STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A dormer is a window commonly set vertically on a sloping roof. Each dormer has a flat, arched, hipped, pointed, or ornamented roof. Dormer windows can be built into the ...

Gable and hip roofs both serve similar functions, but they each carry their own unique pros and cons. Here's how to choose ...

With property prices continuing to rise across the UK and moving costs reaching new heights, homeowners increasingly turn to ...

A hipped dormer, also known as a hip-roof dormer, consists of three sloping planes and is usually chosen to match the hipped roof of a house. A wall dormer stays flush with the exterior of your ...

The roof defines a home. From a broad, gently sloping plane with a deep overhang to crossed gables punctuated by a rounded turret, roofs are characteristic of the style and period in which a home ...

And in this dormer right here, it's going to rest on the widow's walk. Now, what we're framing today is a hip. Right here you have the two LVLs where the intersection of all the rafters come up ...

Revival styles, especially the picturesque styles like Tudor, English Cottage and French Eclectic, permitted Americans to experience central Europe without a passport. Identified as another ...

Hipped dormer in Williamsburg, Virginia. GREGORY J. SCOTT; Pedimented dormer. ... Aesthetically speaking, dormers animate the roofs of our buildings by adding visual texture through the shade, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A dormer is a window commonly set vertically on a sloping roof. Each dormer has a flat, arched, hipped, pointed, or ornamented roof. Dormer windows can be built into the ...