How To Make A Dormer Roof

Here are 12 different types of dormer roofs and their history.

How to make a dormer roof.

This video demonstrates the following. 6 remove the shingles and the sheathing board from the area of the roof where the dormer will constructed. Drive nails up through the roof at the corners. Use a plumb bob to transfer the inside edge of the walls to the underside of the roof.

Once they build walls underneath the dormer is basically done. A stick framed roof with an attic has room for adding a dormer while a truss framed roof doesn t have any attic space to add a dormer to. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it.

Use your best judgement of. Shed dormers are easy to build from scratch but clever builders can speed the process when a dormer is being added to an existing house. Leaving the existing roofing intact they cut rafters where the dormer will be. Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof.

The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening. You can still add a purely decorative make believe dormer to a truss framed roof but not a real dormer. As architectural styles have shifted architects and builders have invented more ways to build dormers. The construction of the dormer involved three st.

This channel is for educational purposes only. Mark the dormer wall layout on the attic floor and make sure the dormer walls are square with the exterior wall of the house. The methods taught in these video s are just a few of many ways to do construction. Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof.

There are several methods for creating dormers in chief architect. Recently completed in march 2016 this project wasn t quite as straight froward as it may look in the video. It depends on the type of your roof frame. Place the cursor in the drawing area.

Then they tilt and lift that section of roof and prop it up. Roll the tarp up so you will be prepared in the event of rain. Create the roof opening and finish the dormer. The dormer tools make it easy to create dormers.

Arched top photo by nancy andrews. Move the walls to the dormer.