How to Understand Architectural Plans

Stanley Martin Custom Homes President Michael Schnitzer will help you understand your floor plans for your new home. If you want to build a home in Northern Virginia or Montgomery County, Maryland please check out our website at WeBuildOnYourLot.com.
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[@kellypet3kids]

I really learned a lot from this video- thank you!

[@kennethmassey534]

This guy's way of explaining what he's showing you is the best I just took some Union classes for Blueprint reading that were somewhat compressed due to the current worldwide virus situation so this guy's patient explanation of what he;s showing you is a godsend I love it!

[@dannystiasny3891]

Just because someone is a good plumber , doesn't make them a good teacher , Hence why I'm watching this to learn and have a more thorough understanding .. Your a AWSOME TEACHER ..... Thanks so much , best video on teaching blueprints , I getting so much out of it . THANK YOU !!

[@justrosy5]

Thank you for posting this! I'm having to re-learn a lot of stuff since an Architectural Drafting teacher screwed things up and taught my class a lot of wrong stuff before getting fired. Anyway, this helps me a great deal!

[@smr32061]

Well explained and instructional video. Thanks for sharing.

[@joeltorres32415]

really knows how to explain makes it fun to learn great guy

[@raymondmuli9067]

Brilliant reference resource. Thank you

[@mikemekonen]

Those pho-windows make me want to vomit. Good video otherwise.

[@luckystar7416]

2021 who us here

[@SoloParaSubirJunk]

enjoyed the video, easy to understand.

[@robnowe5464]

What are the reasons that you recommend Atrium Doors over French Doors?

[@creatingcomfortable9929]

My main reason (and I'm not him) for atrium over french is that typically you only need one door to open and an atrium is more secure both for security as well as water/driving rain protection. Its also much more energy efficient for the same reason of not sealing super well. Some very high quality door/window manufacturers may produce a very robust french door that has rigid positive locking pins to reduce these issues, but generally this is not the case and the double door is rarely justified. In basements that have a walk out under a covered porch, and with switch back stairs, a true french door is often helpful for installing/ removing furniture, bath fixtures, and cabinetry. Having it under the porch helps negate the issues typical to French doors. Hope that helps.

[@1Patient]

1/4 Scale is more appropriate for working with the trades, at least you can read the drawings, the 11x17 is garbage and puts a lot of strain on my, and other peoples eyes, as we comment on how small the details are and that we can't read shit on that scale of drawing, but hey, Industry Standards are what they are huh...Damn...wish I was an architect.

[@markwatson2006]

JDE totally agree

[@sheryarahmed6331]

Am I hearing redlettermedia music after the intro?

[@LSpalla]

thank you you answered a lot of my questions!!

[@teenkitty143aj7]

thank you very easy to understand

[@abdulwakeelkhan3884]

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[@mrcasanova25]

Thanks for Posting man. As a painter contractor myself, this was extremely useful.

[@supremebeing4730]

Framing is so easy now ,thanks.

[@vanessam.w.4368]

This is an awesome video; very concise, clear and well paced especially for beginners; however, the music is distracting and not needed.....pleasant music but it makes it hard to concentrate

[@brooksbrewer6281]

I'm 11 and I want to to this whe. I grow up

[@tonet1977]

BrooksBrewer ..sure you do😂😂

[@janetgiah1942]

BrooksBrewer

[@raymondmuli9067]

Go for it! I am an architect too!!

[@MITHLESHKUMAR-pu9ou]

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[@teenkitty143aj7]

thank you very easy to understand

[@SeanEmman]

Fantastic video!! This is the best video to learn plan reading from.

[@sitaramsreeram]

good explanation sir..thanks a lot

[@relax-bq7ij]

excellent...thanks for your efforts! can you do or refer to an explanation to read and understand MEP plans? thanks again

[@ahmaduturay1463]

THANKS for a very helpful presentation

[@thehorrorgamegamer3382]

Who’s here cause of Italiano

[@devlinmadden1378]

I am

[@carlosalbiter3940]

Great job. It would help if you would have zoom the perimeter of the plan through out the video.

[@davetv4705]

Thanks a lot for this video.

[@Wifecando]

informative and clear explanations. time well spent. great job!

[@mikefirth9654]

Gee, I wish I could read plans that good - the first dimension he "reads" at about 4:30 is read as 11'-10" when the plan clearly says 11'-0" and at 5+ minutes, 12'-3" is read as 12'-8" and we wonder why walls end up skewed.

[@pousto31481846323]

Mike Firth caught that too, my friend.

[@makdiz4412]

Ok it wasn't just me ...phew

[@JustinOhio]

Good, glad I'm not crazy...Well at least with this subject..

[@johnyringo6890]

Building foreman life.

