dormer
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A simple dormer addition may be enough to expand the second floor you already have, and is more straightforward than a partial or full second-story addition, because the scope of the project is much smaller.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
As their dormer bungalow falls into council tax band E, they won't be eligible for the £150 rebate being offered.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022
A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the traditional style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2019
Stepping inside, one found oneself in a small living room with slanted walls and dormer windows.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Sixteen months earlier on our first call, Angel told me she had gone to the library to read about framing and building dormers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The architectural towers sport cupolas, buttresses, dormers and booming cannons, and they’re decorated with floral garlands, war-trophy cartouches and jewel-toned colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
And so Harry and Cato began their life at Mrs. De Boer’s, living in one of the narrow dormers in the attic.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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