A growing family is something to be cherished. Bringing that new baby home from the hospital is an occasion like no other. Even situations where an elderly relative is moving in or an older child is coming back home after college can be great opportunities for family bonding. But sometimes, there’s just not enough room in the house to accommodate these new family members. And we all know how inconvenient it can be to pick up and move, especially when you’ve lived in the same neighborhood for a long time. That’s why many families in Livingston, New Vernon, West Orange, and the surrounding areas are starting to lean towards having a New Jersey contractor help them build a room addition.

There are many different types of room additions you might want to consider. Today, we’ll focus on the attic conversion. This type of room addition has many advantages, starting with the fact that it normally costs a lot less than expanding the actual footprint of your home. But often, it comes with one major issue… headspace. Depending upon the layout of your attic, large chunks of the square footage may be tucked under the sloped areas of the roof. As an attic, that’s not really a problem. But if you want to convert it to a bedroom or office, walking around up there with your head bent down all the time can be a real pain in the neck. Now, you could lift the entire roof to deal with this problem, but it will end up being costly. That’s why you should talk to your New Jersey contractor about solving this problem with attic dormers.

What are dormers, and why do you need them for your attic conversion?

Simply put, a dormer is an addition to your roof structure that adds extra vertical space to your home. You’ve certainly seen these on many houses, but may not have known what they were when you looked at them. From the outside, they often appear to be tiny little additional rooms, each with their own roof. But in reality, they’re just a small part of a bigger room, and are strategically placed to add vertical space to areas where the roof is pitched low.

In most cases, dormers have a window built in. This is especially important when you’re having your New Jersey contractor add dormers for an attic conversion, because the second most common problem with this type of home addition is the lack of natural light that often exists in an attic. With dormers, you get to solve both the head space issue and the lack of light issue all at once. And as an added advantage, you get to do it at the fraction of the cost of lifting your entire roof and changing the shape it! If you’d like to learn more about whether an attic conversion with dormers is the right choice for your home addition, our team at KraftMaster Renovations would be happy to come out and take a look for you. Please give us a call at 908-517-5581, or contact us through our online form. Thank you.