₦airaland Forum

Daboomb:
If you are going for 'not-so-expensive' Tiles , dont use very shiny types for the living room.
There traffic of feet will make it lose that shine so quickly it will be obvious you used a 'not-so-expensive' tile!
Use those that are not shiny for your living room and use a bright color (preferably white with some light ash).
Thanks bro,
“Write2obi” where are you based on the east and your contact.

use mostly non-primary colours that are brighgt, they give an air of 'space' and cleanliness.
Use large Tiles as much as possible (60x60), they are faster & cheaper to install and have fewer joint-lines, which makes them more appealing when installed

CDK Tiles is Nigerian made and not doing very bad. Sold in Lagos, dont know if they sell it in the East.

I am not a Tiler or a Contractor, l am just speaking from my own experiences, of my personal builds.

kehinde1365:
We are based in Lagos and yes, we also work in sango and Ogun state in general.

mufutau55:
My brother, you want the Nairaland Contractors to be charging me double.... Corporate America keh! nah kill you wan kill me so o.

Hajji M.

TheJuryMustDie:
Thank you!

ShyCypher:
Na we here know Bible like that o. Most whites have never opened it to read as they believe its fiction.

I guess the panic must have been because Islamist terrorists always recite parts of the Qoran before committin' atrocities so they must have thought somethin' bad was about to happen once the dude was done readin' his horrifyin' passages.

My guess tho...

Lol.

Sanchez01:
Mbappe ké? The dude is a walking Torres. All Monaco and Atletico players have one thing in common; they blossom in their clubs but die a natural death the moment they move out.

Unfortunately, Zidane's sentiment towards Benzema would cost us a whole lot in the new season. I would have loved that Morata remains but the dude is just bent on leaving because of the World Cup.

Morata would survive fine in the EPL, I have no doubt about that. Unfortunately, I might just have to hate him from hereon out.

diordaves:
Since una don kuku turn this forum to political section because no meaningful property gist, make I dash una pix of wall panelling a la POP:

EgunMogaji:
I'll like to hear from anyone that's done interlocking or stamped concrete recently.

Would like to hear gotchas, prices, comparison, etc

mufutau55:
They usually leave a small opening entry into the roof somewhere, but it will look like regular POP too until pushed inside to open.

See the rectangular shape on the POP area below, look carefully.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
1. If the POP is not badly damaged yet, it can repaired by repainting the area... but if it has been damaged seriously.... then replacement of that part is the only solution.
2. Yes, they can go inside the roof (but carefully) to see the POP if this is at the wood carcass top level. But if it is under the decking slab... not possible o.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
You know say some "Mansion" Bungalow pass some Duplex. Yours is one of them o.

Hajji M.

write2obi:
I'm glad you are loving your tiles chief, we've come a long way in tiles production, gone are the day when local manufacturers are scared to put their logo and "made in Nigeria" at the rear and pack of their tiles. CDK Ceramics and West African Ceramics are really setting the pace and Time Ceramics and Goodwill Ceramics are not far behind.

A Nairalander was at my office last week looking for white porcelain Spanish or Italian tiles, i showed him our samples and their prices, he needed about 1800+sqms, so as expected the money involved was huge, he said he'll need to leave the tile purchase until his next visit to Nigeria due to the funds involved.
Then i asked him a question ; why Spanish or Italian? Why not Nigerian? . He scoffed at my mention of Nigerian tiles.
Then asked him if he'll like me to show him made in Nigeria white porcelain tiles, just to see not touch or buy . He said ok, then i showed him the samples and.
He was so impressed and decided to go with Nigerian tiles and saving alot of money. Local manufacturers are uping their games and the competition is becoming more and more intense both price wise.

mufutau55:
No, Oga mi. I invented the kobo-kobo styles of management o. my projects nah Kobo-kobo projects o.

Hajji M.

Daboomb:
Good and adequate, ORIGINAL Pipe Gum is also required.
My own has been standing for over five years now and no single leak.

twinskenny:
good plumber is needed to get this done to avoid leakage..
nice one

Daboomb:
Sir, l was able to dig-out this picture of something similar l did in the distant past.

I used Plumbing pipes (thick 2" original pipes) to collect the rain water and channelled it into ground drainage.
All you need to do is to paint them the same color, as the roof and no one will even notice the difference.

This is just a very, very cheap 'alternative' compared to the usual stuff but you need a good plumber with eye for details and finishing, to do a good job of it.

KolaShangOne:
Gypsum boards

mufutau55:
Thank you Sir. How many in a bundle and what size is the PVC? They usually come narrow or wide in size of each piece.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Very good. You are not violating any rules posting the pictures... it is just for eduction.
So now tell us the cost o... for the bundles of PVC.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
Ok not bad. Imagine from 150k. Naija artisan na wah o.
At least he has been doing good work for you.

Hajji M.

adanny01:
Whenever you want to negotiate a construction job using skilled and unskilled labour use the standard daily pay for skilled and un skilled labour times the estimated number of days it will take them to finish.

2 lazy carpenters must finish a room in a day. Fast and experienced ones will do 1 room each with an unskilled labour. Range of pay for a skilled labour is 2.5-4k. I estimate 8 days max. 2.5k for 2 carpenters is 5k times 8days 40k or 4k for 2 carpenterd is 8k times 8days is 64k.

Your range is 40-64k. Can be even less pairing skilled and unskilled.

johnson232:
Try to get another installer, so u can compare. 150k seem's on the high side to me.
It shouldn't exceed 100k.
are u using pvc for the whole house?
How many bundles did u buy?

mufutau55:
I won't pay more than 50k for that job o.

Hajji M.

mufutau55:
I have used and always recommended Paragon Amoula Ventures PVC to people... but nowadays they are so expensive; one might just be going for POP instead.

Hajji M.

twinskenny:
Nicely done