The standard second story wall consists of a horizontal floor plate a ceiling plate and wall studs all made from similar dimension lumber.
How to make a second floor in a room.
To make a second floor with homestyler please.
Adjust the height of your walls and make them higher go to building roof and select one of our ceiling.
Drag stairs onto the floor plan and place them in the desired location.
You can hover over a stair in the library to see it s dimensions.
You might also want to try adding a ceiling fan in critical rooms like a second floor bedroom.
Floor joists should be spaced no more than 16 inches 41 cm apart from center to center to provide adequate stability.
Make the second floor return vent duct bigger.
Check the temperature of the second floor rooms.
Once the walls are in place another board the tie plate attaches to the top of the ceiling plates tying all the walls together and providing the base on which to construct the roof.
For 1 the furnace fan running all day with the a c on might solve some milder heat trap problems for your second floor.
If they still are warmer then the downstairs rooms close the downstairs vents more.
Switch to windows etc mode and search for stairs.
Open web editor and draw the room or floor plan that will contain stairs.
Mark the position of each floor joist along the sill plate.
Repeat until you are satisfied with the temperature of the rooms.
Use a tape measure to measure 16 inches 41 cm in from the edge of the rim joist and draw a small notch.