How To Make A Dormer Roof

Drive nails up through the roof at the corners.

How to make a dormer roof.

Create the dormer roof and join it to the main roof. Recently completed in march 2016 this project wasn t quite as straight froward as it may look in the video. Affix the tarp to the roof screwing a 2 by 4 5 08 by 10 16 cm over it. Select the wall type and constraints for a dormer that will be added to a roof.

Here are 12 different types of dormer roofs and their history. Add a dormer to a roof and use the dormer opening tool to cut the opening for it. 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. The pick roof wall edges tool is active so that you can pick the boundaries that compose the dormer opening.

Arched top photo by nancy andrews. Mark the dormer wall layout on the attic floor and make sure the dormer walls are square with the exterior wall of the house. Architecture tab opening panel dormer opening highlight the main roof on the building model and click to select it. Dormer roofs are the little rooms that project from a roof and allow more space and light in the top floor or attic.

Place the cursor in the drawing area. The construction of the dormer involved three st. There are several methods for creating dormers in chief architect. 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.

As architectural styles have shifted architects and builders have invented more ways to build dormers. It depends on the type of your roof frame. Then they tilt and lift that section of roof and prop it up. Move the walls to the dormer.

Watch the status bar to be sure that you are highlighting the main roof. You can still add a purely decorative make believe dormer to a truss framed roof but not a real dormer. Use your best judgement of. The methods taught in these video s are just a few of many ways to do construction.

Once they build walls underneath the dormer is basically done. The dormer tools make it easy to create dormers. Use a plumb bob to transfer the inside edge of the walls to the underside of the roof. Create the roof opening and finish the dormer.

This video demonstrates the following. Roll the tarp up so you will be prepared in the event of rain.