So we eliminated it and put that coordination responsibility onto the contractor … and have never heard one peep about it. It was typically just a 1/2″ larger than the actual window itself and on occasion, we might change window manufacturer’s during construction for cost adjustment purposes, and that particular window manufacturer might have a different rough opening requirement. We used to have a column titled “Rough Opening” which would be the opening that the framer should frame to accommodate our window … except I found it to be worthless. It is made up of a listing of windows, it identifies them by type, identifies the details associated with that particular window, and any specialty notes or comments we feel should be given additional consideration. I don’t think this schedule – or its arrangement – to be particularly unique. I think most people could figure this schedule out for themselves but I thought I would add some additional clarify notes along the bottom. Let me enlarge it and break it down into those two distinctions – I have drawn a red box around the portion of this sheet I will be looking at today a tabular schedule and a graphic representation of that schedule – something that we typically include. I decided to use this project as my case study because A) so many people are familiar with it, and b) it is well documented and it contains just about every single schedule type that I would want to talk about … which brings us back around to window schedules.
This is a typical schedules sheet from one of my projects … in fact, this happens to be from one of the early iterations of the Modern Cabin Project. (by the way, all the images in today’s post can be enlarged in a new window just by clicking on them) I decided to start with the humble Window Schedule because it’s relatively straightforward and would allow me the opportunity to talk about drafting schedule nomenclature just a bit.
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Schedules, in general, have been on my list as a topic for this series since day one and I have been thinking about how to approach them for there are so many to consider: Door, Window, Finish, Lighting, Plumbing, and Casework just to name a few. Apparently, I am a glutton for punishment because Architectural Graphics 101 the series is back after an unreasonably short time to discuss window schedules.