Dubemcapital1:



Sure! House without OSC are reasons why tiles of some buildings are actually losing their grip I mean the tiles seems to be caving down or gradually losing themselves from the walls.

Again, German floor stops water from the bathrooms tiles percolating below the foundation.


Therefore, having a German floor or over site concrete done in your building is very good and cheaper comparing its importance. (For me its a must do)



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davodyguy:
Hello guys

Can I get an estimate for this from substructure to superstructure?

Land are is 9.25m *37m
Foot print of building is 29m*7m x 2 floors(Ground Floor and Upper floor)
Land is located in water logged area in Lagos, hence foundation needs to be solid and as high as 1 metre after the Natural Ground Level

Thanks

Akolawole:
Good afternoon all,

Can our friends here help to estimate construction the attached to foundation level and to lintel level.

This is on a dry ground.

Thanks

Mgbadike80:

please, can you post the upper floor of this design? thanks

davodyguy:
Hello guys

Can I get an estimate for this from substructure to superstructure?

Land are is 9.25m *37m
Foot print of building is 29m*7m x 2 floors(Ground Floor and Upper floor)
Land is located in water logged area in Lagos, hence foundation needs to be solid and as high as 1 metre after the Natural Ground Level

Thanks

Akolawole:

Cheers.
See attached.

Akolawole:
Good afternoon all,

Can our friends here help to estimate construction the attached to foundation level and to lintel level.

This is on a dry ground.

Thanks

davodyguy:
Hello guys

Can I get an estimate for this from substructure to superstructure?

Land are is 9.25m *37m
Foot print of building is 29m*7m x 2 floors(Ground Floor and Upper floor)
Land is located in water logged area in Lagos, hence foundation needs to be solid and as high as 1 metre after the Natural Ground Level

Thanks

Muyi002:
Hi Guys
Please comment on the cost of workmanship below for a 4 bedroom flat, ensure. See drawings attached.

Bricklayers
230,000 = cost of digging foundation, blinding and block setting from foundation to 3 courses after lintel (soak away pit inclusive 12ft by 10ft by 12ft deep) Total of about 6000 blocks
40,000 = cost of half DPC
40,000 = cost of lintels and pillars

Carpenter
Half DPC, pillars and Lintel = 30000

Iron bender
Pillars and Lintel = 22000

Muyi002:
Please what of something of this nature in the attached?

Rubbiish:

Which one is half DPC sir?

Muyi002:


Something like this in the attached.

4newguy:
Good day. I need this great house and engineers advice. I started a 4bedroom bungalow which weve roofed and plastered. Of recent, weve noticed crack both horizontal and vertical cracks on the walls and the floor. Engineer said it's as a result of differential settlement and it can be worked on.
He said working on it involves cracking the walls and just filling and plastering with cement and sand.
Someone told me it involves breaking the walls and inserting reinforcement (iron rods) and plastering with mixed sand,cement and granite.

He insists that it's not necessary. Please engineers in the house, is it necessary or not

rotecch77:


Permit me to say this, it’s never a waste of money to get a competent personal to handle things, you can never regret it in future.

In construction if you don’t have enough Money due to the situation of the country to hire professional to handle your project from beginning to the end, you can do so for foundation only, ( bungalow) you won’t regret it.

Now to the problem on the ground you need to 1st check the courses of the cracks ( this might be from the foundation which I’m very sure of).
Then you need to study it if it has stoped before you can take any repair on it, if not the cracks will continue.

More so as you explained you might need what we called UNDER PINNING to solve this problem ( although we don’t know the degree of the cracks bcs NO pics to check that).

4newguy:
Good day. I need this great house and engineers advice. I started a 4bedroom bungalow which weve roofed and plastered. Of recent, weve noticed crack both horizontal and vertical cracks on the walls and the floor. Engineer said it's as a result of differential settlement and it can be worked on.
He said working on it involves cracking the walls and just filling and plastering with cement and sand.
Someone told me it involves breaking the walls and inserting reinforcement (iron rods) and plastering with mixed sand,cement and granite.

He insists that it's not necessary. Please engineers in the house, is it necessary or not

Conceptman:
Cracks can sometime be the house settling to the earth which I think it's not a big problem like that. Another thing to look for is the environment where you have your building, do other houses experience such that's if the cracks are very visible ones and that could be an issue with the vicinity of that land which could either be caused by different factors. Try and ask around if others experience such, did you do German floor

rotecch77:


In construction what you show here is real DPC
This can be done with special engr mortal or concrete, polythene or metal to resist water capillary action (dampness in building).it just that the thickness is usually not as thick as the pics you show above

The so called German floor is called OVER SITE CONCRETE. The two has diff purposes.(dpc and over site concrete)But many people mixed the two name together.

Muyi002:
Hi Guys
Please comment on the cost of workmanship below for a 4 bedroom flat, ensure. See drawings attached.

Bricklayers
230,000 = cost of digging foundation, blinding and block setting from foundation to 3 courses after lintel (soak away pit inclusive 12ft by 10ft by 12ft deep) Total of about 6000 blocks
40,000 = cost of half DPC
40,000 = cost of lintels and pillars

Carpenter
Half DPC, pillars and Lintel = 30000

Iron bender
Pillars and Lintel = 22000

4newguy:


Yes, German floor was done. Theres a crack too on the floor. The security man of my neighbour said his oga had same thing but he cracked open the wall and included reinforcement

4newguy:
Good day. I need this great house and engineers advice. I started a 4bedroom bungalow which weve roofed and plastered. Of recent, weve noticed crack both horizontal and vertical cracks on the walls and the floor. Engineer said it's as a result of differential settlement and it can be worked on.
He said working on it involves cracking the walls and just filling and plastering with cement and sand.
Someone told me it involves breaking the walls and inserting reinforcement (iron rods) and plastering with mixed sand,cement and granite.

He insists that it's not necessary. Please engineers in the house, is it necessary or not

megacontrol:
Post a picture for better understanding.

To your question...you will most likely have to insert iron rods to correct it (depending on the nature of the crack.

Again, post pictures to help you get the right responses.

good luck

megacontrol:
Post a picture for better understanding.

To your question...you will most likely have to insert iron rods to correct it (depending on the nature of the crack.

Again, post pictures to help you get the right responses.

good luck

4newguy:
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Let's discuss everything pertaining to Building Constructions, Real estate and some more.

Note: Please no products or services advertisements... there are plenty of other threads for that already. No buying and selling on this thread.

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