In this case, we see that they are placed between a window (the triple line indicated by a diamond), and an interior architectural wall (the double line). Stairs are customarily indicated by parallel lines with their measurements. This allows you to navigate through the house by using north, south, east, and west without having to know where due (magnetic) north is. Builders and architects use “Project North” as a designation, which is different from the cardinal directions on a compass. The north arrow tells you about the orientation of the property. Here are the six most common types of symbols you will find on floor plans (versus other types of plans). The types of plan symbols you’ll find on floor plans include everything from doors and stairs to appliances, furniture, and electrical symbols. This is just one of the components of the complete set of blueprints.
This is the way a floor plan is drawn, and it is designed to give you a detailed idea of the layout of each floor of the house. Imagine a view of a home sliced horizontally about five feet from the ground and looking down from above.
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Learn everything you need to know about reading blueprints in MT Copeland’s online class, taught by professional builder and craftsman Jordan Smith. Recognizing symbols is a first step towards reading a property’s blueprints. Keep in mind that scales can vary throughout a set of architectural prints, so check each page and use an architectural scale, or scaled ruler, to make sure you’re reading the print accurately. The scale is always shown on the same page as the drawing, either under the title or below an individual drawing. The symbols are also drawn to scale so you will get an accurate idea of how elements of a room are configured in the space.
Plans are often drawn at 3/4, 3/16, 1/8, and other scales (in each case the dimension in inches here corresponds to one foot).
Scales vary in complexity, from the simple (1 inch = 1 foot) to the complex (3/16 inch = 1 foot). This means that the plans are drawn “to scale.” Every symbol on the legend is drawn to the same scale as the rest of the floor plan. In order to fit all the information about a layer of a building onto a page, construction drawings and architectural drawings are drawn so that a small increment of measurement represents a larger increment.
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