If you monitor the humidity in wet walls, leaks in the basement or other difficult to find problems with waterproofing, often drawings can save you many hours of frustration. The drawings (also called plans) are similar to road maps, top view. They are drawn to scale (for example, 1 inch = 2 feet). Usually the thickest, darkest lines are the walls.
Characters used to represent instruments and appliances.
Heights straight front or side views.
Sections cut out like someone cut structure with smart. They reveal hidden details about how walls, floors, etc. are built. For most homes, there are whole drawings, blueprints or plans. Each of them is related to the others, and changes on one usually affect the others. A complete set of drawings usually includes the following.
Floor plan shows heights and sections of walls, and also shows a place for lamps and appliances.
Fund plan Shows details of creep or basement walls. They usually have the greatest value in waterproofing, as they give you an idea of what to look for outside the building, which can cause a problem. They will also show the location of the footer bottom tiles, which benefit the concrete floor, which can be clogged, broken, or (if the outdoor drain tile) is filled with plant roots.
Planning plan drawn on a simplified floor plan and has horizontal structural elements from the beam, trusses and beams.
Electrical plan and Mechanical plan also drawn against the background of a simplified floor plan (for large projects, these plans show separately HVAC, electrical and plumbing details). They can be useful in finding condensation on cold water lines, which is not always as obvious as one might think.
Roof plan It addresses complex roof systems and shows ridges, hips, valleys, rakes and cornices that are related to stormwater runoff, and sometimes indicates insufficient drainage pipes for the roof surface.
Details show intricate details such as door sills, jams, cornices, window sills and headers. Be that as it may, everyone will find in them an “unknown” window or door behind a dry wall or basement room, which is the source of a water problem.
Site plan shows the direction of the compass, topography, contours of land, the structure and boundaries of lots. This is important when determining surface runoff of wastewater.
Schedule This is a chart that lists items such as windows, doors, fixtures by size, brand, model, etc., which can be convenient if you ever need to replace a damaged item.
Characteristics are written instructions on products and construction methods. They appear on the drawings and / or in their own folder and sometimes give valuable clues as to the source of the water problem that is otherwise difficult to find and understand.
prospects show a three-dimensional image of the structure in different views. They give a general picture of how the structure will look. (They are performed before actual construction.)
CAD links to computer drawing. Today, almost all the drawings are made using CAD.
