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DORMERS : TYPES 2 A DORMER IS A WINDOW OR OTHER OPENING , SUCH
as a louver , projected through a sloping roof and provided with its own roof . The
dormer frame is usually placed vertically on the rafters of the main roof .
DORMERS : TYPES 2 A DORMER IS A WINDOW OR OTHER OPENING , SUCH
as a louver , projected through a sloping roof and provided with its own roof . The
dormer frame is usually placed vertically on the rafters of the main roof .
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3 DORMERS : TYPES DORMERS : USES B MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED
TO AS. Besides their purely functional attribute of providing head room , light ,
and air to an attic space , dormers can play a role in design . They may align with
...
3 DORMERS : TYPES DORMERS : USES B MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED
TO AS. Besides their purely functional attribute of providing head room , light ,
and air to an attic space , dormers can play a role in design . They may align with
...
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DORMERS : USES B MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED TO AS ROOF dormers
because they rise from the slope of a roof . When a dormer is in the same plane
as the wall , it is called a wall dormer . These dormers , like all dormers , expand ...
DORMERS : USES B MOST DORMERS ARE REFERRED TO AS ROOF dormers
because they rise from the slope of a roof . When a dormer is in the same plane
as the wall , it is called a wall dormer . These dormers , like all dormers , expand ...
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| Title | American Vernacular Design, 1870-1940: An Illustrated Glossary |
| Authors | Herbert Gottfried, Jan Jennings |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 0442230672, 9780442230678 |
| Length | 270 pages |
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