ᐅ Basic Questions About Floor Plan Design (Wall Thickness, etc.)
Created on: 16 Dec 2018 06:52
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Didadu
Hello,
we are at the very beginning of planning a floor plan for a single-family house. We have not yet had any discussions with a builder or architect. However, before these talks, we would like to create an initial design to see if our ideas are generally feasible in reality. It wouldn’t help to plan with overly thick concrete or drywall partitions, as this would create a very distorted impression of the floor plan. Our online research and various guides have not provided us with a satisfactory result. We understand that every house is unique, but we believe there must be a standard or common practical guideline.
What “standard” thicknesses for exterior and interior walls should we use in our designs? How much wall length do we need for a 90 cm (35 inch) wide door or window? Do we need to allow extra space in the wall for door or window frames?
Best regards, hoping for helpful answers.
we are at the very beginning of planning a floor plan for a single-family house. We have not yet had any discussions with a builder or architect. However, before these talks, we would like to create an initial design to see if our ideas are generally feasible in reality. It wouldn’t help to plan with overly thick concrete or drywall partitions, as this would create a very distorted impression of the floor plan. Our online research and various guides have not provided us with a satisfactory result. We understand that every house is unique, but we believe there must be a standard or common practical guideline.
What “standard” thicknesses for exterior and interior walls should we use in our designs? How much wall length do we need for a 90 cm (35 inch) wide door or window? Do we need to allow extra space in the wall for door or window frames?
Best regards, hoping for helpful answers.
On the screen, this actually works worse, but I only switch to that after completing the trial-and-error sketch phase on the rough notes level. And at the rough notes level, it works great: 9.5 x 12 m (31 x 39 ft) external dimensions translate into an 8.3 x 10.8 m (27 x 35 ft) budget for the sum of room widths, meaning that in "1:100" scale, I have 16.6 x 21.6 calculation boxes to allocate. Roughly, I calculate 2x 36.5 plus 1x 24 plus 2x 11.5 equals 120, which corresponds fairly well to about 150 m² (1,615 sq ft) of slab area as a rough estimate.
Having a significantly different number of partition walls “on the other side of the hallway” is rather unusual – and I usually resolve this by never putting the dimensions right to the edge. I have never encountered a situation where the transition from the preliminary draft to the design was hindered by this.
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Having a significantly different number of partition walls “on the other side of the hallway” is rather unusual – and I usually resolve this by never putting the dimensions right to the edge. I have never encountered a situation where the transition from the preliminary draft to the design was hindered by this.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
You can use measurements from your apartment.
If the wardrobe niche is ideal, use that.
If the bedroom closet could be a bit larger, plan for more closet space.
This is more important than wall thickness. You need to know:
3 meters (10 feet) of closet space is not enough.
A 50cm (20 inches) gap between bed and wall is too narrow.
Take optimal distances like sofa to TV into account, and so on.
This way, you can create a room plan tailored to your individual needs.
If the wardrobe niche is ideal, use that.
If the bedroom closet could be a bit larger, plan for more closet space.
This is more important than wall thickness. You need to know:
3 meters (10 feet) of closet space is not enough.
A 50cm (20 inches) gap between bed and wall is too narrow.
Take optimal distances like sofa to TV into account, and so on.
This way, you can create a room plan tailored to your individual needs.
11ant schrieb:
So don’t worry about getting the centimeters exact to the single digit. Feel free to think in more intuitive increments of 10 or 5 centimeters (4 or 2 inches) typical for laypeople, and for tolerances, always use a solid 5 cm (2 inches), even if the real allowance might be only 2 cm (about 1 inch). A professional planner can translate this into a one-eighth meter (about 5 inches) grid if needed. Yes, we have now started planning using Excel (yes, it works for this too…). For the base scale, we assumed squares of 5 cm by 5 cm (2 inches by 2 inches).
At this early stage, our main focus is to see whether, given our space and room requirements, we should plan a 10 m by 10 m (33 ft by 33 ft) or a 20 m by 20 m (66 ft by 66 ft) house ;-)…
Graph paper, ruler, pencil, eraser
Better than Excel
Do you have a plot of land?
First, roughly outline your budget
Create a room plan
Visit show homes. What do you like, what don’t you like?
Take the floor plan of the house you liked best. Then see if you can fit your requirements in there
This will give you a rough direction.
A floor plan without a plot of land is pointless
Better than Excel
Do you have a plot of land?
First, roughly outline your budget
Create a room plan
Visit show homes. What do you like, what don’t you like?
Take the floor plan of the house you liked best. Then see if you can fit your requirements in there
This will give you a rough direction.
A floor plan without a plot of land is pointless
Didadu schrieb:
Our initial planning focus is whether, based on our space and room requirements, we should design a 10m x 10m (33ft x 33ft) or a 20m x 20m (66ft x 66ft) house ;-)... 20m x 20m (66ft x 66ft) is definitely more suitable if you want a square layout—because you will need more area. The term "square," just like "symmetrical," only works when you are willing to accept a certain amount of "extra floor area" to balance things out.
If "10m x 10m" (33ft x 33ft) is meant as "100 sqm" (1,076 sq ft), this slab footprint would translate to approximately 160 to 165 sqm (1,722 to 1,776 sq ft) of living/usable space for a two-story house, or about 125 to 130 sqm (1,345 to 1,400 sq ft) for a one-and-a-half-story house.
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