Overview
Broadly speaking, the story a room is on doesn't impact underlying math behind load calculations.
However, we offer them for two reasons:
It helps organize/label rooms i.e., by story (or floor)
These labels can then be used in reports and other areas of the app
It activates a few shortcuts:
For example, if you've told the app in the general section of the building profile that it is a two-story home with a unconditoned basement then:
When you assign a room to the 2nd story
The ceiling is set to "exterior" as an attic (since it is the top story of the building)
The floor is set to interior (since most second story rooms have a condition room below them)
When you assign a room to the 1st story
The ceiling is set to interior
The floor is assumed to be over an enclosed crawl or basement
Adjusting the number of stories in the home
You can adjust the number of stories in the home from the Building Profile > General > Stories
When you provide the address of the home, Amply will pre-load details about the home. It is important to review those details to ensure they match your expectations.
If you need to adjust the number of stories in the home, navigate to Building Profile > General > Stories. Adjusting the number of stories in the home will update the building outline on the right hand side of the project view. You will then be able to assign scans to those stories.
How to set the story of a room while scanning
While scanning, use the story selector in the lower left-hand corner of the screen:
Change the story of an existing room
Open the room, and look for the story selector in the upper right-hand corner of the sidebar. Tap to make changes.
You can change the story of a room after scanning
Special notes about the "below grade" story
If you assign a room to a "below grade" story several assumptions are automatically changed:
Ceilings are assumed to be interior
Floors are auto changed to "slab below grade"
Walls are changed to an 8 inch concrete material with an average below grade depth of 6 feet
Not seeing a below-grade option? If you're looking for the below-grade option but not seeing, it means that you have not indicated in the project Building Profile -> General that there is a conditioned below-grade area of the home. If you have conditioned below grade areas of the home, be sure to toggle on the "Conditioned Basement" toggle:
