What this work involves
Sketches, application drawings and construction drawings serve different purposes. Define the documents and detail level required, and check existing dimensions first.
- Survey and existing situation
- Layout and alternatives
- Elevations and sections
- Structure and installation coordination
- Application and construction documents
Use the following design considerations when coordinating this service with a wider project. Agree which parts apply to your request.
Use the section towards the garden as a shared drawing for specialists.
What the drawing needs to explain
Draw one section through the kitchen, glazing and terrace. Include finished floor levels, the roof edge and shading position; separate supplier sketches do not fully show these relationships.
Decide this before construction
Fix the kitchen layout and finished floor levels before ordering services and glazing. Plan the outdoor transition too, even when garden work will follow later.
Compare the complete intervention
Compare the glazing, rooflight and terrace reinstatement together in the budget. If a cheaper door system requires a different floor build-up, include that consequence in the same comparison.
Cost factors for this service
Scale, available information, detail and agreed revisions affect the work.
Bring this to the discussion
Existing plans, photographs, wishes and the proposed change.
Questions about the work
Is a design drawing enough for construction?
Not always. Further dimensions, details, installation information and materials may be needed. Define each drawing's purpose.
The design situations here illustrate choices; they are not completed projects or a diagnosis of your property.