One4me:


Thank you Sir.
I am sworn to helping as many people here as l can, with the ideas l have, most of which are from this thread and good people like you that shared it freely with us.
My conscience is clear that l have tried.

Loogunofe:
Sirs, Please how is this lintel done? I saw the picture online and looks different from the reinforced concrete I'm used to.

Nettuno:
Esteemed Experts in the House,

Please how many drums of paint do I need for the internal and external of a bungalow of 5 rooms, 2 parlour/dining (excluding toilets and kitchen because they are tiled).

A painter I contacted is talking of a total of about 70 drums of paint! Is this correct?

Thanks for your expected assistance.

One4me:



For a Bungalow, a structural design is not a requirement but it is good if you have one.
Now, a Bungalow does not require Pilling, even if it is in a Swamp.
The weight of a Bungalow cannot sink the building, in the worst Swamp, if you do a proper Foundation.
Sinking is caused when the weight of a Building exceeds the bearing capacity (Upthrust) of the soil.
The above can be tackled in three ways:
1) Increase the weight bearing capacity of the Soil, using a Pile Foundation (so that it sits on a layer of soil with better capacity, deep down in the ground)
2) Reduce the downward weight of the building (especially a Bungalow, which is already close to the threshold upward thrust capacity of the soil) by using lighter materials to build
3) More importantly, design the foundation is a manner that increases the foundation base of the building, to increase surface area and thus reduce its weight/downward pressure on the weak soil.

#3 is achieved by designing an INVERTED T- Raft Foundation.
Upthrust = Force/Area
Since the downward Force of the building is considered static/unchanging (total Weight of Bungalow), by increasing the area covered by the raft Foundation, you are reducing the Upthrust of the Floor, on the building and thus its carrying capacity, without a Pile Foundation.

If a Pile will cost you, #6M - #8M, if you get a good Engineer to do your Build, the Foundation l described above will save you a minimum of #3Million.
Contact an Engineer on this site, @Abdulwatecx, give him your build to do for you.
He is honest, reliable and good at his job. Yes, l can vouch for him but l dont know if he is free right now..
I am trying to think of who else l can recommend but my memory is empty right now.
Dont try to do it yourself, you dont have the knowledge, dont use just a Bricklayer and you will be wasting money doing a Pile foundation for a Bungalow, its an over-kill.

BTW: I am not just saying this, l have put it into practice on a One Storey building, in the worst Swamp you can think of and the building is standing for over five years now. It has settled to its final state.

If you need a reliable bricklayer, let me know.

Cassie74:
Please does anyone knows how I can get a trailer load of cement at best price in Abuja...

One4me:



For a Bungalow, a structural design is not a requirement but it is good if you have one.
Now, a Bungalow does not require Pilling, even if it is in a Swamp.
The weight of a Bungalow cannot sink the building, in the worst Swamp, if you do a proper Foundation.
Sinking is caused when the weight of a Building exceeds the bearing capacity (Upthrust) of the soil.
The above can be tackled in three ways:
1) Increase the weight bearing capacity of the Soil, using a Pile Foundation (so that it sits on a layer of soil with better capacity, deep down in the ground)
2) Reduce the downward weight of the building (especially a Bungalow, which is already close to the threshold upward thrust capacity of the soil) by using lighter materials to build
3) More importantly, design the foundation is a manner that increases the foundation base of the building, to increase surface area and thus reduce its weight/downward pressure on the weak soil.

#3 is achieved by designing an INVERTED T- Raft Foundation.
Upthrust = Force/Area
Since the downward Force of the building is considered static/unchanging (total Weight of Bungalow), by increasing the area covered by the raft Foundation, you are reducing the Upthrust of the Floor, on the building and thus its carrying capacity, without a Pile Foundation.

If a Pile will cost you, #6M - #8M, if you get a good Engineer to do your Build, the Foundation l described above will save you a minimum of #3Million.
Contact an Engineer on this site, @Abdulwatecx, give him your build to do for you.
He is honest, reliable and good at his job. Yes, l can vouch for him but l dont know if he is free right now..
I am trying to think of who else l can recommend but my memory is empty right now.
Dont try to do it yourself, you dont have the knowledge, dont use just a Bricklayer and you will be wasting money doing a Pile foundation for a Bungalow, its an over-kill.

BTW: I am not just saying this, l have put it into practice on a One Storey building, in the worst Swamp you can think of and the building is standing for over five years now. It has settled to its final state.

