Types of House Plans & Diagrams

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Design is arguably the most important part of building (or extending) a house. As well as being an incredibly complex thing in its own right, it’s especially crucial that the building designer or architect is able to express through their drawings exactly what needs to be built, in a way that ensures the builder knows what’s required.

Consider some of the kinds of things that need to be communicated properly:
• Specific material choices
• Exact product models and sizes (e.g. For windows, kitchen appliances)
• Where different plumbing systems need to go
• How electrical systems will be incorporated
• How the roof will be constructed
• The layout of frames and structural elements
• Exact dimensions and orientation for every single part of the house, etc.

When you’re building or even extending a house, the smallest misunderstanding of what’s intended can have awfully expensive consequences. If a window’s not the right size, for example, it probably won’t fit into the (already constructed) wall – meaning that either your extremely expensive sealed, double glazed windows will need to be changed, or that the wall will need to be altered to accommodate them. That’s just one of many examples, of course.