black mentality, we will never own up to our mistakes.

This story was shared on this same thread some years back.

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If you want more foreign door stories, I’d share.

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The problem of those doors is beyond the concern you raised. A double-sided hinged panel door won’t give you any issue when installing because it had no frame and it can always be mirrored to work both sides.

How you missed this is something I don’t know?

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In Nigeria wey we dey, the handle of a panel door doesn't determine the opening of a door The position of the jamb on the frame does.

I don’t know about LA or UK.

twinskenny:
last week exchange rate 505 this week 525

I'd love to learn about some explanation & solutions to these crazy dollar rate increase & devaluation of our naira by an Expert.

Any Economist in the house!!!


This is becoming rather annoying.

money121:
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Hahaha. You are not serious, what happened with all other contracts you’re been cashing out before now lol.

emeritus007:
Good evening everyone.
Please how much will it cost to do POP ceiling for a 24 square meters room?
Location is Nasarawa state

Budget ₦100K for everything.

NB: subject to change depending on the price of materials in your Location.

diordaves:


I'm still at the planning stage, so it may take a while (possibly December) to arrive Nigeria but I have the photos already from my local building merchants. See attached photos. Prices and size included.

So it is SOLID Oak or Sapele wood internal wooden door. I don't do internal metal/iron doors. Factory treated against termites ( so you don't need to perform animal sacrifice) and warping; guaranteed for 10 years minimum and ready for vanishing to your taste if you so wish.

You will need to buy locks (photo attached) guaranteed a lifetime, so you don't need to worry about locking yourself in as with Asia locks prevalent in Nigeria.

In price terms, you can land a PROPER SOLID internal wooden door in Nigeria (inclusive locks and keys) for N100K per door. However, I'm buying a bus to load in all items and ship them to Nigeria. I will sell off the bus (fire sale) which will bring the unit cost of each door to about N85k or thereabout.

I normally construct wooden internal doors in Nigeria for rentals. But this project is a family forever home, so I'm happy to import products I'm used to and trust and cry later about the cost.

Bros if I tell you some of these wooden doors you see in home depot are made in Enugu you won’t believe me abi. It’s amazing me when I watch only for export wooden products on one of Nigeria tv program few years ago. If you’re interested please watch bank of Industry program on channel tv, you be surprised many of these products are produced in Nigeria. Matter fact there is another Company producing standard wooden door in Mowe close to 15 years display them as imported doors. I’ll look for link and post here for everyone to see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs1hSOufWs

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kopell:
Bros if I tell you some of these wooden doors you see in home depot are made in Enugu you won’t believe me abi. It’s amazing me when I watch only for export wooden products on one of Nigeria tv program few years ago. If you’re interested please watch bank of Industry program on channel tv, you be surprised many of these products are produced in Nigeria. Matter fact there is another Company producing standard wooden door in Mowe close to 15 years display them as imported doors. I’ll look for link and post here for everyone to see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs1hSOufWs

You’re very correct baba.

Even HouseAffairs on Lagos Ibadan expressway do stock most of these so called locally made “imported doors.”

Do you need any building services expert, Do you have any HVAC, PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL PROJECT, you want to be executed, check my signature,

hamtabfawaz:


Budget ₦100K for everything.

NB: subject to change depending on the price of materials in your Location.

Someone gave me a quotation of N99,400 for materials and 40k for workmanship. 139k in total...fear catch me

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bixton:




Good day.......
Please is there any tile specifically called a Glacier Tile and if there is can you post a pix of it.......thanks.

good morning sir, pls do you mean glossy tille which is super polish or what pls confirm what the person meaning

Please which location in Enugu.
Address and number.

kopell:
Bros if I tell you some of these wooden doors you see in home depot are made in Enugu you won’t believe me abi. It’s amazing me when I watch only for export wooden products on one of Nigeria tv program few years ago. If you’re interested please watch bank of Industry program on channel tv, you be surprised many of these products are produced in Nigeria. Matter fact there is another Company producing standard wooden door in Mowe close to 15 years display them as imported doors. I’ll look for link and post here for everyone to see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs1hSOufWs

Please why are we not also discussing the use of HDF double sheet as hardwood alternative for internal room doors?
A handful of people use them and so far I have not heard any bad news.

What do you think guys? I use style dey consider am ooo

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n3xt:


Bro’s, do not lead them into temptation with your trial-and-error solutions. You’ve not imported a single door into Nigeria let alone install one to know what it cost (not talking money) those who have towed that path.
I’ve witnessed and done over 100 of those doors and I can tell you those who did regretted the decision.

Well, we need more experience though. So people should feel free to experiment after all it’s their money!
_________

The owner of the doors below is an old member of this forum. He loved everything foreign and hated naija local tinz

His friend imported the doors below into the country but his engineer condemned it and my Oga gullibly bought them for his own project.

The rest is history! Money wasted.

I wish a lot of us can be could bold enough to come and share our construction experience and the things we wished we did right but as a black man with black mentality, we will never own up to our mistakes.

This story was shared on this same thread some years back.

_______

If you want more foreign door stories, I’d share.

