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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by QSFemi(m): 7:49am On Nov 07, 2020
Good morning.

It depends on the type of tiles you're buying.

If you're buying 400mm x 400mm porcelain tiles, you will need approximately 9 cartons.

superbouck:
Good evening, pls how many packs of tiles will I need for 16sqm floor

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by money121(m): 7:51am On Nov 07, 2020
Dijita:

please can you post the latest for stone coated as well
Thanks

Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EgunMogaji2: 7:54am On Nov 07, 2020
amosblisz:
Pls how many tyres of a truck has a 20ton and a 30ton of granite?

I don't want to be cheated by my Engr buying a 20ton instead of a 30ton granite

Generally, a ten tire truck carries twenty ton material allegedly.

Until someone comes up with a mobile truck scale then we’re just relying on hope.

One of my favorite suppliers runs a DAF twenty ten wheel truck. When I ordered thirty ton granite from him he said he can only load twenty five ton maximum.

I wish you had more trust in your engineer maybe find a qualified one that you can also trust. We’ve read all sorts of things on here in the past. Allegations of people parking vans by the site to remove materials at night, inflated invoices loaded with kickbacks, collusion with rogue family members, etc

Only God can “safe” us homeowners grin

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by folmus: 8:49am On Nov 07, 2020
diordaves:


I normally use this tool to calculate my tiling projects and tick them off with what my tiler and seller calculate:

https://www.calculator.net/tile-calculator.html

cheesy grin Good one.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by jaytime(m): 8:56am On Nov 07, 2020
gandkiss:


WhatsApp?
Yes
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Johntemmy(m): 9:13am On Nov 07, 2020
Good morning..

we are available for your roofing woods, woodwork and materials.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by diordaves(m): 9:21am On Nov 07, 2020
[quote author=money121 post=95772945][/quote]

Na now you come. Etisalat: Now you are talking.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Jasobry: 9:22am On Nov 07, 2020
Please is it recommended to add stone dust while plastering of internal walls in a building?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by erico2k2(m): 9:23am On Nov 07, 2020
KolaShangOne:


I dont like it. I tell my guys to support mostly from ground up and window openings. Although they still break blocks if they have to.
2much holes
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by diordaves(m): 9:25am On Nov 07, 2020
folmus:


cheesy grin Good one.

It's a very useful tool for tiling projects and dead accurate down to the number of cartons to expect and the fractions of tiles as well.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by write2obi(m): 10:31am On Nov 07, 2020
Badgers14:
When a tiler says, 25 x60 tile..

I assume they meant length 25 x width 60.. is this correct?

Also what unit are the measurements , are they in mm or m. Like 25mm x 60mm or ?
250mm x 600mm
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by write2obi(m): 10:37am On Nov 07, 2020
superbouck:
Good evening, pls how many packs of tiles will I need for 16sqm floor
8 packs of 400mm * 400mm = 16sqm
11 packs of 600mm * 600mm = 15.84
Remember to add 10--20% extra, to take care of your breakages and skirting

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by QSFemi(m): 11:26am On Nov 07, 2020
A research finding shows that engaging a Quantity Surveyor in a construction project leads to a 25% reduction in the cost of construction.

Do not just engage a quantity surveyor to prepare estimated cost of construction (Bill of Quantities or schedule of materials and labour) for you, engage the QS during the construction stage as a client or a contractor.

Here's why;

So many decisions that were made during the estimating stage (arriving at a construction cost) get altered, modified or replaced during the construction stage. This alteration, modification or replacement could either lead to a downward or upward cost. It hardly stays the same.

So, engaging a QS during pre-construction and post-construction helps to fairly assess these changes.

