The Drawings In The Files

The computer files for each building contain a complete set of drawings, including right-reading mirror images.

Floor plan groups

A building has one or two floor plan groups. Each group is for the entire building, not just for a unit within the building. A group contains three or four drawings.

Each group has a floor plan that dimensions the locations and lengths of exterior and interior walls; dimensions window and door locations; calls out window, door, and cabinet sizes; shows appliance, fixture, flue, and soil stack locations; and shows bearing and braced walls.

Each group has a schematic plan that shows lamp, switch, duplex outlet, television outlet, phone outlet, chime, exhaust fan, smoke detector, and heat register locations, and indicates how switches are wired.

Each group has a room plan that identifies and tells the size of each habitable room, garage, shop, shed, and balcony. The room plan also tells conditioned area per unit and the overall width and depth of the building.

For two story buildings, the first story floor plan group has a ceiling plan that shows the framing for the floor-ceiling assemblies.

Elevation plan

The elevation plan shows elevations of all sides, and sometimes a midsection view as well.

Foundation plan

The buildings use slab foundations. The foundation plan dimensions the outline of the slab and shows the footings for exterior walls, interior bearing walls, and interior braced walls. It also shows landings and post piers. A footing detail describes the construction of the footings.

Roof plan

The roof plan dimensions the roof planes and overhangs, calls out the slopes, and specifies the truss spacing.