PLAN 456-83

This house employs many exciting features that are designed within an envelope of easy construction, which makes it affordable. The dramatic sloping ceiling of the living room allows heat from the wood-burning stove to circulate into the upstairs bedrooms through high louvers on the inside wall. In hot weather, opening windows on both first and second floors will draw in cooler air. Entry into the two-story foyer is from a covered porch or directly from the garage. The living room features a window seat and a glazed end wall with floor-to-ceiling windows and a glass door to the deck. The kitchen and dining rooms also open to the deck for meals alfresco. One bedroom and a bath complete the first floor. Two good-sized bedrooms are separated by a full bath. On the exterior, asymmetrical rooflines, projecting bays, and siding of vertical woodboard and batten create a harmonious design.

• Exterior Elevations: showing the front, rear, and side views with standard and alternate material choices; all elevations are usually ¼" scale.
• Foundation plans: separate foundation plans are usually provided for a basement/crawl space, and slab, unless otherwise noted. All are drawn at ¼" scale and include first floor framing information for basement/crawl spaces, including beams, girders, columns and piers. Some plans include walk-out(daylight) basement options as well.
• Floor plans: ¼" scale for each floor, including all room dimensions, door and window sizes and locations, stairways, kitchens, baths, etc. Framing information for stick framed ceiling beams and/or second floor framing is included.
• Cross sections: ¼" scale cut-away views for each distinct area, showing all framing, ceiling details, heights, roof pitches, etc.
• Roof plan: a separate roof plan is usually provided showing all pitches, rafter sizes, valley, hip and ridge locations, and areas of double roof framing.
• Schematic electrical: shows suggested locations for outlets, switches and fixtures on either a separate drawing or directly on the floor plans.
• Kitchen cabinets: schematic drawings of all kitchen cabinets.

• Specifications: a separate 8 page outline specification of most materials, construction methods and techniques, in a format for customizing; for use in obtaining bids and as a contract document.
• Standard details: 2 additional drawing pages filled with standard construction details.
• Energy conservation details: 2 more drawing pages chock full of drawings and ideas on how to build to conserve energy.
• Making changes: finally we include a separate 6 page primer on choosing a contractor and making changes, as virtually everyone makes some changes in building their home.