Originally Posted by
claymcc
Alan, I contacted CA's tech support and was given this; "Thank you for contacting us regarding the heated ceiling area for a Garage room. In Chief Architect, Garage rooms always have their ceiling area calculated as heated.
One way that you can work around this limitation is to specify the Garage room as an Attic room just before generating a Materials List. Before you do this, it is vitally important to make sure you TURN OFF Auto Rebuild Roofs and Auto Rebuild Foundations if you use these options; and, of course, when you're finished you will want to change the room type back to Garage.
I will be glad to submit a feature request on your behalf for greater control over whether or not a Garage is included in the heated ceiling area.
I hope that this information is helpful." I guess my follow up question should be, why does the room type take presidence over the wall and or ceiling type? If I draw a 6"wall with insulation in it, it should calculate the insulation whether it is a garage or not. If I don't want insulation I'll use another wall type. I should also be able to specify the amount or r-value of insulation as we often times use more on the house and less or none at all in the garage