tinadelllic

**Immediately Available** I'm a Certified Professional Building Designer (CPBD) in Austin, Texas with 12+ years of experience in custom residential work that can take the project from ground zero to approved permit including full project development, construction plans, and submittal to building department for permitting available for per project or hourly work. Experience & Speciality Knowledge: - New Construction, Additions, Remodels & Full-Renovation - Single Family & Two-Family Homes, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU's), Mother-in-law Suites, Tiny Houses, and Garage Apartments - Permitting, Revisions per Plan Review Comments, & Modifications - Zoning, Variances, Board of Appeals - Historical Preservation & Old Home Design - Construction project management - Wood Framing, Concrete, CMU block, Brick Masonry (Wythe) - 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2024 International Residential Codes Design, Drafting & Consulting Services: - Construction Plans & 3D Renders created using Chief Architect x17, AutoCAD that are code-compliant and permit ready. - Custom design with opportunity for homeowners to collaborate during the full creative process - Integrative processes with your favorite subcontractors or builder encouraged to ensure your team starts and ends on the same page - Project feasibility evaluation and reports based on a detailed building & zoning code analysis to know what’s possibly with your property before you begin! - Building department permitting & application submittal guidance - Plan Review Preparation & Comment/Redline Responses - Zoning, variance requests and HOA approval assistance and process management - Estimate Analysis & Contract - Material/Finish Plans (Tile & Trim) Examples of work available and sent directly to you, just let me know what you want to see! If you have questions or want to discuss in more depth, feel free to reach out to me! Kristina Henbest (737) 900-2555 Tinadelllic@icloud.com

Figured I’d finally make a dedicated toolbox thread for some of my remodel / addition / as-built workflow content instead of burying it across random posts and old project files never to be seen again. From my perspective, it’s harder to find resources for documenting existing conditions vs proposed or measuring/field verification, so I want to help fill that gap. This content may not be useful to everyone, but hopefully it finds the people who can benefit from it. I’ll probably keep adding to this thread over time as I clean things up or stumble across useful things worth sharing. I keep the extended/fully developed versions for myself, but if something here aligns with what you need, feel free to reach out and maybe we can figure something out. I also do remote work and have some availability, but projects focused on areas I really enjoy get priority. (Old Homes, Zoning, DIY Homeowner Collaborations, Non-Compliance & Appeals, Submittal / Permit Approval, Technical Drawings for Interiors & overall, situations requiring unconventional or out-of-the-box approaches). Anyway… here’s my small contribution of Existing/Remodel/Addition content I’ve accumulated over the years instead of hoarding them in my library browser (X17 .calibz) Talk to me via email: tinadelllic@icloud.com or message me on here for my phone #. MORE RESOURCES SHARED BY ME: https://chieftalk.chiefarchitect.com/topic/36614-project-toolbox-updated-122923/ MEASURE FORM_PROPERTY.pdf field notes.pdf TABLE - EXISTING ELECTRICAL LOADS_NAMEPLATE.calibz Switch_w_Duplex_EXISTING.calibz Switch_Single-Pole_EXISTING.calibz NOTES-KIT_Remodel.Addition.calibz Ceiling-Light_EXISTING.calibz Ceiling-Fan_EXISTING.calibz Can-Light_EXISTING.calibz 120V-Duplex_EXISTING.calibz Joist Direction with Fill-Blanks.calibz

Hi Charles! Lovely to meet you virtually! Yes, I've spoken with David before, nice man.

Hi all, I’m a CPBD in Austin looking to start a Texas-based Chief Architect user group. Nothing formal, just a way to share tips, solve problems, and collaborate on challenges with plan reviews or share CAD details for designs in our climate. If you're interested, drop a comment If there's just a few of us to start maybe we can have a group text message or monthly zoom All the best y'all, — Kristina Henbest, CPBD Tina.N.Henbest@gmail.com Austin, TX

Hello there, I had to create a library of a select portion of the Candlelight Cabinetry line labeled per their catalog awhile back. If you can use these "as is" or modify them for your own purposes - feel free Hope they help! (Can't remember which version of Chief I created this in - X14?) CANDLELIGHT CABINETRY PROJECT.calibz

So my solution has evolved for things like this but now I have essentially two categories of .plan template files I use for new projects or for later phases of construction documentation; 1) Drawing Template, blank but with all my settings so I don’t have slow down from clutter from the below file type (2) 2) My Grab & Go - I have wall types drawn for easy copy/paste, basic furniture arrangements like dining room table/chairs, bed with side tables, etc. on the drawing sheet, recessed can lights in sets of 4 or 6, etc. so I don’t have to dig it out of my user library. These are all sectioned out with “Work Area boxes labeled “Electrical”, etc. I use this same thing with Note Types. I place all my note schedules in a row and right underneath I have all “Notes” stamped out below so I can skim through the schedule and copy over the keynotes that apply to that project. As long as you have the labels set to “simple schedule numbering” you just click “renumber schedule” once in your new plan and it’s done! Does that make sense? Someone may blow me out of the water with a more efficient way but it works for me!