A quantity surveyor is everybody's friend.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Enyinne(f): 12:12pm On Nov 07, 2020
Pls i need input on this septic construction quote given to me .
Size is 8/8ft

12mm -60length
70bags of cement
20tonnes of granite
20tonnes of sand

Pls is this quote ok
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by kopell: 12:36pm On Nov 07, 2020
Badgers14:


Please help my guy here, na beg I dey beg grin

My guy is now counting the tires of a truck to make sure he is not cheated grin grin

I thought the post was funny... but this tells us how low we have sunk as humans.. too greedy.. people cheat their fellow mankind from a painter of garri to 30 ton granite..
Bros is not funny, no matter how smart one think he is they will find way to cheat and rob you. Let's educate ourselves from experience. Firstly, most of those truck bunk bucket has been modified by reconstructing the bunk to carry less of the product. secondly, even if it is loaded you can never be sure of the loaded quantity. Even those that show you scale receipt that the quantity is right you'll be surprise that those scales has been adjusted before weighing. Another observation is the size of the granites, you get a little more with smaller sizes but you may end up using more in construction at the same time. If engineer in charge can agree to mix small and bigger granites to help owners save money. In terms of sand it's better to always buy dry ones otherwise you end up spending more money. For those of us that are counting tire to determine the load size from the pervious contributors on this same topic, you can see it's a complete waste of time. The cheating is across the board from electric cables to wood suppliers, roofers, tilers, even laborers inflate their prices that you an never image. May God help us from these cheaters.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by twinskenny(m): 1:08pm On Nov 07, 2020
Enyinne:
Pls i need input on this septic construction quote given to me .
Size is 8/8ft

12mm -60length
70bags of cement
20tonnes of granite
20tonnes of sand

Pls is this quote ok
is this precast?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by bolajinoni1(m): 1:12pm On Nov 07, 2020
3 bedroom bungalow for sale
Location: Papa ewekoro local govt ogun state
Price: 3 million
WhatsApp or call on 08137651008. 09053010009

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Enyinne(f): 1:39pm On Nov 07, 2020
Yes sir
twinskenny:
is this precast?
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by dongc(m): 1:46pm On Nov 07, 2020
Man i have followed alot of your comments in forum...you have always be apt and such a gentleman...always said the truth without mincing word...what's your brand ...I owe a mortuary standard..

The bolded comments...I have seen long time members in this forum who time to time try to make this forum less reliable but they are here everyday....surprises me... cry



gbadexy:
There are furniture makers in the same compound with me and several of them have been accused severally of collecting money and never delivered.
One relocated to another place to avoid people coming to look for him, some are not regular and one of them committed suicide last year due to too much debt and shame.
Perhaps the issue of the escrow would be of great help in safeguarding both client and contractor but the fact is online or offline, whoever wants to swindle would do so and continue his business elsewhere if they so wish and there is the advantage that there would be no way for others to be alerted.
Some are quick to come here to remind everyone why the forum is not reliable and they not having intention of giving patronage to the professionals but are quick to come and seek solution and find it reliable from the forum with unreliable people.
I'm sure hajj would have done some background consultations about the denis issue. People do behind the scene moves here without coming to announce.
We all have our shortcomings and should strive to make conscious efforts to curtail them when pointed out to us. I noticed deniss always emphasis on respect and feels easily slighted.
The person giving you job is your oga for the duration of the job and deserves same respect even after the job to show appreciation. There's also the added benefit of more referrals.
Sir doesn't take anything from me. Expecting it is inconsequential also as I can't use it to pay bills.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Opeyemi4real(m): 2:16pm On Nov 07, 2020
Good day,
Please how much wood and Ghana zinc do i need to roof 27ft by 30ft building? Thank you in advance

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Dijita: 3:34pm On Nov 07, 2020
[quote author=money121 post=95772945][/quote]
Thanks
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Hamthablow(m): 4:09pm On Nov 07, 2020
Leezah:
1.5KVA

