Tips for Reading Log Home Plans | How To: Read Blueprints |
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More Tips to Reading Blueprints What to make of the drawings, elevations and floorplans that will eventually become your dream log home |
11. The placement of appliances and fixtures is easy to determine.
The symbol for a kitchen range or cooktop is four circles within a square. Bird's-eye drawings are used to represent the refrigerator, kitchen sink, bath sinks, toilets and showers. In the kitchen, a series of dashes accompanied by the notation "DW" mark the location of an undercounter dishwasher. Look carefully to see that the appliances have been placed where you want them. Again, visualize yourself inside of the home, preparing meals (or doing the dishes).
12. Tile flooring also is easy to spot.
It is illustrated by an expanse of small squares in the bathroom or in front of a fireplace drawing.
13. Elevations represent how the walls of the house will appear when built.
Interior wall elevations include drawings of fireplaces, cabinets and shelving, windows, doors and other desired built-in elements. Exterior elevations note the location of windows, doors and other items such as roof eaves.
14. Accompanying the elevations may be some drawings which outline the construction details.
Frequently, you'll find drawings outlining the configuration of exterior corners. Or, you may be given the foundation footings and column bases, indicating depths and widths.
15. Sections provide a see-through representation of the house.
You can visually see how various elements of the house will align when construction is completed. This is helpful in visualizing porticos and other details of the facade, as well as outdoor decks, arcades and any decorative aspects. If this seems too overwhelming, don't try to absorb all of the information that blueprints provide at one sitting. Study them in a leisurely manner, allowing the house to reveal itself to you gradually over time. Then, when you have a firm idea of what your new log home will look like and how it will function, you'll have much more confidence in your leap of faith to start building.
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