Techniques READING FLOOR PLANS

Techniques READING FLOOR PLANS

BUILDING A HOUSE REQUIRES that you learn more than one new language. Besides the termi­nology of building (plates, braces, lined walls, plumb, toenail, and the like), there’s also the visual vocabulary of lines, symbols, and notations found on building plans. Fortunately, most of these sym­bols are fairly easy to understand (see the illustra­tion at right). It’s important to become familiar with building plans so that you can begin to visual­ize, from a two-dimensional representation, what the house will look like with the walls framed and the fixtures and appliances in place. It’s far easier (and less expensive) to make a change at the plan­ning stage than after the walls and rough plumbing are in place.

 

SYMBOLS USED ON FLOOR PLANS

Wall ——

Window

Door (and direction it opens)

Sliding doors Bifold doors

insulation Ш№ШШШ

 

Sink and Lavatory Q Q sink □ Lav

 

Bathtub I )

 

Techniques READING FLOOR PLANS
Techniques READING FLOOR PLANS

Techniques READING FLOOR PLANS

Подпись: With a section plan you can see most everything that goes into a wall or any other part of the house. ^ Wall sections to show the “guts” of the floors, walls, or ceilings. Think of a wall section drawing as an apple that’s been sliced in half to reveal its core (see the illus­tration at left). Both section and detail plans (sec below) are sometimes drawn at a larger scale to better identify the details that wouldn’t show up as clearly in a smaller scale.

ж Elevation plan to show how each side of the house will look. Elevation drawings show the foundation, wall height, siding and trim, roof style and pitch, and roof overhang at the eaves.

ж Detail plans to provide close-up views of small sections of the house. These are useful lor providing clarification or additional detail that isn’t shown in the other drawings.

Updated: 11 ноября, 2015 — 9:01 пп