Really!
1.5KVA for #300k
Can I have the contact please

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Biztech05(m): 4:36pm On Nov 07, 2020
[quote author=Jasobry post=95775476]Please is it recommended to add stone dust while plastering of internal walls in a building?[/q. YES you can add it. That’s when called plaster sand is not okay . But if you have a very sharp plaster, the two aggregate will hard to marry each other.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by money121(m): 4:45pm On Nov 07, 2020
Dijita:

Thanks
Uwl
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EgunMogaji2: 5:13pm On Nov 07, 2020
Opeyemi4real:
Good day,
Please how much wood and Ghana zinc do i need to roof 27ft by 30ft building? Thank you in advance

I think they’ll need more info than that.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by Abolarin91(m): 5:43pm On Nov 07, 2020
Bad eggs has nullify the good ones! Cheat everywhere, all measurement has been tampered with.
kopell:
Bros is not funny, no matter how smart one think he is they will find way to cheat and rob you. Let's educate ourselves from experience. Firstly, most of those truck bunk bucket has been modified by reconstructing the bunk to carry less of the product. secondly, even if it is loaded you can never be sure of the loaded quantity. Even those that show you scale receipt that the quantity is right you'll be surprise that those scales has been adjusted before weighing. Another observation is the size of the granites, you get a little more with smaller sizes but you may end up using more in construction at the same time. If engineer in charge can agree to mix small and bigger granites to help owners save money. In terms of sand it's better to always buy dry ones otherwise you end up spending more money. For those of us that are counting tire to determine the load size from the pervious contributors on this same topic, you can see it's a complete waste of time. The cheating is across the board from electric cables to wood suppliers, roofers, tilers, even laborers inflate their prices that you an never image. May God help us from these cheaters.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by superbouck(m): 6:00pm On Nov 07, 2020
write2obi:

8 packs of 400mm * 400mm = 16sqm
11 packs of 600mm * 600mm = 15.84
Remember to add 10--20% extra, to take care of your breakages and skirting
pls how much 400mm and 600mm tiles
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by KolaShangOne(m): 6:09pm On Nov 07, 2020
n3xt:


To which location?

Akobo, ibadan.
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by write2obi(m): 6:12pm On Nov 07, 2020
superbouck:
pls how much 400mm and 600mm tiles
It depends on the type of tiles and country of origin
400mm*400mm ranges from 1450 - - 4500 per sqm
600mm*600mm ranges from 2200 - - 6500 per sqm
Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by KolaShangOne(m): 6:17pm On Nov 07, 2020
EgunMogaji2:


Generally, a ten tire truck carries twenty ton material allegedly.

Until someone comes up with a mobile truck scale then we’re just relying on hope.

One of my favorite suppliers runs a DAF twenty ten wheel truck. When I ordered thirty ton granite from him he said he can only load twenty five ton maximum.

I wish you had more trust in your engineer maybe find a qualified one that you can also trust. We’ve read all sorts of things on here in the past. Allegations of people parking vans by the site to remove materials at night, inflated invoices loaded with kickbacks, collusion with rogue family members, etc

Only God can “safe” us homeowners grin


When I bought granite in Port Harcourt from Chinese people, they displayed their meter outside.

So you get to weigh your truck before loading, infact, they will tell the driver to disembark.

Then they weight it after loading. And you pay what you see on the meter.

Easy peasy.

I paid 20,000 transport for a 30 ton truck. I was in awe.

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Re: General Topic Thread-To Discuss Anything And Everything in Building Construction by EgunMogaji2: 6:27pm On Nov 07, 2020
KolaShangOne:


When I bought granite in Port Harcourt from Chinese people, they displayed their meter outside.

So you get to weigh your truck before loading, infact, they will tell the driver to disembark.

Then they weight it after loading. And you pay what you see on the meter.

Easy peasy.

I paid 20,000 transport for a 30 ton truck. I was in awe.

That’s how it really should be.

You know I always tell the trucks that I’ll give them extra tip towards diesel just so I can get a full load.

Getting a company materials handling truck is high on my list for 3rd quarter next year.

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