Can You Draw Your Own Blueprints?? (DIY Home Design)

In this video I go over our completed set of DIY house plans (blueprints). I hand drew these plans and submitted them to the county for approval. As you have seen in some of our previous videos we had originally planned on building an A-Frame, but changed our design when the county informed us we would have to hire an engineer to look at the plans.

We designed these plans ourselves with no previous experience. We are hoping to make this a sustainable home, with rainwater harvesting, and solar panels, we'll cover all that in a later video.

I am not an architect or draftsman, but even then it still isn't that hard to draw your own house plans. It just took research, and patience... and a ruler...

If you have any questions about our plans or the build process leave a comment bellow and I will get back to you with the best answer I have.

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[shellieosborne]

This is totally awsome. You rock at this, I learned alot. Having my husband watch this after I do. Im gonna give him a test, since he's building our house. 😮😊

[tobyswope]

I'm barely a minute into your video and I can already tell that this is going to be awesome. Nice work, super helpful thank you

[diamondbolton]

Thoroughly explained but simply translated. Good job.

[dopeman]

Great video! thanks for sharing the knowledge looking forward to see the PDF version!

[.gatuquan]

Thumb up. I am planning to draw my own blueprint for a cabin/shed and this really helps.

[greencutsguelphlandscaping]

Thank you so much for your help. I cannot express how much this video has helped me.

[jessicawhite]

So happy I came across your video! Makes me wanna get to drawing!

[bigmama]

Thanks very informative, I'm learning online to build my Grandma's house, still drawing the house plan and your video got me right on track.

[inmyimage]

Looks like a nice sized couples cottage but have you thought about how flexible it would be to do an addition if you decide to have kids sometime in the future?

When shopping for the staircase, really evaluate the ease of use with a sprained ankle, broken leg or back injury. Handrails will be a feature you will appreciate when one of you eventually has an injury that affects your mobility. I have a spinal cord injury and if we had a typical small spiral staircase we would be looking at a major remodel or potentially even being forced to sell if we couldn't afford the remodeling.

Speaking of spiral staircases... they are not well suited for moving furniture so you should give some thought to getting a window that can open enough or have panels that can be easily removed in case you need to move something that simply won't fit up a spiral staircase.

[Icecreamman]

I must say l have search architect videos and this video covers exactly what l was looking for. If you show the written information on right it would be complete to understand the permit requirements. Thanks

[JonesNate]

I'm looking for info on _how_ to draw plans like these, and what's required to be in them. But, this is more of a video on *what* you included in your plans, and not really about _how_ you drafted them.

Do you have a video where you explain more about the how and why, regarding the plans?

[lauradrennan]

The inspector taking notes on that extra ft 😂

[LTDan-pkmx]

Very nice bud! I am in the process of wanting to build large dormers on my 22 x 24 ft garage w/ 12-12 pitch. I have added 2 x 10s w/ simpson bracket on outside next to existing 2 x 6s, glue lamb in center covered w/ 3/4 t&g. I want the dormers to be 12 to 14 ft wide going both directions, front and back with same style windows as in house. I have 12 ft head room from ridge to floor. My plan is to approach planning/building county dept that it will be a craft/storage room with power. Any Thoughts? Great video!!

[paulaziglar]

I love your other videos too -- You make good points about using the Zip sheathing instead of the house wrap. My QUESTION TODAY is: Did you do your drawings on 1/4 inch grid paper? Did you use the 8.5 x 11 and then have it enlarged for blueprints or what? Thanks for all you do.

[patrickjones]

Excellent video. I am now drawing my own plans thanks to your help. I'm guessing that you don't need engineer stamped plans where your located? How did you figure out your snow and wind loads? Where I'm at they exceed the code book chart.

[ROYALDONTPLAY]

So you have to make one of these to build a mobile home right?

[chrissd]

Just found your channel, looks great! Did the county require a hood/vent over your stove?

[dc-wpoc]

Nice work! How did you discover the span capabilities and spacing requirements of the I-joists?
Can you also comment on how you calculated the BTU requirements?

[paulaziglar]

Good job! Apparently you have had some education in construction. My 1st question is how can I learn what a foundation looks like? I want a slab foundation -- I think a monolithic slab would be ok for my very small one-story house, but I also need the cheapest, so I think that too would be the monolithic. How can I find out how to draw that?

[humangoodness]

Thank you. Can the footing go beyond the setback? In your example, the footing is 3 foot outside the building edge, can the building edge be on the setback or should it be 3 feet away?