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Prefabricated loft Dormer

Has anyone heard of a prefabricated Dormer ?

I'm looking for a company that do them! I've looked all on the net and cant seam to find any, I know they are about as someone my hubby knows of has had one done (they are only aqaintences not friends).

Basicly the Dormer is bulit off-site to your plans and then hoisted & bolted into place, they then cut out the hole, when having a loft conversion, It saves having a gaping hole in your roof.

If any one can pass on info it would be greatly appriciated

Katy x
If you dont ask you dont get to know....
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  • Act in haste, repent at leisure.

    dunstonh wrote:
    Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.
  • kprice580
    kprice580 Posts: 269 Forumite

    Yes I've heard of google :D
    Thanks for the links, but these are only dormer windows, I'm looking a full width of the house dormer!

    Cheers all the same x
    If you dont ask you dont get to know....
    Sealed pot no277
  • Well, if you are going to throw in "full width" to confuse the matter...:p

    Have you tried contacting people who advertise ordinary full width dormers? Prefab might be too rare to be worth a webpage.

    At random, these guys http://www.loftlogic.net/scaffolding.htm have a decent website that details the normal process, maybe they can point you in the direction of prefab, or give you reasons to avoid it...

    or http://www.marbleconstruction.co.uk/services/lofts/design/ has good descriptions of extension types - they may know their stuff, too.

    If they can at least mention a brand name for a modular system, you can then google that.
    Act in haste, repent at leisure.

    dunstonh wrote:
    Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.
  • Hi!

    I've actually used Euroform in the past and their service is brilliant. I received a product guide in the post when I bought some boards last year and I've just dug it out! It says that they do pre-fabricated dormers (not just the windows) in bespoke sizes, you just need to send in a drawing or tell them the dimensions and they come back to you with an ETA and a lead-time. They deliver all over the UK too which is good!

    Hope this helps!
  • JimmyTheWig
    JimmyTheWig Posts: 12,199 Forumite
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    We had ours done the "normal" way - i.e. not prefabricated. Wasn't a problem having a "gaping hole in the roof".
    If you get it done by professionals (don't consider not getting professionals!) they know what they're doing.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 25,710 Forumite
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    I can see why a full width prefabricated dormer might be a rare thing indeed! It is going to need a large truck to transport it, and a large crane to lift it into place. It has to be strong enough to be moved around, and that gets progressively harder as the structure gets bigger. So, you wind up paying for a much heavier stronger dormers than you really need just so that it can withstand the strains of being moved around. There must come a point where that is more expensive than using something to cover up the hole in the roof whilst dormer is being constructed on site.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Hello, I am on the hunt for a pre fab loft conversion off already passed plans, can anyone point me in the right direction, ta :-)
  • chappers
    chappers Posts: 2,988 Forumite
    Forget it the transport and craning costs must be horrendous.
    Don't understand the problem I do loft conversions all the time and two of us can get the structure built in a day for a standard terraced house, then get the roof felted the next.
    Otherwise we have decent tarpaulins that keep even the worst weather out.
    Sometimes we can also leave the rafters, battens and felt in place and build over that cutting the roof out after.
    Just seems like putting wheels on a tomato(time consuming and pointless)
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 25,710 Forumite
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    chappers wrote: »
    Forget it the transport and craning costs must be horrendous.
    Don't understand the problem I do loft conversions all the time and two of us can get the structure built in a day for a standard terraced house, then get the roof felted the next.
    Otherwise we have decent tarpaulins that keep even the worst weather out.
    Sometimes we can also leave the rafters, battens and felt in place and build over that cutting the roof out after.
    Just seems like putting wheels on a tomato(time consuming and pointless)

    Chappers, is there any advantage in building all the sections of it on the ground, then hoisting those up into place?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • chappers
    chappers Posts: 2,988 Forumite
    Not that I can see, maybe as a part of a new build, but as a conversion no.
    Lengths of timer are easy to carry up scaffolding on their own by one man, can be cut to an exact fit in situ, are easy to replace/modify if a mistake is made and with modern tools the process is quick.
    A box dorma for a victorian terraced house contains about 50 lengths of timber and about 10 sheets of ply for the structure(including the floor joists) before it is ready for the roof covering, as I said a long days work on site.

    Prefabricated panels are cumbersome to manouever and dificult to modify if they are found not to fit
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