. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 293. Front and Side View of Simple Dormer Window 221 210 CARPENTRY Dormer Windows. When it is desired to obtain the admissionof hght to the space under the roof surface in a way more elaborateand satisfactory than is possible with a simple skylight such as hasjust been described, recourse is had to dormer windows. They areso called probably because in early times nearly all of the sleeping-rooms of the houses were under the roofs and were lighted by meansof such window^s. They are formed by framing an open
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 293. Front and Side View of Simple Dormer Window 221 210 CARPENTRY Dormer Windows. When it is desired to obtain the admissionof hght to the space under the roof surface in a way more elaborateand satisfactory than is possible with a simple skylight such as hasjust been described, recourse is had to dormer windows. They areso called probably because in early times nearly all of the sleeping-rooms of the houses were under the roofs and were lighted by meansof such window^s. They are formed by framing an opening in theroof surface in the same way as described for skylights, but on therafters and on this framing are built up vertical walls of a height.
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