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Architect drawing home addition by hand
I have worked in construction in Indianapolis, and this is my experience:
Hand drawn drawings will not be rejected by the permit authority.
I drew my own plans for the update to my home: Hand drawn, ...
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Architect drawing home addition by hand
No, a proper plan will include all measurements and you can be accurate enough by hand to create a to-scale plan.
People have been building houses by hand-drawn plans for centuries (and without any ...
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What is the industry term for house wiring diagrams?
The correct term is an Electrical Plan. I used Smart Draw when I remodeled my home. It's a great tool and there are several templates you can choose from to begin editing. Its pretty cheap to use.
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What is the industry term for house wiring diagrams?
tl;dr "Electrical Plan" or "Wiring Plan"
A wiring diagram or electrical schematic usually shows each connection using sometimes cryptic industry symbols and with no routing information. They may be ...
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Architect drawing home addition by hand
If your city required a CAD drawing to issue a permit, you'd have an issue - but that's not likely; they probably just want a drawing. Many places require that you submit the drawing in an electronic ...
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Architect drawing home addition by hand
I did an internship at an architect when I was in high school, many years back when computers were far less common and while they had one it was used only for calculating structural analysis, CAD didn'...
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Circuit requirements add up to more than 200 amps?
Not even close
Look at how service panels work. There are actually two Poles, L1 and L2. Since you are dealing in 120V loads, you can pull 200A off each of them.
A 240V load like a house air ...
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What is the industry term for house wiring diagrams?
On the commercial side with call them "as-built"s or "redlines" I've never seen an equivalent when doing resi. One generally ropes houses in the easiest/fastest manner while maintaining electrical ...
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What pages should be included in a complete set of plans for residential construction?
You'll need more detailing
No longer can you consider structure, sheathing, cladding, and finish as the only elements of an exterior wall. You'll need to have several more wall detail drawings:
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drawing for electrical work permit
I Normally draw a rectangular box and provide the room dimensions. Show the location of the door and the light switch.
In the diagram show where the feed is to the existing light or the switch and the ...
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What pages should be included in a complete set of plans for residential construction?
In addition, consider a site grading plan. Depending on where you live, NOT have your land drain into your house is a good thing.
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What voltage/amperage garage circuits should I install for welding tools and an air compressor?
For a 230 volt single-phase welder I'd run at least 50 amps. All depends on the specs of the machine you hope to be using.
Also, while you're renovating think about ventilation. :) A wall exhaust ...
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How to cover a rectangle with least number of convex polygons cut from sheets of given size
I suggest dividing the 3 m length into three even 1 m lengths. Then divide the 2.6 m width into two uneven lengths. If you want to minimize cuts I suggest 1.25 m and 1.35 m. These add up to 2.6 m.
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Engineer or Architect?
There are many kinds of engineers and most are specialists like: civil (water, sewer, drainage, etc.); structural; mechanical (plumbing? HVAC, etc.); electrical; acoustical; etc.
Architects know ...
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Do the house plans contain the info about the material?
Will depend on what your local building code requires. Some jurisdictions will require that you hire an architect or have the plan engineered in order to meet building/renovation requirements. Your ...
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What solutions exist for opening and closing a window very high up?
The above image is of a transom window. A similar concept could be used with some modifications. Once the window is in closed state use a locking mechanism for the lever near the spring so that window ...
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More backyard drainage problems.
It depends on your own expertise. Landscape architects specialize in designing outdoor spaces including storm water management. However they're not regulated equally well in all states and are a ...
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How much wooded land should be cleared around a new home site?
That's a wildly local question that totally depends on
local threat conditions
the construction method of your home
As such, it needs to be run by your building inspectors, your fire marshals, and ...
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How much wooded land should be cleared around a new home site?
In California, if you build in the "wildland interface", wildfire risk drives the clearance requirement of 100'. The following quote is from the CalFire web page:
Protecting a building from ...
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Is there a standard symbol for an inlet on building electrical plans?
I did a quick review of my symbols library including an international crossover reference and really didn't find any real de facto symbol. I suppose someone could have come up with one and included it ...
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Must a window in a proposed basement habitable space conform to code even if it is not required to be in the space?
I'm only reading what you wrote. IDK NY code.
Where basements contain one or more sleeping rooms, an emergency escape and rescue opening shall be required in each sleeping room. Emergency escape and ...
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Must a window in a proposed basement habitable space conform to code even if it is not required to be in the space?
Revised:
2018 IRC R303.1 Code Text: Habitable rooms shall have an aggregate glazing area (total) of not less than 8 percent of the (total) floor area of such rooms. Natural ventilation shall be ...
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Bathroom with added shower wall hi
That wall is there to give some relief between the shower and toilet. It is totally optional and could be removed to make the shower longer. However making the shower base 60" rather than 48&...
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What is the industry term for house wiring diagrams?
I'm not a electrician in the US and I'm not sure if there is an official type of drawing for what you have described but I use these for the most part
This is a screenshot returned from a google ...
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Architect drawing home addition by hand
People have focused on the permit process, but there is another issue, which is consistency between the various parts of the plan. If you model the house in 3D CAD and print plans from the model they ...
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What are possible environmental concerns that delay home construction/additions and why do they do so?
Social: 1) Neighborhood, 2) schools: Many clients come to us to “remodel” their existing house because they like the neighborhood. They could find better land values elsewhere and probably build new ...
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Circuit requirements add up to more than 200 amps?
You have plenty of power at your disposal
Running through the simplified method (NEC 220.82) for each unit in turn and then the commons (house) loads under the following assumptions:
Each studio is ...
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Circuit requirements add up to more than 200 amps?
Almost every installation has way more total amperage of circuit breaker capacity than the main panel breaker capacity. Remember that the circuit breakers are there to protect the circuit wiring from ...
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how to estimate wood order
Your drawing is showing a staggered pattern in the boards. Is this your intent? If so, you'll need something to screw down to at every butt joint. I see one joist at the end but nothing else to ...
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Minimum bedroom size - 7 foot in any horizontal direction
Whether you can make your space work or not, remember code requirements for a second exit besides the door- like an egress window, to get out in case of fire, etc. The Minimum escape area is 5'7" sq. ...
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