joeyp42690 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I am having difficulty with a project i am working with. I’m doing a remodeling job that the house is on pillar and the addition to the front on the owner wants to put it on slab. The house it self is on 2’ pillars, plus the house has 8’ walls. When I try to come off the exiting top plate of the house and build the addition with 9’ walls, in which the new room will be below 1’ of the pillars the program automatically changes the house to 9’ wall and everything stays even how do I get it to not change my existing walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Also for some reason it deleted my main houses floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard_Morrison Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I don't want to stick my nose into this too far, but generally, if a house was originally built using pier and grade beams, it is usually because the soil bearing capacity is not very good. Using a different type of foundation (slab) is asking for differential settlement issues. The least competent person to be giving you directions on the type of foundation to use is the homeowner. I would strongly encourage you to seek the services of an engineer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Sorry for the miscommunication but it’s not pillars it Precast Concrete Pier Footing. Like what’s in the picture below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumbleChief Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 The first thing you need to do is complete the outside wall in the main room, there currently is no wall connection. That will allow you to keep the room's spec's separate from the other rooms. Then you have to mess with floor heights, ceiling heights, slab construction etc. till it looks the way you want. The attached plan will get you started. ...and the whole plan works better with "Walls With Footings" instead of Grade Beams on Piers for the foundation spec. Brent Summers 3.plan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thank you HumbleChief. I have been busy with work, so it took me awhile to comment back. But I will try this and hopefully it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 4:37 PM, joeyp42690 said: Brent Summers.plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Also, how am I supposed to start using chief again? it keeps telling me that; The file "C:\Users\josafat\Desktop\Brent Summers.plan" appears to be locked. This could be the result of another user or program using the file. This may also result from having insufficient security privileges to access this file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyp42690 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 thank you everyone for the help. I was able to get the plan working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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