The dormer itself has its own roof which can be a hip eyebrow shed segmental or gable roof depending on the architectural design.
													
																	Gable roof shed dormer. 
									
	
		
	
																	When comparing roof types you see a lot of gable and hip roofs but a contemporary option with a simple design is a shed roof. 
																	Flared gable photo by nancy andrews. 
																	Here the addition of a shed dormer to an attic space not only floods the once dark room with light but also provides much needed headroom. 
																	Sharp gable roofs are a characteristic of the gothic and classical greek styles of architecture the opposite or inverted form of a gable roof is a v roof or butterfly roof. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Wall dormer as opposed to the dormer being set part way up the slope of the roof this is a dormer whose face is coplanar with the face of the wall below. 
																	This is basically a gabled dormer but the dormer roof flares out in the same way that the main roof on a house often flares out to accommodate a porch or an addition. 
																	Gable dormer window view of windows of a home image credit. 
																	On the dormer the flared roof helps shade the windows a boon when dormers face south or west in regions where summers are hot. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	A dormer is a roofed structure often containing a window that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. 
																	Gable roof with shed dormer a shed dormer is a popular addition because it extends living space with height and width. 
																	A shed dormer s eave line is parallel to the eave line of the roof. 
																	It isn t on the gable end of the house as it. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	A dormer window is a form of roof window.