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How to Read House Plans for Construction
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- Опубликовано: 17 авг 2024
- Don't let houseplans intimidate you. With just a little study they can become intuitive and vitally important. This video is an overview of some of the signs, symbols, and definitions.
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House plans are what got me into construction. My Pa brought some home when I was 8. I was reading them, and he was surprised at how much I understood. He brought me to the site that week. I was hooked, and we've been building together ever since. 😅
Just like you showed me pa!
Prints are golden.
A word to the wise, check the dates on the prints, call or text the dates or revision numbers and verify that the on-site plans are the final set of plans that you'll need. I've personally started and done work on OLD plans.
Not confidence inspiring to hear that there have been multiple revisions and for some reason the updated plans aren't even on site!
As a retired real estate appraiser, I can affirm that not all "plans" are created equal. When we appraise for construction lending purposes, the value rendered is "subject to completion per plans and specifications". I've been given everything from a sketch of a floor plan that looked like it was drawn in the bottom of a shoe box, to a proper set of plans which provided all the detail necessary to provide a value estimate. Most plans were somewhere in between, and I was regularly amazed that people having homes built knew very little about what was actually going into the house. Good plans minimize the potential for misunderstanding, and that is worth the price of a good set of plans.
Yep! As a "should be retired" Appraiser, I am constantly amazed at what lenders will 'accept' as 'plans'. Saw some drawn on a yellow legal pad, and I really questioned them!! Told the lender that according to the scale on this drawing the master bedroom is 10' wide and 30' long! They got me a real set later. And I have a friend that is an Architect who informed me they are no longer called 'blueprints', now they are called 'plans'. ;)
Good video!!
Watching my dad work with blueprints on site always fascinated me. All the discussions with the different trades and all point to those printouts and making notes and using rulers and calculators - it is a good memory. Then you come to realize that all the information is on the paper but the skill and artistry that it takes to make it a real thing is all in the hands and minds of the men and women who do the work.
Foundation plan: I always gave my foundation/concrete crew a list of foundation bolt locations. Knowing 6ft apart and 1-ft from splices doesn't always account for door, window, and other opening locations. It is nice to be able to run a tape from corner to corner and mark the form with each bolt location.
Good intel, my first set was a 56,000 sq ft commercial store. I read for 8 weeks constantly until the job was complete and then some.
My job doesn't have much to do with house plans but I watch your videos almost every time saludos from México.
--BE CARFUL for the words “By Others” on the plans. Check your contract to see if “Others” might be another name for you.
-Read the notes. ALL OF THEM. Even if you don’t think they’re relative to your scope. They might be.
-Make sure the contract you sign references the latest revision set of plans, you have been issued. That’s what you’re responsible for.
-If you’re just checking for something on a set of plans someone else has in the field, check the revision date on the plans they’re working off of. There can be a lot of outdated sets floating around out on a job site.
-As the job progresses, revisions are still being made. But they don’t issue a whole new set of drawings for every revision. Pretty soon revisions are just distributed on 8.5x11 sheets, explaining the changes made. Keep a folder of all of those or staple the pages to the relative plan sheet (or better, both).
-There is sooo much information packed into those plan pages. If you don’t see what you’re looking for on the information given, ASK. You might have just generated another revision.
Even the most complete set of off-the-shelf standard plans are incomplete until you as the owner/builder/stakeholder have reached a full understanding of every page.
Bridge and roadway plans hold a similar order that helps construction engineers and contractors to know where to access the information they need quickly and efficiently. Good video. It takes time to learn the order. I have been involved in both sides of the equation. More so for construction management but helped with constructability with the design section from the conception.
On a side note, I get PDF files of plans and look at them on a 43" monitor, which ends up being just about the size of a 24x36. Where plans are layered from page to page, if you roll your mouse you can actually see an animation of the building components as they flash across the screen.
Wow good timing guys! I just got plans Friday for our next project in 6-8 weeks. 11 two story duplexes!
When I was going through carpentry school, we were taught that the swing of the door was figured out by placing your hands on your chest with your elbow acting as the hinge. If the hinge is your left elbow it is a left hand swing.
Need more of this
I designed blueprints for contractors all the time, and you have to be not only an architect, but the engineer among other things you have to know how it all works headers beams floor joys Simpson strong ties hangers, the concrete contractor loadbearing walls, the roofer the plumber, all those things at once Even down to the Electrician and finish carpenter and interior designer and landscaper some contractors take this for granted, but others know amount of work and know how it takes to design from the ground up its a hell of a lot of work
Thanks for the detailed discussion of plan review, Scott. Have you thought about doing an episode which revisits the spec house and interviews the new owners, maybe a year or two after purchase, to get their impressions on how the house is meeting their needs and expectations? It might also be interesting to talk about what worked as expected (from your point of view), lessons learned, and what you might do differently in hindsight. Just a thought.
And each one of those prefab trusses have their own engineer certified drawing and their own number. And if you should break one when unloading them, then you must get an engineer approved fix for that truss along with the separate drawing for the building inspector.
Scott you learned that in the tracts, I am sure.
It would be great to see you and Nate watch the spec house videos as a reaction video for educational purposes. Just an idea. Cheers!
We're just about to break ground on a new house build, now I'm going to have to see if I can get a copy of the blueprints (vs just the plans we use to decide general stuff). Thanks for the video!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God bless you sir
"Dimensions" doesn't need an apostrophe!
notes too
Great Info!
Good stuff!