There’s a combination washer/dryer (one unit like in Europe) in the compact appliances user catalog in Chief

I usually find there will be a distinction on submittal application forms between "conditioned area" versus "finished area" if its a jurisdiction where they place a lot of emphasis on sizing of Heating/Cooling units, so essentially where they ask for Manual J, S, & D for new construction, additions, remodels if you break the thermal envelope, or will replace the units. Forced air systems are sized for the entire house with air supply registers intermittently placed throughout the unfinished basement, which I speculate is because sometimes the basement is closed off with a door at the top of the stairs - sometimes its open to below...and this can be easily altered. "Finished" spaces, however are usually differentiated by completing construction such as framing a wall against the inside of the foundation wall, vapor barrier, cavity insulation, drywall, paint, baseboard, etc., which is when the code requirements for living areas become applicable (outlets to code, natural ventilation/glazing minimums for window openings, etc.) and that room is no longer treated like a basement or storage area. At this point, (generally speaking) only after this point will that portion of the basement be added to the home's living square footage count for permitting/plan review fees and for real estate listings. Of course, this can change depending on the building jurisdiction so verify the locally adopted IRC code version w/ amendments for a "Definitions" section and/or "Measurements" or something similar for how they want this calculated. Also, keep in mind that Zoning and Energy Compliance may want a totally different number for the square footage. If you are still struggling or not sure you've come to the correct answer then post a link to the permitting department website and your plans PDF and I'm sure myself or others will take a look

Hi there, Just to clarify, do you mean display layers or layer sets? Next, yes - you can delete almost all of these components except for the CAD Blocks because some of the user library fixtures need these symbols and are not able to be deleted. For deleting line styles, make sure that you don't have CAD Blocks that are using that particular line type or that line type assigned to a display layer (ex: base cabinet's dashed line type) as that will prevent deletion. If you mean display layers, if you want to reduce the number of display layers there are a couple ways to do this. 1) Deletion - Make sure that nothing on your plan is assigned to that layer and that no dimensions, wall types, text styles, callouts, etc. are either - then most layers should be able to be deleted outside of a core group required for the program. 2) "Merge" layers that you can combine elements on your plan and do not need separate layers for. If you mean layer sets, in order to get rid of the components above you have to delete these in a certain order for them to not be "greyed" out. Off the top of my head.. (and I may transpose a couple of these, but play with it and you'll get there). Deletion order (ish): Plan Views Default Sets Dimensions Styles, Text Styles, Arrows, Callouts, etc. Layer Sets

Alright!! I'm going to try it. Thanks for your input!

Ahhh thank you! So... hear me out. What if... 1) I made another copy of the file to isolate the terrain from the building. 2) Shifted the terrain over as needed on the new isolated copy 3) Deleted the existing terrain entirely from the master file 4) Copy/paste the adjusted terrain from the isolated file....Would this work even a little or would it not build correctly at all? If not, maybe I can create the new terrain perimeter after deleting the original and just paste the elevation lines? Anyone know if there would be errors copy and pasting the entire terrain model, where it goes wrong?

Hi there! I need to move a house over about 3' to take advantage of an encroachment opportunity. I had already "completed" the 3D model including the lot's sloped terrain, driveway and a "retaining wall" (foundation wall). I modeled the terrain using elevation lines which I cut (and put on another layer... I think) around a flattened building pad which was an elevation area. No spot elevations were used. I separated my floor plan 2D drawing from this file previously, so... The primary question, which should I move - the building (with decks) or the terrain? I'd appreciate it if anyone has any insight on the best strategy to go about doing this effectively. I'm sure I can make a botched attempt and spend awhile cleaning up, however I'd love to hear if anyone has run into this and any tips you can share. (I can post jpegs or the file if that's helpful!) Thanks, Kristina

UPDATE: Unfortunately this jurisdiction did not allow for any way to exempt you from a Rescheck report, this might be because they recently changed over to 2021 IRC. Apparently this project type is not allowed to use the prescriptive method… I cannot remember if that was in the Rescheck Alteration guide or if that was per this jurisdiction… In this case, exporting data from a Chief architect file would not work for this one without major editing/deletions since everything but a couple windows are staying the same and I really don’t know for sure what the existing building shell assemblies, insulation types or fenestration energy ratings actually are.) **If someone knows a way to creatively configure Chief settings to make this work, please share.* Ultimately, I got a Rescheck report figured out via manual input with a bunch of tweaks in Rescheck’s project and individual element settings. If anyone runs across this post as 2021 codes are adopted and wants the details of how I did this - feel free to reach out

Hi Joe! My apologies, I must have completely missed this with all the fuss studying and taking my CPBD exam over the weekend. I messaged you!