Shed Roof Termination

[ChristianA]

HI all,

 

What is the preferred way for a shed roof to properly terminate below the ceiling of the roof it's interfacing with?  I'm struggling with this one.  Thanks in advance!

 

Unit 2a-3a.plan

[JonathanK]

That wall is set to invisible, so it's showing as totally missing.

You can do it a couple of ways, and it kind of depends on how it's framed.

 

The easiest way that I can think of, would be to make that section of wall a pony wall.  Set the top wall type as your typical exterior wall, and your bottom wall as your typical interior wall.  Set the elevation of lower wall top to be somewhere near the ridge of that shed roof, and set the Display in Plan View as "Lower Wall".

Then I'd place an interior opening (with no casing or jamb), and make it the width of the stairs and little nook area, and make it slightly shorter than the inside roof surface.  There will likely be a lip or something in there for a beam...so that would accurately represent that area.

 

Not sure if any of that makes sense.

[ChristianA]

Hi Jonathan,

 

Thanks for the info.  I originally had it set up that way, but with an exterior wall.  I hadn't thought about using a pony wall.

 

Is there a way to keep the doorway from dividing the room?

[JonathanK]

It's the wall that is dividing the room.

 

So if you break the wall at the railing and set the "nook" segment of wall as "No Room Definition", and leave the stairway segment as-is...that should do it for you.

[ChristianA]

That seemed to do the trick.  Thanks!

[JonathanK]

You bet.