It's also difficult to get proper ventilation and windows in an attic space with a hip roof because you don't have the vertical side walls. There are different types of dormers you can add to give ...

which has a pitched roof sloping to either side. But a dormer window might alternatively have a hipped roof of three sloping planes that meet at the ridge. There are also flat roof dormers with a ...

The works included extensive interior renovations, and a new two-storey rear extension with a large dormer window that punctuates the roofline. The pitched, hipped-roof of the new extension was ...