Symbols on architectural drawings
This article catalogues some of the more commonly used symbols on architectural drawings and designs.
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1 gang light switch | |
2 gang light switch | |
2 gang 2 way light switch | |
Adjustable recessed spotlight | |
Automatic air vent | |
Bath | |
Blockwork | |
Boiler flue | |
Brick | |
Category 5 break tank | |
Compressor | |
Concrete | |
Consumer unit | |
Dimmer switch | |
Door (plan) | |
Double switched wall socket | |
Double switched wall socket above worktop level | |
Ethernet socket | |
Expansion vessel | |
Filter | |
Flexible hose | |
Floor tiles | |
Flow restrictor | |
Glass | |
Hardcore | |
Hardwood | |
Incline (steps, stairs or ramp) with arrow head at the higher side | |
Insulation | |
Isolation valve | |
Lamp | |
Lockshield valve | |
Mechanical fan vent | |
Microbubble coalescent material | |
Non return valve | |
North point | |
Passive vent | |
Paving | |
Pendant light | |
Plywood | |
Pressure sensor | |
Pump | |
Radiator | |
Rainwater outlet | |
Recessed downlight | |
Recessed spotlight | |
Roof tiles | |
Rubble | |
Safety valve | |
Sand | |
Sawn timber | |
Shaver socket | |
Shingles | |
Shower tray | |
Single switched fused spur | |
Single switched wall socket | |
Sink | |
Soil vent pipe | |
Solenoid valve | |
Stairway with arrow head at the higher side | |
Stone | |
Stonework | |
Telephone point | |
Temperature sensor | |
Test point | |
Thermostat | |
Towel rail | |
Tree (existing) | |
Tree (proposed) | |
Tree - to be removed | |
Tundish | |
TV aerial | |
Wall light | |
Wash basin | |
wc | |
Weight sensor | |
Window (elevation) showing direction of opening - point of triangle indicates hinged side | |
Window (plan) |
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