How-To: Reading Construction Blueprints & Plans | #2 

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Matt , your a better teacher than any professor I had in college. The key to communication is brevity. Your brief and concise explanations are awesome!

I once again thank you for your helpful teaching, doing great

you said it perfectly, architects make things look pretty and structural engineers make it work

DUDE! Yes. This is what i wanted from a builder for a while, I'm glad it was you to explain it.

Yes, please ! Make the “cross-reference architecture and structured “series . Thanks for sharing your knowledge 👍

Hey Brother just wanna say thank you for taking the time to teach people how to read prints. I've been a carpenter almost 15 years and sometimes you really don't get the opportunity to practice reading prints on the job.

I'm glad I have time to learn from RU-vid again, and you're the first person I looked up! I appreciate the knowledge you share and I admire how humble you are. I've been pursuing a career in construction for years, and every employer has failed to give me the opportunities I deserved. I'm transitioning out of the military and found a great company that is teaching me a lot. As I commented on your IG, I feel so behind and unworthy starting as a laborer for the 5th time in my life. I asked my superintendent for advice on moving up fast, and he told me to learn to read plans so here I am! You motivate and inspire me brother. I hope to be in a position with endless knowledge like you are.

Hey Matt! Thank you for putting in the time to do this. And helping us young carpenters develop our careers further.

Appreciate the content Matt! Just a young carpenter out here in Hawaii trying to make it in the industry. Keep up the great work!

I'm a new carpenter in Phx Az, Your videos are awesome. They are informative & interesting. I have literally been studying your videos so please keep making more stuff like this. 🔨💪🏾

Yes , please more framing blueprints reading. Thank you for teaching skills.

Thank you Matt you are a wealth of knowledge! I'm committed to forever being an "apprentice", and constantly learning.

I have a job interview for assistant Superintendent for a home building company, i have 16 years of welding/fabricating and i know how to read those blueprints. I am trying to prep for blueprint questions. These are so helpful!!!!!! Thankyou!!!

I saw in the comments someone was asking for this, nice job getting to it so fast!

Dude.. You're FREAKING GOOD... great , simple explanations and descriptions... Thanks !

Thanks so much for these very useful videos. As a young architect, these videos have helped me to review what I already learned in the Technical and Construction document class when I was in architecture school. I hope to watch more videos like this. Thanks again!

Thank you very much much bro. Well explained, I am a draftsman and I am still learning about plans details, please continue to make more plan reading videos, God bless

Yes please make a video about referencing architectural and structural

Thank you Matt as all your drawing videos this one is greaTTTT!!!! Thank you for doing this for us!

Really appreciate this educational planning video

Hey man appreciate this, just passed my NC residential test, so this is my step 2. you'll be seeing a lot of me lol

Love this video. Would love to see more.

Ive been waiting for you to upload this! Im a 2nd year carpenter. Currently studying plans everynight after work. These videos help a lot.

Thanks Matt.this kind of videos I was waiting for 👍

Thank you so much you are doing good thanks I am learning

yes can you make more how to reading plans videos this helps me out a lot im new to the business and I want to learn as much as I can

Hi Matt. Great tutorial on reading plans. Looks like the swelling is gone from your jaws also. 😀 Can't wait to see the next build. Enjoy the day. Ray L

You know I love your videos!

Thanks a lot, please post the next video.

Another great one,Love it

Great explaining thank you 🙏🏼

Thanks Matt,Some assembly required!

Yr videos have more details and beneficial! Thank you

Matt, thanks for the video I really appreciate and please can you tell me the difference between structural and architectural drawings.

I find it amazing reviewing plans and knowing which ones were done in autocad opposed to Revit. Autocad just simply looks like lines on a page, wheras Revit has more detail, linewights are more proportionate, detailing is a lot more intense. Just based on the technicians skill level I guess. As a drafter... these plans were definitely done in AutoCAD.

Thank you very helpful

It really helps a lot ..Thank you

I just took a clase on how too read blue prints online . I was definitely lost . Im a journey man but never really had a chance too learn on how too read plans You made it way more understandable!thanks brotha !!!!!!!! And bang 💥 on !!

Thx bro i bs my way into a job Your explanations are very understandable im a fan

Great teaching my man

Thanks for sharing

Thank you.

Your videos are awesome!! you should do a video on how to do lumber takeoffs

LOVE IT GOOD STUFF 💯🙌

Good job Matt

This was a great drawing.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on plans. In the future, I think it would help laymen like me if in your next season of videos if you remembered to stop at some point, pull out the plans, and visually point to what your referencing in the plan.

