[EnergyPlus_Support] Door in wall top & bottom

["ooikoonbeng2004" <kooi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a door across the top and bottom of a wall. Top and bottom 
has different constructions and have been specified with 4 vertices 
each. The following is the err file:  

Program Version,EnergyPlus 1.4.0.025, 4/14/2007 11:29 AM,IDD_Version 
1.4.0.025
   ************* Beginning Zone Sizing Calculations
   ** Warning ** Calculated design heating load for zone=RESISTIVE 
ZONE is zero.
   **   ~~~   ** Check ZONE SIZING and ZONE CONTROL:THERMOSTATIC 
inputs.
   ************* Testing Individual Branch Integrity
   ************* All Branches passed integrity testing
   ************* Testing Individual Supply Air Path Integrity
   ************* All Supply Air Paths passed integrity testing
   ************* Testing Individual Return Air Path Integrity
   ************* All Return Air Paths passed integrity testing
   ************* No node connection errors were found.
   *************
   ************* ===== Recurring Surface Error Summary =====
   ************* The following surface error messages occurred.
   *************
   ************* Base Surface does not surround subsurface errors 
occuring...
   ************* Check that the SurfaceGeometry object is expressing 
the proper starting corner and direction [CounterClockwise/Clockwise]
   *************
   ** Warning ** Base surface does not surround subsurface (CHKSBS), 
Overlap Status=Partial-Overlap
   **   ~~~   **   The base surround errors occurred 1 times.
   **   ~~~   ** Surface "ZN001:WALL001TOP" overlaps 
SubSurface "WALL 1:DOOR"
   *************
   **   ~~~   **   The base surround errors occurred 1 times (total).
   *************
   ************* EnergyPlus Completed Successfully-- 2 Warning; 0 
Severe Errors; Elapsed Time=00hr 00min 12.00sec

Is it easy to tell the reason? if not i shall read more the 
documentation to find out. Many thanks. ooi 



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