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Offline dubber36

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Re: Any decent room planners on here need some advice?
« Reply #30 on: 20 July 2014, 16:51 »
Where are your stairs?
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Re: Any decent room planners on here need some advice?
« Reply #31 on: 20 July 2014, 16:58 »
Yeah haven't worked out how to use the program yet I did this off the bat, but stairs per floor would only use about 4x5ft of extra space attached to the front door. I'm still playing around but this was what I was looking for and the note made life easier for me! I tried using smart draw and find that too technical but it did have stairs as a template!
I'll play some more but visually it meets what I had in mind as a reference point.
   

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Re: Any decent room planners on here need some advice?
« Reply #32 on: 21 July 2014, 08:30 »
Stairs take up more space than you might think. You need a landing at the top, you can't just go through a door half way up like you have shown. You also need space at the bottom that is clear of intrusions such as door swings.

If the building has more than 2 floors, you need to think about how you get to the second flight. Depending on the uses of the building, single domestic dwelling, shared stair serving more than one unit, commercial, all effect the dimensions of the staircase. You also need to consider fire and sound separation.

There is a lot more to this building designing malarky that people give us credit for. Seriously, you need to get some help before you go too far down the line with a project that you think will make you some money.   
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Re: Any decent room planners on here need some advice?
« Reply #33 on: 21 July 2014, 08:38 »
Agreed its defo alot more complex typical stairs are either built as one house open or like you said three separate landings per floor. Either way rental is ave 1.5 to 2k per floor per mth on a rental market out there. No issues of making money just exploring options but fire codes are tough.
This isnt the first building project ive worked on and being in densely populated town space is always an issue.