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So I really could use some help I can possibly pay someone for said help if you feel that you can't help just a small amount without some work. I was given this house plan in cad format and it looks nice it's already shrunk from a previous size and the draftsman did not have time to work on it again and passed it to me. It needs to be finished by the beginning of next month and I had no problem with that but then I got sick for a week. The main problem I am having is I thought the house looked good and I am struggling to shrink it any further. I'm just not sure how small is to small for some spaces. I want it to be a comfortable house and I know the home owner is already disappointed that they have to shrink it again. They suggested to lose the breezeway from garage to house put laundry room in garage on a platform so the garage would no longer be at an angle but sit right next to the house and then have stairs going up to the platform with the laundry and then into the house. They need to lose one bay from the garage but with the laundry in the garage it probably needs to be bigger than 24X24 which is what they suggested. The house needs to be about 1600 1650 at the max which isn't much wiggle room not including garage. They said if one of the bedrooms has to go but I know that is something they would like to keep but I just don't think it will work. The included file is an auto cad converted file and it's not the best as chief did not convert windows properly and some doors are wrong. I started a new plan to big to include that I was trying to work with and keep both bedrooms but then no entry to garage on the side and not much space for the kitchen, Livingroom and dinning. I can email you that file. Thanks Landry Test Plan.plan

I looked at the updated file and that fixed my missing wall thanks.

No the walls are supposed to be double walls. The outside wall is the metal building structure and the interior walls are framing walls. Here is a better picture of that roof.

Barndominium.zip

Hello I have looked around and can't seem to find a similar issue. I did auto build roofs and chief did the roof exactly like I wanted it even though the garage walls do not say full gable wall. Only issue is that even though chief generated attic walls they don't show in 3d view on the sides of the gable wall even when I call it a gable wall. And the wall material is missing from the top of the gable wall not sure why but I can just do a backsplash or something I guess. Also not sure what you would call this and I'm not sure if I like it or not yet but I'd like to know how to extend the walls out to the roof edge like the second photo. If there is an article or video, If I no what it's called I can search for something. I still have to add my posts once I have the roof the way I want it. Any advice would be much appreciated as I am still learning some things.

Yes it will be two residences separated by the garage.

Hello I'm sorry I've been sick the past week. Thanks for the responses I am working on a budget and I guess at the moment I'm just looking for exterior wall thickness. I thought maybe there was a standard size for x size building. The structure will be straight column and will sit on a concrete slab foundation with piers. I know that the structure and foundation will have to engineered taking into consideration the soil etc. My client doesn't have a building site or a MF for the metal building yet. He just wants something that he can show the city building inspector and the metal building MF and some other people so he can start getting a cost idea. Not the way I would go about things but to each his own.

Sorry meant 104' and 38' with a 5:12 roof I live in snow country

Hello fellow architects I have a new client that wants to build a Barndominium essentially a house inside of a metal building. I am familiar with the concept but I have never designed one. My questions are where would you start as far as the metal building is concerned. I would imagine that its much like the truss company they provide the plans and I just have an approximate idea until I see them. I'm wondering if any of you have some input would a metal building mf provide me some basics as far as size of straight columns and beams. and approx. placement. Also my client was wanting a 4" concrete pad and 5 or 6 for the garage I think he is hoping to save some money. I told him the concrete will have to be engineered for the structure but that probably all of it will have to be 5" thick. The building is 104' long and 38' wide including porches with a 5:12 roof slope. My other question is how tall to the eves should the side wall be if my interior celling height is 9'. I do have the beams catalogue downloaded from chief. Any input would so much appreciated Thanks Landry

My friend had an architect draw a house for him and he did not realize that I did that stuff. I have heard several things about this architect ripping people off with expensive plans with few details. So I told my friend that I would redraw the plans for him and he wants to make adjustments anyway. I figured I would use what the architect has drawn and go from there but I already found things that don,t look right. Also some rooms are smaller than I think they should be so I might just have to start from scratch.

I thought I did but I'm confused by the different measurements I guess I just need to do what Chopsaw said and measure from the framing. I'm still learning some stuff and I just want to make sure I get things correct. How do you guys normally place your walls on the plot plan. I have the perimeter and the set backs drawn and I place my walls and then I use the point to point dimension to make a line from the perimeter to the wall and I select the wall and click on the dimension and type my desired dimension from the property perimeter. for some walls I do the same between walls as my temporary dimensions usually go from the outside of the first wall to the inside of the second wall and I want inside to inside. Thanks

Kevin Orona Plans.plan I guess it did not fix the top exterior wall should be 36' 6" and shows different the bottom exterior wall shows 48' which it should be and it measures different. Kevin Orona Plans.plan

I appreciate that but I think it fixed itself. Not sure what happened but I just redrew all my walls and now they look right. Thanks for the advice everyone.

I removed the house wrap and It did not change I redrew my dimensions and I am still getting weird numbers. Not sure what to think. I appreciate you help on this

I checked the dimension format and it looks good but my dimensions are now both looking wrong. I did type in my dimensions and I checked to see that they start at the drywall. I have not tried removing the house wrap. I haven't done any materials lists yet probably not a feature that I will use much. The builder knows to put house wrap on anyway. I will try that now and see what happens.