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Guests:
Thank you my people.
Hope the item 7 is only for 'guests'?

johnson232:
thanks alot sir.
i am proposing concrete

greenermodels:
chairman, how's work? please advice me on a good structural software for reinforced concrete design that will have tutorials easily available.

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You are welcome Sir!


Concrete is Better!
Dont forget to include "Expansion Joints", as you do a Modular concreting, say every 1M interval

No inclusion leads to 'cracks" as time goes-by.


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johnson232:
i really appreciate this sir.
hope i can use wood for the expansion joint?

spyder880:
Yes, you can use wood, spacing of 20 mm would be ideal.

abdulwastecx:
Try Orion

Gbenke:
As i said ealier its a matter of choice .i don't see any advantage or disadvantage in tiling up to 6~7 ft moreover the average height of man is not up to 7ft so i don't see how splashes can mess up the upper portion of the wall .

greenermodels:
i grew up in a flat with the bathroom tiled up only from under the window downward (5 feet) and it doesn't look dirty and my current bathroom doesn't even have a single tile and doesn't look dirty either. it's just a matter of choice and pocket size. what i would never have in my house is tiles on the bathroom floor.

abdulwastecx:
Without a single tile' that don't sound good. Your wall will end up soaked up and weakened by action of water and detergent, it may also messed up other side of wall paint

befto:
Thank you.

Another quick question (excuse my ignorance). Is it now customary to tile the whole kitchen/bathroom?

In my young days and in some other parts of the world they tile 3/4 lenght (except in the shower) which is fully tiled to ceiling but I notice here that whole kitchens/bathrooms are tiled from ground to top.

mavverick:
My Ogas at the top.

I have been reading a lot about American panel doors, does anyone have any practical experience of them ?
I like them for their practicality and most importantly cost.
I have been hearing from a trusted source that they tend to start falling apart with locks, handles issues. I would like to hear from someone who has used them or have any tips. The reason why i am considering american panel doors is mainly because of the hassle of wooden doors (buy door separate, construct frame separate, spray, buy locks separate) just so many things that can go wrong.

One thing I noticed with most of these metal doors is that the lower/bottom part of the frame which one steps on starts to fall apart when its being stepped upon regularly especially in high traffic areas. Is there anything that can be done to avoid this, one advantage of wooden doors is that it doesn't have that metal thing that you step your feet on, the door frame is only 3 sides and not a rectangle which is 4 sided.

The door below is the American panel doors that EMEL sell, complete with frame/locks etc 15k which isn't a bad deal.

mavverick:
My Ogas at the top.
The door below is the American panel doors that EMEL sell, complete with frame/locks etc 15k which isn't a bad deal.

greenermodels:
i grew up in a flat with the bathroom tiled up only from under the window downward (5 feet) and it doesn't look dirty and my current bathroom doesn't even have a single tile and doesn't look dirty either. it's just a matter of choice and pocket size. what i would never have in my house is tiles on the bathroom floor.

spyder880:
What makes it American and how is this different from the Chinese doors?

mufutau55:
So, if you will never have tiles in your bathroom floor; what do you intend to use on the floors, just bare concrete?

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
I didn't get your email back o.

Hajji M.

greenermodels:
yes, bare cement plaster on a concrete floor, since tiling of bathroom floors became fashionable in Nigeria, the number of bathroom slip and fall accidents have increased astronomically, i once read somewhere that about one person dies everyday in America from slip and fall on a wet tiles floor.

Onuokwu:
Oga mi, i am not conversant with the NL mailing system. I saw the notification and tried everything possible to access it but couldn't even locate an icon and didn't know how to. Pls excuse my ignorance and do try to mail me with any update on him at "Onuokwu@live.com". Thank you Sir.

mavverick:
Haji

I hail oo.

When i first heard American panel doors as well, my face screw because I thought the person imported it from USA, I was like this is a no no no, I am not importing doors for USA for any tenant. Actually, its just called American panel doors but they are made in China of cheap light steel.
I feel the attraction is just because it comes with the whole package, i.e frame / doors / locks. I have however heard that the cylinders are not so good, so one should change them. I am kind of ready to take my chances with it because why fix the cylinder when it has not broken.

Also the sellers do not want the ones that came with the doors back, so in my case where I need loads of doors, I will now be left with a lot of cylinders. The guy I was speaking to said i can dash someone, I was like its not xmas yet, whilst we may be in Christmas month, it doesn't mean that I am father xmas. I no get red outfit and long white beard !! lol

greenermodels:
yes, bare cement plaster on a concrete floor, since tiling of bathroom floors became fashionable in Nigeria, the number of bathroom slip and fall accidents have increased astronomically, i once read somewhere that about one person dies everyday in America from slip and fall on a wet tiles floor.

EgunMogaji:
We have things in common.
My challenge will be to find a concrete floor wizard

EgunMogaji:
We have things in common.

My challenge will be to find a concrete floor wizard

greenermodels:
yes, bare cement plaster on a concrete floor, since tiling of bathroom floors became fashionable in Nigeria, the number of bathroom slip and fall accidents have increased astronomically, i once read somewhere that about one person dies everyday in America from slip and fall on a wet tiles floor.

mufutau55:
But those are not regular plastered concrete floors but treated floors.

Hajji M.

brabus:
Shining trowel/power float to the rescue. The problem is una go fit wait till I buy one in January.

gabbytabby:
To defend Baba Lati that is trending even from those with no sector academic/professional training and also possess no technical/apprentice training whatsoever it really is amusing to read.

This is the Internet and packaging age such that if you are computer savvy you get to rubbish Baba Lati.

God dey

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