Archive for December 2009
how do you read mobile home floor plans?
December 26, 2009
Upside down while dangling from a trapeze maybe.
do i need planning for a log home in Ireland?
December 26, 2009
we are thinking of buying a 3 bed log home to live in , do we need planning permission ?? I am talking about I reland
If the log cabin is a preexisting structure you will not need planning permission. If you are intending on buying a site and building a log cabin, then you will definitely need planning permission. Also, if you have not been resident in the area you are planning on building in, you will have little chance of securing planning permission as it can be difficult to obtain even for native Irish people. It’s not a very efficiently run process and people complain about it all the time. I would advise you to call the County Council representing the County you are planning on moving to. They will be able to tell you if it is even worth your while making an application. Here is a good website with lots of useful information.
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/planning-permission
Does any expats or thais know of any websites for home plans/designs for building a home in Thailand?
December 26, 2009
I currently live in the USA and my gf lives in Thailand. Just wanted some websites from expats or thais living in Thailand for Home Plans/designs.
Here are some I am taking from a book showing house designs:
http://WWW.MODERNGROUP.CO.TH
http://www.seacon.co.th
http://www.homeplace.co.th
http://www.heritage-houses.com
http://www.royalhouse.net
http://www.landycenter.com
http://www.kmc.co.th
i need a link to a free download of 3d home design program?
December 26, 2009
and i mean 3 dimensions actually
that means design a floor plan and browse in it to see positions of furniture and appliances , i used to use a program named 3d home but i cant find it no more , can anyone help
google sketch-up has come a very long way and works very well…
Ideas for Work From Home Jobs
December 26, 2009
Going on a search for work from home ideas is like looking for hay in a haystack. But finding ideas that work for you is more like looking for a needle in a haystack.
There are several reasons why working from home is becoming so popular. More and more companies are allowing employees to work out of their homes because it saves them money.
People are choosing to work from home to save money, too. Some want to stay home with their children. Some people want to be their own boss. There are as many reasons as there are opportunities.
Its a good idea to sit back and consider what you want to do from home before you go out and search.
What are your talents? Are you an excellent typist? You could do medical transcription from home.
This is becoming a dying form of home employment, though, because many doctors are choosing to dictate their notes into computer voice recognition programs. But some doctors still feel that a real person is much more reliable than a voice program and will pay home transcriptionists to type up their notes.
Other work from home ideas for someone who is good with typing and other computer related talents are data entry jobs from home, freelance writing from home, or research work from home.
Research work from home is mostly conducting research on the internet, but you must be able to compile the information you find in order to present it to your client.
The types of clients that might need research work are lawyers, insurance companies, private detectives, or entrepreneurs starting a business might seek market research.
If you are more talented on the telephone than on the keyboard some work from home ideas for you might include telemarketing, taking telephone orders for an online retailer, or even customer support work from home for a service business or retailer.
Often when you contact customer support you will reach someone who is doing support work from home. The company simply has their customer service telephone line forwarded to your home line during your shift.
List your talents and skills and compile a list of work from home ideas to match them – then get to work on researching them. Then log into the internet to find out more about those ideas.
You may find jobs during your online search to apply for, or you may find information about how to get the jobs that you seek.
The reasons why you are working from home don’t matter, nor what your plans are, the internet provides a raft of data on just about any topic.
It won’t be long before you are working from home.
James Schramko
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/ideas-for-work-from-home-jobs-654397.html
Home Remodeling Plans
December 26, 2009
That’s it! You’re over and done with it, you can’t go through it anymore. No matter how hard you try, your remodeling plans just don’t come out the way you want them too. The easiest option of course would be to get a professional to draw up your home remodeling plans but that just wouldn’t feel right. You’ve been looking forward to this for a long time and you want to do it yourself
The time’s right you’ve saved up enough for you to finally begin on the dream you had when you bought the house, so you definitely want to do the all the home remodeling plans yourself. There’s just one problem though and you have unfortunately been running into it over and over again for the past few weeks.
You only get the weekends and the weeknights in which to go about drawing up your home remodeling plans so it’s taken you this long to see that you truly have hit a snag, a bend in the road that you can’t take.
There are of course a few options available to you, and the first one is what I mentioned earlier. You’re not too keen on taking that option since you know for a fact that you want to do all your remodeling plans by yourself. Even if nothing else, you’re definite on that fact. So that rules that out, and you can go on to option number two.
Now this one isn’t too hard to swallow, but it will take a lot of work on your part. You can hoof it down to the library or a bookstore and get yourself some do it yourself books on how-to home remodel and design. This might take you a few weeks to go through, and if you’re impatient you might not even want to waste that much time on research. After all you don’t have that much free time and whatever holiday you have coming to you, you want to take to finish your remodeling.
So then we come to your third option which I think is the better one. You could invest a little bit of time and some money into buying some software that lets you do all your plans with only the click of mouse and a flick of the wrist.
