Design
Samplers |
Summary: |
- Hand-Drawn Floor Plans & Front Elevation
- $29 to $69 +
tax (if applicable)
and shipping
- 2 Sets of 11x17 B-size prints at 3/32" or 1/8" scale
- Planning Workbook included with all DS’s - 3D Perspective
views are included with some designs
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Deliverables: |
Design Samplers (DS) are hand-sketched drawings, as illustrated
on the website and in our Design Gallery Plan Book. You
get 2 sets of prints on 11x17 paper. They include the
floor plans and at least one elevation (usually the front elev.),
drawn to-scale at either 1/8” = 1 foot or 3/32” to
1 foot. Some plans also come with 3D perspective views
as well. “DS” orders include our invaluable
Planning Workbook. |
Purpose: |
Design Samplers are intended to help you decide whether the
design will fit your needs prior to purchasing the more
expensive Prelim's or full sets of plans. They make an excellent
early planning tool. DS’s are fine for making basic “Revision” changes
and are the very best starting point for more extensive changes
that will be made during the “Design Development” process,
both of which are the processes undergone to perfect a plan
when the original design does not exactly meet your needs or
the building site. |
What's
Next?: |
To commission us to customize your plan, first make applicable
notes and make mark-up changes to our drawings and/or simply
complete the ALTH Planning Workbook. Then send copies
back to us for a quote of our unique “Full Service
Agreements” or the “Revision Service” or “Design
Development Service”, any of which has us customize
the plan to better suit your needs. Additional purchase*
is required if you wish someone else to take our copyrighted
design and make changes and/or to generate full plans for you. |
Important Notes: |
*Design Samplers do NOT come with a design
release of the copyright (see below). A license is issued through
one of four mechanisms; 1) the purchase of Prelim’s,
described below, plus the associated design release fee,
or 2) the purchase of either the “A” or “CD” plan
sets or 3) by commissioning us to perform revisions, design
development or our full service, or 4) by purchasing an Alpenglow “Kit
Home Package”. |
Preliminary
Drawings |
Summary: |
- CAD-Drawn Floor Plans & Four Elevations
- $125 - $490 + tax (if applicable) and shipping
- 2 sets of 24x36 D-size prints at 3/16" or 1/4" scale
- Planning Workbook included with all DS’s - 3D Perspective
views are included with some designs
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Deliverables: |
These large scale
Prelim’s of the floor plans and elevations provide the
very best planning tools. Prelim’s are precision drawn
in CAD and are output for you on 2 sets of 24 x 36 full size
sheets at standard scales of ¼” to 1 foot or at
a slightly smaller scale of 3/16” to 1 foot for the very
large homes. Some plans include various 3D perspective
views and all Prelim’s include 2 sets of the Design Sampler
and a copy of our invaluable Planning Workbook. Extra
sets of Prelim’s are $50-$75/set depending on the design
or .DWF files can be email sent to your output service or local
printer or directly to you, for a fee of $17.50. To avoid shipping
costs on your order and additional set costs entirely, specify
on your order “send .DWF files” and provide
us with the email address to send to. |
Purpose: |
Prelim’s
are generally used for the most effective early planning stage
purposes, as they offer the benefit of the larger scale and
more precision than the Design Samplers and therefore serve
well as a markup set for modifications. They also provide
a more effective tool in early talks with builders during interview
stages and onsite visits and can usually suffice in a submittal
packet for most subdivision architectural review committees. Prelim’s
are the precursor to the production of the more informative
and complete Architectural Plans, which then lead to the Structural
Plans that make up Construction Documents. Like Design Samplers,
this product can be used to mark up desired modifications by
your builder, you, or during design development meetings (with
us or any other design professional you choose) to whatever
degree of customization is required. |
What's
Next?: |
Minor changes
and customization can be done by us through our “Revision
Service” or more extensive modifications can be created
through our “Design Development” process, both
of which are the processes undergone to perfect a plan when
the original design does not exactly meet your needs or the
building site. To commission us to perfect the plan, first
make applicable notes and make mark-up changes on our drawings
and/or simply complete the ALTH Planning Workbook. Then
send copies back to us for a quote of our unique “Full
Service Agreements” or “Revision Service” or “Design
Development Service”, any of which has us customize
the plan to better suit your needs. Additional purchase*
is required if you wish someone else to take our copyrighted
design and make changes and/or to generate full plans for you. |
Important
Notes: |
*Purchase of
Preliminary Drawings entitles the purchaser to also acquire
a license to use the copyrighted design outside ALTH’s
services for the construction of one home. With the license
you may revise and/or generate construction plans using any
drafting/engineering/architectural firm you choose. Cost
is just $115 for the license for plans in the Tahoe Cottage
Collection, the High Country Chalets and the Southwest Series. The
cost is just $250 for our larger designs, which are found in
the Colorado Craftsman Collection. |
Architectural
Plans |
Summary: |
- Prelim’s + much more
- $425 - $2,100 + tax (if applicable) and shipping
- 2 sets of 24x36 D-size prints at 3/16" or 1/4" scale
- 3D Perspective views are included with some designs
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Deliverables: |
These plans are
CAD-drawn and are output for you on 2 sets of 24 x 36 full
size sheets at standard scales of ¼” to 1 foot
or, for the very large homes, the scale is at 3/16” to
1 foot. In addition to the floor plans and elevations
of the design (the Prelim’s) the following is added:
a cover sheet with a window schedule and other basic info,
plus 2-4 cross section drawings which show cut-away views that
help tell the story of how the home is to be constructed, plus
