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Block Work Updates

Scaffold Done Around Building For External Works from This Point

As a custom practice by my team, we take Wall level Before Plastering

Final COncrete Cast of Parapet

Fence Works Updates

Approaching Final POP Locations on Ground Floor

Current External Looks as we finalize our External Stone Works

Uberness:
My Oga , any Pros and Cons for using Aluminium windows constructed together with the burglary like the one you are using for this project as against installing the burglary separately from the window.

Pros
*It ensures for a neater job window job as against breaking the walls and and Putting burglar bars which become cumbersome a lot of times.

* its cheaper overall than making the windows and making the burglar bars separate

Cons
* you are limited to certain designs as against making lots of nice designs with burglar bars

* you are limited to the colour of the Alluminum profile unlike the burglar bars where you can paint/spray as you like

*burglar bars can be made stronger than its Alluminum counterpart

zizila:
Hello Skimanski,

Please i would like to get a rough estimate in terms of cost and materials for the plastering of 6 units of 3 basic bedroom flats (inside and outside including parapet. Its a 2 storey building). The land is located in Sango tedo, Lagos.

Thanks for your urgent response

Kindly provide your email address please.

Resumption of Block Works on First Floor

Current Building Looks as we prepare for Roofing Sheet (Long Span) and Plastering Works

A.c conduit piping

Updates on gate house

Updates on Front Fence

UPDATES ON STONE WORK FOR THE EXTERNAL PILLARS

cooldudeng:
Neatly done!

Please what does the cost per sqm comes to?

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards

N15,120 per sq.m

Parapet Facial Board from View Below (Thickness: 175mm)

Reinforcement Works on parapet

# LAKE VIEW ESTATE DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT


Roof And Parapet Beam form works in pics

Conclusion of First Floor Concrete Slab Works as we prepare for First Floor Masonry Works

cooldudeng:
Thanks.

You really nailed it!

Wood used were all new.

I couldn't agree more that the carpenter did't do a good job with the bracing. He, however, blamed it on the wood supplied. Claiming it was wet wood even though he was on site and claimed it was good wood at the point of supply

I also agree with you that the concrete weren't well mixed. Visited during the final stages and it was obvious that they weren't doing a good job during mixing. Again, they blamed it on the mix ratio advised, that 1.2.4 made it more coarse. Granite used was 3/4 down.

He's kind of job doesn't allow for much supervision, i guess he's kinda guilty there. However, should't one be able to engage "professionals" and go to sleep

You said it Already. "Professionals!!!!!"

Maybe you taught you engaged a professional.

cooldudeng:
Hello Oga Skimanski,

Really couldn't help but notice the neatness of the casting of the lintel and pillars

A friend just finished his and i noticed some "errors"

The pillars weren't "flushed" to the walls post casting. Don't know if it was the coarseness of the mixture or a failed formwork.

Wasn't really neat, could see the granite in the pillars and lintel post casting

Could you help throw some insights on the above observations

Lastly, what's the mix ratio you used. He used 1:2:4.

Foundation was inverted "T" similar to this.

Regards,
Basit

The Issue of untidy Casting outcome is an issue faced all the time and everywhere. Experience is the only way to go. There are a lot of factors that might have caused yours which they probably didnt advise you against. Read below to tell me exactly what you think Might have caused yours so as to help you in Future

1- The wood used in boarding your pillars might have been some of the old wood you used in your foundation works. Most times people think its better to save cost by reusing it for pillars, but the truth is you can buy fresh wood for pillars and lintel and keep the old one for Deck, which you can add the new ones to it, because they all will be usefull during deck, so at the end non of them is wasted.

2- The Carpenters Might not have braced the form work properly. This happens due to lack of attention to details on the hand of the form men, and also when the pay is little. many times you might see the form work not braced well with your lay man eyes, but these guys have a way of convincing you that its braced properly, only for you to see at the end that your concrete works have been messed up due to what you saw and the so called professional didn't see.

3- Lack of supervision during casting doesn't help the situation, because the guys might have not mixed the concrete properly also with the right quantity of water, and poured into the casement anyhow.

The bottom line is these untidy concrete cast doesn't necessarily have any structural effect, but what is worth doing is worth doing well, and also it makes for easy Rendering which reduces your overall expenditure.

Mine is 1:2:3. but 1:2:4 is also good.

As we prepare for Concrete casting of First Floor Slab

More painting works

UNIT 1 & 2: Mini Kitchen table

Proposed 4 Bedroom duplex Semi Detached Twin Duplex.

GROUND FLOOR
Ante Room
Guest w/c
Main Living Room
Dinning
Kitchen
Store
Guest Bedroom


FIRST FLOOR
Family Lounge
Master's Bedroom
Boy's Room
Girl's Room

External Updates, which Includes Tiling and External Precast Wall Design

Resumption of Internal Tiling works

Fencw Works and gate House Updates

befto:
@skimanski.
I want you on my next project.

we are right behind you boss

sleekdre:
Please, what's the make of this toilet, price and where I can get it? Thanks

Ideal standard Make W.C. Like my boss has said Formally N60,000. Now N72,000