When you build a dormer, there's more to consider than its style alone. It needs to fit in with the general design of the house. If you are adding more than one dormer, you also need to decide how to link or separate them.
Not your basic gabled dormer, this one features an intricate truss design, which is characteristic of houses with half-timbered details. Today, this look may be purely decorative, created simply with nailed-on boards and plaster. Originally, however, the wooden pieces were part of the house's basic structural skeleton. They helped brace the main beams so they didn't twist out of shape.
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