[@nicks6131]

A lot of great information, but please cut the music out. lol

[@jenandlaw]

This is such an excellent video. Thank you so much. But I wish as an industry people would start having a conversation about paying less attention to belly boards and faux dormers that have ZERO to do with the daily life of the house, and more attention to proper design and location of features such as laundry rooms, kitchens, and baths. Form very rarely follows function these days. We have cavernous foyers with tiny, cramped, painfully generic bathrooms, unless it's the master, and then you have tons of useless extra space. We have too small dining rooms, and too small breakfast nooks NEXT TO EACH OTHER. As a person who actually does the business of working in and cleaning my own home, it's beyond frustrating, ON A DAILY BASIS. And perhaps the most frustrating thing about it is that it's needless.

[@creatingcomfortable9929]

I agree! This is why I recommend people designing their homes take a large parking lot and tape measure and lay out the whole house in chalk to somewhat sense the size of the rooms. A large warehouse with moveable partitions is more ideal, but anything for reference. Numbers don't translate well to many people's sense of space. As for superfluous things; they sometimes are and sometimes are not entirely superfluous. Often times a certain something 'feels' missing or awkward if there is too much broad wall or roof plane, etc. Dormers, windows, and other architectural details serve to offset these things. So, they are not useless, just not used for the structure and are used for the aesthetic. I lean heavily toward utilitarian methodologies, and would prefer to turn those spaces into use if I needed the aesthetic, but typically I don't feel the 'need' for an aesthetic.

[@hustlerkujabi7411]

Thank you so much bro...nice video

[@hustlerkujabi7411]

Thanks so much for knowledge

[@MrDiego718]

thank you so mucho; very good video!

[@lafamiliadelacruz-ortiz4862]

Thank you great video Question how do I know on a commercial new construction 🔨 building stairs outside if they will be painted or not? On the plans will it show me

[@creatingcomfortable9929]

Plans vary greatly by the producer of them. Plans as detailed as this are a joy to work with because most every detail is accounted for. Often times the devil worth of details (like painting the exterior stairs, or powder coating, or rubberized coating, and mesh pattern and size, etc...) are forgotten and left to fly by the seat of the pants. So, as a contractor, you need to have these details in mind before you accept a plan to quote and get these assumptions finalized upfront as much as possible so you don't end up quoting multiple times for one job. It's a big pet-peeve of mine to have insufficiently detailed plans. They cause nothing but frustration, delays, ambiguity and therefore guesswork/rework/change orders/ etc. In short, bad plans cost more money than paying more money upfront for a VERY DETAILED set of plans.

[@architectureconstructions]

Found myself staring at it for minutes.

[@learningtheropes1683]

at 10:18, you mention that you only recommend installation of atrium doors for outside walls, vs French doors. Can you elaborate on why you recommend that type of door for an outside door? (and thanks very much for this informative video!)

[@ocrossrep]

Atrium Doors, are more secure than French Doors. French Doors have a common removal post in the center or will latch to each other, for the purpose of securing the door. Atrium Doors have 1 direction of swing and are normally secured into the home structural wall for security. While the framing of the doors opening is very similar to each other, the Atrium Door is still more secure. While the Atrium Door is their recommendation, you as the owner my specify that a French Door is used in the space.

[@fissontekkies]

I so willing....

[@undaya]

Here we go. Where's the equipment room?

[@David-zv2em]

where in the plan does it indicate how tall the wall is for framing purposes?

[@creatingcomfortable9929]

Two main places will label this. One is the outside elevation view where it mentions finish floor heights. (The part of the video he is referencing window height at 8' (15:52 in the video). Another place is often in each room a mention will be made of "9' ceiling" or similar. If not mentioned per room then the rooms are consistent and will typically be mentioned in the notes stating 'all rooms have 9' ceilings'. This will let framers know to use 9' studs (which measure 104-5/8") to create 9' ceilings. Similar notes and dotted lines should exist for any ceiling changes in a plan such as vaults, trays, coffers, faux beams, etc. and have a number labeled. I prefer a cross-section view when things get complicated and show finish level heights from a standard datum.

[@theruggednorth]

Could you please explain the slope and pitch here? I see 14:12 rise over run on one part, but 7:12 on another, and the notation is different. Could you please elaborate on this?

[@creatingcomfortable9929]

The 14:12 rise over run is shown with the typical triangle when the plane is viewable from the endview. When you view the plane of the roof from a non-end view, such as the 7:12 area in the front view, the double arrow style is used. Often times plans will only show the triangle view and you have to view from a left/right view to know the pitch of that roof, but this plan is fabulously detailed and mentions it in all views (as far as I could tell). The 14:12 is typical of French Provincial with extremely steep front facing pitches. You seem to understand the concept of pitch, just rise:run, but I will quickly mention it. The first number is the number of feet (or inches, cm, m, fathoms, etc., it technically is a non-dimensional unit) horizontal for every 12 feet (or other) vertical. It sometimes will be called (and some of these are technically erroneous) pitch, grade, gradient, or slope, but generally pitch is used for roofs.

