Dormer Designs For Your Loft ConversionDormers are so popular because they easily add extra headroom to a roof space that is of insufficient height to include a new room and, importantly, the new loft stairs. With most modern buildings only having a very shallow pitch to their roof dormers are necessary to ensure adequate headroom whilst at the same time allowing plenty of natural light into the roof space. But, just as every loft conversion is different, there are many options when it comes to choosing the dormer designs for your loft conversion. Full Width Dormer This kind of construction, as the name suggests, extends right across the full width of the rear side of the roof. They are extremely roomy but can overwhelm the rest of the property. The easiest full width dormers to construct are on terraced houses from party wall to party wall. Box Dormer By far the most common of the different dormers that can be seen on skylines right across the UK. They are liked by both home owners and builders alike because they are cheap and relatively easy to construct. Flat roofed they are typically built slightly set back from the front edge of the roof they allow plenty of headroom.
The traditional and for many the acceptable face of dormers! They look far nicer than their bigger and uglier box and full width brothers but, unfortunately, they don’t really add much headroom. More aesthetically pleasing than practical in most cases they are best suited to older properties that already have a large roof space. Recessed Dormer Basically an inside out construction that is rarely encountered as they add nothing in terms of space or headroom. It is hard to think of any reason why anyone would possibly include this type of structure in their planning. Gabled Dormer Used in the majority of cottage dormers a gable dormer design is typically small in size. A hipped dormer is similar but of course has a hipped front slope. Eyebrow Dormer Strangely eye shaped these kind of dormers were often used in properties with thatched roofs. They can be incorporated in other properties but their curved shaped means eyebrow dormers are difficult to design and install.
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