Whether we buy a commercial house or want to renovate the house, we will see the floor plan provided by the developer or renovation company. For many non-professionals, to understand the floor plan, with some difficulty. So, this issue to say how to read the floor plan.
▲Color plan
The scope of the floor plan is relatively wide, involving planning, construction, decoration, mechanical and other aspects. Here, we are mainly discussing renovation floor plans.
Floor plans are two-dimensional, consisting of an X-axis and a Y-axis. The professional explanation is: a house at a height of 1.5 meters horizontally cut open, remove the part above 1.5 meters, in the height of the cut from top to bottom of the projection obtained by flat view, called floor plan.
The contents of the floor plan are generally: north pointer , axis axis number, dimensions, text description, load-bearing walls , brick walls, windows, doors, flue wells, drainpipes, furniture, sanitary ware, cabinets and so on.
▲Plan of the North Pointer, axis number axis, size, text description
North Pointer
The role of the North Pointer: can clearly know the house of the southeast, northwest and north-west direction, its orientation is: face the North Pointer in the direction of the north, in accordance with the upper north and lower south, the left west, right and east of the method can be known! Orientation.
Axis axis number
Axis axis number is mainly used in the building construction drawings, the general floor plan will not have, to understand it.
Dimensions
Dimensions are the most important data in a floor plan, and they are the only way to know the size of a house. The dimensions of the floor plan are given in millimeters.
Text description
Text description is the most intuitive way to know the function of each space. For example: living room, dining room, bathroom, etc.
▲Load-bearing walls, brick walls, windows, doors in the floor plan
Load-bearing walls
Load-bearing walls, as the name suggests, are the walls that carry the weight, and can also be called load-bearing columns.
In floor plans, load-bearing walls are graphically represented by filled black solids. Nowadays, commercial housing load-bearing wall is not like the traditional square or rectangular, but along the wall set, so many commercial housing comparison to have a protruding corner of the load-bearing wall, even if there is not a lot. This design is more practical, space effect is better.
Brick wall
Brick wall is a wall used to separate interior space, not load-bearing.
Brick walls are graphically represented by two thick lines. Brick walls are categorized into external and internal walls, the external wall is the outermost wall of the house, which is usually around 24CM thick, while the internal wall is the wall outside the external wall, which is usually 12CM and 18CM thick.
Windows
In the floor plan, windows can be categorized into floor-to-ceiling windows, regular windows, and dormer windows.
Floor-to-floor windows and regular windows are represented by three or four parallel straight lines; floating windows are represented by three parallel straight lines plus a straight line to the edge of the floating sill.
Doors
In the floor plan, according to the way the door opens generally can be divided into casement doors and sliding doors, different doors expressed in different legends.
Flush doors, also called concealed doors, are represented in the legend by a quarter arc plus a thin rectangle.
Sliding doors, also called trips, depending on the number of doors two or four, corresponding to the plan will be represented by two or four elongated rectangles.
▲Flue wells and drains in floor plans
Flue wells
Flue wells are in kitchens where hoods exhaust smoke. Its legend is shown by adding folded lines inside the rectangle.
Drains
Drains are used in balconies and bathrooms to drain rainwater, sewage and fecal water. Their legend is a circular representation.
Furniture, sanitary ware, cabinets
Furniture, sanitary ware, cabinets involved in quite a lot of content, the following in the floor plan zoomed in on the local to explain the legend of the space, which will be more intuitive and easier to understand.
Living room
Living room content has a sofa set, TV cabinet, TV, curtains and dining room dining table and chairs, wine cooler, etc., Figure for example the following:
▲ Floor plan in the dining room legend description
Kitchen
Kitchen content have Cabinets, refrigerator, gas stove, sink and so on, the example is as follows:
▲Kitchen legend in the floor plan
Bathroom
The contents of the bathroom are washbasin, toilet, shower glass door, shower and so on, the example is as follows:
▲Bathroom legend in the floor plan
Bathroom
Bedroom
Bedroom has bed, nightstand, desk, closet, etc. Example:
▲Bedroom legend in floor plan
Balcony
Balcony has washing machine, washbasin, lounge chairs, etc. Example:
Balcony is the first place to have a bed in the house. The legend is as follows:
▲Illustration of the balcony legend in the floor plan
The legend in the floor plan is not necessarily fixed, it may be different, but the difference will not be much.
Finally, knowing all these things that make up a floor plan, then you will be able to read a floor plan.