House plan using Bubbles not hand drawn
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Comments (8)Probably more important than what your builder wants, is what the permit issuing authority wants. I always hand draw my plans and have never had a problem with hand drawn plans. You just have to make sure every detail is specified. CAD plans are no better than hand drawn in this regard because the details still have to be chosen and specified by the computer operator. When I built my house 30 years ago I walked in with the plans one day and picked up the permit the next and this was for a two story plus daylight basement 3400 square foot house. Two years ago when I applied for a 200 square foot addition, it took 2 months to get the permit. They found nothing wrong with the plans, it's just that they are kinda out of control and thus overloaded with the permit process. The permit authority will go through the plans in detail to assure that everything is designed to code such as size and spacing of beams, floor joists and rafters. Will check to make sure there are not errors such as having a door open out over a stairwell (I saw that once on an architects plans), and making sure railings are specified for correct height and spacing, etc. Jim...See MoreModest hand drawn house plan, what do you think?
Comments (34)Well, what do you think? I am tickled pink. I keep thinking now this is perfect but really this is perfect. brickton - you're a genius, this makes two of the bedrooms upstairs bigger and more functional without that closet sticking out. I think it would be alright for heat movement without that extra bit open. I would be willing to put a vent in the floor in order to keep this. chisue - I don't know how you do it but after thinking about the laundry chute for a couple of days, I think I am convinced. Oh, that reminds me. I haven't been holding out on you - no laundry room in the basement. The walls up and down line up almost exactly. I changed the kitchen window but I'm not sure. If you want to take the time, I'll post a link to a kitchen that I absolutely love. It's from a book that I have and it is absolutely pathetic how many times I have looked at this picture and sighed. My idea for windows is from this although it's not just the windows that does it for me so maybe just transplanting the windows into my kitchen wouldn't do too much. If you go to the link, you'll have to click on the top one, creating coziness ... then scroll down to page 189 in order to see the kitchen that speaks to me. http://books.google.co.za/books?id=7XhZ2LLjhHgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inside+the+not+so+big+house&hl=en&ei=NtrVTaDkDKjc0QGnn8HQBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=creating%20coziness%20in%20&f=false maybe it's just like your first Dr. Who, and that will just always be my dream kitchen. Anyways, I'm anxious to hear what you have to say about this, I believe I already mentioned that I think it is perfect but you guys seem to have a way of improving upon perfection. Look at this, I have room for a bench by the side door and free space over by the washer and dryer for the bottom of my laundry chute. Just beautiful although I notice now that the window in the new bedroom looks a little odd, I don't remember if I put it there so they would be more evenly spaced outside. I'll check. I will be totally shocked if you tell me I'm not done. Thanks for putting so much thought into this....See MorePlease review my hand drawn floor plan
Comments (6)I like what you've done. You seem to have hit all the major things that usually get commented on (i.e. hallway width, making sure you have a pantry, etc.). The only things I see that give me pause are the size of the closet in the 12x12 bedroom that borders the master closet. The wall the door is on is only 4' wide. By the time you hang clothes in there, very little space will be left for entering the closet and standing inside to select your clothes. I would bump it out to 5' wide. It looks like it may be a kids' room and that size would probably be fine for a small child but they do grow up & sometimes they grow to 6'2", 225lbs with the build of a linebacker at age 15--take my word for it. The other thing I noticed was the bedroom in the basement--I don't know the lay of your lot, but you will need to make sure you can put in a window that will meet code for egress. Lastly, I would designate one of the 'unfinished storage' areas in the basement as a mechanical room. If your HVAC requires what I call a giant octopus of ductwork , you will want to see if it can be housed in the mechanical room as well. For both the octopus of ductwork and the hot water heater, you will more than likely want the mechanical room to be centrally located. A friendly FYI: To post a photo from photobucket on GW, simply copy the 'HTML Code' assigned to the desired photo on Photobucket, then paste it in your message. When you preview the message, the photo should appear. If it doesn't, verify that you copied the correct code and try again. Here's your plan......See MoreFinal plans drawn up by Nicke360
Comments (14)Building codes require operable windows proportionally sized to the floor area of habitable rooms and half of that must be operable to allow natural fresh air ventilation. Bathrooms are not habitable rooms so an exhaust fan will suffice for code required ventilation but this is a good example of why homeowners should not use the building code as a design guide. A bathroom needs fresh air and natural light as much as any other room so in my experience omitting a window would be entirely unacceptable to most homeowners. The intersection of the garage and the main house is so awkward it looks accidental so moving the garage back would be beneficial to the overall design and also allow a window in the bathroom next to the toilet. I would consider this design to be in a preliminary stage in need of too much tuning to comment upon so I'll just point out that some space needs to be provided at the tops and bottoms of the stair runs to allow wall mounted railings to properly terminate and avoid falls. This would be a good time to show this to a professional designer or builder....See MoreUser
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