michlins:
I don't know why this burglaries having escape patches seem like a big deal to you folks. Most buildings have such. Imagine the building burning and there's no way to get to safety.

It's made with the approximate size of 2ft by 2ft and you have a lock. The escape patch is made in such a way that you don't even know it's there. It incorporates the design of the burglary

The LOCK is the BIG ISSUE.
Educate us on your own type of Lock and its advantages, we may be able to learn a thing or two from it.

michlins:
where's this building and how rich is this Abiola guy to build such edifice

jiday4:

Pour sniper into the kitchen zinc and also the toilet drainage, those two places are your number 1 culprit for scorpions and millipede.
Had same issues, we did fumigate everywhere but scorpions keep coming into the house ,until we find out they are either coming through the zinc or the toilet hole

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Environment is the major determining factor, as to what type of fence one should have.
In some Environment, you can forget a Generator or expensive bike INSIDE your compound/premises that has a three coach fence and nothng more and it will there there for Weeks, untouched, because everyone around you are in such CLASS of not stealing such 'minor' things from their neighbours

In another environment, if you forget ordinary Pliers or your child left his side-winder scooter outside in DAYTIME, it will be gone before you come donstairs to pick it up for lock-up in the shed.
They will steal ANYTHING of value, no matter how small.
With such ENVIRONMENT, sealing-out prying eyes is of utmost importance otherwise, they would use a Ladder to climb your 10ft Fence, if it does not have an Electric Shock topping

I dont like High Fences but in one of my build, the fence of Kudje Prison will bow, looking at the spikes under the Electric topper of the fence.
If you can escape the Electric shock (some thieves come really prepared), the Spikes will impale the thieves for sure.
They even came to steal used Planks, while we were still building, something l would have given then for free, when we are done using them.

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This "bi-folding" Nets from you is also of interest to me! It would make removing and cleaning them easier, for one
It never occured to me before, to try and make it Bi-Folding, instead of the usual slide-over types l have. Now l have to start thinking about it and implement it soon.

What about allowing the Foldable/non-foldable net attach to the Swing Burglar proof so that when that moves, it moves along with it?
Just a thought.

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anonimi:


The thieves in such neighbourhood won't be the neighbours themselves but the domestic staff, especially in a country where many are underpaid, owed for several months and feed many unemployed relations and friends.
Is that not why one should work to expand the zones of comfort in the environment through charities focused on education, healthcare, lawfulness, poverty reduction through private sector industries and enterprises?
Does that not reflect why bigger parts of oyinbo cities are crime free than ours?

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I recall we discussed this "openable burglar-proof" about four years ago (around 2016 or thereabout) and you wanted to show me what you came up with but issues then, created a digression!

I also brain-stormed and came up with something that is working for me.
You should see the eyes of my Fabricator when the thing finally went into use, from his initial "oga, just put padlock and use key to open it in an emergency".
I was like you wont even find the key and if you found it, you wont be calm enough to operate such Key-Padlock, in a fire emergency.

It has three Solid Steel Hinges on one side (sturdiness), then their is a drop down, 7.5ft 16mm Rod at the other swing end that ends in a latch which requires "lifting it up and turning it 180-degrees, for it to allow the window to open.
It is carefully balanced and springed, to ensure even a young boy of three years can open it from the inside.
The thing is, the latch is almost at ground level inside the Room and any hand or tool cant operate it from outside, except from the inside (you wont have the leverage in terms of space, reach, angle and even effort/power to operate the latch at its fulcrum, from the outside.


This "bi-folding" Nets from you is also of interest to me! It would make removing and cleaning them easier, for one
It never occured to me before, to try and make it Bi-Folding, instead of the usual slide-over types l have. Now l have to start thinking about it and implement it soon.
What about allowing the Foldable/non-foldable net attach to the Swing Burglar proof so that when that moves, it moves along with it?
Just a thought.

I am happy that this thread is returning to its initial mentality of churning out ideas and helping others in need of what to do and how to do it.
Kudos to those Engineers, Builders, Contractors, Surveyors, Architects, Electricians, Installers, etc that have given their time and shared their knowledge on this thread, you may never know but the good and kindness you have showed to others here, will somehow come back to you in many folds, where and in ways you least expect it.


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diordaves:


I think the VT debate has gone off track. Let me try and bring it back on track.

For a personal family home, if you like o include ten visitors toilets all ensuit with gateman toilet and garden toilet, even generator house toilet kpa kpa. All join. It is your life choices, so you design your home accordingly.

However, when you are investing in rental property, what are the features and fixtures that will attract tenants and command decent or half decent rental income? This is what I think the debate is all about.

From my experience, overloading a rental apartment with toilets does not attract tenants more than the average apartment with adequate toilets and neither does it command higher rent for the same location.

From my experience, what command quick rental, retainership and higher rent for the same location are all round POP finish, slick modern glossy wardrobe in every room and sharp kitchen with cabinets. A light, airy apartment with natural sunlight flooding in with good flow will command decent rent than all ensuite with PVC ceiling.

We have seen it here where an investor will spend so much of his/her budget on "over" toilets only to finish it off with PVC ceiling and crappy kitchen. In such an instance, the investor has missed a trick or two.

