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A plain guide to floor plan symbols: door swings, sliding and pocket doors, windows, stairs, kitchen and bath fixtures, electrical marks and structural lines.

Calculate square footage for rectangles, L-shapes and irregular rooms, see what counts in a home’s total area, and convert between square feet and m².

Learn how to draw a floor plan by hand: measure rooms, sketch to scale on graph paper, add doors, windows and fixtures, then digitize your drawing.

Learn how to read a floor plan step by step: scale, dimensions in feet and metres, walls, doors, windows, room labels, north arrow and common abbreviations.