Step By Step Guide Building your Home With 100 House plans from The Floor Plan Store (Contractor Spec House Plans Book 64)

Step By Step Guide Building your Home With 100 House plans from The Floor Plan Store

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 4
Introduction 4
Financing your Home: 6
Construction Loan: 6
Permanent Loan: 7
Paperwork: 8
Budgeting: 9
Pricing: 10
Contracts: 10
Chapter 2 12
What to Build 12
Designing your Dream Home: 12
Living Room: 12
Kitchen: 13
Dining Room: 14
Bathrooms: 15
Bedrooms: 15
Service area: 15
Miscellaneous areas: 16
Chapter 3 17
Deciding on your House Type and Style: 17
House Types: 17
Single-Story Ranch: 18
The Cape Cod (1 ½ - Story): 19
Two-Story House: 20
Multilevel or the Split type house: 20
The Split-Foyer: 21
House Styles: 22
Common Design Mistakes: 22
Planning the Size of Your House: 23
Chapter 4 24
Understanding Drawings and their Elements 24
Preparing the Plans: 25
Hire an Architect: 25
Buy Stock Plans: 25
Use Computer-Aided-Design (CAD): 26
Prelims Submission: 26
Submitting Drawings for Approval: 26
Getting your Permits: 27
Chapter 5 32
How to Build 32
Surveying: 32
Things to do before Excavation: 32
Before Proceeding to Laying Foundation: 33
Footer: 34
Construction Guidelines: 34
Foundation: 35
Slab Foundation: 36
Crawl Space Foundation: 36
Partial and Full Basement Foundation: 36
Pole and Pier Foundation: 37
Floor Beams or Girders: 37
Ventilation: 37
Chapter 6 38
Floor Framing: 38
Wall Framing: 40
Types of Wall Framing: 40
Wall Framing Openings: 41
Ventilation and Sheathing: 42
Roof Framing: 42
Roof Pitch: 43
Roof Construction Methods: 44
Stick-built Roof: 44
Prefabricated Truss Roof: 44
Roof Deck: 44
Ventilation: 45
Exterior Roof Finishing: 45
Roof Types: 45
Exterior Wall Finishing: 46
Chapter 7 48
Roughing: 48
Rough Plumbing: 48
HVAC Roughing: 49
Electrical Roughing: 49
Insulation: 51
Chapter 8 52
Stairs: 52
Staircase Building Guidelines: 52
Types of Staircases: 52
Windows: 53
Window Types: 53
Doors: 55
Types of Doors: 55
Door Styles: 55
Door Installation Checklist: 56
Planning a Garage: 56
Garage Door Installation: 56
Fireplaces: 58
Types of Fireplaces: 58
Should You or Should You Not: 59
Chapter 9 60
Final Finishes: 60
Drywall Installation: 60
Plaster: 60
Paneling: 60
Making you Home Safe and Secure: 60