{"id":764,"date":"2009-08-21T09:13:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T03:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/?p=764"},"modified":"2009-08-21T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T03:13:23","slug":"measure-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/?p=764","title":{"rendered":"Measure-mania!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smaller tasks, such as the replacement of the front porch roof (see also 08\/18\/2009<\/a> post), don\u2019t necessarily require a set of drawings or plans. But we have bigger \u2013 much bigger \u2013 tasks ahead of us and will need floor plans that show the existing and proposed conditions. Such plans will allow us to get accurate pricing and bids from contractors and effectively schedule and execute the work. Drawings, plans and specifications are also required for the permitting process.<\/p>\n

In our attempt to get a halfway accurate floor plan together, we have measured back and forth in the house many times, starting back in April. I actually lost track on how many times we measured.<\/p>\n

\"measuring\"<\/a><\/p>\n

No an easy task in an old house like this. At the beginning (prior to any deconstruction) we had to measure each room individually. Inevitably, there are small errors along each step which compound into bigger discrepancies at the end. Once we had the basement and first floor gutted, we were able to reconcile those discrepancies. We now can pick a fixed point (such as a point on the inside of the shell wall) and measure in increments from that one point.<\/p>\n

\"as-is-1st-floor\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I took the measurements and input them into CAD (Computer Aided Design). There are CAD software options for purchase, or freeware such as SketchUp<\/a>. For those who don\u2019t have access to a computer, an alternative option is hand drafting the floor plans, although this makes corrections and adjustments somewhat difficult and labor intensive.<\/p>\n

While drafting everything up in CAD, I went back to the house a couple of times to verify some dimensions, but I now have accurate floor plans that show the as-is or existing conditions. These plans are the foundation for the forthcoming design process in which we take our project rationales <\/a>and principles <\/a>and our wish list<\/a> to figure out how we put things back together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smaller tasks, such as the replacement of the front porch roof (see also 08\/18\/2009 post), don\u2019t necessarily require a set of drawings or plans. But we have bigger \u2013 much bigger \u2013 tasks ahead of us and will need floor plans that show the existing and proposed conditions. Such plans will allow us to get … Continue reading Measure-mania!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starting-up","tag-layout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.delafleur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}