rotecch77:
1st diaspora client from nairaland to patronize us on BIODIGESTER, actually I don’t know the client username here, but we really appreciate your patronage.
We did this for a farm house somewhere in Epe local govt Lagos.
We also build a mini flat for the workers there.
Thanks for your patronage.

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davodyguy:


Can you give here in this platform a guide to your charges?

I have a construction comprising a semi detached 5 bedroom house at the frontal part and a rear 1 bedroom apartment on ground and first floor.

What would you recommend and the cost idea?

rotecch77:


Size of building and location determine the cost
Bungalow cost btw 200-280k
Duplex. Cost btw 300-350
Shopping mall cost btw 500-750k


https://www.nairaland.com/5786342/biogas-bio-toilet-bio-digester-toilet#88309204

LastWeek1:
Hi, Engineer in the house.Pls advice me on what to do here... The proposed plan was for the living room and dining parallel without step up to the dining but my Engineer is advising me to let the dinning to be step up with one step. Step down from the kitchen then step up to the dining and step down to the living room... Pls, would this be okay? kindly check out the photos of the floor. and if anyone can help in drawing the 3D interior design for the living room, I won't mind compensating the person but please there is no big money on the ground, just doing the place little by little. pls, help a brother...

Focusmind:


I agreed with you bro. This is what me and my wife have been quarrelling over. She came to site and was pissed off that the dinning was not on an elevated level from the rest of the living room. I told her to leave the floor as it is as it is safer and will look nice as well.

Madam no gree. That I should see other people's houses and see that dinning always have an elevated floor from the rest. I know that, but I don't like it as it poses its own hazard.

My house plan is a typical European modern architecture without this usual Nigerian elevated dinning and front pillars. She has been insisting on having that elevated floor. If I should do it now, that is more cost as the building is almost at the tiling stage.

saydfact:


Perfectly right.. regards

rotecch77:


Size of building and location determine the cost
Bungalow cost btw 200-280k
Duplex. Cost btw 300-350
Shopping mall cost btw 500-750k


https://www.nairaland.com/5786342/biogas-bio-toilet-bio-digester-toilet#88309204

elengine:
Prof and the experienced in the house. What can I do to avoid water leaking from my bathrooms on the ist floor to the ground floor. It is duplex and we have started tiling but someone said the bathroom may be leaking if I don't protect it now before it is tiled. He said no matter how good the tiler is, it will still leak. Pls I need advice. Thanks.

monakii:


I need education on how this works. pardon my lack of knowledge anyway. My questions goes thus;

1. can d waste be converted to cooking gas?
2. can it be converted for eco power i.e electricity?
3. can my existing soakaway be modified into this concept?
4. How effective in longrun?

Regards.

diordaves:


The WC is normally by the window for the waste pipe to have direct access outside. Any other location may mean doing internal waste pipe by burying the pipe in your foundation or inside your columns.

The wash-hand basin is always close to the door.

With the above arrangement, there's only one place left for the shower: the middle.

You could move things around if the toilet is big enough.

davodyguy:

Thanks for your response.

The sand dealer said there are about 3 different sand they use as filling.

The one we used for casting is sold at over ₦40,000 for 20 tons.

She said we don't need that expensive grade for filling, but we can get one around ₦30,000 to fill ahead of ground slab (German floor)

What's your take and what would you recommend?

mufutau55:
@lastpage
Oga mi, welcome back sir. Long time.

Hajji M.

saydfact:


you can even get the lower than that grade sold at about 24k..... you don't need the expensive one actually.

Goodluck

megacontrol:
Hello,
could you provide more details of the property for development for consideration of a JV.
Location, type of property planned, current status, estimated cost to completion etc. personal details for follow up.

Thanks

lastpage:

Double Hajji, Ramadan Kareem Sir.
I throway salute to you and other legends of this thread, not forgeting Oko Afusa!

lastpage:


Well, you are the man for a reason, to consult her widely with your spouse but to take the final decision, in the best interest of the family.
But l also know that the westernised women are not easy to convince, talk-less of control to do something she does not want, even if it is for her own good. so you have a battle on your hands.
Try and show her the disadvantages of such elevation, for example, ask her how she would feel, if one of your children tripped over it while carrying some dishes after food, hit his/her head against a sharp edge of the step down stairs (God forbid) and died?
I have seen people, women especially, die from tripping, slipping and falling in the bath-tub, despite the husband saying l dont want a bath-tubs in the bath, because of the danger of slipping!.
Ask her how she will feel, make it very graphic so she can imagine it in her head.
And finally, add that you will hold her responsible forever , if she insists on having it and an accident happens. Let it sink-in.

We should not just copy what others are doing, just because they are doing it.
A house with children cannot be designed exactly the same with a house where only young guys are living or where all the children are adults.
Moreover, since this is a personal house, most people dont consider their "old age", when they design their houses.

Some old people are sleeping in the guest room downstairs now, because they placed all the master bedrooms upstairs and now that they are in their eighties, they are too old and weak to be going up and down the stairs, each time they want to navigate between kitchen and bedroom.

