ᐅ Reading Drawings – What Do Elevation Measurements Mean?

Created on: 22 Jul 2020 22:00
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Heidi1965
In our drawing, the kitchen window sill height is listed as +1.06 m (3 ft 6 in). To me, this means a sill height of 1.06 m (3 ft 6 in) measured from the finished floor. With a kitchen counter height of 0.91 m (3 ft), this would leave 15 cm (6 inches) for things like power outlets. This is also how the kitchen designer calculated it. Now the bricklayer says that the sill height refers to the structural shell and that an additional 20 cm (8 inches) must be added to the raw floor level for underfloor heating and the screed. Then the window would only be 86 cm (2 ft 10 in) above the finished floor, making it 5 cm (2 inches) lower than the kitchen countertop. That can’t be right. What is correct?
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Lumpi_LE
22 Jul 2020 22:47
kbt09 schrieb:

Well, then @Heidi1965 should share her plan.
That is definitely the best option.
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Lumpi_LE
22 Jul 2020 22:49
Fuchur schrieb:

The exact finished floor height is often not precisely known yet.
You can only throw your hands up in disbelief... Apparently, anything goes in single-family home construction.
11ant22 Jul 2020 22:54
Lumpi_LE schrieb:

If this had to be clarified for every construction project, someone would surely have come up with a way to standardize it by now.

If only the word "if" didn’t exist ... – Vera F. Birkenbihl made a deliberate distinction between "brain owners" and "brain users."
Lumpi_LE schrieb:

You can only throw your hands up in disbelief... Apparently, anything goes in single-family home construction.

Especially here, since we are in the multi-story residential investment forum, joker.
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Heidi1965
22 Jul 2020 22:55
Floor plan of a living room with U-shaped sofa, oval coffee table, armchair, TV area, and doorway

Modern kitchen with light-colored wall cabinets, oven, electric stove, sink, and kitchen island with window.

Sketch-style kitchen view featuring stove, sink, window, and cabinets.
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Lumpi_LE
22 Jul 2020 22:56
11ant schrieb:

Since we are in the multi-story residential building investors forum, joker
Yeah, I sometimes get mixed up there
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Heidi1965
22 Jul 2020 22:56
The plan is from the architect.