English Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I have a staircase that consists of three flights of stairs and two landings. If you look at the screen shot that is taken from the second floor area #1 is a foyer with 13' ceiling and will have the first flight of stairs leading to the first landing, area #2 is second flight of stairs and has a slope ceiling, area #3 is the second landing with a sloped ceiling and area #4 is the third flight of stairs with the continuation of the sloped ceiling leading to the second floor hall way with an 8' ceiling. My question is should I make these 4 areas separate by using room dividers (I already did to make area #1) and what heights should I use for the sloped ceiling areas? Thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJPotter Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 No, the entire area of a stairwell should be a single room programmed as "Open Below", the slanted ceiling I suppose would be formed by the underside of a roof plane or planes. DJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 You may need to draw in your own ceiling planes as they often do not follow the roof pitch. And as David said -- all one room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 The only issue is, that the area #1 in my house has a flat ceiling at 13' and if I select Open Below it makes the stair well open from the first floor to the second -- right!. That is not how it was built -- and yes the ceilings follow the roof planes. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solver Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 The stairwell needs to be defined as Open Below on the second floor. That 13' ceiling on the first floor -- you will need a wall to partition that as a separate space. I would remove the break between #2 and #3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Thanks Eric I think that will work just fine. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 I removed the break between 2 & 3 and made a stairwell but it ignored the break at 1 and removed the ceiling over the foyer. So that doesn't work. I need to find out how to make a ceiling. BTW I tried making that staircase with actual dimensions of my house -- second floor elevation, length of risers, number of treads, height of treads etc., and the program tells me that the staircase doesn't reach the second level -- go figure. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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