How to make an auditory window

The next summer is going to change the root on the house and I want to build an auditory window to then equip the attic of the attic. What should be taken into account when building such a window and how do it?

The hearing window on the roof resembles a small house, which has walls, a window and its roof. It must match the style of the house. This is usually manifested in similar windows, architectural details and decoration.

Insofar as hearing windows It can significantly change the outdoor view of the house, their proportions should be well thought out so that it does not work so that they will be too cumbersome. Two or three small auditory windows on a large, double roof, as a rule, look better than one, but very large.

Usually hearing windows intersect with the roof At the highest point - at the level of the skate. Moreover, they can be with their own roof of the most different shape: single-sided, duplex, hip, arched, etc. The most simple windows for dacha - Single-sided with a flat roof, whose slope is slightly smaller than the slope of the main roof. Build such a window is much simpler than the auditory windows of other types. And also, for example, with an equal width, such a window will provide more than an additional space above the head in the attic than the window with a bone roof.

To build a hearing window Remove part of the roof and flooring the main roof, cut a row of rafting legs to create an opening. Before doing this, pinch the rafter feet with temporary backups. All this is advisable to do in a dry warm time. The roofing material for the roof of the auditory window should be similar to the main roofing material.