Posted by Rob Young The reason for this comment was that it becomes a concern on primarily our smaller plans where rooms are at their minimum. Most of our larger plans have enough room that you may be able to do this change on site but that is not my recommendation. It is still better to have us make the changes as we are aware of all the structural elements that make up the construction of our plans and therefore can flag any areas of concerns. For example, if you take our A-1225 plan and decide to frame the main floor walls in ICF there are several structural issues to deal with that are more of a concern than just the reduction in room sizes. The added wall thickness affects the staircase in two directions which disrupts the location of a structural column on the main floor which is in place to support the loft and roof over. I could describe this in more detail later if you need a better explanation but for now I just want to point out the outcome. If the contractor failed to realize the entire ripple affect of the changes needed to suit the new stair location, the possible oversights on the roof and floor framing could be a costly mistake. With moving the stairs up to 6" in both ways to suit the desired wall thickness, your main roof girder truss will protrude into the stair opening if not addressed plus the column that supports it will also move and not line up with the support beam below. Even if your contractor does catch this necessary change, if they are not represented in the construction plans then their is a chance your supplier or framer may miss it which again could be costly after the fact. I hope this sheds a little more light as to why we suggest having us rework the plans prior to construction. I understand that it may make the initial plan costs a little more expensive but the additional few hundred dollars spent with us up front may save you thousands in the end avoiding any oversights that can arise by trying to make this type change in the field. Please feel free to contact me directly if you need more information on this. Rob Young
on 1/15/2007, 10:14 am, in reply to "Re: Quad Block Foundation"
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