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saferoom:
The best practice is to fill the Blocks in the foundation with weak concrete (or normal concrete if you can afford it). The reason for filling blocks with concrete is obvious: To make the blocks stronger as if they are concrete blocks.
There is what is called EARTH PRESSURE acting on the blocks which makes the blockwork act as if they are Retaining Walls. So leaving them Hollow like that is not the best however since to avoid the cost of filling them with concrete, they just assign a labourer to block the holes before putting the chain beam to connect all the columns (pillars)

Then coming to the question of filling the blocks with laterite (filling sand), is not a common practice thought some people do it. It is not advisable to have earth on both sides of the block and also inside the blocks. The soil inside the holes of the blocks doesnt offer added strength like concrete will do, so it becomes an added load on the blocks. It is like a pregnant woman. The baby inside her is an added load. Whatever doesnt make you stronger makes you weaker. It's a universal principle.

If you have added questions you can ask on this thread on Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/2406381/ask-all-questions-building-foundations

Good response, but there's a place you said hollow blocks should be filled with weak OR NORMAL CONCRETE. I don't seem to agree with the latter. Filling hollow blocks with high grade concrete will only result in having cracks in your blocks cos the concrete will have a higher strength than your weak blocks. I'd advice you NEVER do that. Fill hollow blocks with WEAK CONCRETE, not ' normal' concrete as you suggest, irrespective of how 'rich' your client may be.

The only people who take this man seriously are those who do not know him. Worst governor we've ever had in history.

I don't understand how people drink till they pass out. I've in some instances deliberately decided to drink beyond my limit yet I never ever stagger go house. There's a point your throat refuses to take in alcohol even if you try to force it, you go just throw up. Even at that stage, it never made me stupid, not just me, I know some other guys who are like me too. Perhaps there's a way alcohol affects people differently according to your body system. Alcohol has never ever made me stagger as I see it making people do. Kpata kpata, e go just make me either speak plenty English, toast girls (when I was single- that's how I met my wife, she didn't even know I was high) or remain very quiet.

CareerBegger:
They don't owe you any money. Quit begging on nairaland and social media. I have seen others call you out before. Stop feeling entitled to people's money. Almajiri no b work

Lol, bro it's funny how your name came hunting you after attacking that dude. The day u gave yourself that moniker, you never saw this day coming, did you bro?

Toks2008:
Normally I no suppose quote you but I will help you a bit.

Go to YouTube and type, real mermaid so you can watch and see for yourself...

Wait let me even help me out
.. Lemme go fetch the video.

Just dey write epistle

Oya see for yourself


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXPdQqMYW0

This my brother, I'm not disputing the fact they exist... or not, I've never seen one so I don't know. The problem here is, do you think all videos on YouTube are real? Hell no! Most 'mysterious' videos you watch on YouTube are nothing but hoax. Research most videos after watching bro.

hammer3x:
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AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL WORKSHOP.


GO AND DO WAT YOUR ANCESTORS DID, U WILL NEVER SURRENDER YOUR MIND TO THE DEVIL, BECUASE U DID BE TOO BUSY FOR THAT.

So I was serving and earning well, better than I've ever earned since I started working, that was as far back as 2012. How do you call that being idle for Christ's sake? I'm sure just like you, many do not understand what depression truly entails. By the way, your quote seems too childish and unintelligent, it's not an insult. I won't reply any further.

When I went through depression and survived, from then onwards I understood why people commit suicide and stopped putting the blame on them. Worse is, in my case I didn't know what caused it. When I see a lot of persons making insensitive posts and forming superhuman here I just shake my head. No body in their normal state will decide to take their own life!

ValCon888:
A typical Nigerian girl has this entitlement mentality.
They believe you must do everything for them.
You must give them money, take them out, buy gifts, make their hair, recharge their phones (and still do the calling) etc.

You must give them money before they buy you gift. And they will only use 10% of that money for your usual boxers, singlet or roll-on birthday present.

She is never altruistic or selfless. If she does something for you, she expects you to do something even greater for her in return. It is until you date a foreign chick you realize a vast majority of Nigerian girls have nothing to offer.

A selfless, generous Nigerian girl is like a Taliban Christian. They don't exist.

You're absolutely right, I gave up until I found one entirely different one. She never faked it and somehow I knew she wasn't faking it. We got married, three years later she still isn't faking it. Omo, these types are very very very very..... Do I need to complete the sentence?

Seeing one of those pictures, one sad thought came to my mind. How would I feel handing my dear son to a foreigner to be evacuated to an unknown land to keep him safe which ordinarily should be my duty? I hate war with a passion.