If you need a reliable bricklayer, let me know.

Nettuno:
Esteemed Experts in the House,

Please how many drums of paint do I need for the internal and external of a bungalow of 5 rooms, 2 parlour/dining (excluding toilets and kitchen because they are tiled).

A painter I contacted is talking of a total of about 70 drums of paint! Is this correct?

Thanks for your expected assistance.

gbadexy:

I would give a rough estimate bearing in mind the rooms may be big in size.
5 drums for the rooms, 1 drum for the living room, 1 drum and 2 gallons for the second living room with dining, 1 drum for the passage,4 drums for the ceiling, 5 drums for the external including parapet, windowhood and pillars, 6 drums for the fence, pillars and cap.
The quantity required may be less depending on the dimensions of the house and type of paint used. I'm not talking of brand here. Satin covers a bit more than matte and matte covers a bit more than premium emulsion and that also covers more than budget grade emulsion.

KIDfurniture:
Lol 70 drums.... omg... 70 drums of 20ltrs ? Ole no everybody ni Nigeria. Is your wall screeded if yes u don save ur self money.. 4 drums will finish everything if applying satin.....

Nettuno:


I was shocked when I saw his quotation. Thanks for your input. Greatly appreciated.

KIDfurniture:
Lol 70 drums.... omg... 70 drums of 20ltrs ? Ole no everybody ni Nigeria. Is your wall screeded if yes u don save ur self money.. 4 drums will finish everything if applying satin.....

Nettuno:


Thanks a great deal for this. I remain grateful.

KIDfurniture:
Lol 70 drums.... omg... 70 drums of 20ltrs ? Ole no everybody ni Nigeria. Is your wall screeded if yes u don save ur self money.. 4 drums will finish everything if applying satin.....

Johntemmy:


it even shock me than you...it's too much bro...over quoted.

twinskenny:


Lol if you are going painting 4 story hotel

true2home:
Its ok IF and i say again IF the builder has imbedded the reinforcement in the CMU. But looking at other features of the structure, this person don't have a clue of structures at all. By pure observation, the build is missing a Column!!!

KIDfurniture:
Lol 70 drums.... omg... 70 drums of 20ltrs ? Ole no everybody ni Nigeria. Is your wall screeded if yes u don save ur self money.. 4 drums will finish everything if applying satin.....


gbadexy:

I would give a rough estimate bearing in mind the rooms may be big in size.
5 drums for the rooms, 1 drum for the living room, 1 drum and 2 gallons for the second living room with dining, 1 drum for the passage,4 drums for the ceiling, 5 drums for the external including parapet, windowhood and pillars, 6 drums for the fence, pillars and cap.
The quantity required may be less depending on the dimensions of the house and type of paint used. I'm not talking of brand here. Satin covers a bit more than matte and matte covers a bit more than premium emulsion and that also covers more than budget grade emulsion.

Dijita:


This is what is frustrating to some of us and killing Nigeria as a whole. It seems that a lot of people in Nigeria have killed their conscience. How can you be asking someone more than double what is require for a project. A lot of our people are suffering because of this high level of dishonesty.

Many of us in diaspora really wanted to help people back home but how can you do this with this level of dishonesty. Imagine you take $50k to 100k home equity loan to establish business with this type of person in Nigeria how are you ever going to be able to recover your investment talk less of making profit.

We blame government for everything but this is not government this is an individual.

Nettuno:
Esteemed Experts in the House,

Please how many drums of paint do I need for the internal and external of a bungalow of 5 rooms, 2 parlour/dining (excluding toilets and kitchen because they are tiled).

A painter I contacted is talking of a total of about 70 drums of paint! Is this correct?

Thanks for your expected assistance.

rajput4real93:


This guy is worse than Evans the kidnapper. Based on my opinion, most of our artisans would do worse than the typical Nigerian politicians if they were in power. You may even find the most trusted among them wanting if you do a proper research. I feel bad each time i remember how they suffered me. Only a negligible % of them is honest

BuildingProject:
Hello all, please I need help of professionals in the building. I want to start my kobo kobo project and the bàbà láti I called í about kill me with bills.

Someone should please help me to review all this things he wrote. Most especially the job discussion part.

KolaShangOne:


These Baba Lati's even charge higher than Engineers sef.. it's like running from fry pan (Engineers) to fire (Baba Lati).

