Winges Carpentry is pleased to offer framing and construction of second or third floor additions and dormers, replacement of fascia wood, gutter and soffit boards, trim work, siding and beautiful decks and much more.
If you are contemplating an addition to your home of unused attic space, you’ve come to the right place. An attic can serve you with much more than just a storage space. Winges Carpentry can add a Lovley dormer for extra space and natural sunlight. We can turn it into an office or an extra bedroom.
We’ve transformed many old attics into useable, beautiful spaces with great personality. Plus a dormer adds great curb appeal to your home and increase the overall value of your home.
Don’t hesitate to talk to Tim about what your attic could be as a dormer and let’s make that dark space in your house, bright.
We’ve constructed many types of dormers over the years and have provided a brief summary of dormer types, below. In some localities, permission must be sought for construction of dormers and other features. Some types of dormers may introduce imbalance in the street scene and be seen as inappropriate within the local setting of streets and buildings. Tim will fill you in on all the details for your region.
Gable-fronted dormer
This is the most common type of dormer and is also called a gabled dormer. it has a simple pitched roof of two sloping planes, supported by an outward face (any combination of glazed and unglazed materials). It thus includes a triangular section below the roofline, i.e. a gable. It is also known as a dog-house dormer (due to its similar shape).
Hip Roof Dormer
The roof of this dormer is a single flat plane approximately horizontal (although usually slightly inclined to allow rain water to run off).
Shed Dormer
This dormer type has a sloped roof in the same direction as the principal roof, only at a shallower angle. It provides head room over a large area than a gabled dormer, but it has its roof pitch shallower than the main roof, it may require a different covering.
Wall Dormer
Instead of the dormer being set part way up the slope of the roof, this is a dormer whose face is coplanar with the face of the wall below. This means the face of the dormer is a continuation of the wall above the level of the eaves.
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Eyebrow or Eyelid Dormer
A low and wide dormer with a curved roof and no sides. Instead, the roof covering is gradually curved up and over the dormer in a flattened bell curve
Link Dormer
This can be a dormer that houses a chimney or a dormer that joins one part of a roof to another.
Bonneted Dormer
An arched roof dormer, rounded in shape when viewed from front.
Nantucket Dormer
A three-in-one dormer structure composed of two gable dormers connected by a shed dormer in between.
Lucarne
A dormer on the slope of a Gothic spire, usually slender and gable-fronted.
Blind or False Dormer
A dormer that is only external; it provides no light and may provide no space internally. Often used to make the building appear more aesthetic.
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