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Nate Nagel Nate Nagel is offline
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:21:45 -0500, dpb wrote:


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In Florida it appears the other thing homeowners can't do is draw
their own plans. You can do all the work once you do get the permit
tho.


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Isn't it that you have to have plans professionally stamped that is the
actual requirement, not the origin of the drawing itself, though?
That is, you _could_ do the design and drawings then take them to the
engineer and get the approval (assuming you could find an engineer
willing to work on that basis, of course, which would undoubtedly cost
way more than them doing it from the git-go even if would accept the job).



That was one of my ill fated trips down town. They rejected a stamped
plan because it wasn't the "scale" they wanted. (11 x 14, not the huge
paper everyone else uses) even though the whole project fit on it in
the standard 1/4" per foot. The woman actually told me they don't want
to look at "hand drawn" plans. I am not sure where she thinks the rest
of the plans actually come from.


CAD, mostly.

which reminds me, I've been meaning to CAD up my house for just this
eventuality, and I haven't gotten very far with it.

nate

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