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Looking to build a new home? Learn How to Read House Plans... - By: Mark Mathis, Posted on: 2007-08-22

Evaluating which house plans best suit your family's needs can be overwhelming. Thousands of house plans are available on the Internet, in a variety of Architectual styles, which allow you to have almost infinate choice and the opportunity to save thousands on your house plans.

When you find a house plans design that fits your needs and you order the house plans, its generally helpful to know how to read the blueprints that you will receive.

In reviewing your house's blueprints, you can usually determine the general floor plan layout / how many rooms are included / and other general information. However, depending on the size/complexity of the home and the individual Designer's style, those lines on a page can start to give you a headache. There are a few tricks to help you read your house's blueprints.

First, you will need to determine the scale at which the home plan is drawn. In general, most pre-drawn floor plans will have an visibile indicator on the blueprint such as “a quarter inch = a foot.” Once you know the home plan scale, you can really begin to understand the spatial relationships of the rooms.

Secondly, if you have some beloved furniture pieces, you may also want to make sure that they will fit in the prospective home. Measure them and cut them out to scale. You can then move them around the floor plans, and get a better idea of what the space will be like when you have moved in your furniture.

Finally, you will notice reference to various construction "detail call-outs" on the floor plans, which basically refer you to a given detailed construction drawing for a particular item. For example, a typical wall construction detail and/or cabinet elevation drawings. These are utilized in the home construction process to build the referenced item to the Designer's intended specifications.

Stock floor plans provide an excellent value, when compared to a corresponding set of custom floor plans, and can be modified to...exactly...meet your family's needs.

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Mark Mathis is the president of House Plan Gallery, Inc, a residential design firm that develops and markets stock home plans with flexible floor plan layouts and all the most-popular residential design features. Be sure to visit House Plan Gallery.com and join the "House Plan and Home Design eNews" mailing list. You'll be the first to know about new home plans and special SUBSCRIBER-ONLY offers! Don't miss out... Join today!