Yugi:
Your eye don clear now Mr hate speech?
Some of you even you were alive when Jesus walked on earth you will be part of those that will kill him. With your nonsense talk

I don't understand, you had to go back to a comment I made some time ago to achieve what exactly? Your type and Boko haram no get difference. Carry religion for head like gala. Sorry if it sounds like an insult, I really don't do that here but you religious people really piss me off. Open your mind's eyes, you have a lot to learn. bye, peace.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggar
Isoright....that is one thing about baby girls

They have a way of telling if the future of a niggar is going to be bright.....even if you are living in a face me I slap you kind of apartment drinking garri..still they will stick to your ass forever like glue

Most of them are actually very intelligent. They can tell your future...but the thing is they no longer want to exercise patience..probably because of Greed, their friends putting pressure on them...you can't expect them to be patient when thier friends are displaying bone straight and expensive wig....and some times they are scared because after we niggarrrrs are successful we start to misbehave and push them aside
To know the real character of we niggarrrrs then wait until some dope millions hit our bank account...

Las las you're a real Nigga.

Juliearth:
Twin flame or not, the Bible expects us to resist temptation. If men are allowed to have twin flames, should women be allowed to do same? What would then become of the union and sacredness of marriage? That thing you call a twin flame is the Devil's orchestration to ruin marriages because he is staunchly against it. My advise to you and every other person about to make this mistake is to shun the act. Make a conscious effort to keep this "flame" far from you.

First off, I never tell anyone about this stuff cos it's so deep, perhaps it's cos I had a drink I let it out. Secondly, it happens not only to men as you think. Thirdly, why do we assume Christianity or Islam is the only religion in the world? What if you weren't born a Christian or what if you were born in Kuwait or Somalia, India or China ? Would you be quoting the bible? My dear, there are thousands of religions and many older than Christianity and Islam, these two are only more wide spread. Think, you have a God given brain. Lastly, it is not a religion, it just happens and there's almost nothing you can do to stop it. It's not all lovey dovey as you may think but rather very turtous. Make ALL efforts to marry your twin flame, not even your soul mate, if you are still single- that is, if you have the privilege to see what some have seen. It is the happiest of marriages that will ever exist. Some persons are extremely happily married but don't know why, it's not a sin to be in such happiness, the 'devil' can't give such. I never knew about it until it happened to me, every step all the way. I'm in no way trying to justify cheating, People cheat for stupid reasons too, then again you mustn't be in a relationship with someone else when it happens, you both might be single. Mind you, I've never been so spiritual in my life like I am, so if you jump to say it's the devil and you believe in the efficacy of prayers, I'm asking you to pray for me wherever you are and break the chain cos that's what I've always wished for but it seems impossible. Why did I have to bring this up here? Alcohol is a basta*d.

*I modified to get your eyes open a little bit. Open your eyes, God (or whatever you choose to call it ) never created you blind. Reach to your soul.

Lattop:
PDP and APC are the same

No mind Nigerians, I know this fact since 19abraham. Same people going round about deceiving us yet we can't see.

Thing is, most of us are unaware of what's going on around us. I never for once cheated on any of my girlfriends when I was single and never believed I could ever cheat, in fact, I saw people who cheat as breasts.... Until my awakening. I found out there's something called 'twin flame'. When you meet your twin flame, NOTHING in this world can seperate you from them, whether you are married or single. We know nothing of such in this part of the world, hence blame those who choose to unite with their twin when sh*t happens. I was/am caught up in this web and there's nothing I didn't do to break it, but I couldn't. We are seperated but there's something bigger coming that I can't stop, something that I fear yet love so much... Our final reunion. From my observation, that 'side chick' could be your brother in-law's twin, but like I wrote earlier, we don't know these things around here.

Rice and pork? Rice and so much pork without stew? What kind of incomplete food is this?

Baawaa:
Start praising God, read your Bible daily and pray without ceasing. You are free depression

Have you ever been depressed bro? I don't think it has a cause, I don't know if it has a cure either, I think it just phases out on it's own, or maybe therapy works, I don't know. Wonder why I quoted you? Because I was once depressed and years later it seemed reading the Bible so deeply then could have been the trigger, I'm not sure. But asking someone to do something doesn't make any sense to them at such times. Depression is a monster that people do not really know how terrible it actually is. I pray he's phases out fast.

Them say lynda mean snake. In summary, snake de call snake snake.

bluefilm:
So far, I don't see anything that will stop our Igbo representative White Money - the ozupuuru ini ego 1 of Enugu State - from winning the 90 Mill.