________

The problem of those doors is beyond the concern you raised. A double-sided hinged panel door won’t give you any issue when installing because it had no frame and it can always be mirrored to work both sides.

How you missed this is something I don’t know?

__________

In Nigeria wey we dey, the handle of a panel door doesn't determine the opening of a door The position of the jamb on the frame does.

I don’t know about LA or UK.

I guess the purpose of this thread is to learn so am here to learn, why can´t we talk about the advantages/disadvantages of imported building materials like doors etc for everyone to learn.

Since you have more experience in this field it will be very nice of you to elaborate more on the disadvantages of imported doors

Gigaset:


I guess the purpose of this thread is to learn so am here to learn, why can´t we talk about the advantages/disadvantages of imported building materials like doors etc for everyone to learn.

Since you have more experience in this field it will be very nice of you to elaborate more on the disadvantages of imported doors

here's what I can tell you about imported doors. Anything less than 250,000 for the single (3ft) is a charade. You just wasted your funds.

If you want to buy imported doors,go all out. It's meant for everyone

KolaShangOne:


It might not even be due to termites. It could be worms.

If the wood is not Kingpost or purlins, it cm be changed. That's the lasting solution.

Change all the bad woods. Cut grasses around your house. Treat (soak) incoming wood.

Yes, I have similar issued b4, I used soligum,used sniper, diesel and everything, but the situation still persists, my carpenter ask me to buy another hard wood which was used to replace affected members and the one that can't be replaced we put another wood to support it rigidly. Just involved experience carpenter and they will change it.

ceelog:
Please which location in Enugu.
Address and number.

I have stated it here before, all my doors are solid timber from bakassi. With a good finish

Gigaset:


I guess the purpose of this thread is to learn so am here to learn, why can´t we talk about the advantages/disadvantages of imported building materials like doors etc for everyone to learn.

Since you have more experience in this field it will be very nice of you to elaborate more on the disadvantages of imported doors

I’ll come back to this.

DFAMEGUY11S:
good morning sir, pls do you mean glossy tille which is super polish or what pls confirm what the person meaning

Good Morning
I really don't know.
I've asked the person to send me a pix of what he means and wants or what it looks like.
I'll post same pix if he sends it to me.
Thanks.

oduncojamaica:


Yes, I have similar issued b4, I used soligum,used sniper, diesel and everything, but the situation still persists, my carpenter ask me to buy another hard wood which was used to replace affected members and the one that can't be replaced we put another wood to support it rigidly. Just involved experience carpenter and they will change it.

Even the 250k doors, if you do not have a covered porch over your imported door, it won’t last 3 years.

Good morning my friends here, I am enjoying all the discussion about imported or locally made building materials we have been having here since yesterday, I was buying a lot of doors yesterday so I couldn't participate in the discussion. I am buying and fixing doors for about 5 different houses now. I am also searching for some particular types for two clients whom I haven't satisfied their taste in some doors because we couldn't find the doors.

I will contribute some of my experience since I have built, bought, and installed thousands of doors here in Nigeria, both local or imported doors. I might not tell us which is better because what is better for one client might be rejected by the next client. It's as usual, a matter of choice, and our work is to ensure that the choices made by our clients are well carried out to the best quality possible.

It's also a matter of budgets as some of has said above, there are classes of doors in every segment and type. What I will do here is to lubricate the discussion with many pictures so we can visualise some of the things we were talking about.

Good morning my people.

n3xt:


Even the 250k doors, if you do not have a covered porch over your imported door, it won’t last 3 years.

Like this foreign one Sir?

spyder880:


Like this foreign one Sir?

Maybe the wood used to build it is not sourced from a country that value public health.

The same type of door that I have in my house is still as good as new because there’s a 3.1m covered porch over it. It’s not exposed to harsh weather.

n3xt:


Maybe the wood used to build it is not sourced from a country that value public health.

The same type of door that I have in my house is still as good as new because there’s a 3.1m covered porch over it. It’s not exposed to harsh weather.

This one has actually been exposed to harsh sun and direct rains for nearly 5 years.

spyder880:


This one has actually been exposed to harsh sun and direct rains for nearly 5 years.

There’s no foreign door that can survive it no matter the price tag.

Speaking from experience.

n3xt:


There’s no foreign door that can survive it no matter the price tag.

Speaking from experience.

Five years after installing this fanciful Turkey imported door in my village, it's still as good as new.

Some imported doors I was considering buying yesterday.

Which exact one Sir, there are more than one door in the pictures. Thanks.

bixton:


Good Morning
I really don't know.
I've asked the person to send me a pix of what he means and wants or what it looks like.
I'll post same pix if he sends it to me.
Thanks.

ok

emeritus007:

Someone gave me a quotation of N99,400 for materials and 40k for workmanship. 139k in total...fear catch me

Like i said earlier, Price of materials in your Location would determine.
Negotiate with the Person, Be Concerned with Quality of the Job.

Beat the Price down to ₦120 - 125K.

spyder880:
Some imported doors I was considering buying yesterday.

If it’s copper steel, you’d be fine but don’t expose to harsh weather conditions o. No be michilins built am o

spyder880:
Some imported doors I was considering buying yesterday.

#Pic 2 .... is really Nice