Architect - Exterior Front Porch
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
Exterior Front Porch
Prepare Construction documents dimensioned and drawn on 36” x 24” paper
1. Plan View: A floor plan indicating the dimensions of the project, location of all walls, doors,
windows, headers and beams (with sizes), structural members (such as floor joists, ceiling joists, and
roof rafters including sizes, dimensions and direction), electrical outlets, electrical switches, lighting,
smoke detectors, escape windows, appliances, electric service panels, bathrooms, furnaces, water
heaters, all materials to be used, ceiling height, and all other pertinent information. If there is to be a
fireplace, installation information must be submitted.
2. Cross Section: Show all materials to be used, basically a slice through the wall showing how the
wall-ceiling-floor construction is to be completed. Indicate as much specific information and detail
as possible.
3. Elevations: Required for exterior renovations only. A drawing showing the house with the
completed addition. Indicate dimensions, door and windows, any new chimneys (indicate height
above closest peak), materials to be used, skylights, exterior lighting, and any other pertinent
information. Be sure to identify sections that are new.
4. Legal Plat of Survey: A registered land surveyor must have prepared the legal plat of survey.
Indicate on it the proposed location of the room addition, the electric meter location, the electric line
location, the dimensions of the proposed room addition, the distance from the room addition to all
property lines, and the location of any basement escape windows (if applicable).
Prepare Construction documents dimensioned and drawn on 36” x 24” paper
1. Plan View: A floor plan indicating the dimensions of the project, location of all walls, doors,
windows, headers and beams (with sizes), structural members (such as floor joists, ceiling joists, and
roof rafters including sizes, dimensions and direction), electrical outlets, electrical switches, lighting,
smoke detectors, escape windows, appliances, electric service panels, bathrooms, furnaces, water
heaters, all materials to be used, ceiling height, and all other pertinent information. If there is to be a
fireplace, installation information must be submitted.
2. Cross Section: Show all materials to be used, basically a slice through the wall showing how the
wall-ceiling-floor construction is to be completed. Indicate as much specific information and detail
as possible.
3. Elevations: Required for exterior renovations only. A drawing showing the house with the
completed addition. Indicate dimensions, door and windows, any new chimneys (indicate height
above closest peak), materials to be used, skylights, exterior lighting, and any other pertinent
information. Be sure to identify sections that are new.
4. Legal Plat of Survey: A registered land surveyor must have prepared the legal plat of survey.
Indicate on it the proposed location of the room addition, the electric meter location, the electric line
location, the dimensions of the proposed room addition, the distance from the room addition to all
property lines, and the location of any basement escape windows (if applicable).