Hi all, i'm thinking of putting in dormer windows front & back of my terraced house. There's loads of them on my street, so no problems with planning. In terms of width of dormer, I'm gona copy the biggest on my street. But the problem i've got is with the roof height of the dormers.
I've got fairly low sloping attic ceilings at the moment, and the purlin is at an awkward position if we wanted dormers put in. I've had two builders in:
- one says your gona have to leave the purlin where it is & therefore your
dormer will be a bit smaller (lower celing) than we want.
- another is saying you can move the purlin easily (further up towards the ridge) & therefore get a higher dormer window.
Obviously the higher the dormer ceiling the better, but why would one builder contradict the other???? when i told him what the other guy had said he shrugged his shoulders?????
Can the purlin be moved, & if so by how much? Any advice would be greatly received - thanks in advance.
I've got fairly low sloping attic ceilings at the moment, and the purlin is at an awkward position if we wanted dormers put in. I've had two builders in:
- one says your gona have to leave the purlin where it is & therefore your
dormer will be a bit smaller (lower celing) than we want.
- another is saying you can move the purlin easily (further up towards the ridge) & therefore get a higher dormer window.
Obviously the higher the dormer ceiling the better, but why would one builder contradict the other???? when i told him what the other guy had said he shrugged his shoulders?????
Can the purlin be moved, & if so by how much? Any advice would be greatly received - thanks in advance.