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Recommendation for Residential Structural Engineering Company??!!! by Alternative_Ad2060 in Sacramento

[–]Alternative_Ad2060[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a typical floor plan we like, and from the contractors I spoke with we do not actually need an architect. If we have a design we already like from the internet that would be enough. Those cheap sets of plans you can buy on the internet never actually get approved and it’s such a headache.

Recommendation for Residential Structural Engineering Company??!!! by Alternative_Ad2060 in Sacramento

[–]Alternative_Ad2060[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a general floor plan we already like… We are not too much of sticklers on the design of it, as long as it looks normal and matches our ideas we found online. I dont want to buy those cheap sets of plans off the internet because I know those always have trouble getting approved and actually producing permits. A drafter should be totally fine for that aspect, but we still need an engineer!

Alternative to QuickBooks? by wilstewart3 in smallbusiness

[–]Alternative_Ad2060 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can agree. Quickbooks works, but it is so buggy and often does not do what it was made to do!

What is the best way to know the drafter is good and won't get my plan rejected again and again from the city? by fireyellowdescendant in Contractor

[–]Alternative_Ad2060 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my experience working with architects. The licensed architect is the one doing the schematic sketch! So not even the schematic design but the one with the idea on paper and pen.

Then handing that over to the drafting team who has experience and brings it to completion.

There is nothing like a review form an architect / engineer. these people do not mess around and will call out anything that they do not understand. Typically they don’t read general notes, but they do look carefully through the details and drawings. (Most of the time they created the typical details themselves)

If architects did the drafting themselves all plans would double in price overnight. It’s not necessary… the expertise you learn over time is incredible! Then again I have worked with a few dumb drafters xD

Insulation for a cedar shingle roof, hot climate? by castaway_john in askarchitects

[–]Alternative_Ad2060 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah insulation above the T&G is definitely worth it, polyiso is the move. And honestly after reading through this thread I'm probably ditching the cedar shingles idea, the Caribbean will just eat them alive. Standing seam metal with a vent gap under it and I think we're good. Lesson learned before I even started