HOME PLANS - HOME DESIGNING AND HOME DRAWING - HOME DESIGN ARTICLES
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Julian Beever . . .
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"Home design spurns and eschews instant gratification." Before The Architect
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The Autocad Granddad's done a good bit of public writing in his time. Editorials. Letters to the Editor. E-publications. News Releases. 4 books - 1 published, 1 close once upon a time. You can make the old boy a very happy fellow by getting your own copy of Our Economy by Field & Pressel, University Press Of America, Inc., 1993, 562 pgs, from Amazon. It's no secret that the AG'll even autograph it with a few words of your choice or, in lieu, a few choice words.
You'll find several articles by this home designer throughout this website - home plan articles, home design articles. These to follow were authored for the Great Possibilities website (http://www.greatpossibilities.com) owned and operated by a singularly fine fellow, Reinaldo Sanchez.
Electrical Lighting. (6 articles) The basics of home lighting at the higher end of home designing - practical, comprehensive. The gap between what's known about home lighting, especially lighting for aging eyes and what's done about home lighting in the field is bridged by this group of articles. First time, for all of this that this home designer's come across. Lighting Plan; Daylighting Schedule; Daylighting Study; Lighting Design (for aging eyes): 1; Lighting Design (for aging eyes):2; and Light Flutter.
Electrical Wiring. (4 articles) The basics of home wiring at the higher end of home designing - practical, comprehensive. Never did think much of codified low hurdles - this work raises the bar bigtime. Electrical Wiring Plan; Electrical Circuit Design; Electrical Receptacles; and Electrical Switches.
Fasteners. (9 articles) Brief and blunt recitations of home building fasteners. This is about home building durability. Ceiling Framing Fasteners; Preservative-Treated Wood Fasteners; Floor and Wall Framing Fasteners; Joist Framing Fasteners; Nails; Plywood Wall Sheathing Fasteners; Roof Framing Fasteners; Roof Sheathing Fasteners; Sheetrock Fasteners
Floor Plan Designing. Nuts and bolts.
Framing A Home. (8 articles) In this home designers opinion, these are ways framing a home should be done. Attaching A Deck; Deck Knee Braces Framing; Home Framing with Joists; Roof Framing; Roof Framing Planning; Shearwalls Framing; Sheathing Framing; and Stud Frame Walls.
Granite Knee Lessons. This is home designing and home building stuff you don't get in books - you get it from life experience.
Home Air Quality. (9 articles) This is stuff worth considering in this home designer's opinion regarding home air quality in Home Attic Air Quality, Bathroom Air Quality, Ceiling Fan Air Quality, Crawlspace Air Quality, HVAC Air Quality, Kitchen Air Quality, Special Ceilings Air Quality, Unvented Crawlspace Air Quality, and important Leftovers Air Quality.
Home Design Overviews. How would I characterize the home building business today? How well are home buyers protected in buying home? What about the smaller home in American home design and home building? All this and more.
Home Design Proportion. Before The Architect suggests that there’s a place in today's home design for age-old Western notions of unity, harmony, order, proportion, even classicism.
Home Design Safety. (15 articles) This is a collection of bits and pieces of home design safety embedded throughout this website, for reference with comprehension, clarity, and concision. Home Fire Safety - Elevator; Home Fire Safety - Stairs; Home Safety - Air Exhaust; Home Safety-Appliances; Home Safety - Home Building Onsite; Home Safety-Deck; Home Safety - Fastening; Home Safety-Fire; Home Safety-Kitchens; Home Safety-Lighting; Home Safety-Passages; Home Safety-Plumbing; Home Safety-Sleeping Area; Home Safety-Stairs; Home Safety-Wiring.
Home Design Styles. (5 articles) You'll find both specificity and generalization about home design style. Country French; Craftsman; Desert Contemporary; Golden Years; and Victorian Gothic Farmhouse.
Home Designing & Home Drawing Lessons. This professional's pearls of wisdom were found at the granite knee of life experiences. Heed them and be happy. Eschew them and prepare to pay your piper dearly.
Home Fire Safety - Stairs and Home Fire Safety - Elevator. An elevator shaft or hoistway could make a swell chimney and double the peril by bearing what could be the most vulnerable folks in the home. Much codified ado is made of fire-blocking wall and floor structure (and stairway structure to an extent), but not the eminently more airflow-permissive elevator shaft or for that matter the stairwell itself.
Home Foundations. (24 articles) Foundation details of home design and home building on top of more foundation details of home designing and home building. Foundation Plan Design; Foundation Plan Close; Foundation Plan Closer; Anchor Bolts; Concrete Design; Concrete Joints; Drainage Slopes; Footing Drain; Foundation Pad; Foundation Speak; Foundation Strip, or T-wall; Gas Curb; Grade Beams; Masonry Ledge; Masonry Wythe; Modified Grade Beams; Pilasters; Placement; Radon Mitigation; Rebar Reinforced; Reinforced Corners; Scored Concrete; Slab-On-Ground; Stone Watertables
Home Interior Designs by The Missus (7 articles) Interior Design Mistakes; Coffered Ceiling; Fanciful Trim; Floor Tiling; Monochrome; Tapestry; Wall Tiling
Home Jobsite Conduct. It’s about time Before The Architect put to print the way folks should behave on a home building worksite.
Home Plan Detail (25 articles) Usually, brief and narrowly pointed presentations to bridge home designing and home building. Adaptable Wall Tiling Detail; Arch Detail; Attic Air Quality Detail; Coffered Ceiling Detail; Comparative Elevations Detail; Dining Designing Detail; Dormer Differences Detail; Exterior Stair Detail; Exterior Trim Detail; Finish Trim and Clad Detail; Finish Masonry On Slab-On-Grade Detail; Grab Bar Wall Detail; Loft Cutaway Detail; Motor Courtyard Detail; Rebar Detail; Reinforced Wall Detail; Stacked Stair Over Stair Detail; Stair Ceiling Comparison Detail; Stairway Headroom Detail; Stair Reveal-Conceal Detail; Termite Shield Detail; Trim Detail; Tuscan Column Detail; Wall Dormer Trim Detail; Wood Stud Wall Details.
Home Plan Schedules. (22 articles) This is about a lot of itty-bitties that you rarely see in home plans and will wish - after the dealing's done - that you had. . . in yours. Attic Vent Schedule; Bathroom Exhaust, or Air Quality, Schedule; Building Authority Schedule; Ceiling Fan Schedule; Connector Schedule; Door Schedule; Emergency Egress Schedule; Environmental Schedule; Finishing Schedule; Fixture Unit Schedule; Foundation Drainage Schedule; Header Schedule; Natural Illumination, or Daylighting Schedule; Interior Lighting, or Nightlighting, for Aging Eyes - The Basics; Interior Lighting, or Night Lighting, for Aging Eyes - The Math; Light Flutter Schedule; Roof Slope Schedule; Roof Slopes Schedule; Surface Area Schedule; Trim Guidelines Schedule; Watershed Schedule; Window Schedule.
Home Style Furnishings. (6 articles) Unusual built-in features, trim styles - several examples. Accessible System of Pocket Doors; Arch Designing; Cabinetry Layouts; Craftsman Wainscoting; Dining Designing; Wood Millwork.
Prohibited Home Building Materials. Before The Architect opinions about what not to apply and how not to apply it in home building.
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