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michlins:
if he hasn't done anything on site, renegotiate with him and make him increase the quality of the materials to be used

Thank you Sir....he hasn't done anything on the site

FEGEITOK:
Madam, please tread carefully.

Don't put money over life!

In that your Benin it was reported yesterday how an overhead tank like this one you are building crushed and a killed a schoolteacher who happened to be off duty that day and was at home helping her mother

You can buy another tank, you can sell off the stand you just made, life cannot be replaced.

Not saying you want to do anything stupid, just advising that you look beyond the money.

You may wish to discuss with him the cost of either additional fortifications to carry your tanks or dismantling and rebuilding. In legalese they call it "variation of contract." I am sure it will be cheaper than a new build.

Good evening Sir.... It is not about the money, it is about his work...with what I've read, steel is better than galvanized pipe and it's more expensive.. The amount I'm paying (350k...I've paid 200k and will pay the remaining balance after he is done) which I believe will cover for steel but he decided to use a cheaper material...

I didn't want to go with him initially because of the nonsense door he made for me but I had no other choice cos he is closer to the site..

michlins:
with the picture you posted, he's 80% gone. There's little or nothing anyone can do except dismantling

Sorry for late reply.....that's not my work, it was a sample he showed me..

michlins:
This work is almost finished and if he says it cannot be installed,then leave it at it. The initial dimensions he worked with is the probably the reason it can not carry it or maybe the structure can not carry such weight

I don't know the dimensions, I only know of the height I wanted....are you saying I should go with what he is doing? Cos I am 100% sure he isn't done with the work.

Good evening Michlins your advice is needed please...

I already have 2100L tank at the site and intend to buy another 2100L to place on the stand...

So, here is the issue, I totally forgot to give the welder this information, only to remember this evening. To cut the long story short, he said the stand can't carry 2 of 2100L except 2 of 1500L at the top and that it can only carry 2100L in the middle... I asked him why and he said cos he is using 2m galvanized pipe whatever and we've already agreed on price @350... 200k has already been paid so please, what can be done now?

Note: we never discussed about what materials to be used cos I know nothing about it, I just told him that I needed an 18ft tank stand and he sent me the pictures below

michlins:
I will advise you do it on site there. If I should transport myself and my workers to your site, the price will be much more.

I thank you for the opportunity though.

If I should do it, it will be 450,000.

Thank you so much Sir... God bless you abundantly... I will try find someone here

michlins:
I can do it. Meanwhile where's your location

Benin, Edo state.

queenfav:
I referred her to someone not on nairaland,the person will chat her up about shoe an ask for account details,madam will not send..He asked severally and she was mute, I told him to move on.He later got shoes of over 70k from one of my clients in Lagos island.I don't know why a business person that's looking for money will fumble the bag despite aggressively marketing daily to get customers?

Hahahahhahahhahhahaha.... I've got nothing to say on her matter again... It's all her business after all

michlins:
budget 300-400k

Okay...can you do it or it's not cost wise to get from Anambra?

erico2k2:
Madam this your DP wey blue dey remind me of willy willy abeg change am
Good morning

LOL....check what year that was uploaded...Went off nl for a while, got back and don't feel like changing it...

michlins:
I no see your message oh.

07032fourfour6904

Messaged you here on nl....but will chat you up on whatsapp

gbadexy:
Congratulations ma'am.
cc michlins for tank stand.

Thanks so much...

Did messaged him but haven't gotten a response from him..

Good afternoon everyone...I'm super excited... Finally been able to drill a borehole...making a borehole here is very expensive, just decided to save up, close eyes and get it done cos the money spent on water if added together would have done a lot for me..... It was a success though, got water at 320ft, number of water supply from tankers were 13, number of casing pipes are approximately 22... Finding water in this area is usually war but, thank God for his mercies, we didn't hit a dry well cos stories I heard about the area when it comes to getting water were scary...

Please I want to know if there's any need for water testing? And also what is the cost of an 18ft tank stand?

Location: Benin

Reeefe:
thanks for this suggestion , in this crazy community where the work is OTOKUTU DELTA STATE to be precise. I have settled the community n gotten receipt already but there is like a workers union for almost every work on the site ( benders, concrete women, pop,carpenter.... just name it) now each union will come separately when the job gets to their part. omooo e choke

Did you settle community first? If yes, then there's no need for you to answer them... If they are seizing your tools, report to community then army.

Good day Sir....please how much for an 18ft tank stand?

SALLYBERRY01:
Good morning sir

Good morning...

SALLYBERRY01:
3 PCs big plant with octagonal pot

Height 5ft +

Price ;65000

Can be used indoor or outdoor

20k?

toyeoye:
While you're saying the truth , she's most likely laughing her head off and using other monikers and numbers to continue her business here.

That's her cup of tea....Google has all these saved. She isn't doing anyone but herself.

Jibwillz:
Shes the Queen reagent, undisputed iron lady. She can't take advice from commoners, she'll rather chew brick than appear as a weakling with apologies.
A ratched aşşlicker about to come defend her tamboult "I've done business with her before she was conceived" yadi yada yada💁‍♂️

Truth be told, her attitude isn't good.

anuoreangel:
Timberland
Size 40-46

5 pairs above 16,000/pair

Less than 5 pairs 17,000/pair
1 pair 17,500
07013050882

Nationwide delivery available

Is saying "I'm sorry" a very big deal to you? You are even ignoring those giving you advises... Wow... I hope I never do business with you...even if I see something I'd love to purchase from you, I will definitely ignore cos I have seen you don't have customer value.

