How is a washing machine indicated on the apartment plan?

Conventional symbols on construction drawings sometimes raise questions among uninitiated customers. When looking at a house project, people cannot figure out which drawing represents what. Studying the floor plan, they do not understand where the main furniture and equipment will be placed.

Let's figure out how to designate a washing machine on the apartment plan. We'll tell you what other furnishings look like on construction drawings. This information will be useful to those who are planning to build a house or renovate an apartment.

Washing machine icon on the plan

At the stage of building or renovating a house, customers have to review the designers’ sketches and make their own changes to them if necessary. The drawings schematically show where this or that furniture, plumbing, and household appliances will be installed in the apartment. And in order to quickly find their way, people need to understand what is indicated by which symbol.

On the apartment plan, an automatic washing machine is depicted as a square, in which a circle is inscribed with a bold dot in the middle.

In modern apartments, washing machines are often installed in the most unexpected places. Especially when it comes to small-sized housing. You must first look for the corresponding symbol in the bathroom; if it is not there, then in the kitchen, hallway or pantry.

If we are talking about a cottage, then usually washing machines are located in the laundry room. You can also find the symbol in the kitchen, bathroom, hallway, dressing room, basement. In the most daring projects, you can find a machine gun even in the living room.

The washing machine designation is standard. A square in which a circle is drawn with a dot in the center is found not only in construction drawings, but also in the instructions for an automatic machine and on the tags of things. Therefore, having memorized a symbol once, it will be impossible to confuse it with something else.

What do the other elements look like?

Looking at the construction plan, you can see many incomprehensible symbols - circles, sticks, various rectangles. Each designation hides some piece of furniture behind it. Some drawings indicate elements of the heating system, others indicate furniture, and others indicate household appliances. Let's talk about the main, most frequently encountered images.

• A rectangle without a left side border. This is a designation for a dining table. Depending on the size, it can be furniture for 4 or 6 people.
• Circle. This is a symbol of a standard size round dining table (110 cm in diameter).
• A rectangle with a small dot in the upper right corner is a desk.
• A long rectangle with marked edges on the sides and top. The drawing vaguely resembles a sofa – it is this piece of furniture that hides the symbol.
• A square with drawn edges represents a chair. You can find such a symbol in the living room, bedroom, children's room, on the balcony, etc.
• Trapezium, expanding upward. This is the symbol of a chair. This indicates the location of both dining and desk chairs.
• A rectangle with a diagonal line from the upper left to the lower right. This is how the bed is depicted. The same pattern, but smaller in size, will indicate the location of the crib.
• An empty rectangle with all four borders marked. This is a symbol of a double-door wardrobe.
• A square with a horizontal line drawn at the bottom.So the plan shows a small single-door cabinet, measuring 60x70 cm.
• A horizontal line with a large number of strokes perpendicular to it. This is how a clothes hanger is drawn in the drawings.
• An elongated rectangle with keys drawn underneath. This is how a piano or synthesizer stands out.
• This designation can be found in the kitchen area. This drawing informs you about the location of the sink.
• This symbol indicates a metal kitchen stove.

Next, we’ll tell you how some of the appliances placed in the laundry room are designated. Typically, washers, dryers, and laundry spinning machines are installed here.

• The square in which a circle with a dot is drawn is a symbol of an automatic washing machine.
• A square with a small circle on top and a bold dot on the bottom. This shows the location of the dryer.

The easiest way to understand the symbols is in the bathroom and toilet. All the drawings there depict reality very plausibly.

• Built-in bathtub with straight sides. Dimensions may vary, specific dimensions are specified in the apartment plan.
• A drawing indicating the location of the washbasin with hot and cold water.
• This symbol represents a bidet.
• Standard designation for a toilet.
• A square in which a smaller rectangle and two small circles are drawn symbolizes the shower tray.
• This symbol represents a urinal. It is found very rarely in apartment projects, but quite often in cottage plans.

While studying the project of an apartment building, you may come across an image of an elevator, a garbage chute, a waste disposal shaft, and a ventilation system.

Also, the house plan schematically shows where the elements responsible for heating the room are located.

• The heating pipe is indicated by a long and thin rectangle.
• A rectangle with many vertical straight lines inside indicates the location of heating radiators. Usually batteries are placed under the windows.
• The coil is depicted as several horizontal lines, united by lateral boundaries.
• The heating boiler is indicated by an empty square, at the bottom of which one or two vertical lines are drawn (depending on the type of device).

When analyzing the builders' project, it is important for customers to understand the location of the main furniture, household appliances and communications. By understanding all the intricacies, you can make timely amendments to the plan of a house or apartment. Then, upon completion of the repair, no questions regarding the situation in the room will arise.

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