Step By Step Guide Building your Home

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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