Sir . If you read this. I want you to know that all the information you give is so well received. I can't thank you enough. I started out at 14 years old doing side jobs for anyone who would give me a chance. I had to make work because the opportunity to get a job didn't exist. . I'm 53. I invented the wheel. Built so many projects that were challenging and satisfying. Drove me to near insanity at moments. I particularly enjoyed your interview video. I don't feel so alone anymore. I look up to you brother. You're wisdom and teachings are extremely valuable. Thank you sir.
We definetly read these! Thank you for the kind words. Stay strong and Keep up the Good Work!
That was a nice set of prints, you don’t always get something so thorough.
Back in the 90’s when I worked for a crappy home builder we would get incomplete plans out of design magazines. If we were lucky someone would redraw them well. If we weren’t lucky we would have to do stuff like build the house backwards to what the prints said if the house needed to be flipped the other way. That was a nightmare that cause more mistakes and headaches than it was worth.
That was a good one
Just in time for our home rebuild
in my specs and drawings class I was an ace and would have gotten a 100% on my final exam but one question asked how many sconces were there? i blanked on what a sconce was. so i ended up with a 98%. needless to say i will never forget what a sconce is and like to admire them from time to time and wonder why i blanked on that
Well, there are worst things to blank out on than sconces. And at least you're not holding it against them.
After working 2 years in a shipyard as a QC engineer, this is child's play.
P.S. I'm also a Topography engineer.
Well, good for you!
Speaking as a trade (masonry) foreman in the UK, this video kindly uploaded by Scott won't teach you how to read drawings. The way to go about it is to first: assess your financial standing and then confidence. The reason I mentioned your financial standing and confidence will soon become apparent. Most men learn to read the drawings by approaching the foreman and asking if they can shadow them for such a time that will allow them to ease themselves into the learning process of becoming confident with drawings. This may or may not take you away from your duties and may incur a pay cut that takes into account how much you're bringing to the table in the first place and how your absence from your general duties will affect overall productivity. Basically, it's a two way street. Lastly, I have fired - in front of everyone - experienced men who I know are confident with reading the drawings who have repeatedly displayed a reluctance to pass on their knowledge to youngsters coming up in the trade.
I was never allowed to learn how to read plans and all of my questions were brushed off. I was told to do what I am told and nothing more. It’s very off putting when you are an intelligent and ambitious person and they guard their “ secrets” like it’s Fort Knox. I eventually went to school on my own dime to learn architectural drafting and design even though I had no intention of pursuing that as a career. The upside is I can do a nice set of drawings if I need too.
Anyone know what the font is called used on the plans?
Don't forget $500 change fee. Want that outlet moved? $500.
You mean house plans aren’t normally drawn on the inside of a piece of empty beer box like in South Dakota?
No. But sometimes the plans are drawn after the architect finished all that beer.
@@user-pq9zc3uc7m Maybe that accounts for my in-laws' architect neglecting to include space for a furnace and water heater. What really offended the in-laws (and would me) was that the negligent architect then required additional payment for his time spent adding that space into the plans.
Shout out to Russell Morash, creator of This Old House. RIP Russ -
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I see your coping matt bangs wood. I find this to be an unlikely coincidence that he's been making videos about reading plans and now all of a sudden you are too. Especially when your channel has been around for a while now and this is really the first time you did an in depth video on reading blueprints. Running out of ideas are we?
be nice.
I have been in concrete construction trad for almost 40 years in California, and Ican tell you that architects suck nowadays!
Drawings WITHOUT specifications are 100% incomplete. Everything shown in a drawing must have detailed specifications written out in long-winded English
In my world, earthworks and heavy civil construction, a well written and detailed specification is crucial. How is the contractor supposed to know what to do if you don't spell it out in plain English? Also, a well written specification can save a lot of headaches and disagreements over the duration of the project. On the other hand, a poorly written specification that is missing crucial details results in endless questions and clarifications.
Bad plans = many TQs
Technical Quandary
And if there is a discrepancy between the drawings and the specifications, the specs prevail.
That's a nice set of drawings!! I have drawn plans for over 20 years and have seen both good and bad.
Architectural drawings are frequently very sloppy about version control. Drawing should always have a clear version marked and should be signed and dated. Between versions there should be a redline drawing, describing the changes. No work should be done off uncontrolled copies. Whoever is in charge of releases needs to know who has controlled copies so the can make sure when there is a new release those people get a redline and the new version and then destroy the old version. Depending on where in the project you are requires may be required because all quotes should be version specific.
Etsy? ETSY? Who uses Etsy for plans? Everyone knows you go to Fivr for plans and Etsy for doilies.
All joking aside, yeah... Expect if you go the "stupidly cheap route" for house plans, you're going to get stupidly bad results for the house. Best to find a licensed architect and building engineer (because it'll require the sign off on one.) If you have a simple design in mind, you might be able to draw it up and have a draftsman render it for you (if your area allows that), but you still need the engineer to sign off on that. And let's just say the engineer's pay will be way out of the range of what you find on sites like Etsy or Fivr.
Whats a “Ruff”? I’ve heard of “Roof” 😂😂 jk
Worst video on how to read blueprints
It is foolish to rely on plans where someone was stupid enough to use an apostrophe before an s to indicate plural. “Note’s”
I regularly see typos on plans. It's not a big deal. Most builders were not English majors. If you judge folks too harshly on grammar, you'll miss out on a lot of great knowledge.
@@adamr1637 Yes it is a big deal! It is an indicator that the person’s work is suspect.
@@swampwhiteoak1 Not so much.
Tks. KUTGW