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Loft conversion with dormer.

A dusty roof space turned into a bedroom with an en-suite: new dormer, roof windows, a parquet landing, and the original purlins left exposed.

Before and after

From loft to bedroom.

Type
Loft conversion
Structure
New floor, steels, slate-hung dormer
Light
Dormer windows and roof windows
Finish
Bedroom, en-suite, parquet landing

The loft had head height but nothing else: old rafters and purlins, loose insulation on the ceiling joists below and no floor. The brief was a proper bedroom with its own shower room, plenty of daylight, and as much of the original timber kept on show as the structure allowed.

We put in a new floor on steels, built a dormer across the rear to give full head height and a run of windows, fitted roof windows on the front slope, and formed the stair. The purlins and struts were retained and cleaned up as a feature through the landing.

Then first fix, insulation, boarding and skim, the en-suite, a parquet floor through the landing and carpet in the bedroom, and decoration.

How it was done

Five stages.

Bare loft before work
01 As found Rafters, purlins and loose insulation, no floor.
Dormer being framed in timber
02 Dormer New floor in, dormer framed and the roof opened up.
The finished dormer, slate-hung to match the re-slated roof
03 Outside Dormer cheeks slate-hung to match the roof, re-slated around it.
Finished loft bedroom with dormer windows
04 Bedroom Dormer windows, built-in storage under the sill, plastered and decorated.
Finished landing with parquet floor and exposed purlins
05 Landing Parquet floor, purlins on show, en-suite through the door.

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