Excelboi:
Maybe na fish pond dem construct with that amount and not swimming pool. Go check again

Or Soakaway..

Lokoyen:

No be simming pool wey i dey go everyday. What is special about it!
Digging and tilling is the major work. Then a water supply from borehole.
500k - 1 million will sort it.

Easier said than done.
You never lay foundation b4..

400billionman:


Easier said than done.

You never lay foundation b4..

Everyone that build will make noise about it abi? Grow up!

raymondFirstborn:


uhhm some of the things you calculated are correct but your concrete nawa o.35k/cum come which school you attend sef.Am sure its a UNIVERSITY na only theory una know.

CONC IS 31K/CUM max. Tiling is N2000-2500/sqm (bidding rate. )
Theoretically your correct but in the field if you try what you just tried above you would loose a contract bid.#straightup

I guessed the schools you attended, you only have a grade of concrete, for you information grade of concrete varies from 15fcu to 50fcu and their prices varies, because their cement content and strength increases.
Also, are you planing weak concrete for a water retaining structure?, no wonder building collapse this days.
You.
Also I guessed in the school you attended also the prices of tile is fixed, i irrespective of the quality. For you information I just completed using both mosaic from GML and 60*60 tile at #9000/sqm and #6000 respectively for a multipurpose hall for a school, I wonder where you got #2000-#2500 bidding rate from

My brother that is on field, if you will care to know, I have 13years of on- site experience and I have just completed an Olympic standard swimming pool for a school at Ajah (name withheld), I have pictures from inception till completion, I would have posted them now but the size of each, way too big. So I know what am saying, also am not looking for contracts from anyone, I just decided to add my voice so that someone else can benefit from it.

toskine:


I guessed the schools you attended, you only have a grade of concrete, for you information grade of concrete varies from 15fcu to 50fcu and their prices varies, because their cement content and strength increases.
Also, are you planing weak concrete for a water retaining structure?, no wonder building collapse this days.
You.
Also I guessed in the school you attended also the prices of tile is fixed, i irrespective of the quality. For you information I just completed using both mosaic from GML and 60*60 tile at #9000/sqm and #6000 respectively for a multipurpose hall for a school, I wonder where you got #2000-#2500 bidding rate from

My brother that is on field, if you will care to know, I have 13years of on- site experience and I have just completed an Olympic standard swimming pool for a school at Ajah (name withheld), I have pictures from inception till completion, I would have posted them now but the size of each, way too big. So I know what am saying, also am not looking for contracts from anyone, I just decided to add my voice so that someone else can benefit from it.

who doesn't know the grades of concrete.Do you even know who your talking to sef.ema gbami ke.

toskine:


I guessed the schools you attended, you only have a grade of concrete, for you information grade of concrete varies from 15fcu to 50fcu and their prices varies, because their cement content and strength increases.
Also, are you planing weak concrete for a water retaining structure?, no wonder building collapse this days.
You.
Also I guessed in the school you attended also the prices of tile is fixed, i irrespective of the quality. For you information I just completed using both mosaic from GML and 60*60 tile at #9000/sqm and #6000 respectively for a multipurpose hall for a school, I wonder where you got #2000-#2500 bidding rate from

My brother that is on field, if you will care to know, I have 13years of on- site experience and I have just completed an Olympic standard swimming pool for a school at Ajah (name withheld), I have pictures from inception till completion, I would have posted them now but the size of each, way too big. So I know what am saying, also am not looking for contracts from anyone, I just decided to add my voice so that someone else can benefit from it.

why would I use weak concrete for GODSAke .Alright how many bags of cement do we even have in a cum of 1:2:4 concrete.

PLEASE DONT GOOGLE.(Google would give you
6
.33 bags)

raymondFirstborn:


why would I use weak concrete for GODSAke .Alright how many bags of cement do we even have in a cum of 1:2:4 concrete.

PLEASE DONT GOOGLE.(Google would give you
6
.33 bags)

Hi, I don't understand what you meant by 1:2:4, that is just for the purpose of academic/ guide, any certified engineer that really know what he is doing will definitely do a trial mix to achieve specified strength by structural engineer design the structure anytime he starts a new work. I have constructed works designed by big structural firms, ARUP, IAA, e.t.c.

it

toskine:


Hi, I don't understand what you meant by 1:2:4, that is just for the purpose of academic/ guide, any certified engineer that really know what he is doing will definitely do a trial mix to achieve specified strength by structural engineer design the structure anytime he starts a new work. I have constructed works designed by big structural firms, ARUP, IAA, e.t.c.

it

well I am a quantity surveyor (QS) not an Engineer .But I run a small contracting firm that handles pools.So whats your profession I would like to know.

toskine:


Hi, I don't understand what you meant by 1:2:4, that is just for the purpose of academic/ guide, any certified engineer that really know what he is doing will definitely do a trial mix to achieve specified strength by structural engineer design the structure anytime he starts a new work. I have constructed works designed by big structural firms, ARUP, IAA, e.t.c.

it

1:2:4 concrete ratio if you dont know what it means then .....

raymondFirstborn:


well I am a quantity surveyor (QS) not an Engineer .But I run a small contracting firm that handles pools.So whats your profession I would like to know.

