dormer
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Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylights, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2022
Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylight, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, and a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 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
Tucked behind tall hedges and 12-foot gates, the 11,500-square-foot manor features dormer windows and Juliet balconies across the exterior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
Sander led me upstairs to a small dormer room.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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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
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
Flashing is found near chimneys, dormers, skylight, plumbing vent pipes and any other vents that extend from the roof to expel air from your home.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
One year he’d painted the eaves and dormers, the clapboards and the deep-shaded summer porch, taking his time, finding pleasure.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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