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naethoven · 13th June 2009

Thanks for explaining that Wes.

Yesterday, unfortunately, when I began placing footers to get an idea of the space, I realized it was going to be WAY too large for my other rooms to work. Frustrating yes, but at least I hadn't attached anything yet. dfegad

So, I'm actually having to shrink a bit. : ( But it gives me a fresh look at things, and I caught a mistake in my average ceiling height. Thus my next question:

Part of my ceiling is flat, the rear of it is angled. I have found an accurate way to average the ceiling height based on the ratio of the reflected surface area of the angled portion to the surface area of the flat portion. The trouble is, 1) as I choose a ratio my length changes w it, therefore changing my surface area of the flat portion and throwing off the ceiling height average. 2) After that, I splay the walls, which again changes the surface area of the ceiling portions unevenly creating the same problem.
(Just a note, by "reflected surface area" I mean the amount of area of floor space directly under the angled ceiling, so it just accounts for the space covered)

I believe the problem is I don't have a constant...
If my ceiling height was constant, the splays and ratio changes wouldn't matter.

HOW DO I DO THIS ACCURATELY?

13th June 2009	#106
naethoven Gear addict Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 337 Thread Starter	Thanks for explaining that Wes. Yesterday, unfortunately, when I began placing footers to get an idea of the space, I realized it was going to be WAY too large for my other rooms to work. Frustrating yes, but at least I hadn't attached anything yet. dfegad So, I'm actually having to shrink a bit. : ( But it gives me a fresh look at things, and I caught a mistake in my average ceiling height. Thus my next question: Part of my ceiling is flat, the rear of it is angled. I have found an accurate way to average the ceiling height based on the ratio of the reflected surface area of the angled portion to the surface area of the flat portion. The trouble is, 1) as I choose a ratio my length changes w it, therefore changing my surface area of the flat portion and throwing off the ceiling height average. 2) After that, I splay the walls, which again changes the surface area of the ceiling portions unevenly creating the same problem. (Just a note, by "reflected surface area" I mean the amount of area of floor space directly under the angled ceiling, so it just accounts for the space covered) I believe the problem is I don't have a constant... If my ceiling height was constant, the splays and ratio changes wouldn't matter. HOW DO I DO THIS ACCURATELY?