a basic roof plan (not a framing plan), and finally the electrical
plans are included. The design license – copyright
release is included in the purchase of the A-Set along with
2 sets of the Design Sampler and our invaluable Planning Workbook. Extra
copies of the A-Sets are $50-$75/set depending on the design
or .DWF files can be email sent to your output service or local
printer or directly to you, for a fee of $17.50. To avoid shipping
costs and additional set costs entirely, specify on your order “send
.DWF files” and provide us with the email address
to send to. |
Purpose: |
The Architectural
Plans are typically not purchased if revisions
or design development are to be commenced. As-is, they
provide more in depth information about the anatomy of the
designs structure and are appropriate when the plan is not
expected to dramatically change. They are also commonly
purchased when the customer knows they will be building a stick-framed
home (Note: ALTH specializes in non-standard building systems-
homes constructed of Log, SIP, post & beam, timber frame,
and hybrid structural components). This is also an ideal
product to provide your drafter, engineer or architect if it
is already known you will not be using ALTH for full services
or a kit home package. This product does not need to be purchased
if ALTH is to provide further design Revisions, Design
Development or for our unique Full ServiceAgreements or
our Kit Home Packages. |
Important
Notes: |
The A-Set does
not constitute a complete set of construction documents (see
CD’s and information given below). However, the
Architectural Set is the jumpstart that catapults the creation
of construction documentation that is based upon the building
components and systems that will be used for your specific
project. |
Construction
Documents (CD’s) |
Summary: |
- A-Set + Structural Plans Set
- $895 - $3,300 + tax (if applicable) and shipping
- 2 sets of 24x36 D-size Prints at 3/16" or 1/4" scale
- 3D Perspective views are included with some designs
|
Deliverables: |
These plans are CAD-drawn and are output
on 2 sets of 24 x 36 full size sheets at standard scales of ¼” to
1 foot or for the very large homes at 3/16” to 1 foot.
This minimum set of Construction Documents (CD’s) consists
of the A-Set described above, which is joined by the Structural
Plans (S-Set), to formulate what many accept as complete working
drawings for construction. The S-Set consists of the
foundation layout, first and second floor framing layouts and
a roof layout, usually based on either a SIP roof or I-Beam
rafters (stick-framed). Some standard construction details
are also included. Extra CD sets are $75-$100/set depending
on the design or .DWF files can be email sent to your output
service or local printer or directly to you, for a fee of $17.50.
To avoid shipping costs and additional set costs entirely,
specify on your order “send .DWF files” and
provide us with the email address to send to. |
Purpose: |
If you are building a stick framed home
with one of our designs please purchase one of our products
that includes the design release license, such as the A-Set
or this CD product and then hire a local drafting, engineering,
or architectural firm (also see ** note below for info on our
services). Your local professional will review the plans
and make applicable adjustments and/or additions for final
submittals to your local building department. |
Important
Notes: |
In some cases where building will
take place in less restrictive locales, our stock plans can
be submitted for building permits. However, in most cases
the plans will need to be reviewed for site-specific sizing
of foundation footings, retaining walls, beams, headers, shear
wall lateral analysis and certain building connections. **If
you are want a building system that we specialize in (Log,
SIP, post & beam, timber frame or hybrid), our stock plans
can be site-specific engineered and reviewed for local code
compliance by us through our unique Full Service Agreements or
by purchasing a Kit Home Package from us, in which case
separate purchase of the A-Set or CD’s is not necessary. |
Digital
CAD Files |
Deliverables: |
Zipped .DWG files saved back to AutoCAD
2000i and emailed with .ctb files & fonts. X-ref’s
are used for title block & border, some notes and for the
floor plans. Keynotes are used to make for easy, global
callout changes and plots are set up to be done from paper
space. Files are emailed to purchaser, or his/her drafter/engineer/architect,
as instructed. In the event the customer’s drafter
does not use AutoCAD the files can be changed to .DXF format
for an additional fee. |
Purpose: |
Digital files
can expedite your process dramatically, so that your CAD professional
is potentially up and running and in position to make changes,
do engineering or add information immediately upon receipt
of the CAD files. |
Important
Notes: |
Price is applicable
for each portion of the plans. For example, if the CD’s
were ordered the total charge would be 3x the posted price
(Prelim’s + A-Set + S-Set). If the A-Set were ordered
the total charge would be 2x the posted price (Prelim’s
+ A-Set). If just the Prelim’s were ordered the
total charge would be just the price posted. |
Please Respect Copyright
Laws
Recent changes in the US copyright laws allow for statutory
penalties for copyright infringement involving part or all
of any of the copyrighted plans found on this website or in
our Design Gallery publication. Copyright laws can be confusing,
but in short;
You must have specific written permission or license to
build a home from a copyrighted design, even if the finished
home has been changed from the original plan. It is illegal
to build one of the homes found in this publication without
a license, but we've made it easy to use legally our designs.
By simply purchasing an inexpensive set of "Prelim's" and
by paying a small additional fee, you are thereby entitled
to use our designs to modify and/or create construction drawings
for the purposes of building a home. The cost for the
design release license is only $250 for the large plans found
in the Colorado Craftsman Collection and just $115 for all
other plans, unless otherwise posted. The design release
license is automatically included with no additional costs
when the A-Set or S-Set is purchased or when ALTH is commissioned
to perform Revision Services or Design Development or our Full
Service offerings. |