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Rennerabbit; You went above and beyond! Thank you once again! Great ideas, nice presentation! Jo_Ann; Thank you! Yes, I am coming to the realization that a less grand plan (higher ceiling in that entire half of the house); that focusing on the features/ceiling in the added area might be my best option.

Renerabbitt, and Jo_Ann; Thank you both for all of your time and input your ideas have helped me vision something beyond the limited versions I came up with earlier. I have lived in this house most of the time since the late 80's, I have only ever seen one home with the same floor plan, I believe that one remains unchanged at least as far as the roofline goes. Renerabbitt, I like the many options created with your second proposal of cutting the trusses at "C", this will also preserve all of the rooms that are already remodeled. I know this option will add more expense and difficulty, compared to 'only' removing the two smaller sections over part of the living room and family room. Jo_Ann I also like your clerestory window design, but, as Renerabbitt wrote; the truss framing for the main/back portion of the house is bearing on line "B and E" from Rennerrabbitt's. I am not sure how I could incorporate the clerestory design into a roof plan that would work, I will work on this some more. Maybe only having the slightly raised ceiling in the new kitchen, instead of tearing into the living room and family room (as much). Now I feel like I have some really good ideas to work with, and experiment with and am closer to presenting options to a professional to move forward.

Jo_Ann, Thank you for the additional 'perspective view' of the first idea, as well as the second new idea. I really like the second one! I will work more with this one! Solver, yes, you are correct, thank you. I should use better/proper terminology. I am clearly not a draftsman! I will check the houzze.com link, thank you for that as well! Renerabbit; Thank you for your input, I appreciate any input, whether in favor, with ideas, or opposed to the entire project. I am aware this is a big undertaking and likely to be expensive which is why I am looking for some creative ideas. My primary goal is to update and enlarge our kitchen and to do this I feel that area which is now deck is the best option. The 'back'/bedroom portion of the home has already been modernized and remodeled, now this is the last portion that I feel needs help. My house is located in central California with the neighboring homes mostly newer, or remodeled. I think a project like this would be a good investment in this area. Below I will post a couple of poor (phone quality) pictures of our current truss roof framing;

Jo_Ann, Thank you! I like the lowered roofline, I am not certain I know where the interior image is. Can you raise the angle on your elevation to show more of the roof? Renerabbit, Thank you, all ideas are appreciated!

Jo_Ann, The elevations of each floor plan each have one Perspective Full Overview image, they should match(?) What is it that looks 'off'? Is there another view, or plan that might help?

Jo_Ann, Thank you, I have added mysignature, and now I understand the need for the posted jpg, I wrongly assumed my file upload would be usable by everyone with Home Designer/Chief Architect. The picture I posted above is the floorplan I want, but I do not like the roofline, looking for some alternative solution. I have posted the current floor plan and elevation, then the floor plan I would like and elevation, with the only roof I can think of that preserves the recently remodeled bedroom portion of the home, yet provides for the option of vaulted ceilings in kitchen and all or part of the LR and FR.

Jo_Ann, Second attempt. See below.

Thank you for your reply; Renerabbitt Yes, 4 sets of trusses, the front part of the home, the main part and the two short sections I am trying to combine. All of the bedroom have recently been remodeled so I am trying to find an option that does not include disturbing those 3 bedrooms. Jo_Ann, New to the forum, I think I have done what you suggested in this reply. Roof 1 a Elevation.dwg Roof1 Elevation.dwg

Thank you for letting me know. I reloaded the files, hopefully they work.

Looking to remove a small 130 sq.ft. deck on an old 1970's wood frame home and to add this area to my home, enlarging my kitchen, providing for some vaulted ceilings and making a better floor plan. I am having trouble with the roof design, in that I just don't like the only one I can think of that works, I am trying to avoid removing my entire trussed roof, and perhaps only disturb the area over the kitchen and part of the Living room and Family room. I currently have flat ceilings throughout the house, but would like this addition to allow for vaulted ceilings in the kitchen and maybe part of the Family room and Living room. I have attached the current floor plan 2636Plans as is.planwith deck and was not able to upload both, but have included some elevations Elevation new roofline.pdfElevation ne roof line 1.pdfof the new roofline I am not too keen on. Ideas?

I upgraded to the pro version to allow the manual roof editing.

DJP solved my issue. Thank you

David, just to make sure I understood, I now have "Home Designer Architectural 2022", I do not seem to have the same options to edit the roof in 3D view as you have shown. To do this will I need to upgrade to the Pro version? Can this be done with Home Designer, or would I need Chief Architect?

Thank you! I will attempt to follow your steps. Very helpful… and educational.

I am trying to create what should be a simple roof to create a valley that would intersect the exterior wall 'mid wall, not at the corner. Using Wall Specification, and "Wall Break" I have one section of a wall "Full Gable Wall" and the other "Hip". I got one side (the left side) to work, but have tried several different options and can not get the right side to match having a valley/transition from Hip to Gable (see arrow). I am new to Home Designer. Thank you in advance for any advise. 2636PlansSmallOpen.plan