[@davids2032]

This was such a big help to me! Thanks for doing it!!

[@Truth10011]

hey i was wondering where it says 16 up you said that it would be 16 risers, why is there only 8 verticals according to the drawing, is that because you would count the horizontals as well thereby doubling each of the 8 on th drawing? second question is you said it starts at 2 because where youd be standing is one, are we talking about the landing ? Is the landing on the staircase considered number 1?

[@ssebitaabawamala6861]

400 * 350 (+355). For a room, how do you interprete this reading?

[@kathleenjones2277]

I agree on easy to understand .

[@ThePipeiper]

Is this blurry to anyone else?

[@samarabbas7269]

hey can i get the drawings to study

[@paakoassi8527]

Hi I have a rough sketch of my plan. Could u please draw it for and how much. Tnx

[@lupeloupua]

loved and learned alot from this considering I know nothing about blueprint. the only thing in this video was the music was a bit distracting in trying to hear and follow your instruction....

[@vbBegin1957]

where is the access line in order to layout the walls?

[@TheAnetmusik]

Thank you so much for making this video. 😊 You are a really good teacher.

[@luyandandlela9634]

iv slept twice watching this video...it is very informative even though the backround music really made me sleepy.Thank You

[@joanmanuelist]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge I am a journeyman plumber and I find your content very helpful

[@barbaradunham4213]

Superhot

[@janatunyusof2811]

thank you so much it helped me a lot during my interview

[@godfredmensah3795]

I won't to learn about you

[@razamahmood1560]

Thank you so much sir.

[@jacintha1000]

Thank you. Can you please share the pdf set of this plan? I am trying to learn it .

[@lure131313]

Can u Share AutoCAD file as ur wish to share but sir u explained proper nd it's helpful to me

[@jcollins1305]

Excellent and informative video. Thanks for taking the time!

[@jafferakbari206]

Would you like explain about basement plan and site plan with the bread ledge

[@johnmartins5773]

Sir. I appreciate the explanation in this video. It helps me a lot to work on my drawing stage as am now working on it.. I would appreciate if I could have your contact or email address to discuss any lessons I think i need your assistance I would not be mind to pay so some material or lessons you provide online.

[@ahmadnawazcivilengnieer4225]

Very information video

[@juanpabana]

Can someone tell me why there are walls 6in and 4in thick. And how to layout

[@afrog3569]

36 x 24

[@guilhermondes]

great

[@robotofduong1229]

It is truly rare in the source of books on structure and architectural structure

[@asemtantawy5779]

Thank you sir for your efforts Keep going

[@paullarnce2167]

Thank you very much! Very informative.

[@townhousevilla]

The background music is distracting

[@jasonmendez3563]

Great video helps alott thanks

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Great video Thank you!

[@carlosluque3285]

Very good video thank you very much

[@rubeninfo4883]

Thanks awesome video, more videos please.

[@shahrozemalik9439]

8:01, wide or tall for the bulk head?

[@Hen9207]

Honest question: why do all New England houses look like this style? What are the advantages of building a house in this design with these light materials? Is it cheap? Or it's a specific style? They look so cheap and non-sturdy compared to European architecture. Could someone explain?

[@ashleyperodin7079]

When you say New England I am going to assume you are talking about the one in the U.S. I don't know anything about England. So these houses you see are for the most part more affordable/cheaper (Does not mean it's bad quality)and they are most likely a common style because many of these homes are manufactured/modular homes. (Homes built in factories and etc.) Though here is one reason that will answer this question for different states/countries; for a home to retain value in a neighborhood it has to blind in. When homes in a neighborhood look similar, people are more attracted to it and it is easier to sell it down the line and easy for new owners to tailor it to their taste. For example, let's say someone builds a new blue home in a red home neighborhood and plans to sale it. Right away this home stands out and the value of that new home goes down. Neutral colors and symmetrical looks are more attractive. Homes that stand out tend to be on the market longer and are seen as problematic homes. No one wants to do a new paint job or go through the struggle of taking down wallpaper. It needs to be move in ready.

[@deezynar]

The tradition in the U.S. is to build with wood because we have vast forests and it is economically intelligent to use it. We also have much colder winters, and building with brick or stone makes a colder house. Masonry homes tend to be more common in the states that are further south, but there are some in New England.

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Love it

[@ClaudioBOsorio]

This is a great video.

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very interesting video.

[@Lululemon2023]

Thanks!

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[@mynorflores1393]

great video..very informative

[@hazelgreeneyz7218]

Thank you. Thank you. I am building a home and scheduled for my Blueprint Walk thru. This was very, very educational!!!

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[@urstudio383]

Pretty awful design. But you are a great teacher.