Dormers absolutely make the roof of a house look far more interesting. The good news is you can add a dormer to an existing roof. The bad news is that it's not a do-it-yourself job.

Q. The roof on my house is just a big flat area. I’ve seen similar style houses that have a dormer on the roof. This structure makes the house far more interesting. What does it take to add ...

A flat dormer is a flat-roofed three-walled structure that extends above a slanted roof. A shed dormer is a slope-roofed structure whose roof slants in the same direction as the house’s roof.

The first design concern is the size of the dormer. This primarily depends on the vertical height of your roof, from the gutter to its peak. A larger house will have a greater vertical height.

I f you want to boost your home’s usable square meterage, using the space underneath the roof is a great way to do so – and dormer windows could make a conversion feasible. And it’s these ...

Make roof dormers and other outside corners leakproof. The Family Handyman. ... Run the base flashing 4 to 5 in. beyond the ...

All eyebrow dormers have the common component of roofing shingles that possess the ability to bend and flex with the curvaceous profile of the window below.

Scottish studio Konishi Gaffney has constructed a wide dormer window to convert the loft of a terraced house in Edinburgh into an extra bedroom. Konishi Gaffney, which is led by Scottish architect ...