- What do these plans include?
- Material Lists are available for each home plan for a small additional fee to the plan package price.
- These designs packages usually run between five and thirteen 24″ x 36″ drawing sheets depending on the plan’s complexity.
- Working drawing packages usually comprises of the following drawing components:
- Cover sheet with rendering and art floor plans.
- General notes and specifications.
- Site plan at 1/8″=1′-0″ or 1/4″= 1′-0″.
- Foundation plan at 1/4″=1′-0″. (Some plans have foundation options, client to specify at time of order.)
- Main floor plan at 1/4″=1′-0″.
- Second floor plan at 1/4″=1′-0″, if applicable.
- Structural floor / roof information indicated either on the floor plans or separate framing plans for complicated designs.
- Electrical floor plans.
- Minimum of two cross sections at 1/4″=1′-0″.
- Details as required.
- All four elevations at 1/4″=1′-0″.
- Generic detail sheet.
- Plans are engineered by a structural engineer, but not stamped or sealed.
- Ground snow load 40 psf. (or composite roof live load 32 psf, dead load 10 psf for total roof design load 42 psf)Floor live load 40 psf.
- Balcony live load 60 psf and dead load 10 psf for total design load of 70 psf.
- Assumed soil bearing capacity 1560 psf.
- Electrical fixtures / switches / smoke alarms by location only on floor plans.
- Plumbing fixtures by location only on floor plans.
- Windows are called out as generic nominal sizes on floor plans, opening directions indicated on elevations.
- Items not included with plans:
- Interior cabinet elevations.
- Window schedules.
- Situations beyond the scope of these drawings and issues which can be handled locally:
- Unusual site conditions, High wind speeds. Seismic, shear walls, holddowns, nailing patterns and Local Energy Code compliance.