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Adding a Third-Floor Dormer to the Roof

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Bob meets up with carpenter Bob Ryley, who is adding two third-floor dormers to the roof in keeping with the house’s original one. Ryley will be constructing a shed dormer with a hip dormer above it. Prefabricating some of the work has sped things up. The new dormer looks like a pyramid. In the basement, final steel trowel work is done so the floor will have a smoother finish.

 
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