Lowered Ceilings

[cocoabill]

I am trying to lower the ceiling in two rooms.  All walls in home are 120" and I want ceiling in entry and kitchen to be 109".  I have read everything I could find and as close as I can get is using shelf ceiling and using soffit for ceiling.  Almost works but gives me a gap between two ceiling heights.  Any suggestions?

 

[StephenGreene]

14 minutes ago, cocoabill said:

I am trying to lower the ceiling in two rooms.  All walls in home are 120" and I want ceiling in entry and kitchen to be 109".  I have read everything I could find and as close as I can get is using shelf ceiling and using soffit for ceiling.  Almost works but gives me a gap between two ceiling heights.  Any suggestions?

 

double click the room, then change ceiling height under Structure.

[cocoabill]

I tried that and it drops the roof down 1 ft.  If I change roof back it raises the floor, if I change floor back to zero it raises ceiling, kind of going round and round.

 

[cocoabill]

Solver, thanks new here to Chief just added profile hope it shows up on post.  In case it doesent it's Home Designer Pro Build 22.3.0.55X64

 

So are you saying I should build up 12 inches on fir framing or add some other layer?

 

Thanks

[cocoabill]

Just to be clear, don't want a soffit, need entire lowered ceiling.

[Kbird1]

1 hour ago, cocoabill said:

So are you saying I should build up 12 inches on fir framing or add some other layer?

 

Yes, I think so , this is how Drop Ceilings are normally done , though you can use an Air-Gap Material too.

 

The hole you see maybe from using an invisible wall though.

 

https://www.chiefarchitect.com/support/article/KB-01050/manually-framing-a-dropped-ceiling.html

[cocoabill]

Thanks