Am a certified civil Engineer, both coren and NSE certified.

I will like to either visit your site or you visit mine so that you can know the caliber of the person chatting with you.

raymondFirstborn:


1:2:4 concrete ratio if you dont know what it means then .....

1:2:4 is a batching /mixing ratio which show the portion of cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate. I.e 1bag of cement : 4portion of sharp sand: 8portion of granite. You either batch by weight or volume. But most on site it is by volume, only batching plant batch by weight.

I can even send you my Facebook account so that you can see my newly constructed Olympic size swimming pool on my Instagram page, with detailed picture from inception till completion.
Am vast in what I do and am a project manager overseeing a project over 1B with 6site engineer working for me.
You can't be asking me what 1:2:4 is.

toskine:


Am a certified civil Engineer, both coren and NSE certified.

I will like to either visit your site or you visit mine so that you can know the caliber of the person chatting with you.

Oga engineer I hail o.
I just dey waka pass.

toskine:


Am a certified civil Engineer, both coren and NSE certified.

I will like to either visit your site or you visit mine so that you can know the caliber of the person chatting with you.

I be your boy.
For where you dey oga, people like us dey learn.
But I go like work with you

toskine:


1:2:4 is a batching /mixing ratio which show the portion of cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate. I.e 1bag of cement : 4portion of sharp sand: 8portion of granite. You either batch by weight or volume. But most on site it is by volume, only batching plant batch by weight.

I can even send you my Facebook account so that you can see my newly constructed Olympic size swimming pool on my Instagram page, with detailed picture from inception till completion.
Am vast in what I do and am a project manager overseeing a project over 1B with 6site engineer working for me.
You can't be asking me what 1:2:4 is.

Am at your service

Excelboi:
Maybe na fish pond dem construct with that amount and not swimming pool. Go check again

Hehehehe...hahahaha

toskine:


Am a certified civil Engineer, both coren and NSE certified.

I will like to either visit your site or you visit mine so that you can know the caliber of the person chatting with you.

Please, tell me what it's likely to cost and info on maintenance.

I got these quotations from a pool guy I engaged. However, I feel his estimates are outrageous. Please advise.

toskine:


1:2:4 is a batching /mixing ratio which show the portion of cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate. I.e 1bag of cement : 4portion of sharp sand: 8portion of granite. You either batch by weight or volume. But most on site it is by volume, only batching plant batch by weight.

I can even send you my Facebook account so that you can see my newly constructed Olympic size swimming pool on my Instagram page, with detailed picture from inception till completion.
Am vast in what I do and am a project manager overseeing a project over 1B with 6site engineer working for me.
You can't be asking me what 1:2:4 is.

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Good morning Engineers,

Please I am considering a mini roof top swimming pool.

Kindly give me pointers and estimated cost.

Thank you Engineers

@toskine @other Sabi Property owners

toskine:
After reading through all the comments here, I can but laugh about the cost being speculated.
Let us even take a 3m by 7m pool for example.
Your excavation cannot be less than 1m offset round the perimeter and the depth of excavation of 2meters. So the area to be excavated is 9m by 5m with a depth of 2m.
Volume to be excavated is 9*5*2= 90cubic meter. Three times the volume excavated for a septic tank and the cost if excavating is approximately 40k for septic tank. How on earth will the cost of excavation be 35k.
2)also if your are not doing a beam to receive the slab you will definitely do a screed on the floor to receive you reinforcements for slab to prevent corrosion. A floor screed of 50mm thick. 7*3*/0.05m= atleaat nothing less than 50k will go into this for cement,sand and labour.
I even forgot to talk about setting out getting lines pegs and profile boards, nails say 10k.
Your reinforcements requirements can't be less than 2tons, and I guessed engineers in the house knows what the cost of a ton is now, and do not forget rebar worker wages.
Your concrete requirement is 7*3*.2 =4.2cubic for the slab, while for the Walls is 2(7+3) *2*.23=9.2cubic meter. Total volume if concrete required is 9.2+4.2=13.4 cubic. For grade 30 you cannot get it lesser than 35k/cubic meter.
Also whatever type of additive you want to use crystalline is the best type of additive for swimming pools, whether Dr fix it product, concrete logistic or advance concrete product it is very important you add additives to your concrete, less I forget if you want to cast the slab before the Wall you will definitely need water bar as well.

Your plumbing works and electrical works skimmers,pipping pumps,filters water treatment etc. This will definitely cost you above a million.
For tiling, I saw 150k somewhere ago, what is that for. The floor area is 21 square meter while the Walls is 40square meter, total of 61square meter, you need to factor 5%waste into tiling which brings it to 65squaremeter. For mosaic tile it is about 6000/sqm while for normal 125 by 250mm size you should be able to see 4-5k good Spanish or Italian tile not China. If you do your arithmetic you will have between 300k for tile alone, what of cement, sharp sand for floor screeding, plaster sand for wall rough plastering to receive tile and grouting cement and also labour cost at 800/sqm. The total tiling will be between 500-600k.
Also factor in constigency (unforseen expenses)
Whichever way it can't cost less than 4million.

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