Reading Roofing Plans

Most include a cover page time block key notes general notes revision block drawing scale and a legend.

Reading roofing plans.

The first thing to check is what scale the roof is drawn in. Select the blueprint you wish to measure. Once you move into reading the actual architectural sheets it s important to know that architectural plans are labeled with an a a 001 or a1 x a2 x etc. The next thing to determine is the roof pitch see how to determine roof pitch the easiest and most accurate method to measuring a roof plan is to square everything off.

The roof below is drawn in 1 8 scale this means that if using a regular tape measure that 1 inch would equal 8 feet. Select sketch my roof. Open the app and select measure your roof. In this drawing a 1 8 scale ruler is being used.

This will contain the project name the architect s name address and contact information the project location and the date. If you only have a roof plan and no elevation or foundation plans then you will have no way to verify the scale. The architectural plans are where you will see where your office is where the bathrooms are in relation to workstations etc. These pages will include an index of plan sheets and sometimes their contents.

To accurately measure a roof plan one of first things to verify is the scale the plan is drawn with. Many cover sheets will also include a drawing of the finished product showing you what the house will look like after it is constructed and landscaped 1 x research sourcestep 2 read the plan index. Retrieve your blueprint image by tapping load then selecting the source of the file i e your email dropbox etc. When learning how to read construction plans it is essential to understand what is contained within typical construction plans.

This page is very similar to the cover of a book.