Brick to Vinyl two story

[1sthomebuilder]

Trying to draw a two story with brick veneer on the first floor and siding on the second floor. The siding lines up with the brick below. What's the easiest and most correct way to do this? Thanks!

[Tommy Blair]

I bet your attic wall dissappears when you drag it out huh. This has been a problem for years and at one time, Chief said that they were going to try and fix the attic walls to work in this situation but.... never happened. I generally just create a 2nd floor to have room def. up there. Doing this will solve your problems for sure. There may be other ways to handle it like a pony wall ballooned. Most of the time here, the siding overlaps the brick.

This may be a good topic to bring up at our next users meeting.

[Joe Carrick]

I would define a new "Wall Type" with the Main Layer recessed so that the difference in the siding and brick are accounted for. Then if the walls are aligned the brick and siding should be correct. IOW, I would have an intermediate layer between the main layer and the siding (furring if you will).

[Tommy Blair]

I would define a new "Wall Type" with the Main Layer recessed so that the difference in the siding and brick are accounted for. Then if the walls are aligned the brick and siding should be correct. IOW, I would have an intermediate layer between the main layer and the siding (furring if you will).

Yes. I forgot about that too. I keep meaning to make a new wall type in my profile plan just for this. In fact, I think I'll do it right now while I'm thinking about it.

[1sthomebuilder]

In real life, i would cantilever the floor joists on the second floor out to take care of this. But drawing it now I'm just expanding my walls 4" to line up over the brick. I don't feel good about doing it that way.

[Joe Carrick]

If you want to cantilever the floor joists 4" to make up the difference then you should just move your exterior wall at the second floor 4" and then don't align the walls. Probably the easiest way is just to select the wall you want to move and then use the "Transform/Replicate Tool" to move the wall.

[Tommy Blair]

Oops, I was thinking of an attic wall for a gable. Cantilevering the wall should work okay. However, if that wall is part of an "open below" like for a stair, then you really should probably furr the wall out so the drywall lines up for the two floors.