All thanks to God we got the previledge of building one of our masterpiece in warri Delta state...

It's a 4 bedroom duplex with attached 2 units of 2 bedroom flats ..

Would be posting progress pictures of the process as it unfolds..

Attached is the 3d rendition of the building we are hoping to build (final building design may vary as the project commences)

Let's begin

Work begins (28/11/2016)

Setting out/excavation of foundation trenches/preparing column base

Blinding of Pad footings , placement of column base , placement of structural columns and foundation blinding/casting

16mm diameter bars was used for both column bases and starter bars ...

Thickness of foundation footings 0.150mm

Foundation block work commences

9'' hollow sandcrete blocks were used for all walls
While 6'' hollow sandcrete blocks were used for smaller partitions

The foundation was 1.6m high (7 coaches high)

Good job keep it up

Well done Chief.

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EgunMogaji:
Well done Chief.

Thanks boss

topsy23:
Good job keep it up

Thanks sir

Nice one and.good luck.nah my backyard U dey ohh.
U Don pay DEVE so lol

erico2k2:
Nice one and.good luck.nah my backyard U dey ohh.
U Don pay DEVE so lol

Thanks boss... Deve was paid o it's collated with cut-off these days .... No be small money but was worth it

Plinth beam and plumbing

Next up was filling .... We filled using sharp sand

darenyx:


Thanks boss... Deve was paid o it's called cut-off these days .... No be small money but was worth it

'Deve' is different from cut-off.

segzy14:


'Deve' is different from cut-off.

True.... Depends on which area you working and who you dealing with ... In this case everything was paid together

Soaking of laterite and preparation of foundation to recieve mass concrete

Mass concrete/German floor 10/12/2016

And at the end of the day... As it's normally done down here a Goat went down and ukodo(for the Delta peeps) was prepared ...

Next up... Block work to lintel level

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Levelling up ... More block work

darenyx:
Next up was filling .... We filled using sharp sand

Why not laterite?

Wood for reinforcement concrete slab

EgunMogaji:


Why not laterite?

Slows you down.won't settle quick enough

EgunMogaji:


Why not laterite?

The building is in warri... Pure sharp sand is readily available and also affordable ... Sharp settle faster and doesn't expand nor contracts....

erico2k2:

Slows you down.won't settle quick enough

Correct boss... Sharp sand settles instantly ... You may not need to compact ...

Formwork for reinforced come slab (decking )

More carpentry work

Nice one Op

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darenyx:


Correct boss... Sharp sand settles instantly ... You may not need to compact ...

Yep this is what I discovered .l at my builder fill the void today Herman floor next day.no compactING ad such needed . With Mud sand hmm different story

darenyx:
More carpentry work

This is what I'm missing Ohhh
Proper sawmill 1x12 . In PH thier boards is 12 ft long amd wood usually dry unlike waffli amd saffi

erico2k2:

This is what I'm missing Ohhh
Proper sawmill 1x12 . In PH thier boards is 12 ft long amd wood usually dry unlike waffli amd saffi

True boss... It's in abundant you can even get 1 x 18ft board here.