ᐅ Floor plan design shortly before submitting the building permit application
Created on: 2 Oct 2017 23:25
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R.Hotzenplotz
Hello everyone!
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
As some users have requested before, I’m now starting a new thread with the current planning of our detached house, which is about to be finalized.
These are the preliminary drawings for the building permit / planning permission application, and I have one last chance to review them and point out any issues.
It still seems to me that there is less than 1.20m (4 feet) of space between the two wardrobes in the dressing room. Or am I seeing this wrong? Apparently, the rooms on the left and right were overlooked and not adjusted accordingly.
Two Velux ceiling spotlights are still planned to illuminate the upper floor hallway.
In the basement, on the right side in the upper room, a window similar to the one on the left basement side is an option.
We still haven’t decided on the T30 fire-rated door to the garage, even though it is shown in the plans. Most likely, for safety reasons and the limited use of the kitchen at the other end of the house, we will eventually forgo it.
User 11ant pointed out that the right window in child’s room 2 is suboptimally positioned. However, this could still be changed after submitting the building permit / planning permission application. Our architect thinks moving the window to the left would negatively affect the house’s exterior appearance. We’ll have to see about that.
R.Hotzenplotz schrieb:
@11ant; are you familiar with the acceptable tolerances for windows?Tolerances is the wrong term here: what we have are installation clearances. You need enough space during installation to avoid pinching fingers, but you also don’t want to fill huge gaps with foam.Therefore, windows are usually made slightly smaller than the openings, ideally custom-made based on actual measurements taken during the shell construction phase. Simply put, for most sizes that one person can handle alone, the window element is about 3 cm smaller than the opening. In practice, this means a 110 x 148 cm window fits into an opening measuring 113.5 x 151 cm (44 x 58 inches window into 44.7 x 59.4 inches opening).
If you order windows before the shell is completed, you have to chisel out openings that are too small to the correct dimensions. Slightly oversized openings can be filled mostly with foam and may require trim strips; in the worst case, you would need to reorder the window.
I am not familiar with tolerances like plus or minus 2 cm (about 0.8 inches) or angles here being 89 and there 91 degrees.
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R.Hotzenplotz2 Jul 2018 16:08Baufie schrieb:
How does he plan to bypass the threshold?He has an idea that it would essentially be threshold-free in the end. Since the area is covered, he sees few problems there. Unfortunately, I can’t provide more details. We will have to wait for the report.
I just spoke with him again. He maintains that in a house where wall heights are increased, the front door is elevated, and the homeowner is 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) tall, one might assume a design flaw—that this specific area wasn’t planned to be raised in line with the other aspects or at least that the option should have been pointed out. His suggestion was to have a lawyer review it, as he has also come to believe that I won’t be happy with the current solution and would regret it for life.
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R.Hotzenplotz4 Jul 2018 18:35Today, the sanitary expert visited. He said the work was done excellently. He only recommends installing a circulation pipe in the children's bathroom to have hot water available quickly. Otherwise, he sees no issues with the dimensions or other work performed.
So apparently, a trade that does not cause any problems.
Regarding the slanted exterior wall, I have received the following proposal from the general contractor:
"As discussed with you and Mr. XXX on site Monday, the exterior wall on the ground floor (garden side; northeast view)
was not constructed in alignment.
To realign this wall, an area of approximately 0.80 m² (8.6 sq ft) at the specified location (see attachment)
would need to be "peeled off" / removed by about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) from the exterior masonry.
This area would then be finished in the usual way with exterior plaster/render to restore the alignment.
As a result, the exterior wall in this section will be narrowed by 1.5 cm (0.6 inches), but there is a step in the masonry at this point,
which means the insulation value will not be reduced.
You are welcome to inspect this on site; we have stretched a string there to illustrate the issue.
I kindly ask for your approval of these works.
To proceed with the exterior plaster/render as soon as possible, it would be helpful to have your response by Monday."
So apparently, a trade that does not cause any problems.
Regarding the slanted exterior wall, I have received the following proposal from the general contractor:
"As discussed with you and Mr. XXX on site Monday, the exterior wall on the ground floor (garden side; northeast view)
was not constructed in alignment.
To realign this wall, an area of approximately 0.80 m² (8.6 sq ft) at the specified location (see attachment)
would need to be "peeled off" / removed by about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) from the exterior masonry.
This area would then be finished in the usual way with exterior plaster/render to restore the alignment.
As a result, the exterior wall in this section will be narrowed by 1.5 cm (0.6 inches), but there is a step in the masonry at this point,
which means the insulation value will not be reduced.
You are welcome to inspect this on site; we have stretched a string there to illustrate the issue.
I kindly ask for your approval of these works.
To proceed with the exterior plaster/render as soon as possible, it would be helpful to have your response by Monday."
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R.Hotzenplotz4 Jul 2018 20:02I have not measured it.
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