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Sheet A-001 / About / Statement of position

a drawing is only as honest as its worst measurement.

Fieldstone Drafting is one desk in New London, Connecticut, with two monitors, a 24 × 36 plotter we rarely use, and a firm rule about diagonals. We draw what you measured. When your numbers disagree, we say so before the inspector does.

A drafting desk with two monitors showing a CAD floor plan, a brass scale, pencil and tape measure
Fig. 02 / The desk / Items: monitors, scale, pencil, tape
01 — Origin note

drawn at a kitchen table. still is.

Location / fixed

31 Riverview Avenue Apt 2, New London, CT 06320. No showroom, no walk-ins, no site visits. The office is a table with good light.

Fieldstone began with a pattern. A contractor would text a photo of a sketch on the back of a paint-sample card, the numbers slanting uphill, and ask for a plan the town would accept. The sketch was usually right. The paperwork around it was usually what stalled the job.

So the work became exactly that: take the numbers you already have, check them against each other, and return a clean set in DWG and PDF with layers an engineer can read cold. We work remotely because the measurements are already in your hands. A van trip to your driveway would add a line to the invoice and nothing to the drawing.

Everything is billed per project, by invoice, net 15. The number in the quote is the number on the invoice. We have never found a reason for it to be otherwise.

Filed under / process, billing, remote work
02 — Standing rules

four rules the drawings are held to

Not values. Rules. Each one has cost us a project at least once.

R-1

diagonals or it didn’t happen

Every room that isn’t obviously square needs both diagonals. If they differ by more than ½″, the room gets flagged and we ask for a re-measure. A house built in 1962 is not square. It is nearly square, and the difference is where permit sets fail.

Check / diagonal delta ≤ ½″
R-2

we do not stamp

We are drafters, not licensed design professionals. If your town wants a sealed set, the first reply says so, before any money changes hands. Many residential jobs in Connecticut do not need one. We tell you which kind you have.

Disclosure / first reply, always
R-3

named layers, every time

Existing walls dashed on A-WALL-EXST. New walls solid on A-WALL-NEW. Dimensions on their own layer so your engineer can switch them off without calling us on a Sunday. We answer Sunday anyway.

Format / .dwg .dxf .pdf
R-4

one quote, one invoice

Flat per-project pricing, from $340 for an as-built floor plan. Extra markup rounds are $58 each, stated up front. No hourly meter, no retainer, no line item you first see on the invoice.

Billing / net 15 · ACH, check, card
03 / Instruments

the kit is small on purpose

Fewer tools means fewer places for a number to change between your tape and the sheet.

SoftwareCAD drawn to ¼″ = 1′-0″ as the default scale
ReferenceResidential code notes, kept current each October
EyesOne drafter reads every sheet, then reads it backwards
PencilA 2H, for the sketch we send back to confirm a dimension
04 — Desk log

a project, in the order we touch it

Typical clock for a renovation plan set. Timings begin when your numbers are complete.

Day 0 · 11:00Your files arrive. We open every photo at full size and check every dimension against its neighbor.
Day 0 · by 6pmYou get one numbered list of missing numbers. Seven items on average. Never more than twelve.
Day 1–2Existing plan drawn first, then demolition. The dashed line goes in last, once we are sure which wall it belongs to.
Day 3Proposed plan and PDF sent for your red pen. One markup round is included in the price.
Day 3 · endFinal files and one invoice, in the same email.
05 / Next step

send us the napkin

Photos, a sketch, a tape reading per room. We reply within one business day with the list of what’s missing. Open daily 11am–6pm.

Send the measurements Call (860) 448-8654