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Some Important House Plan Terms

Written by Posted On Thursday, 25 February 2016 23:34

The construction process of any structure is a little bit complicated process if visualized as whole. From home foundation to the final finish stage, construction terms are used in every steps of construction.  It is important to have a proper cognizance of every aspect of construction that includes site work, club houses, streets, playgrounds, club houses, swimming pools and landscaping before you start your construction.  So let’s take a look at some important House Plan Terms before starting a construction.

Electrical Plan
Electrical plan give comprehensive drawing of all electrical fixtures such as switches, light, and outlets in a house. It also contains the location of the outside service, inside panel, and type any disconnects.

Two Gang Box
Two gang boxes is basically an electrical house blueprint term that denotes to an electrical box that will hold two receptacles or switches.

Roof Plan       
It gives the view of the roof when you want to look down from above. In this view of the house plan, you will be able to see the location of all hips, valleys and ridges. This plan is quite helpful in giving the picture f the overall roof.

Typical Detail & Typical Section
This term shows the usual way of construction of a specific item. It is basically a detailed drawing of a specific section of a house. This section can be wall section, footing section, a roof section and foundation section.  Some of the house plan may devote one sheet to display typical section.

Square Footage
Square footage is calculated by product of width and length of a house or room.

Structural Notes
The structural notes contain a set of plans that contains some crucial information regarding structural items or procedures.

Soffit
The term Soffit or overhang is the horizontal section at the lower part of the roof. It can be of varied width according to your preference and design. It also assists in providing protection from weather and also beauty to the home.

Stud
A stud is basically a vertical structural member in a wall that is crafted with either metal or wood. Studs are basically spaced either 16 centers or 24 inch centers. One bottom plate is basically fixed to the bottom and two other top plates are fixed to the top. The length of the stud is basically determined by ceiling height.

Ufer Ground
UFER ground is basically an electrical terms that is used to denote a bare piece of copper wire that is put in the footing of a foundation. This copper wire should have minimum length of 20 feet.

Tee & Ton
Tee is a term used to refer a pipe fitting that is in a shape of “T” and Ton is used to refer an air conditioning term that is used to denote the size of an A/C unit and a ton of air is equal to 12000 BTU’s of air.

Valley & Valley Rafter
Valley denotes the lowest point in a roof where rafters of different angles accumulate together. The valley board must be wider in width than rafter the rafter so that rafter will not be longer than width of the valley board. The term valley rafter is a rafter that is affixed to the ridge at the top and the valley at the bottom.

In the End
It is always good to gain knowledge about the construction terminology and process to understand all the jargons used in construction by builders. Different websites provide detailed descriptions of thirty different construction stages in new home construction. So choose the best website to learn about the House Plan Terms.

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