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Chief Architect X10 Reference Manual

around the garage. These stem walls are Basement Rooms
drawn on Floor 0 and will indicate the
locations of any doors that extend into them. When a foundation’s type is Walls with
Footings or Grade Beams on Piers, and it is
To build a Garage slab with curbs assigned a Minimum Wall Height of 76”
(1900 mm) or greater, the resulting basement
1. Before the foundation is generated, is automatically created with a 4” (100 mm)
specify the room as a Garage or Slab. concrete slab floor. and a default Floor Finish
like that on Floor 1.
2. Build an automatic Monolithic Slab
foundation, specifying the required Similarly, if a foundation is set up to have a
Lower Garage Floor value. Basement Ceiling Height of 72” (1800 mm)
or greater when built, it is automatically
By default, the program produces a 4" (100 given a painted drywall Ceiling Finish. See
mm) slab and 3 1/2” (88 mm) high curb “Foundation Panel” on page 689.
around the garage. The curbs are drawn
using Slab Footings on Floor 0, use the Regardless of its ceiling height, however,
Default Foundation Wall type, and will you can specify a floor or ceiling finish for
indicate the locations of any doors that any room in the Room Specification dialog.
extend into them. See “Structure Panel” on page 436.

The floor height of the garage and the stem The resulting basement can be divided into
wall or curb height can then be adjusted, if separate rooms using Interior Walls or
necessary, in the Garage room’s Room any wall type you wish. If the rooms in a
Specification dialog. See “Structure Panel” basement have different floor heights, it is
on page 436. best to separate them using walls specified as
Foundation Walls .

Foundations and the Terrain
Chief Architect automatically raises the • 6” (187 mm) below the top of the stem
structure in a plan a set distance above the walls or grade beams in a Walls with
terrain. See “Terrain Height vs Floor Height” Footings or Grade Beams on Piers foun-
on page 1203. dation.
In a plan with a foundation present, the • 8” (200 mm) below the top of the slab in
terrain will be: a Monolithic Slab foundation.

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