If you intend to to use prefabricated roof trusses, Standard Homes recommends that you order the roof truss option along with your plans. Although the truss manufacturer will provide all truss designs and a plan layout of the roof system, they do not usually redesign the foundation plan for the house. Since roof trusses transfer roof and ceiling loads to exterior walls, they eliminate the need for interior load bearing walls. Accordingly, the foundation and floor framing system in the roof truss version reflect the absence of these interior bearing walls. Fewer piers are required to support the floor, and floor joist spans can be adjusted to better accommodate standard lumber lengths. The roof truss version of a plan outlines the general specifications for the roof system, which the truss manufacturer will use to determine the design and location of the trusses.
In contrast, a stick-built roof system must have interior load bearing walls, so more piers are needed in the foundation to support both the ceiling and floor framing. If you order a plan with a stick-built roof and ceiling system but decide to build with roof trusses, your foundation may be over-designed and may cost more to build.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monday, March 15, 2010
Buying House Plans
There are three main reasons why every thoughtful person who builds a house should have complete blue prints and specifications:
First: So that all changes, if any, may be properly made on the plans before the construction work is begun.
Second: So that disageements and misunderstandings during the course of construction may be avoided.
Third: So that the home when completed will be exactly as represented in the picture and plans.
Everyone should beware of the carpenter or contractor who claims to be able to do "just as well" without plans, or with pencil sketches. Such claims denote inefficiency, or a desire to "get by" with his own methods of construction, which are never as good.
Reliable contractors invariably insist on complete plans so that satisfaction may be guaranteed.
First: So that all changes, if any, may be properly made on the plans before the construction work is begun.
Second: So that disageements and misunderstandings during the course of construction may be avoided.
Third: So that the home when completed will be exactly as represented in the picture and plans.
Everyone should beware of the carpenter or contractor who claims to be able to do "just as well" without plans, or with pencil sketches. Such claims denote inefficiency, or a desire to "get by" with his own methods of construction, which are never as good.
Reliable contractors invariably insist on complete plans so that satisfaction may be guaranteed.
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