[secondnature]

I do designwork, and my drawings get passed on to installers for a variety of hardscape/install work. Sometimes I am involved, and sometimes I am not.

Wondering if installers would take a minute and let me know what sort of details are important for them to get on a designed plan that would assist in getting the design installed as shown on the plan?

Do most of you get an opportunity to meet with the designer and go over the details?

Let's say that I have designed a wooden pergola over an entrance area on a house. I know that the front of the house is huge, and that the proportion of the pergola needs to be larger
and more bulky in porportion. Do I need to call out the size of lumber I think would look best? I think this is where issues could arise as to the end result.

Do photos help? I know it is all about communicating vision into reality! I have had good and not so good experiences in this department. Even after meeting with the installer, I have seen the plan really not even looked at, and measurements not taken even before laying out the structure or the groundwork for the landscape. The design is basically glanced at and not followed as shown.

I have also not been detailed enough in my describing of the work to be done, and not being as involved as I should have, and it does not turn out to be my vision, which the customer has paid for.

Trying to narrow down the routine.....

Thanks!