{"id":156,"date":"2015-03-22T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/107.6.166.162\/~bespokeh\/wp\/?p=156"},"modified":"2019-03-19T18:31:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T18:31:57","slug":"remodel-floorplanner-draw-your-own-house-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bespokehomedesign.com\/blog\/remodel-floorplanner-draw-your-own-house-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Your Own Floorplanner: How To Draw Your Own House Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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ATTENTION WANNABE FLOORPLANNERS: Preparing and drawing up your own house plans might sound like a tricky thing to do and best left to professionals.<\/p>\n

But take it from me, it\u2019s really easy<\/strong> once you know the few tricks of the trade I\u2019m gonna share with you here.<\/p>\n

I’m going to show you what equipment you need and a step by step method for drawing your own plans.<\/p>\n

After you go through this blog post you’ll be drawing up plans like there’s no tomorrow!<\/strong><\/p>\n

But why bother being your own floorplanner and draw up your own plans in the first place?<\/p>\n

Well, drawing up your own house plans will give you a good idea about how much space you actually have<\/strong> in your home and what you can realistically do with it.<\/p>\n

A good set of house plans can really help you create your home just the way you want it.<\/p>\n

Hiring someone to draw up plans for your house can be expensive and the truth is they won\u2019t always be accurate either!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve worked on many projects back in the day where the plans were wrong and this was only discovered way down the line.<\/p>\n

I remember one job many years ago in Radlett in Hertfordshire where the client had previously hired a floorplanner to draw up some plans only to discover they were wrong when the builder was on site and had partially built a rear extension.<\/p>\n

This resulted in costly re-designs because room layouts were affected, and it got even more expensive when the builder has to re-price things that had to be changed, not to mention the added extra time it added to the project too!<\/p>\n

I think it put him nearly \u00a340,000.00 out of pocke<\/strong>t.<\/p>\n

It can be a total mess<\/strong> but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n

Far from it and you are going to discover here just how easy it is to be your own floorplanner and draw up your own house plans .<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll also give you a few of my own personal tricks that I use to make sure that the plans are accurate \u2013 all of the time!<\/p>\n

\"How-To-Draw_07\"Floorplanner Equipment: What You Need<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

You will need a little bit of equipment to do this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Pencil & eraser (not a pen!)<\/li>\n
  2. A4 sheets of paper on clip board\u2013 one sheet for\u00a0every room you want to sketch out<\/li>\n
  3. Measuring tape \u2013 the longer the better<\/li>\n
  4. A ruler (preferably a scale ruler)<\/li>\n
  5. Someone to help you \u2013 you can\u2019t do it alone!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Firstly I recommend you use a pencil & eraser rather than a pen.<\/p>\n

    The obvious reason here is that it gives you an opportunity to rub out mistakes and believe me when you are writing out a whole load of lines & numbers, you will make mistakes.<\/p>\n

    I know I still do and I have done this a thousand times.<\/p>\n

    Have some A4 sheets on a clip board so you have something solid to sketch on.<\/p>\n

    A little tip here is that I usually always use graph paper<\/strong> which you can get in any arts & crafts store but is quite expensive.<\/p>\n

    So\u00a0instead of splashing out on the stuff, \u00a0I have attached 2 PDF’s of graph sketch paper for you to simply print off and use.<\/p>\n

    Here’s A4 Size: BHD A4 SKETCH SHEET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Here’s A3 Size: BHD A3 SKETCH SHEET<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Graph paper makes it much easier to see what you are drawing, all floorplanners use them.<\/p>\n

    The graph paper I have supplied here for you is easy to use if you are using metric units, i.e. millimetres, centimetres & metres.<\/p>\n

    I do recommend you sketch in the metric system rather than imperial which is in feet and inches.<\/p>\n

    Imperial isn\u2019t really used that much anymore here in the UK although it is still common practise in the US.<\/p>\n

    When it comes to a measuring tape, as much as I hate to say this as a blow to my male ego but longer really is better.<\/p>\n

    You can go all out and get a 30m surveyors tape which are very cheap (I think around \u00a36 on Amazon) or a 8m tape will do the job either.<\/p>\n

    I prefer the surveyors tape as it\u2019s light and easy to use and you can get longer dimensions in one measure.<\/p>\n

    Measuring a single dimension in increments will mean mistakes somewhere, it\u2019s inevitable.<\/p>\n

    The major thing about measuring is that you will need someone else<\/strong> to help you with the tape, it\u2019s pretty much impossible to do it on your own.<\/p>\n

    They can either hold the end of the tape for you or read the measurements and you hold the tape, it\u2019s up to you.<\/p>\n

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    Why Plans Are Often Wrong<\/span><\/h3>\n

    When plans are found to be wrong, the cause is always the measuring bit<\/strong>. Always.<\/p>\n

    Here are a few ways to make sure that your plans are correct<\/strong> every time.<\/p>\n

    Next, when you have measured up each room always, and I mean always, take the diagonal dimensions too, from corner to corner.<\/p>\n

    This is your back check<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    If you wanna go a bit advanced you can also measure ceiling heights in each room and note wall thicknesses and what they walls are made of, i.e. timber or masonry.<\/p>\n

    Next step is to draw up each room more accurately with a ruler.<\/p>\n

    Now a scale ruler<\/strong> is normally used as it allows you to draw up your rooms at a scale, normally 1:25 or 1:50 for each room is sufficient<\/p>\n

    However, that\u2019s already built in with the graph paper I have supplied you here so a normal ruler will do but with that said a scale ruler will make it a lot easier as it will do all the math for you.<\/p>\n

    The scales on the graph paper are as follows:<\/p>\n