Personal Choice Floor Plan

Each of you will be responsible for designing your own house during second quarter. The design will be a single floor house (ranch) that includes a floor plan, foundation plan, elevations, electrical plan, kitchen plan and plot plan. It is now time to decide what the basic design of the house will be and to start drawing the floor plan.

Requirement:

· Use the Internet or one of the magazines in the drafting room to find a sketch of a floor plan that you will use as a basis for your house. This will only be a start point, not the exact design.

· Square Footage: 1000-1500 square feet - nothing larger

· Maximum size due to paper restrictions: 60' x 38'

· Number of Bedrooms: 2 - 3

· Number of Baths: 1 or 2 (your choice)

· Number of Floors: One

· Basement: YES - no crawl space - must have stairs going into basement

· Garage: NO

· Size Recommendations:

· Hallway - 3' wide - wall to wall

· Stairway - 3' wide - wall to wall

· Closets - 2' deep - wall to wall

· Tub in bathroom - 5' x 2'-6"

· Countertops - 2' deep

· Wall Cabinets - 12" deep

· Stairs - 10" treads

· Chimney - 8" x 8" flue with 4" brick

· Kitchen Space - allow minimum of 4' between cabinets and island

· Kitchen Space - work triangle of no more than 21' between sink, stove and refrigerator

Procedure:

1. Select a floor plan design. This can be done using magazines or using the internet. Try this web site for floor plans - B4UBuild.com or Dream Home Source. Preview the selections and print out the floorplan and elevation view of your house.

2. Determine actual dimensions for rooms and draw the house on graph paper with dimensions.

3. Select windows and doors from the Brosco book and label them on the graph paper drawing.

4. Get approval from Mr. Trebilcock.

5. Start the drawing on drawing vellum - 1/4" scale.