Altering a dorma

carlos700

We live in a semi -detached dorma house ,my daughters room is at the front of the house .The window in her room is at the front of the house ,we want to knock out the wall which is under her window and board the space which goes into the dorma bit at the front of the house .

Sorry if i am not being clear when it is done here room will slope down on one side of the room just under the window .Although it would not give lots of extra space in her room it would be ideal for her toys etc .

I have no idea about building but i am thinking could this be done ,the wall which is there now is probely holding the window up ( i have just banged on what i thought is a wall it sounds like plaster board ) so how is the window being held up sorry i am a women i have no idea about these things .

Could this be done also what is the likely cost if we got somebody in to do it ?

harryhound

I think we would all understand better what you want to do if you could find an example of the sort of house you are living in on a house for sale website.
You could then post a link to it and the rest of us could have a look!

Step one would be to knock a hole through the plasterboard and find out what is in there. It would probably pay back if all you did was to improve the insulation in the loft space.

You have not mentioned the top of the dormer. If it is heavy concrete tiles you have more of a challenge than a nasty flat felt roof; however don't forget that even with global warming you might have a foot of snow on the roof or even a big burly builder standing on it.