April 27, 2024

 

By Obianuju Uzukwu

With the changing world of exterior decors, prompting innovations and expertise in deploying its services, the stake is now high for both practitioners and consumers when making choices in either satisfying the customers’ increasing taste or making a statement with the look and feel of one’s immediate environments, be it corporate, school, pleasure parks, homes and many more.

In the past, exteriors and other environmental beautifications where mere horticulture in nature through flower beddings and tree planting in many instances to achieve aesthetics, but things has drastically changed stimulating insatiable craving for cleaner and adaptive exteriors. 

With the forgoing, more and more practitioners have emerged in a bid to cash into the new and changing world of exterior with a view to enhancing a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space.

Like any other profession with players of diverse experience and exposure which in the long run targets the customer’s purse, value creation is one notion needing expression after so much has been invested in achieving desired ambience.

To this end, when the aim is for exquisite exterior, consumers have to cautiously and adroitly make choices in terms of exterior designers, with innate   exposure in planning, researching, coordinating and managing such projects to achieve, desired objectives.

 While most Nigerians needing exterior consultants and with deep pockets still hop abroad for classical expertise in that direction, with attending high foreign exchange lost and cost, a Nigerian company, Sidmustad has birthed the requisite technology and expertise, required for global standard exterior designs.

While interacting with customers and artisans in the field in a recent workshop, Managing Director/CEO, Sidmustad,  Mr. Ogbonnaya Aja , trained in the United Kingdom, while positioning the company and its offerings in the Nigerian exterior space said the company is established to render interior design consultation, manufacturing of state-of-the art modern  furniture, custom stones tiles that can match any décor colour, installation of patterned imprinted  stamped concrete or paving system which is an innovation  to the commonly used interlocking system now going extinct.

Justifying the need for quality exterior designs and installation, Aja said Sidmustad advantage is hinged on its custom made stone tiles derived from an American technology which utilizes tested cast iron additives and sealer providing the user with anti-slippery and alluring looks that does not fade and virtually last for a life time.

“ We also offer modern variety of paving styles including York stone, slate, cable stone, brick and timber decking with authentic texture and sliding” he emphasized.

He further said that in handling clients brief professionally, interior design will proceed with design consulting services while also offering unique components after coming up with suitable design concepts.

With the coming onboard of Sidmustad, just like in any other clime, the Nigerian exterior space is heading towards revolution which will stimulate high labour demand and help in shrinking the unemployment ratio, now hitting high roofs.

In preparing for the revolution, Sidmustad in its kitty parades world class machinery with experts trained locally and abroad to ensure customer’s demand are met timely without reduction in anticipated value for money. Some of its products revolve around the following;

 Stamped Concrete: Also known  as patterned or imprinted concrete is concrete with colour design options poured and textured or embossed to resemble brick  ,slate, tile or even wood.It is intalled on walkways, driveways, patios, pool surrounds etc. Stamped  concrete gives character to a home and comes with permanent  positive texture and colour. It is weed free and cost effective. The maintenance cost is low and it adds more value to any property.

Layout & Design: The layout, colour, design and finishing is discussed and agreed with client prior  to starting the preparation. All water  run off points is designed well in advance and thought  must be given to crack control joints, where they are to be placed and how they  can  be incorporated into the overall design

Step By Step Over View: The slab must be well compacted to prevent  drainage or soil erosion under the concrete. Forms eg wood or plastic is sound and set to the correct levels. If using wood, treat with release agent.

Reinforcement is installed using rod or welded wire mesh for  providing support in the slab. The ready mixed concrete to be installed will have proper slump and mix design.

Concrete  Rake:  is used to pull the concrete roughly into position and then screeded to levels while The “Roller Bug” is now used to depress the aggregate into the concrete and pull fats to the surface. Slab is now ready for troweling.

The Magnesium  Bull Float:   is used in preparation for the first application of colour hardener.

Colour Hardener:   is applied by the broadcast method similar to  applying grass seed by hand. The colour hardener is applied as evenly  as possible across the slab.

The Magnesium Bull Float Trowel:  is used for the first application mixing into the surface  fat, the edge  of the slab is treated with Edging Trowel. Colour hardener  may be required to fill in any tearing of edge surface

The surface  is ‘close” using Blue Steel Trowel. This will  remove trowel marks and leave a uniform surface in preparation for printing

Printing Or Stamping: The slab is tested for its degree of ‘set’, when firm to finger pressure, the slab is ready for printing or stamping. Applying even coat of Antique Release Agent is important.

The first placement  of mat is critical and should  have been planned prior  to the arrival of the concrete. Using reference, begin placing subsequent mats. Keep mat tight to each other to keep bond lines straight and  amount of hand finishing to the barest minimum.

Floppy  Mats: should be used for corners with the adjacent Rigid Mat still in

place.

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