{"id":4559,"date":"2006-04-23T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2006-04-23T14:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=4559"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:03","slug":"dormer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2006\/04\/dormer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dormer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a frame house with a flat roof that slopes to 5.5&#8242; in the back.  Although I was told we cannot raise the height of our building as per the DOB by raising the entire roof, we are allowed to build a large dormer.  Has anyone done this sort of thing?  Who do I hire for this sort of work, a general contractor and then a roofer, or just a roofer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a frame house with a flat roof that slopes to 5.5&#8242; in the back. Although I was told we cannot raise the height of our building as per the DOB by raising the entire roof, we are allowed to build a large dormer. Has anyone done this sort of thing? Who do I&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-4559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roofers"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2006\/04\/dormer\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Dormer","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2006\/04\/dormer\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2006\/04\/dormer\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Roofers","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"anon"}],"creator":["anon"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2006-04-23T14:27:24Z","datePublished":"2006-04-23T14:27:24Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:27:03Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Dormer\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2006\\\/04\\\/dormer\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2006\\\/04\\\/dormer\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Roofers\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"anon\"}],\"creator\":[\"anon\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2006-04-23T14:27:24Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-04-23T14:27:24Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-07-28T16:27:03Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4559"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=4559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}