ᐅ Floor Plan – What Thickness Should Exterior Walls Be Drawn?

Hello, my wife and I are currently working on designing our floor plan. When creating the floor plan, should only the exterior wall structure (brick or sand-lime brick masonry) be considered, or the entire exterior wall including masonry, insulation, brick veneer, etc.?

Thank you very much in advance.

What is the floor plan intended for?

Hello,
to ensure that the distances to neighboring properties are correct later on, I would draw the full wall thickness right from the start. So, brick plus insulation plus my 2cm (1 inch) plaster layer, or brick plus insulation plus facing brick.

Best regards,

Andreas

For a rough sketch, I like to use 40cm (15.7 inches), with 12cm (4.7 inches) inside. Interior plaster also needs to be taken into account, so always leave enough clearance 🙂

Sorry, had to type quickly earlier...

@Martial.white
It's about a floor plan for a house (bungalow). We want to draw the floor plan ourselves and consider as many details as possible. Later, the architect will only need to make minor adjustments.
Yes, I know I can't think of everything, but of a lot!

@andimann
Perfect, that’s what I wanted to know.
And for the interior walls, 1cm (0.4 inch) plaster + wall + 1cm (0.4 inch) plaster, right?

A-SPULG schrieb:

Try to consider as many details as possible.

You can't do that as a layperson!
Sorry, building a house and its technology is complex; there is a multi-year degree for that!!!
You don't even know the exact wall thickness. I simply assume that you are not familiar with the fundamental principles of designing a house according to all the rules of craftsmanship and engineering, including structural calculations.

A-SPULG schrieb:

Later, I will go to the architect, who should only make minor corrections.

Stick to rough sketches and write down your space requirements, then let a trained professional take over.
Trying to recreate a layperson’s design according to technical structural rules can be extremely costly and may still be executed with errors, because it cannot be done otherwise.