EgunMogaji2:
It wasn’t the water heater itself. The electrician made a mistake in over stripping the cable and live wire bridged with neutral wire in the socket.

Wow....thank God for life 🙏🙏🙏

EgunMogaji2:
The devil is a liar.

It’s not only important to give the job to the right contractor but it’s equally important that he brings on experienced assistants. Also equally important are the tools. Something as simple as using correct crimper tool would have averted this near disaster. Cable inside a socket was stripped too long and eventually made contact with neutral line which passed current via water heater pipes.

I’ve personally read of three deaths this year while in shower, etc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h_0dZhOsxE

Thank God no extreme damage was done and no one got hurt.

Could not play the video but your narration alone got me scared... How can this be avoided? Cos now, to turn on water heater is scary.

rayornb:
Good morning guys...

Please I need to know the average number of bag if cement to plaster a three bedroom flat...

40 bags or more...depending on the size of the building

Happy New Month esteemed members of this wonderful thread..

Idemujoseph:
Good evening everyone! Please what is that current price of dangote cement per bag?
Thanks in advance!

Last I bought about 3 weeks ago was 4600...

erico2k2:
Well the pipe going down on the hole which is usually same as your soakaway pipe should be high off the ground preferably same Hight as your DPC and make sure you put appropriate covering on it, protect it with at least 2 coaches of blocks on the sides

Okay Sir, thank you...will relay this to them

erico2k2:
Only if you allowed debris to fall inside, this was what happened to mine and I had to flush it

Please how can this be prevented?

Thinking of doing a borehole now cos one can't tell what will happen to our economy in months time and borehole at my site area is at least 900k as at now.. If I wait till the end of the year, I might just spend more

Good evening everyone please I want to ask if borehole will spoil if its not being used for a while.......like 5months?

dvkot:
of course! There something like almost new, which is the cosmetic condition of the phone.

It is either new or used...

dvkot:
Almost new Xiaomi mi 11 128gb

One free original Xiaomi fast charger
One free screen guard
One free tpu case
One free tws wireless bluetooth earpiece (powerbank)

N240k

There is nothing like "Almost new"... It is either new or not

folmus:
Below is courtesy of @hslbroker2. You might find it useful.

https://www.nairaland.com/2550211/general-topic-thread-to-discuss-anything/3226#118776830

The simplest way to calculate the numbers of blocks you need for your fence project, assuming you are fencing a land measuring 120 feet by 60 ft, a standard plot

This calculation is based on 9 inches block fence .
The measurement we are using is 120 ft (length) and since we have two lengths that is multiply by 2 which is 240 ft. (120 x 2) = 240

The breadth is 60 ft and also since we have 2 breadths that equal 120 ft (60 x 2) = 120
Then (240 + 120) that is 360 feet perimeter line fencing.

The calculation

(we are to convert this 360 feet to inches ) since a foot is 12 inches , now let us multiply 12 inches by 360 ft which is 4320 inches.

Now to get the line numbers of blocks that will go around the fence perimeters of 4320 inches or 360 feet, we would need to divide 4320 by 18 inches, since the length of any block be it 6 inches or 9 inches is 18inches.

Now 4320 inches divide by 18 inches is approximately 240 line of blocks , then we must multiply that by the numbers of coaches of blocks you want for your height, assuming 7 ft which is 9 coaches that means 240 multiply by 9 which is 2160 blocks and that is all you need anything aside from this is fake and fraud, this calculation is derive by me professionally and i have been using it without any mistake, but always remember to add 10 % of blocks to it because of broken blocks, and for this work, you only need 30 bags of cements, one bag of cement to 70 blocks, is standard.

for your pillars between the fence, let assume 6 blocks far from the next pillar, that means 6 divide by 240 which is 40 pillars, 1 bag of cement to 2 pillars standard, that is 17 bags plus 40 bags that is 47 bags is need by me to do this fence, if i'm in position and you should also to add 15 bags for floor blinding of the fence making 62 bags of cement.

Then, we need to minus the gate and the pillars that are also taking space in the fence.

The gate is 12 ft, let us assume the gate columns or pillars is 14 inches each, we have 2 pillars holding the gate, that is 28 inches or 2. 4 feet plus 12 feet that is 14.4 feet or approximately 15 feet.

Remember we already calculate the pillars that 40 pillars is need for the measurement.

Each pillar or column for 9 inches concrete is 9 inches square, 9 x 40 = 360 inches that is (30 feet + 15 feet = 45 feet ) / 18 inches = 30 blocks multiply by the number of coaches, 30 x 9 = 270 block minus 2160 blocks = 1890 blocks in total.

40 lengths of 12mm iron rod, since one pillar is equivalent to 1 length.

3 lengths of 16mm iron rod for the 2 big pillars holding the gate.

90 planks of soft wood for the framing.

1 truck of granite (granite would be use for the wall foundation and columns)

About 5 trips of Sharp Sand.

Regards.

Thank you Sir...thank you hslbroker2... I will take my time and go through the calculations and see if I can do my own calculations also... Much appreciated

Hello everybody.... Please how many blocks are needed to fence a 50/100? Is it better to mold or to buy? How many bags of cement will be needed to set the blocks and plaster? How many trips of sand should one get? Please I need help with this information..