HOME BUILDING PLANS - BEFORE & AFTER -
HOME PLANS - WINDOW SCHEDULE
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Before The Architect sees this sort of pitiful and pitiable home plan Window Schedule more often than you'd think:
BEFORE,
HOME PLAN
DETAIL - WINDOW SCHEDULE, in PDF
What don't we know from this schedule?
How many are we installing?
Where do the windows go?
Which way are the casements opening?
How high on our wall will these windows be placed?
How much room will framers need for rough and masonry openings?
Are any of them to be mulled?
Who's making these windows?
What model are we to order within the manufacturer's line?
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AFTER
Windows are a big deal in home design, owner investment, occupant safety and convenience.
Scheduling windows in a home plan takes time and careful thought to address all the points that the other guys' might not be up to doing.
Take a look-see for yourself at a recently completed home plan Detail- Window Schedule:
AFTER, HOME PLAN
DETAIL - WINDOW SCHEDULE, in PDF
There are at least two notable aspects to this home plan window schedule beyond its generally complete format -
Window heights on walls are set at sill plate tops of face and not headers. Before The Architect relies on the sill metric and not the header metric because a) it is more precise, in that when there'll be virtually no room to wiggle once the window's set on a sill; whereas, there's much more left to chance and chancy error by reckoning a header height, its downset to a window frame, the size of the frame, etc. and b) several popular home designing styles these days - e.g., the whole line of country looks, the Craftsman look - have windows large and small, high and low even on the same facade. The days of a single header height for windows always all the same around the home faces are gone and good riddance to them, for almost any custom home these days, including more interesting stock home plans.
In the Notes section, Before The Architect takes special interest on conveying life-saving basics about securing windows.
Finally, it's worth pointing out that the home plan Window Schedule is the fundamental source for populating both the home plan Emergency Egress Schedule and Illumination Schedule, not counting the key code inclusion in home Floor Plans and Elevations.
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