My Dad, a residential designer and draftsman, died recently. He had aone-man design and drafting firm for more than thirty years, and hisarchive of old blueprints is large.What should I do with all these old plans?I could contact all the owners and ask if they want them, but that kindof effort isn't my first choice--my parents' home is a seven-hour drivefrom mine. I could trash them, but that's just *wrong*. I could donatethem somewhere, but who would want them?

Unless there is a "notable" design in there, the current house ownersare the only ones that would really be interested. Displaying/storageand inventorying the drawings all have costs, whether it's monetarycosts or not. Not many would take on the chore unless there was areadily visible upside to the situation.I'd certainly like to have the original drawings to any house I workedon - they'd be most handy. Contacting the current owners would costyou in time and effort as well. The costs in simply mailing thedrawings, gratis, would be substantial. If you wanted to invest evenmore time, you could try selling them for a flat fee to cover postageand handling. Fifteen or twenty bucks...? It's worth it to anyonethat works on the house, but I have no idea how many takers you'dhave.Short of going to all of that trouble...recycle the paper.R

What to do with old floor plans?

Feb 14, 2009 23 Replies

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SteveBell 17 years ago

That's something I never considered. Thanks.

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Matt 17 years ago

Instead try contacting some, not all, of them.

Could maybe sell them to interior designers in the locale where your Dad worked, for use as wallpaper.

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SteveBell 17 years ago

I had that thought at supper tonight. Great minds think alike.

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Doc 17 years ago

Matt wrote in news:654ml.6356$2h5.3923 @newsfe11.iad:

Steve,

As a former CADD teacher, you might contact the local high school or vocational school as they typically need real examples of buildings to repro in CADD.

Just think, you may be able to claim being the root cause of many levels of teenage frustration as they claim that your father failed to place the correct or enough dimensions to build the building they are trying to model.

Too much fun.

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