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   BossHog | May 08, 2002 03:28pm | #1

   Kinda hard to tell you something that subjective without having any idea how your house looks.

   And what's a 3/4 pitch?

   You might get some useful responses if you post a picture or 2.......

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   stonewood1 | May 09, 2002 03:30am | #2

   Dormers look best when spaced evenly.So when you look at the roof the dormers don't look squezed together or are to far apart.

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   Piffin | May 09, 2002 03:56am | #3

   Your language is confusing.

   I can't imagine how one would place a "doghouse dormer" atop a gambrel.

   The kind of dormer you mention sits on a roof. A gambrel requires that any dormer be worked into it.

   The pitch should be gambrel in the same pitches as the existing or it should be a shed dormer which is more common in gambrels, the upper pitch extending to just above the window on the same plane.

   I assume a 3/4 pich to be a 9/12

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   TurtleBoy | May 11, 2002 06:09pm | #4

   I made the mistake of writing 3/4 when I ment 3, or 4 as in pitch. It is probably closer to a 3-1/2 pitch while the other pitch is about a 21. So the pitch of the lower roof  on my gambrel is about a 21. The pitch on the upper roof is 5 and the pitch on the sded dormer on the back of the house is about a 3-1/2. I guess the style is a queen ann with the basic outline of the gambrel. The dormer that I wish to add to the front of the house would have a single gable roof line that I wish to blend into the upper roof which is a 5 pitch. When I become better at this I'll attach a picture.

   I guess I was asking about a rule of thumb for the dormers. Should the pitch of the dormer match that of the upper roof, because that is where they will merge?

   Thanks again for (all of) your help. Turtle/handy boy