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CONSTRUCTION LICENSE

When you purchase the construction drawings for a Design Basics home plan, you receive the construction drawings and a Construction License. The Construction License grants you certain rights in building the home purchased, including:

NO RE-USE FEES.
As the original purchaser of this or any other Design Basics home plan, the Construction License permits you to build the plan as many times as you like.

LOCAL PLAN MODIFICATIONS.
The Construction License allows you to make modifications to your Design Basics plans. You may have the desired changes done locally by a qualified draftsman, designer, architect or engineer.

Of course, Design Basics offers a complete Plan Alteration service. Whos know our plans better than ourselves and we provide no-cost price quotes for all plan alterations.

RUNNING ADDITIONAL COPIES.
Your plans are sent to you on vellum or bond paper that reproduces well. The Construction License authorizes you or your reproduction vendor, at your direction, to make as many copies of the plan from the construction prints as you need for construction purposes.

Construction Drawings / Prints - SAVE $75.00 - PDF File - $705.00*

Each of our home plans is available to you in a PDF format sent to you via email.  Get your plan the same day if ordered by 2pm CT or on the next business day. PDF's are delivered to an email address of your choice.  Take it to your local copy center with your construction license to print as many copies as you require.

The cost is $75.00 less than the one set construction print. A $15.00 handling fee is applicable in place of the shipping fee.  As with our printed construction prints, we place an overlay with your company name or name and your order number on each page.  Your PDF is delivered to your email address.  The PDF can be ordered online or by calling 800.947.7526.

*Due to the nature of this product, all PDF sales are final with no returns or exchanges possible.

Construction Drawings / Prints - One Set Bond - $780.00

Construction Drawings / Prints - Four Sets Bond - $855.00

Construction Drawings / Prints - Eight Sets Bond - $930.00

Blueprint paper is a type of light-sensitive photographic paper (called diazo paper) on which architectural plans traditionally were printed . Blueprints cannot be reproduced and fade over time.

Design Basics uses another type of paper called Bond. There are two main advantages of Bond prints over Blueprints. Bond prints can be reproduced and do not fade over time.

Some designers and plan web site still offer prints on Vellum. In the past, the main advantage of vellum was that is was erasable with an electric eraser. Today, that is not necessarily true. Other designers and web sites may still offer construction prints on vellum and charge you a premium, Design Basics has discontinued offering construction prints on vellum.

Construction Drawings / Prints - CAD File - $1,355.00

This design is also available in a variety of CAD File Formats. CAD Files are burned to CD-ROM and requires a 2-3 business day lead time. CAD files may also be emailed.

No matter the type of construction drawing / prints you purchase, you receive a complete set of construction drawings. The page images shown below are representative and for illustrative purposes only. Each set of plans includes at least the following pages:

Cover Page. Each Design Basics home plan features the rendered elevation and informative reference sections including: general notes and design criteria ¹; abbreviations; and symbols for your Design Basics' plan.

¹ Our plans are drafted to meet average conditions and codes in the state of Nebraska at the time they were designed. Because codes and requirements can change, and may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, Design Basics Inc. cannot warrant compliance with any specific code or regulation. All Design Basics plans can be adapted to the local building codes and requirements. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or builder of each plan to see that the structure is built in strict compliance with the governing municipal codes (city, count, state and federal).

Elevations. Drafted at 1/4" scale for the front and 1/8" scale for the rear and sides. All elevations are detailed and an aerial view of the roof is provided, showing all hips, valleys and ridges.

Foundation.
Drafted at 1/4" scale. Poured or block basement or slab foundations are standard. We also show the HVAC equipment, structural information, steel beam and pole locations and the direction and spacing of the floor system above. Optional slab and crawl space foundations are available for $150.00².

² (excludes designs 9000 - 9xxx and 24000 - 24xxx. Carmichael & Dame Designs (9000 - 9xxx) and WL Martin Designs (24000 - 24xxx) designs come standard with a slab foundation.  WL Martin Designs have basement and crawl space foundations available as  optional items at $150.00. Carmichael & Dame Designs have a basement  foundation option at $150.00. Crawl Space Foundations are considered a custom change item and are priced at about $350.00).

Main Level Floor Plan.
1/4" scale. Fully dimensioned from stud to stud for ease of framing. 2"x4" walls are standard. The detailed drawings include such things as structural header locations, framing layout and kitchen layout.¹

Second Level Floor Plan. 1/4" scale. Dimensioned from stud to stud and drafted to the same degree of detail as the main level floor plan.¹

Interior Elevations.
Useful for the cabinet and bidding process, this page shows all kitchen and bathroom cabinets as well as any other cabinet elevations.

Electrical and Sections.
Illustrated on a separate page for clarity, the electrical plan shows suggested electrical layout for the foundation, main and second level floor plans. Typical wall, cantilever, stair, brick and fireplace sections are provided to further explain construction of these areas.

Roof Framing Plan.
Illustrated on a separate page for clarity, the roof framing plan shows the suggested dimensional plan showing lengths, runs, ridge heights and wall plate heights.

** This page not included with floor plans adapted for ICF Products **

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

During construction of the home. our Technical Support Specialists are trained to answer questions regarding construction methods, framing techniques and more.

Full Technical Support is available FREE of charge for any plan purchased from Design Basics for most questions.

Call 800-947-7526.