Simple and easy to use, and you’ll also most likely get a small tutorial to run you through the paces of the software. After which you’ll be ready to get down to your remodeling plans with barely any time lost.
John Pawlett
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/home-remodeling-plans-89767.html
Advertising Your Home Online? Provide A Floor Plan
December 26, 2009
People today are making home buying decisions with the help of the Internet. With most of home shopping done on the Web, sellers are vying to know what attracts them and how to sell their homes faster online.
If you are a home seller and want to sell your home faster, then you may want to include a floor plan in your marketing information. Home buyers are increasingly looking beyond the home pictures that buyers usually provide, and are keen on knowing more about the kind of home they are buying. This is because, unlike home photos that reveal only parts of a home, a floor plan gives the entire picture. There are several features that a floor plan reveals which a home buyer would like to ascertain before he decides on the house. A home buyer can check out if the home has the features he/she requires, whether it is split bedrooms, or a kitchen with a window, or its convenient location near the dining room.
So whether it is an apartment that goes on the market or a listing that is being placed online, home buyers need one important thing to decide – the home plan. According to one real estate agent, home buyers are so particular about seeing floor plans of the homes on the Internet that many request for the home plan to be faxed to them even at the initial stages of home buying process.
Home Plans are popular requests from people who are downsizing too. These prospective home buyers would like to see how exactly their furniture would fit into a house with much smaller space.
By providing a home plan drawing to prospective home buyers, sellers can greatly reduce the time taken for deciding on the home. With the help of a home plan drawing, the home buyer can easily visualize the physical space of the home, especially with floor plans now being available in easy-to-understand three dimensional formats.
A floor plan goes in well with modern marketing tools and techniques. For instance, the Toll Brothers web site allows potential buyers to design their own homes by letting them experiment with the floor plan.
Imagine a prospective home buyer visiting 5 to 25 homes in a weekend. It can’t be said for sure that the person would remember each and every feature of the homes he had visited. For such a person, having a home plan in his/her hand would make it much easier to remember and help choose the home he wants. And home sellers who provide a home plan drawing to prospective home buyers have an edge over other home sellers.
Source: The New York Times
Real Estate Advisor
http://www.articlesbase.com/real-estate-articles/advertising-your-home-online-provide-a-floor-plan-122980.html
Hydraulic Log Splitters
December 18, 2009
For anyone with a lot of wood to cut, owning a log splitter can be a very good investment. If you have a fire place, or if you like to make log furniture, it will pay for itself in no time. A log splitter can be purchased where logging equipment is sold, or you can try to find a new one or make your own to save money.
A hydraulic log splitter is a simple machine consisting of a small Edsel of gasoline engine, an out pump and a hydraulic cylinder. The engine powers the machine, and the oil pump powers the cylinder, which splits the logs. The oil pump has an oil tank and the oil has to be periodically changed.
Hydraulic log splitters usually range from 5 to 8 hp. Splitters intended for home use will have a smaller engine than a commercial one with 10-25 tons of splitting power.
Most people obtain a home splitter to cut their firewood. First a tree is cut and all of the branches removed, using a chainsaw. The trunk of the tree is cut into small pieces with a chain saw and then fed into the splitter. The entire process of cutting wood is fast and easy this way, and jobs that may take days without a splitter can be done in a matter of hours.
Needless to say, a log splitter can be very dangerous. Children should never be allowed to operate this equipment, and should not even be allowed near it when it is operating since flying debris could injure them. Anyone who is operating a log splitter should wear heavy work boots for foot protection, and no loose clothing or long sleeves which can be caught in the machine. Safely glasses are also important for eye protection.
Before operating this machine, be sure to read the manual and be thoroughly familiar with the machine. Be sure no one stands close enough to the machine that they may be hit by pieces of wood flying out. When the machine is in motion, don’t try to adjust the wood pieces. Make sure to use it only during the day and never operate a dangerous machine like this while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. It is important not to use it on a surface that is damp or may be slippery and keep the safety guards on the machine at all times. A log splitter should only be used for splitting logs, no other material.
Besides chopping firewood, a log splitter is great for making log furniture. If you like the look of this rustic furniture, or if you are interested in selling it, yo will also need a chain saw and some other tools.
Some of the tools needed are:
Various size clamps to hold down material
Instruction books and plans
A router
Chisels in a few large sizes
A mallet to drive the chisels
A tenon maker so tenons can be made quickly and all of the same size
Wood guides to shape the wood properly
Eric J. Slarkowski
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/hydraulic-log-splitters-104555.html
Custom House Plans – Finding Quality Custom Home Design With Design Alternatives
December 18, 2009
Drawing custom house plans is an expansive industry, but finding a quality designer with construction experience can be more difficult. Although many individuals claim to be qualified custom home designers, you can determine these qualifications by examining their finished product and verifying satisfaction with their former clients. Quality designs, highly detailed house plans and customer satisfaction are all attributes of an experienced custom home designer.