120,000 for setting 1000 blocks

Dijita:


This is what is frustrating to some of us and killing Nigeria as a whole. It seems that a lot of people in Nigeria have killed their conscience. How can you be asking someone more than double what is require for a project. A lot of our people are suffering because of this high level of dishonesty.

Many of us in diaspora really wanted to help people back home but how can you do this with this level of dishonesty. Imagine you take $50k to 100k home equity loan to establish business with this type of person in Nigeria how are you ever going to be able to recover your investment talk less of making profit.

We blame government for everything but this is not government this is an individual.

DancingSkeleton:
These people supplying roofing sheets at warehouse are really thieves.
I went there 2 days ago to get their quotation, tried making payments but couldn’t due to failure by gtb app. ( I noticed one of the cashiers wrote her phone on the sheet of paper containing their bank information and quotations, she said I can call her in case of anything) So I went to the bank yesterday morning to make a transfer to their account, then myself and my mom went to their warehouse and made arrangements for the supply of the materials I paid for, which was to is to be supplied to my site this morning. After offloading from the vehicle that brought it, I immediately started counting the sheets 500sqm of Roman should give 1000 sheets, to my surprise I counted 878 on my first count, I recounted I got 886. Then I called the driver, he asked that I recount it, I started grouping 50 sheets each, then I got 17 groups and 48 sheets ( 17x 50 = 850, 850+ 48 = 898) so my final count was 898 sheets instead of 1000 sheets which is 449sqm supplied instead of 500sqm. So I called the driver who then passed the phone to the cashier, they asked that we call back because they were going to find out where the error came from. After 20 minutes we called and they confirmed that they supplied 450sqm instead of 500sqm, my mom asked why they made such a big error she ended the call immediately after blabbing for some seconds because she couldn’t make up a reason lol.
Then I remembered this same cashier wrote her number down for a reason, she thought I was the roofer and my mom was my client, so they supplied the materials 50sqm short hoping my mom would come over to but some extra materials to complete the project, then I’d call cashier later after the job so we can discuss how to share the 50sqm within ourselves, This is 3200 x 50 = 160,000 for Christ sake, we asked the cashier how they’re going to supply me the balance 50sqm, she said I’d have to come get it myself, I decided to hold on a bit till my roofers exhaust the sheets we have on site at the moment, so as to know if I’d have to buy a lil extra or not. These people are full of surprises

Sorry for the long note, and excuse my typos and punctuation errors.

KolaShangOne:


These Baba Lati's even charge higher than Engineers sef.. it's like running from fry pan (Engineers) to fire (Baba Lati).

120,000 for setting 1000 blocks

segzy14:


Did you buy from Agen?

segzy14:



Exactly, that is N120/block. So outrageous.

DancingSkeleton:
These people supplying roofing sheets at warehouse are really thieves.
I went there 2 days ago to get their quotation, tried making payments but couldn’t due to failure by gtb app. ( I noticed one of the cashiers wrote her phone on the sheet of paper containing their bank information and quotations, she said I can call her in case of anything) So I went to the bank yesterday morning to make a transfer to their account, then myself and my mom went to their warehouse and made arrangements for the supply of the materials I paid for, which was to is to be supplied to my site this morning. After offloading from the vehicle that brought it, I immediately started counting the sheets 500sqm of Roman should give 1000 sheets, to my surprise I counted 878 on my first count, I recounted I got 886. Then I called the driver, he asked that I recount it, I started grouping 50 sheets each, then I got 17 groups and 48 sheets ( 17x 50 = 850, 850+ 48 = 898) so my final count was 898 sheets instead of 1000 sheets which is 449sqm supplied instead of 500sqm. So I called the driver who then passed the phone to the cashier, they asked that we call back because they were going to find out where the error came from. After 20 minutes we called and they confirmed that they supplied 450sqm instead of 500sqm, my mom asked why they made such a big error she ended the call immediately after blabbing for some seconds because she couldn’t make up a reason lol.
Then I remembered this same cashier wrote her number down for a reason, she thought I was the roofer and my mom was my client, so they supplied the materials 50sqm short hoping my mom would come over to but some extra materials to complete the project, then I’d call cashier later after the job so we can discuss how to share the 50sqm within ourselves, This is 3200 x 50 = 160,000 for Christ sake, we asked the cashier how they’re going to supply me the balance 50sqm, she said I’d have to come get it myself, I decided to hold on a bit till my roofers exhaust the sheets we have on site at the moment, so as to know if I’d have to buy a lil extra or not. These people are full of surprises

Sorry for the long note, and excuse my typos and punctuation errors.