Same thing with this issue of elevated dinning area. Time will come when no one will even be eating from that spot, it will be between small side table and the Soffa. ;
I hope you will be able to convince her as l can already sense that its a challenge.

diordaves:


I take it you don't want to install a bath, so it is the traditional Nigerian wet room. IF the tiling is done right, there is little chance of leakage. So you MUST bevel the tiling (floor) towards the drain. So water flows swiftly towards the drain and water doesn't gather on the floor after each bath.

With this arrangement and the right kind of cement slurry during tiling, there should be no leakage.

However, if you think your decking was done badly, introduce (nylon) membrane while tiling. But this is truly not necessary.

Muyi002:
This what I have spent to this stage.

Labour Cost for Foundation Excavation, Blinding and Block setting to Lintel = 180000

Blinding
Cement - 30 bags @ 2500 = 75,000
Sharp Sand - 20 tonnes = 32,000
Granite - 25 tonnes = 105,000
Total = 212,000

Foundation Block Setting & Sock away Pit
Blocks = 1400 @ 150 = 210,000
Cement - 30 bags @ 2400 = 72,000
Sharp Sand =15 tonnes = 24,000
Labour for Soak away = 62,000
Extra Labour Expenses = 20,000
Total = 388,000

Foundation Filling
Labour = 92,000
Laterite = 326,000
Total = 418000

DPC - Half
DPM Nylon = 11,500
Granite= 10 tonnes = 45,000
Tara = 10 tonnes =13,000
Sharp sand = 10 tonnes = 15,500
Planks - 25 pieces & nails = 25000
Iron
16mm - 4 lengths @4400 = 17600
8mm - 3 lengths @ 1250 = 3750
Binding wire =2500
Transport = 2500
Workmanship
Labourer = 40000
Welder and carpenter = 13000
Cement = 28 bags @ 2500= 70000
Wire Mesh = 10500
Total = 273,000

Above Foundation Block setting + 2 soak away pits
Blocks 4100 @ 150 = 615000
Water = 3000
Sharp sand = 36000
Joining sand = 18000
Cement @2500 =162500
labour = 56000
Total = 891000

Lintel and Pillars Casting
16mm - 8 lengths @ 3630 = 29040
8mm - 31 lengths @ 1030 = 31930
12mm - 34 lengths @ 2050 = 69700
1 binding wire = 4000
Transport & logistics = 4000
Wood and planks ➕ TP = 51000
Granite = Used remains
Sharp sand = 15000
Cement = 30 bags @ 2500 = 75000
Workmanship
Labour 40000
Carpenter 22000
Iron bender 17000
Total =360000

Parapet and soak away Casting
Iron plus
12mm - 30 lengths @ 1970 = 59100
8mm - 51 lengths @ 1420 = 72420
Big Binding wire @ 7000
Extra iron = 9000
Quarter rod - 15 lengths @ 200 = 3000
Transport = 3500
Workmanship = 25000
Wood and cutting = 175000
Nail = 11100
Transport = 4000
Workmanship = 40000
Granite = 20 tonnes = 100000
Sharp sand = 15 tonnes = 21000
Cement 50 bags @ = 130000
Labour = 50000
Total = 710,000

Electrical
20mm pipe = 2 bundles @2100
25mm pipe = 1 bundle @ 3200
Electrical materials = 14000
Workmanship =9000

Plumbing
Internal plumbing
Cost of pipes and accessories = 47,000
Labour = 18,000

soonest:


I don't know it in tonnage but double trip of laterite is 8k to 10k in Benin city

1Carpenter per day charge 5k here. If you buy the whole wood once to be boarded all at once it's usually cheaper than boarding, removing and reboarding.
I saved cost in wood and mine has boarded 3times for two 3bedroom flats by 3 carpenters. I paid 45k.
Masons charge 3500 per day. Depending on how many you will use and the extent your carpenter boards.
I'm not a professional, just shared my experience.

Kimsunh:
Good morning sirs, please is this not too much for thunder arrestor on a small duplex on a half plot of land? The electrician gave me this quotation and I feel it is ridiculous. Please help me vet sirs

topsy23:


May i know the size of your building? If it is a duplex the quantity of copper tape is much and 20mmx3mm should be okay for a residential building. The cost of earth rod is much. Arrestor is also costly.

For more information on the earthing and bonding, You can visit our thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/2316228/importance-proper-earthing-bonding-system/3

Kimsunh:
the size of the House is 70/25

topsy23:


How many storey building

Kimsunh:
Good morning sirs, please is this not too much for thunder arrestor on a small duplex on a half plot of land? The electrician gave me this quotation and I feel it is ridiculous. Please help me vet sirs

dbshaywhy:
Good morning professionals and Ramadan Kareem too to all Muslims in the house...
Am much grateful for your contribution towards towards successful completion of my site to roofing stage, am glad I all have a beautiful virtual brothers and sisters here in the house,thanks so much.

Now, am about to roof and ceil my simple "A unit 3 bedroom flat and 2 units room and parlour self contained"... The quotation given to me by the carpenter is really much, right from materials down to workmanship(Grand Total =#1,749,000) ... Please I Need your utmost advice and assistance.

And more so, what's the experience from getting the planks through those timber cutters operator, rather than getting it at sawmill?