Integrating many different concepts and functions is necessary to draw a good set of custom house plans. Many designers can come up with interesting ideas, but they are unable to convey these ideas with detailed construction drawings to the home builders. They can draw a nice conceptual picture, but these individuals have little or no construction knowledge to translate these ideas into a detailed set of house plans in which the builder can understand. It is necessary to not only have a keen eye for design, but also a strong understanding of what can be built and how it can be built affordably.
Having been in the home design and construction industry for 20 years, Design Alternatives has seen a large number of house plans which appeared complete at first glance. Although further examination sometimes revealed that these so called custom house plans lacked large amounts of pertinent information. If a set of construction drawings is not easy to read or thoroughly detailed, the builder is left to make his own interpretation which inevitably leads to guesswork. This ultimately means increased building costs since he will have to inflate his bid to make sure he covers any unknown construction costs.
When evaluating the quality level of house plans, certain items to check are the amount of pertinent dimensions, notes and details. Highly detailed sets of custom house plans will always include the necessary information to build the house in a productive and affordable way. You will find many Home Plans available today are incomplete while only showing the design concept rather than the detail. Any time your builder is left to guess at how something will be built, it will obviously add cost to your home construction project. Not all designers go the extra mile to create a quality and useful finished set of house plans, so make sure the custom home designer you select has design as well as construction knowledge.
Design Alternatives Custom Home Design takes pride in offering its clients quality custom house plans which comes from the vast experience received during its 20 years in the custom home design and construction industry. This experience along with the long list of satisfied clients has proven to be the driving force of success for Design Alternatives.
Bill Browne
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/custom-house-plans-finding-quality-custom-home-design-with-design-alternatives-715677.html
Log Cabin House Plans – 5 Tips for Creating Your Log Cabin Floor Plans
December 18, 2009
Log cabin house plans will be used to build a rustic cabin made of wood logs or log-like materials. Log cabin house plans can be simple four-corner structures that remind us of the old shelters of long ago or the log cabin floor plans can be used to build a modern sophisticated structure.
When one thinks of living in a cabin, images of the crackling fireplace combined with your favorite beverage and great conversation with family or friends come to mind. Today, log cabin floor plans can be well-built, economical plans that allow you to build your own small home from the plan that you have purchased. Log cabins come in a variety of designs, sizes and intended uses. Often used as small vacation homes, they can be comfortable rustic cottages that blend harmoniously with the woods, mountains, near a stream or anywhere that peace and tranquility are the rule.
Here are five tips for having those log cabin house plans that will provide you that dream:
1 – Create Your List of Needs and Wants – your needs are items that you must have to function every day while wants are the items that are not required every day but would be considered luxury items. When you add in the extra costs of the various wants to your log cabin floor plans, you may discover that having less provides you more enjoyment for your home.
2 – Consider a 4-Corner Cabin House – if your budget is tight, a structure with four corners and simple roof system will be the least expensive one to build from your log cabin house plans. Each additional corner adds to the finished cost as do hips and valleys in the roof. The trade-off for simplicity in the design of your log cabin floor plans may provide you a larger home for the same price.
3 – Use a Pier System Foundation – check your local building code or with a local builder to see if your site allows the use of a pier foundation. This foundation will cost significantly less than a more expensive crawl space, slab or stone foundation. The finish of the foundation is not a major visual element once the landscaping has been completed.
4 – Be Careful Choosing Your Design Based on the Cheapest Price – the cheapest bid may not be your best option. When you are evaluating overall bids, if you decide based only on the amount of the bid, you may be in for a surprise later. You will want to be sure that if you are going to have a contractor build your log cabin house plans for you, that he or she has sufficient experience in the kind of work they will be doing for you. A professional contract can be somewhat lengthy if it covers the important obligations of you and the builder. You will want your attorney to review the contract to be sure it is fair to both parties. Do not sign a contract that has too much left out or if it is too one-sided, favoring the builder.
5 – Use In-Stock Plans – custom log cabin house plans created from the beginning cost considerably more than stock plans. Find stock plans that you like. If you need to make changes to stock plans, it is much more cost-effective to modify existing log cabin floor plans to fit your needs and design. Also, be aware of the materials to be used in your construction. Choosing standard in-stock building materials like window and door sizes, trims, fireplace and cabinets in the kitchen and baths will save considerably over the costs of custom sizes.
If possible, visit local log home builder shows. You can talk with log builders, see their floor plan designs, talk with other persons interested in building and learn more about the building process. Go online and purchase log cabin house plans books and magazines. Search for plans on the online plan services websites using the criteria needed for your project. As you search online for great plans, keep a notebook of your ideas when you see features in plans that you would like to have in your home.
And finally, relax and have fun! Make the planning stage an enjoyable educational experience as you organize your ideas. No matter whether you are just starting to organize your thoughts or are well along in your log cabin house plans design, learn as much as you can about creating your own log cabin floor plans design that will give you, your family and friends much enjoyment and pleasure for many years to come.
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David Lee Buster
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