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MugundaMan
#1 Posted : Sunday, April 21, 2019 11:03:09 AM
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My worst nightmare is to end up with walling like this, which Kenyans seem to love with a curious passion. Jameni what are some of the ways we can avoid having walls like these? Plastering? Painting? Tiling?

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tom_boy
#2 Posted : Sunday, April 21, 2019 7:55:31 PM
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MugundaMan wrote:
My worst nightmare is to end up with walling like this, which Kenyans seem to love with a curious passion. Jameni what are some of the ways we can avoid having walls like these? Plastering? Painting? Tiling?



Nothing wrong with those walls
They must find it difficult....... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. -G. Massey.
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MugundaMan
#3 Posted : Sunday, April 21, 2019 8:30:48 PM
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@tom_boy

And that's precisely the problem Laughing out loudly
Kenyans hawaoni ubaya na hiyo walling. Pray tell where else in the world have you ever seen such shoddily done walls where the mortar is smeared untidly while keypointing? Angalia za Seuth Efika. Nywee and well done every day all day.
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tom_boy
#4 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 9:00:28 AM
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MugundaMan wrote:
@tom_boy

And that's precisely the problem Laughing out loudly
Kenyans hawaoni ubaya na hiyo walling. Pray tell where else in the world have you ever seen such shoddily done walls where the mortar is smeared untidly while keypointing? Angalia za Seuth Efika. Nywee and well done every day all day.



This is the problem of some Africans. We look down on what we have and try to ape what we see out there. This is despite the fact that trying to ape those buildings leads to greater cost and time expense.

Tell me, what do they use out there to build their houses? Most use wood others fired bricks. This creates a need to protect this walling with an extra coating.

In Kenya, we are very blessed to have natural stone that is weather resistant, durable and beautiful. Why spend extra just to ape a mzungu. Jipende kwanza
They must find it difficult....... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. -G. Massey.
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MatataMingi
#5 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 9:57:21 AM
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Correct @tom_boy.

If you use natural stone, and the keying is done neatly, there is NO need to do anything else.
In Europe, the US etc. natural stone is VERY VERY expensive,
Therefore they use concrete blocks, wood, concrete panels etc.
These HAVE to be finished and painted.

Even in Kenya, natural stone is becoming a lot more expensive than concrete blocks.
So you will see it used more and more. This requires it to be plastered and painted.

Eventually, it will be your budget and finishing preference that will decide the way to go.
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jamplu
#6 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 10:11:07 AM
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MugundaMan wrote:
@tom_boy

And that's precisely the problem Laughing out loudly
Kenyans hawaoni ubaya na hiyo walling. Pray tell where else in the world have you ever seen such shoddily done walls where the mortar is smeared untidly while keypointing? Angalia za Seuth Efika. Nywee and well done every day all day.





Why would you dress a stone then go ahead and plaster it??
it will be expensive over time to maintain painted exterior walls than natural stone especially
in your dusty county.
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MugundaMan
#7 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 10:20:28 AM
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tom_boy wrote:
MugundaMan wrote:
@tom_boy

And that's precisely the problem Laughing out loudly
Kenyans hawaoni ubaya na hiyo walling. Pray tell where else in the world have you ever seen such shoddily done walls where the mortar is smeared untidly while keypointing? Angalia za Seuth Efika. Nywee and well done every day all day.



This is the problem of some Africans. We look down on what we have and try to ape what we see out there. This is despite the fact that trying to ape those buildings leads to greater cost and time expense.

Tell me, what do they use out there to build their houses? Most use wood others fired bricks. This creates a need to protect this walling with an extra coating.

In Kenya, we are very blessed to have natural stone that is weather resistant, durable and beautiful. Why spend extra just to ape a mzungu. Jipende kwanza


Very funny! Pray tell, why do you "ape mzungu" by wearing modern clothes and not the goat skins your ancestors who used to "jiamini" would wear? Laughing out loudly
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MugundaMan
#8 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 10:30:49 AM
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MatataMingi wrote:
Correct @tom_boy.

If you use natural stone, and the keying is done neatly, there is NO need to do anything else.
In Europe, the US etc. natural stone is VERY VERY expensive,
Therefore they use concrete blocks, wood, concrete panels etc.
These HAVE to be finished and painted.

Even in Kenya, natural stone is becoming a lot more expensive than concrete blocks.
So you will see it used more and more. This requires it to be plastered and painted.

Eventually, it will be your budget and finishing preference that will decide the way to go.


That is my key gripe (pun fully intended) papa. No beef whatsoever with the beautiful grey stone.
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sparkly
#9 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 2:35:18 PM
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Buy, Develop and Hold expert amekaangwa hapa! No coming back.
Life is short. Live passionately.
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MugundaMan
#10 Posted : Monday, April 22, 2019 3:15:57 PM
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sparkly wrote:
Buy, Develop and Hold expert amekaangwa hapa! No coming back.


Na "Einstein " wa Wazoo adds his typical zero to the debate other than his typical brainless one liner Laughing out loudly
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