Fitted Kitchen Scale Drawing ... Step 2.
Now the outline plan has been drawn to a scale of 1:20 you can proceed to draw a simple elevation (flat front view) of each wall.
The reason for doing so is twofold:
1. It is a good way to check the kitchen you are planning fits into its "boundaries" correctly
2. It is a good way of visualizing the kitchen design as it builds up, particularly for those people for who "plans" mean nothing
Drawing out an elevation of each wall to a scale of 1:20 is as easy as drawing your plan to the same scale, i.e.
Take any of the walls individually and draw the outline onto the 5mm squared paper - remembering that each square represents 100mm.
So, if one of your walls is 3000mm long, and the ceiling height is 2400mm, you need to draw a horizontal line 30 squares long, then at either end a vertical line 24 squares high, and finally a line "representing the ceiling" between the two vertical ones (which will be 30 squares long), as shown below:
You can now add features to this blank elevation of the wall, such as a window, wall boiler, etc.
To add features just take the dimensions of the "obstacle" and align them on the elevation grid.
The example below shows the position of a window that is 1200mm long, 1050mm high, 1000mm from the floor, and 400mm from the right hand wall:
Now, every time you enter something on to the plan, also enter it on to the relevant wall elevation ... to check there is physical space for it.
Example below:
... when the elevation drawing is complete, the 100mm squares that show between the worktop and the underside of the worktop are a nice template to use for tiling (and working out tile patterns) - particularly if you intend using 4 inch tiles (each square ~ represents one tile)
1:20 Scale Drawing made easy ... | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 |
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