Wall Material Shooting Upward

[Stonecreek]

Attached is a ZIP with a BMP to show a situation that happens occasionally where wall material from a floor "shoots up" past the wall materials of the floor above. Anyone know what causes this?

Thanks.

[ebdesign]

Byron,
Select the wall in elevation & drag it down. (Maybe you dragged it up earlier.) If that doesn't work, delete the wall, select one of the adjacent walls, & draw the new wall. Should pick up the properties of the adjacent wall.
Are those pony walls?
Jim

[Stonecreek]

They are not pony walls. These were never "dragged" in any direction. This seems to happen when the Outer layer material in the Basement wall is defined thicker than the Outer layer material in the wall above. This bottom wall has 8" CMU with 2 layers of brick on the outside for a water table. The layer above has 3/4" wood or stucco, standard 1/2" sheathing, and a 5-1/2" stud with sheetrock on the inside. This also has a custom made symbol to show the trim rectangles. This only happens occasionally, but is really annoying.

Also, with this wall, it's only the outside edge of the brick that is shooting up. It's not the whole wall that "shoots up."

[jlowell]

Byron....i have been meaning to ask that question also. I have had it happen 2 or 3 times also although mine was shooting through 3rd floor roofs or walls behind a parapet wall which was thicker than the supporting wall below it.

I don't think I can just caulk and put a plant to hide that boo boo. )

[Stonecreek]

Ebdesign gave me a good solution. Go into Section/Elevation view and pull the lower wall down 1/2" to 1" (without it being a pony wall). This will resolve the problem.