Home Building DesignDrawing Diagramming Instructions Begin by drawing or diagramming home building design rough sketch of the existing floor or walls that will be remodeled or changed and updated.
Use 8.5 x 11 graph or drawing paper Ό square. Each square = 1.
Starting a drawing, always face in one direction all the time for instance, the front of the house and indicate on the drawing Front or Rear and room name or room number.
Start in the corner of the first room for a floor plan and lay out the existing walls, windows, doors, wall offset and closets.
Note when making any changes to your home building design existing rooms or walls or no change. All dimensions of the room length and width, height floor to ceiling should be in feet and inches.
Indicate where the door location D with an arrow for swinging left or right openings.
Openings for window location W - W x L.
Show any walk though openings OP x L from one room to the other. Note foundation, slab, crawl or full basement.
Walls note concrete or block, wall thickness and height floor to ceiling.
Indicate size of wall thickness, 4, 6, and 8 for interior or exterior walls.
Draw in joining rooms, length and width, height floor to ceiling and off sets or setbacks.
Draw closet locations on the walls with a CL and what type of door and swing if any.
Note length, width and height of each closet inside.
Explain on a different sheet of your home building design paper what is in each room like wall materials, drywall, and trim size for base, casing and or crown if needed. Other rooms may be hallways, baths, bedrooms, living room, kitchen, dining etc.
Indicate front, back, side, 1st floor, and 2nd floor.
Indicate location of stairs or right or left turn from a landing and how many steps to each floor.
For bath or kitchen remodeling and changes, add a new sheet drawings for diagramming each room.
Sometimes rooms are offset from each other; indicate rooms that join each other but do not require any work. If rooms are sloped on the ceiling, measure from floor to low point and at the other end floor to high point of ceiling; indicate length, width, and location of slope with an arrow. What would you like to have estimated on your home building design or up dated, or added on interior rooms or on the exterior of the building?
Make a list of new material and old material to be removed or connected to.
If adding an addition note exterior stucco or siding, overhang size, type of roofing and pitch or slope hip or gable or other.
See example of rough drawing below.
Adding a room or an addition to an existing house?
Measure the back or side of the house from the corner to the new location. Note the exterior measurements length, width, height and any off sets.
Note ground to first floor and to overhang or soffit height. Sketch in the length, width and height of the new room.
Indicate what type of room or rooms will be added to the existing house (bedroom, bathroom, sunroom, etc.). Sketch in as much information about the new rooms as possible using the guidelines above. On a different sheet of paper list all information for existing material and new material to match existing.
Need Help Drawing and Diagramming your changes?
If you need help with sketching your floor layout diagram, or getting the information together, please email your questions to; please see "Contact" on our web page. www.homeestimatecost.com Please leave your name, phone numbers and email address so we can contact you. If possible, attach digital photos if needed. Please email all of your information in a word document and PDF on the drawing sketch.
It is important to have a floor plan drawing with length, width and floor to ceiling dimensions plus door and window locations, wall offsets and closets for all rooms. This is needed for proper quantity, labor and material costs. More details will provide a true estimate for your project. Your detailed blueprint or scaled drawing floor plan will be used to create a sketch drawing and is generated as a component of the estimate.
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