ᐅ General – Roof Pitch / Dormer

Hello everyone,

I have a question about the roof/roof renovation.

We are planning to replace our old windows later this year. Now the question is whether we should also replace the windows in the dormers or wait a few years, remove the dormers when the roof is replaced, and install only skylights.

I would appreciate an assessment of whether it is more expensive to reroof the house with the dormers in place or to remove the dormers first and then reroof (this would presumably involve structural work on the roof frame, right?).

I hope what I mean is clear.

If more information is needed, I will try to provide it.

I hope someone can help me—maybe there is a roofer among you.

Attached is a photo of the dormer; there are two in total. Skylights will be installed anyway.

Thanks.

Patao schrieb:

We are planning to replace our old windows later this year.
Now the question is whether we should also replace the windows in the dormer roofs, or wait a few years until the roof is re-covered to remove the dormers and install only skylights.

No one here can really answer that – how are the rooms under the dormers being used?

Patao schrieb:

I would need an estimate of whether it is more expensive to re-cover the roof with the dormers intact or to remove the dormers and then re-cover the roof (which would certainly involve structural work on the roof frame, right??)

I would suspect that removing the dormers, including disposal, and then rebuilding the roof substructure will be more costly.

Patao schrieb:

Attached is a photo of one of the dormers; there are two in total.
Skylights are going to be installed in any case.

If you are going to add double casement windows anyway, why are you considering removing the protruding dormers? On one hand, you presumably need the daylight area, and on the other, it seems insufficiently sized – otherwise, why add double casement windows? Not to mention that double casement windows usually create more noise from rain than dormers do.

Kind regards

Bauexperte schrieb:
No one here can really answer that – how are the rooms located below the dormers being used?

Living rooms and guest rooms.

Bauexperte schrieb:
I would assume that dismantling the dormers including disposal and rebuilding the roof substructure would cost you more.

That was actually my main question; I simply don’t know how complex it is and thought someone here might be able to give an approximate estimate.

Bauexperte schrieb:
If additional double casement windows are going to be installed anyway, why are you considering removing the dormers?

It's a matter of cost, as it usually is. If it’s cheaper to remove the dormers than to reroof the roof with dormers, then the dormers will be removed. Also, the dormers don’t provide much natural light to the rooms.

Bauexperte schrieb:
On one hand, you probably need more glazing area, and on the other hand, it’s probably insufficiently sized – or why else would you want to add double casement windows?

Correct.

Bauexperte schrieb:
Not to mention that double casement windows usually produce more noise from rain than dormers.

Aren’t there already windows designed to minimize noise from rain and such? I think I have seen something like that, but I’m not sure.