Hi - I am trying to place a ceiling beam on the 2nd floor of a 2 story structure, and no matter what I do, the beam is placed exactly 1 foot below the rough height of the ceiling.
I will mention that I increased the height of the 1st floor walls by 1 foot. This seemed to go fine - I made the appropriate adjustments to everything else, and all ceiling heights are correct on both floors, the roof appears to be normal (displays correctly, etc.) and all interior ceilings when viewed are correct. The 1st floor framing is fine. I can place a ceiling beam there no problem. However, on the 2nd floor, the beam is placed seemingly at the "former" height (before I added 1 foot to the 1st floor height).
If I adjust the height of the beam, the framing builder does not recognize that the beam is there. Framing goes right though the beam. If I place the beam and DON'T adjust the height, the framing builder does recognize the beam is there, and laps the joists over the beam, etc. as would be expected. I am attempting to place a flush beam (and I have done so on the 1st floor without incident).
I have attached the plan file for reference.
Any suggestions? I am absolutely stuck!
Thanks and Regards,
Steve
MirrorLake_hs_beam_test.plan