Framing A Shed Roof Dormer

If you re a little unsure of your rough framing or roofing skills hire a carpenter to help with this phase of the roof dormer project.

Framing a shed roof dormer.

A gabled dormer on the other hand is not flat but gabled which refers to two sides coming together to form a peak. Framing a dormer refers to the first and most important step in constructing an upper level addition to your home. Because they can be much wider than gable dormers shed dormers can provide more headroom and therefore more usable space. Building a 20 ft wide shed dormer doesn t take much more effort than building a 4 ft wide version.

The roofing material will need to be stripped back for this step. Shed dormers are an efficient way to gain more space. The end wall of a shed dormer carries the. There are several options for dormers including shed flat gable and hip.

Removing the old roof and framing the dormer was doable but as a small company that rarely uses framing subcontractors we had a couple of concerns. If you have decided to build a shed dormer on your house to allow for extra light or extra headspace shed dormers are easier to build than gable dormers. They also give you more bang for the buck. After the walls ridge and common rafters are set i overlay the valley framing on top of the main roof sheathing to save from cutting a true valley.

Recently my company was asked to build a shed dormer in the rear part of an attic to create a pair of bedrooms and to make the attic space more usable. Smaller projects like adding a window dormer cost about 4 000 larger remodels like adding a bathroom dormer run about 24 000. Building a roof dormer is an ambitious and challenging project. Framing a shed dormer is a simpler process than building a gable dormer.

It typically costs between 2 500 to 20 000 for professional dormer installation or about 115 per square foot.