Whitemoney is the realest of them all.

He knows why he is there and he started from Day 1 to play his own game.

Of course, this eating from the pot is one of the games he's playing.

Thing is, I like that guy, but the moment you guys start throwing this your tribalism card it just spoils everything. I've NEVER watched a scene in this BBN stuff before now. Why are you guys so soaked in this self pity stuff? Arggh, it's so irritating, you appear to be the major group on the internet so you fill every space with hatred for all other region but at the end you still fail. I love that guy and if for any reason I'd have to vote, I'd vote for him but people like you no de try. You need total cleansing cos like the other people who are so soaked up in this tribalism bull crap, they'll never vote for him cos of this single statement you made here. Be human bro.

What they discribed about the mom is exactly what you experience when sleep paralysis happens to you, it's a normal condition . I don't know about the rest stories.

Massiveglory:
So pathetic.
Humans should learn to respect animals.
We all are humans and everyone has their mood swing.

Bro, I don't understand the " we all are humans part" Like, elephants are humans too?

mrvitalis:
Are fulanis trying to take your land yes or no simple question

Yes on the internet and according to Ortom. I repeat, Fulani/ farmers wahala didn't start with Ortom. You will be shocked to know MOST of what you read on the internet has NOTHING to do with Fulani but completely politics. You guys know nothing- Jon Snow.

Davinity:
Oga even Abia state governor who happens to be Nigeria's worse governor is better than Buhari... I don't even need to know Ortom personally

That's the point bro, he's a sleek talker - a serpent. You don't know him so you think he's better than the worst.

mrvitalis:
1) Does fulani want to take over your land or not ?

2) attack ortom for not performing but telling him to stop calling on Buhari or attacking buhari for his failure and support or your enemies is betrayer to your people

There's nothing I could type that would make sense to you. Come to Benue or better still, wish yourself an internet governor like Ortom. That would make you understand better bro.

mrvitalis:
Ortom is bad but u are facing extinction attack from Fulanis

Bros, Fulani wahala started donkey years ago in Benue before Ortom, even worse some years before he came, you only knew about it because of the internet - which is good by the way. You feel we're going extinct because of Ortom and the internet! Now, how would you feel if someone comes only to TALK for years without doing ANYTHING? Security outfit in the state that kept crime to the minimum was scrapped by this same man, crime rate is on the rise, why? Cos people are hungry and a lot of insane people would go the extra mile to steal and kill just to put something in their pockets. Workers are crying coz they're been owed salaries for no reason at all even though monthly allocations come from the very federal government he criticizes day and night, pensioners are dying everyday coz he believes they're living dead, he doesn't care a bit about these ones. infrastructure nko? Zero! He's done NOTHING but constantly leveraging on this Fulani talk. Who won't be tired of one who does nothing other than constantly reminding you of what you already know?

Etinosa1234:
Abeg make i hear word... i dont stay in benue.. How do u expect me to know what is really happening in benue except through the online media

if u believe they are lying, explain

You shouldn't believe everything you read on social media. Ortom is a perfect definition of a Nigerian politician or even worse. E de shock me say person fit praise that man for any reason , but as you wrote, you aren't from Benue so don't follow Ortom and the social media crowd. YOU DON'T KNOW HIM.

Davinity:
That one concern you... The question is, Is Buhari doing well?

Guy, if you blame Buhari I will not criticize you, even though I don't know you. Ortom should be the last person to speak in this world when it comes to criticizing any one. YOU DON'T KNOW HIM.

Bamzyriches451:
Bunch of confused group

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is. Abeg I don tire. Ortom is worse than the devil you talk about. If you guys like him so much, I wish you just two Ortoms.... No, just half Ortom in your various states.

ifyken:
Paid group anybody can create any group even me

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is.

Nwaezeudo:
The dullest dullard in the World has failed woefully, they now resort to propaganda.

Tiv group ko, Yinmu group ni

Bunch of terrorists in government!

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is.

Davinity:
Na lie oh... Allow Ortom to drag him like small generator.

To become Nigeria's president is not by force


Buhari should behave well

Where is he travelling to when bandits and Herdsmen are killing innocent people?

He wasn't voted to be traveling up and down...
Pictures of 2 kidnapped soldiers was today released by Boko Haram, that doesn't mean anything to him

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is.

FarahAideed:
More like minister Akume group

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is.

Danjikanbauchi:
walahi you are right.most Christians are willing tools in the hands of fulani Terrorist, always fighting their own to pleased their oppressors.

I will quote all of you today. You don't who Ortom is.