Thank you so much!!!!

I'm not a framer but I'm super interested in construction. Thank you very much for making these videos! I'll appreciate if you could also provide links to references where we could learn more details.

Interesting video, barely made it through I got so sleepy. You have a calming/soothing voice lol

This is very helpful please update more videos

Good job.

Please make more!

Thanks.

hey matt i enjoy watching your videos and learn so much from them. i’m a 19 year old framer hoping to start a framing company with my dad. any tips or wisdom you’d wish you would have known when you started?

thanks!!

Cool thanks

I want to learn more about structure and reading it the numbers confuse me but getting somewhat of it. Thank you I will look at your videos more.

Thanks for making such great content. Do you do roof framing as well?

Extremely interesting! More!

Would like to see your Architectural/Structural Cross reference video

Thanks sir

hi Matt. First thanks a lot for all your information. It's very easy to understand also very practical. I have a question, Does the home designer, who is developing a new residential project ( all the design), has to develop the construction plans too? it's that mandatory? it's ok that the home designer just gives me the architectural set of plans? (of course, it includes the plans, facades plans, sections, details, scheduling...etc...) I am really confused...

i like it thanks so much i subscribe, i wish to get some new nice videos again, i am Jerome Jean Baptiste Trainee in General Construction , Heart NSTA Trust Jamaica

Good looking brotha , you’re about to make me more bread 🙏🏼

Congratulations on 50k. ; -)

Fast reading 📚

Hey Matt nice videos I currently do concrete and I’m trying to learn more as in how to get squares from the house and how to get concrete when it comes time to pour have any videos that can help me out?

super informative. Great job. So when will you have time to make that final video to explsin How to tie arxhitectural to structural plans?

Any advice on understanding blueprints that have waterproofing and damp proofing?

Hi matt i enjoy ur videos on youtube.in your season 2 video build from the ground up how much did the project cost the homeowner from concrete to final framing i.e roof and sheathing..by the why i live away over in ireland were only in the last 3 years have the architects and builder's now realized that timber framing is a productive way of building🤔..anyways keep on banging.

Lucky lol, my job now requires 5/8 hd 6" from splices and corners. Too often my layout lands 4 or 5 inches from a jak ... what a pain!

Hi could you do a video on how to read complicated roof plans? Like houses with logs for instance? Anything would help out im sure Thankyou!

Yo Matt what’s your method for getting material together when looking through blueprints?

Where do I find your video of actual building referenced to reading plans?

Yes please send me more

That was a great video. Remember to keep your sticks on the ice...lol Thats a Canadian joke

thank i wants to learn more please

Hey Matt, I Have Been Learning from your tutorial videos BUT this tutorial on reading Plans Left Me Wanted to get more understanding. Wonder if you could sell me a copy of this tutorial Plans . Honestly Bro. I Believe that with a copy of those plans and the video People Can learn Big From You.

You didn't discuss tolerances, are there any or is 1/8" the default?

Hey Matt, love your videos. You mention the term shear walls in many of your videos. Could you explain what that means a little further? Thanks

Una pregunta hermano Que se inifica (2) 2x6 TRIM. Como puedo ver tus videos subtitulados me serían de mucha ayuda 👍 gracias

Thanks Matt. So if I were to order a plan from those online sites like Houseplans.com, would those plans have the same contents as what you're showing us here?

Do you know how to quote up plasterboard from plans

Handiwerx is not for General Contractors though correct?

Would I be able to buy a few plan copies off of you to familiarize myself with them?

Is there a way to recognize a shear wall in a blueprint?

How do you figure out wall heights?

when you retire framing, you should teach framing.

Very helpful video, thanks. I think it would be more clear if you were talking with pdf drawings.

First!

What is a trimmer?

All about grid lines the t-bar will show up a bad layout

How much does this app charge per lead? Is there a contract??

good 👍🏻young boy👍🏻

Matt do you want go out for a dinner?

Hi I'm from Russia my name is Arkady in Russia I'm building a frame house for my family two story I have a question for you tell me do you have a Team from Russia in America who are engaged in frame housing construction or work immigrants from Russia on frame housing construction If so what is the salary thank you very much in advance

Can you give me soft copy

This is where I stay in my lane.... yall can have that mess......thats a brain overload....just give me some nails and a hammer and let me be....lol