I would rather save up on toilets to spend on POP finish, all room slick wardrobe and a swanky kitchen. This is what works for me.

valencia2012:


Good day bro.
Unfortunately, we started on a sour note last week and this really put me off with direct or private contact coupled with my absence. I'll recommend we do our deal here from planning, pictures and execution for others to teach or learn. We should only keep your fees and locations private. Please, this is only a suggestion.
So, we have a balcony railing I already sent to you here and another staircase rail made of wrought iron to plan with.

michlins:
I made mention of the quality of the steel and someone said they are made with ballistic resistant materials. I don't know what that is and I haven't seen the door so I piped low. But all I know is that you need at least 5mm steel to have bullet resistance in mind

rotecch77:


My brother there are many materials used as bulletproof
The best and old materials is KEVLER its a synthetic fiber materials.
And others like acrylic, polycarbonate, steel (of high thickness) and Africa locally made “ayeeta” don't ask me this oo

So not only steel can used as bulletproof materials
But the best bulletproof is ALMIGHTY GOD PROTECTION

michlins:
ok cool. How do we proceed. Kindly furnish us with the design of the rails and step rails you have in mind. Thanks

Good morning sir.

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Here's the picture of the rail you talked about right

rotecch77:


My brother there are many materials used as bulletproof/ bullet resistance
The best and old materials is KEVLER its a synthetic fiber materials.
And others like acrylic, polycarbonate, steel (of high thickness) and Africa locally made “ayeeta” don't ask me this oo

So not only steel can used as bulletproof materials
But the best bulletproof is ALMIGHTY GOD PROTECTION

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I recall we discussed this "openable burglar-proof" about four years ago (around 2016 or thereabout) and you wanted to show me what you came up with but issues then, created a digression!

I also brain-stormed and came up with something that is working for me.
You should see the eyes of my Fabricator when the thing finally went into use, from his initial "oga, just put padlock and use key to open it in an emergency".
I was like you wont even find the key and if you found it, you wont be calm enough to operate such Key-Padlock, in a fire emergency.

It has three Solid Steel Hinges on one side (sturdiness), then their is a drop down, 7.5ft 16mm Rod at the other swing end that ends in a latch which requires "lifting it up and turning it 180-degrees, for it to allow the window to open.
It is carefully balanced and springed, to ensure even a young boy of three years can open it from the inside.
The thing is, the latch is almost at ground level inside the Room and any hand or tool cant operate it from outside, except from the inside (you wont have the leverage in terms of space, reach, angle and even effort/power to operate the latch at its fulcrum, from the outside.


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valencia2012:


Sure, this is it.
For the stair rail, I ended up with this made of wrought too.
I'll ask my architect and foreman to send me the measurements/dimensions for your action.

BrabusNG:


To a large extent, I think I’ve explored and used a lot of these materials.
I even went as far as talking to Hammerglass in Sweden for fortified glass but what I’ve found out is that all these solutions are not a guarantee against burglary. They can only serve as deterrent.

An armoured door without a BinLaden fortified building is just as good as having a normal door.

When armed robbers attacked one of the new generation banks, they break-in through the wall and not the doors.

God is the surest protection.

BrabusNG:


To a large extent, I think I’ve explored and used a lot of these materials.
I even went as far as talking to Hammerglass in Sweden for fortified glass but what I’ve found out is that all these solutions are not a guarantee against burglary. They can only serve as deterrent.

An armoured door without a BinLaden fortified building is just as good as having a normal door.

When armed robbers attacked one of the new generation banks, they break-in through the wall and not the doors.

God is the surest protection.

write2obi:

Simple! Even local village burglars no longer check if your door can be breached or not, they just knock down your wall and do their thing

freezyprinzy:
Please I need help. This is the estimate my roofer gave for roofing a 4 bedroom duplex sqm of main building is 185sqm. This is minus wood just roofing sheet alone is this ok I feel it is too much.

michlins:
kindly furnish me with the location let me go take the measurements myself if you don't mind

BrabusNG:


I did a project here and we were looking at spending about N15m in 2015 to import fortified glass only. We will fabricate the frames here.

I told the client “There’s no sense in this no matter how hard you try to convince me. We want to put a N20m window in a house where we used N150 naira block.”

That was the end of the story!

BrabusNG:
Cement Scarcity

How’s it at your end? I’m surprised that it didn’t affect Ijebu Ode.

Over the weekend, I got Dangote at N2650/bag in Ijebu Ode.

BrabusNG:


To a large extent, I think I’ve explored and used a lot of these materials.
I even went as far as talking to Hammerglass in Sweden for fortified glass but what I’ve found out is that all these solutions are not a guarantee against burglary. They can only serve as deterrent.

An armoured door without a BinLaden fortified building is just as good as having a normal door.

When armed robbers attacked one of the new generation banks, they break-in through the wall and not the doors.

God is the surest protection.

valencia2012:


Affirmative!
Location is Nwangele LGA, Imo State. (Amaigbo environs).
I will send details to the WhatsApp number you provided here. Am also willing to sponsor the cost of your trip my site in the village. Let me know your itinerary, so I can check against my off duty dates. In this manner, we'll have uninterrupted contact on the D Day as I also link you up with my caretaker.

valencia2012:


Thank you for trying to bring me back on track, because you're keen on discussing business while am discussing family on the same subject. Where is the problem?
Did the moderator limit it to just business?
What happened to humour in a topic.
And when next you post, try hard to do it without a mockery of others, your voice would still be heard.