The attic is a popular element of modern buildings. To improve lighting, the windows are placed not only on the pediment, but also in the roof of the attic at home. They open up new opportunities in the decorative design of the building. The windows help convert the attic into living space, provide ventilation and natural light there.
Usually the windows in the roof are installed if it has two or more slopes.
Varieties of attic windows
The windows in the attic roof are also called auditory. They resemble small houses of various shapes. The openings can be equipped according to a single -row or multi -row principle. The more auditory windows are placed on the roof, the better the quality of natural light in the attic is obtained. Their number is calculated depending on the size of the room.
Windows can be built directly into the roof plane. Metal -plastic windows, built into an inclined roof, are flat, are supplied with convenient rotary and lifting mechanisms that allow them to open them from the inside and fix the double -glazed window in the right position.
Also, when designing junctions to the roof, the design of Dormer is used (the window is completely located above the roof slopes) and anti -dormer (drowned inward and does not protrude above the plane of the slope). Dormer is the most spectacular option, increases the useful area of the attic, has many modifications.
The windows in the roof are triangular, semicircular, segmented, trapezoid, arched. In the triangular windows of Dormmer, side pieces are not provided, their role will be played by roof slopes, this design is the simplest design. When using a quadrangular frame, windows with a single or gable roof, as well as hip.
Rounded frames give the originality of the structure, they can be performed in various versions, differ in the wavelength and the degree of its curvature. Popular models are the forms of “bat” and “bull eye”.
Sometimes to adjust the windows to the roofs, superstructures are used using side walls and pediments outside the roof plane. This design is more massive, the area of glazing in it increases.
Thanks to the windows on the attic, you can equip a children’s room, a studio, an office, an office, a bedroom. In addition, they give the appearance of an extraordinary charm at home, decorate the facade and increase the functionality of the attic.
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