1.1. Home Environment
Our daily living places have many commonalities. Rooms are usually separated by interior walls and interconnected by doors. Interior walls are normally made of sheetrock nailed to a wood frame from both sides and covered by paint. Electrical, telephony, cable TV, HVAC, and smoke detector wirings are typically laid within these hollow walls during the construction of a home building. Typical room dimensions range from 10 feet by 10 feet for bedrooms up to 20 feet by 20 feet for family-gathering living rooms. Room ceiling heights can range from 7 feet up to 11 feet. A single family home usually consists of one or two stories with a total living space of between 1500 and 4500 square feet. The floor separation is usually made ...
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