Attic Storage on Shed Roof Building


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Hi guys!

 

I have been struggling for hours and don't know if what I want is possible. I do not have pictures because it is something I thought up myself so I will try to explain well. Also, a reminder I am on HDS Pro 2021.

 

Alright. I am working on a small structure less than 600 square feet. The building is basically split in half with a bedroom, bathroom and mechanical room on one side and an open living kitchen on the other.  The building has a shed roof with a 4 pitch. I and doing a flat ceiling on the bedroom side and a sloped ceiling on the kitchen side. This all works fine. Now for the problem...

 

I want to create a large storage space in the attic space over the bedroom side with small access doors from the kitchen side. When I try to make that space usable it tells me I can't do it because it is an attic space with auto generated walls. I have tried making it a 2nd floor so it is usable but then it still adds the auto walls to make the shed in the attic again and I have a 2 story house with an attic space I can't use. 

 

So, basically I want the angled space created over the flat ceiling by the shed roof to have a floor and be a usable room. Let me know if this doesn't' make sense. Any advice is appreciated. 

 

Thank you!

 

Ashley

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So I rebuilt and took pictures. 1081163217_ScreenShot2021-11-30at5_15_04PM.thumb.png.1f90d8cf80456e06bdc51346f98384a8.png

This is the exterior of the shell and it looks how I want. 

 

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This is the interior kitchen side showing the sloped roof with the 2 doors leading in to the space above the flat ceiling of the other rooms and below the sloped roof. This looks good, just have to add trim below doors. 

 

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This is what the inside of that space looks like. This is the problem. I want it to look finished. All the walls seen are auto generated and I can't make it a room because it is in the attic. 

 

1660673253_ScreenShot2021-11-30at5_15_18PM.thumb.png.350fe29cd08e854ca0b21784866cf8a9.png 1st floor plan

 

1583501533_ScreenShot2021-11-30at5_15_39PM.thumb.png.249e1de1a0791acb76095545e48b8355.png Attic with Auto Generated walls. 

 

Everything is good except the way the room looks. I have tried everything I can think of to make it a real room.

 

Hope this clarifies a bit... :(

 

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I understand that. What I don't understand is how to create that room in any way. When I try to create it as a 2nd floor it creates a full sized room and the program then adds those same automatic walls on the attic floor. So it is not creating a room in the space above the ceiling and below the slope, but is creating a whole room and shifting up the space above the ceiling and below the slope. I guess the big question is, is it possible to create a finished space where I want it? Can a short room be created above one flat ceiling and directly blow the slope of the roof?

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