Understanding designs (blue prints)

Published on December 13, 2003 By IPlural In WinCustomize Talk

You know, for once I wish that people who build homes, or heck, people who build anything for that matter, would LEARN HOW TO READ THE PRINTS!!!

I mean heck if it says 3' 5" to center that is what it means, not 3' 4 1/2" and not 3' 5 1/2" but 3' 5"!

I've spent my life either building things or designing them and I have never found anything "close enough or good enough" It is either right or wrong and if wrong you do it again and make it right... sheesh

Plumbers are just as bad as rent-a-drunks....

Comments (Page 2)

Styl-X Design

on Dec 14, 2003

IPlural

on Dec 14, 2003

....'a joiner still has all his fingers'

true very true

kona0197

on Dec 14, 2003

Kona, you bring that brand new axe that we could not find any use for yesterday.

Oh man i just shined that axe up, sharpened it and the wife told me to put it away.

I have a few tanks....

kona0197

on Dec 14, 2003

gah... i hate making prints, but reading them!!! now that sux,

I love making designs on my AutoCAD but reading them does and always will suck.

werewolf

on Dec 14, 2003

I'm remodeling the exterior of my home. The hardware store where I purchsed the windows asked for the rough opening dimensions to use when ordering the window sizes. I asked him if he wanted exact dimensions or rounded to the next inch. He said exact. The windows I received were 1/4" too big in both dimensions. Phhhht

kongit

on Dec 14, 2003

autocad. I hate that program. Had to use mech. desktop ( an extra addon to autocad) and after 4 months I couldn't stand it no more. I guess I'll have to get used to it though...

Jafo

on Dec 14, 2003

werewolf....the 'normal' requirement is to provide the stud-opening size or O/D window frame size.

Generally errors occur when the interpretation of what dimension was provided is wrong.

Stud opening is safest as it puts the onus on the window manufacturer to provide a window with fitting clearances for packing, etc....and if not the correct size [smaller than the stud opening] they will be obliged to replace/adjust at their expense....

Tolerances are designed into a standard building construction...and acceptable tolerances vary with different parts of a structure.

I gotta know all this....it's my [real] job.....

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